Connecting with Nature

We can connect with Nature at various levels. This is in fact connecting with Rita or the Cosmic Order. Refer to Rita on the Core Concepts.

1. Connecting with Nature with a neutral attitude: We know that Nature is there, but we do not have much interest in it. Nature has its own life and we have our own lives.

2. Connecting with Nature with a sense of gratitude: Because Nature sustains us with food, water, air and brings diversity in our lives.

3. Connecting with Nature feeling its beauty: Because Nature touches our aesthetic sense and awakens the poetic dimension within us.

4. Connecting with Nature feeling its vastness and peace Because Nature through its vastness makes us feel the presence of a vast life inside us. We discover an enduring peace in that vast life.

5. Connecting with Nature feeling the divine presence: This is the attitude of the Vedic seers. Behind the well-ordered system of Nature they felt the presence of divine forces.

6. Connecting with Nature realising the Supreme Consciousness: This is the realisation of the sages. Behind the well-ordered system of Nature they felt the presence of the Supreme Consciousness underlying everything. The purity of Nature reflects the purity of the Supreme Consciousness.

Vedic Vision of Nature:

Introduction:
- Summary
- Relevance
- The three outer Dimensions (Education, Environment and Economy)
- The three inner Dimensions (Vedic Vision as Heart, Science as Head and Technology as Hand)
- The Goal (Unifying the outer Dimensions with the help of the inner Dimensions)

Core Concepts:
1. Rishis (Seers of Vedic Mantras)
2. Rita (Cosmic Order)
3. Devas (Divine forces upholding Rita)
4. Yagna (Our participation in Rita)

Unification: Aligning Vedic Vision with the three outer Dimensions:
- Education (Bringing inner illumination through the study of Vedic mantras)
- Environment (Seeing Environment from the perspective of Rita)
- Economy (Designing Economy from the perspective of Yagna)

Yagna Cycle: Journey through the Vedic mantras through the Yagna Cycle

Vedic mantras [Education]: Bringing inner illumination through the study of Vedic mantras
1. Rig Veda - Mandala 1

Rita [Environment]: Seeing Environment from the perspective of Rita

Yagna [Economy]: Designing Economy from the perspective of Yagna

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Bharatavarsha - The Land of Gods and Sages:

1. Stotras
2. Scriptures
3. Pilgrimages
4. Festivals
5. Saints: Ramakrishna - Vivekananda - Ramana
6. Sadhana
7. Sanskrit
8. Nature