Ecology and

Resource-Manageme

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Based on the teachings ofHis Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

PrabhupadaFounder Acharya –

International Society for Krishna Consciousness

SB 1.16.24: Mother, you are the reservoir of all riches. Please inform me of the root cause of your tribulations by which you have been reduced to such a weak state. I think that the powerful influence of time, which conquers the most powerful, might have forcibly taken away all your fortune, which was adored even by the demigods.

By the grace of the Lord, each and every planet is created fully equipped. So not only is this earth fully equipped with all the riches for the maintenance of its inhabitants, but also when the Lord descends on the earth the whole earth becomes so enriched with all kinds of opulence that even the denizens of heaven worship it with all affection. But by the will of the Lord, the whole earth can at once be changed. He can do and undo a thing by His sweet will. Therefore no one should consider himself to be self-sufficient or independent of the Lord. (Purport)

The science of ecology and resource management in a nutshell in context to

complete reality.

Definition: e-col-o-gy (i kol'uh jee) n. 1. the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment. 2. the set of relationships existing between organisms and their environment. 3. Also called <human ecology.> the branch of sociology concerned with the spacing and interdependence of people and institutions. 4. the advocacy of protection of the air, water, and other natural resources from pollution or its effects; environmentalism.

Over- population:

Therefore not enough to eat for

all ?

Éçopaniñad: pürëam idam [Éçopaniñad, Invocation].

Complete arrangements for the production of all the necessities of life are made by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. People should therefore learn how to satisfy the yajïa-puruña, Lord Viñëu. Indeed, the living entity’s prime business is to satisfy the Lord because the living entity is part and parcel of the Lord. Thus the whole system is so arranged that the living entity must do his duty as he is constitutionally made. Without doing so, all living entities must suffer. That is the law of nature. (SB 4.19.8)

The products of the purnam are also purnam, but not in the same way…They are dependent!

In the [Éçopaniñad, Invocation], it is said, pürëam adaù pürëam idaà pürëät pürëam udacyate. In the creation of Kåñëa, there cannot be any scarcity. Everything is sufficiently there. Pürëam, it is complete, perfectly made, either this planet, that planet. Everywhere, the living entities are there, and Kåñëa has made provision for every one of them. There is no question of scarcity. But people are not obeying the orders of Kåñëa or the authorities, that “You produce…” Annäd bhavanti bhütäni. Even in Bible, it is said, “Thou shalt not kill.” They are not producing food grains, and they are killing the animals and eating. How they will be happy?

The earth is fully potent..

... she carries the burden of love, but if we have no love for her and for her Master, then there are problems.

“Nowadays people try to manage resources without understanding the reality – how things work – they do not understand the system.”

Kåñëa’s stock is never exhausted. We must simply become obedient to Him, and the supply will be there. Therefore a Kåñëa conscious person has no economic problem; everything is sufficiently supplied by Kåñëa.

The child is a burden of love for its mother. She does not complain…

The wholeness of everything is realized only when we engage things in the Lord’s service.

No one is self sufficient or independentto do what he likes.

We suffer because we transgress this principle…

* What is the nature of this world?

* What kind of suffering do we encounter?

* Will attempts for a perfect ecology without knowledge of devotional

life really solve our problems?

We want to remain young and energetic

But…very soon we start growing

old and our bodies

become weak &

frail

& we are no longer beautiful

Ronald ReganPresident

U.S.A. 1980-1988

“I have recently been told that I

am afflicted with Alzheimer’s

disease...I now begin the

journey that will take me into sunset of my

life.”

5th Nov 1994, Regan announces….

Due to receding memory, he is not able to remember he was ever the president

of USA.

We wantto remain

hale & healthy

But, much against our

wish we encounter

various diseases

Some chronic

Some fatal

Althoughwe are

advanced in medical science…

…& have latest

technology at our

disposal

Still our plans of good health & happiness are thwarted with newer &

newer diseases

“I am the

greatest”Mohammed Ali

World Heavyweight Boxing Champion

Today, he is suffering from PARKINSON disease…

…he can’t even lift a cup

of coffee

duùkhälayam açäçvatam

A place which is

MISERABLE &

TEMPORARY

adhyätmika kleçasmiseries due to our body and mind

adhibhautik kleçasmiseries due to other living

entities

adhidaivika kleçasmiseries due

to natural calamities

What is the

solution ?

We are in a place which is MISERABLE & TEMPORARY

A Meaningful Prayer

“ O Lord, give me the courage to change the things which can and ought to be changed, the serenity to accept the things which cannot be changed, and the wisdom to know the difference ”

mäm upetya punar janma

duùkhälayam açäçvatamnäpnuvanti

mahätmänaùsaàsiddhià paramäà

gatäùBhagavad-gétä 8.15

“After attaining Me, the great souls, who are

yogis in devotion, never return to this

temporary world, which is full of miseries,

because they have attained the highest

perfection.”

paras tasmät tu bhävo ’nyo

’vyakto ’vyaktät sanätanaù

yaù sa sarveñu bhüteñunaçyatsu na vinaçyati

Bhagavad-gétä 8.20

“Yet there is another unmanifest nature, which is

eternal and is transcendental to this manifested and

unmanifested world. It is supreme and is never

annihilated. When all in this world is annihilated, that part

remains as it is.”

Spiritual World• Blissful• Eternal• Free

from allinebriety

Our eternal home, wherewe all originally belong to.

na tad bhäsayate süryona çaçäìko na pävakaùyad gatvä na nivartante

tad dhäma paramaà mama

Bhagavad-gétä 15.6

“That supreme abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by fire or electricity. Those

who reach it never return to this material world.”

Towards the end of Bhagavad-gétä, Krishna

reveals his MOST CONFIDENTIAL

instruction

“Because you are My very dear friend, I

am speaking to you My

supreme instruction, the

most confidential

knowledge of all. Hear this

from Me, for it is for your benefit.”

man-manä bhava

“always thinkof Me”

mad-bhakto

“become My devotee”

mad-yäjé

“worship Me”

mäà namaskuru

“offer your obeisances unto Me”

mäm evaiñyasi satyaà tepratijäne priyo ’si

me

“Thus you will come to Me without

fail.I promise you this because you are My very dear friend.”

janma karma ca me divyam

evaà yo vetti tattvataùtyaktvä dehaà punar

janmanaiti mäm eti so ’rjuna

Bhagavad-gétä 4.9

“One who knows the transcendental nature of

My appearance and activities does not, upon

leaving the body, take his birth again in this material

world…”

“…but attains My eternal abode, O

Arjuna.”

which is eternal, full

of knowledge,

& completely blissful

Hare Krishna