EARTH DAY, 22 APRIL
Each year, Earth Day—April 22—marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.However, environment has been the most important construct of oriental philosophy. In one of the Shanti (Peace mantra) Mantras from the Vedas, special mention has been made to the the flora and fauna and the whole earth. Here is the mantra:
ॐ द्यौ: शान्ति रन्तरिक्षँ शान्ति:
पृथिवी शान्ति राप: शान्तिरोषधय: शान्ति:।
वनस्पतय: शान्ति र्विश्वे देवा: शान्ति र्ब्रह्म शान्ति:
सर्वँ शान्ति: शान्तिरेव शान्ति: सा मा शान्तिरेधि॥
ॐ शान्ति: शान्ति: शान्ति:॥
—यजुर्वेद ३६:१७
Aum dyauḥ śāntirantarikṣaṁ śāntiḥ
pṛthivī śāntirāpaḥ śāntiroṣadhayaḥ śāntiḥ
vanaspatayaḥ śāntirviśvedevāḥ śāntirbrahma śāntiḥ
sarvaṁ śāntiḥ śāntireva śāntiḥ
sā mā śāntiredhi
Aum śāntiḥ, śāntiḥ, śāntiḥ
—Yajurveda 36:17
Here are some cartoons on Earth Day:
Cartoon by Utkal Gourav |
Cartoon by Kamala Kanta Rath |
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