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Echoes of EcoEgo versus Eco

In this issue:

Ego versus Eco

Rameshwaram Project

The Happenings-I

The Happenings-II

The Happenings-III

From our Publications

Visions of Wisdom:Inner and Outer, Awarene

and Planet, Gaia and Human

May the Sun guard us in thehighest heaven! May the breez

protect us in the airy spaces! MFire be our guardian in earthly

places!May the Inspirer, whose glowin

flame deserves a hundred

sacrificial offerings, be pleasewith us! From lightning flashe

keep us safe.

-Rig Veda X 158 1-2

Hymn to the Sun

September, 2013 Vivekananda Kendra- nardep Newsletter Vol:5 No:7

Service to humanity is the highest form of worship Swami Vivekananda

Karma-Yoga teaches, "Do not giveup the world; live in the world,imbibe its influences as much asyou can; but if it be for your own

enjoyment's sake, work not at all."Enjoyment should not be the goal.First kill yourself and then take thewhole world as yourself; as the oldChristians used to say, "The oldman must die." This old man istheselfish idea that the whole world ismade for our enjoyment. Foolishparents teach their children to pray,"O Lord, Thou hast created this sunfor me and this moon for me," as ifthe Lord has had nothing else to dothan to create everything for thesebabies. Do not teach your childrensuch nonsense. Then again, thereare people who are foolish inanother way: they teach us that allthese animals were created for usto kill and eat, and that thisuniverse is for the enjoyment ofmen. That is all foolishness. A tigermay say, "Man was created for me"and pray, "O Lord, how wicked arethese men who do not come andplace themselves before me to beeaten; they are breaking Your law."

If the world is created for us, we arealso created for the world. That thisworld is created for our enjoyment is themost wicked idea that holds us down.

This world is not for our sake. Millionspass out of it every year; the world doesnot feel it; millions of others are suppliedin their place. Just as much as the worldis for us, so we also are for theworld.The greatest weakness ofteninsinuates itself as the greatest goodand strength. It is a weakness to thinkthat any one is dependent on me, andthat I can do good to another. This beliefis the mother of all our attachment andthrough this attachment comes all ourpain. We must inform our minds that noone in this universe depends upon us;not one beggar depends on our charity;not one soul on our kindness; not oneliving thing on our help. All are helpedon by nature, and will be so helped eventhough millions of us were not here. Thecourse of nature will not stop for such asyou and me; it is, as already pointedout, only a blessed privilege to you andto me that we are allowed, in the way ofhelping others, to educate ourselves.

[An excerpt from Swami

Vivekanandas Karma Yoga]


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The nobility of thought, the purity of emotions, the softness of sentiments, the gloriousattributes of love, tolerance, mercy and kindness - these expressed by a man in his lifeconstitute the 'HEART' of his personality.

-Swami Chinmayananda

Echoes of Eco - Newsletter, Vivekananda Kendra nardep, September 2013 Vol. 5 No: 7

To know more about Rameshwaram Teertham Project: Contact Secretary, VK-nardep at [email protected]

As part of the 150th

birth anniversary celebrationsof Swami Vivekananda, VK-nardep has taken upthe renovation of the 16 sacred water teerthams ofRameshwaram. This is the continuation of thereport series of the progress of the project.

The renovation of Mangala Teertham and Rina VimochaTeertham needs a special mention in this project. They situated at the two sides of the road that leads into the hisland. Hence the renovated water bodies sparkling at b

sides serve as an invitation to the larger concept of a grepilgrimage. The amount of pollutants removed from bthese sacred structures was massive and showed amount of insensitivity and cultural illiteracy even the called educated populations suffer from.

The Green Pilgrimage Oath that has been displayedHanuman Teertham in three languages (Tamil, Hindi aEnglish). Here we provide the oath:

This Teertham is the heritage of all Indians. So

I will beautify this Teertham with beautiful auseful vegetation.

I will not allow any water pollution in tTeertham.

I will assure this Teertham shall harvest rwater optimally.

I will not bring air-polluting vehicles near Teertham.

A glimpse of the pre-cleaning and pre-revival photo of the Teertham contrastedwith what it has become now: This showsthe amount of dedicated work that hasgone into the cleaning of the pond.

The green pilgrimage oath displayed at HanumanTeertham. This multi-lingual display will be put at

all the Teerthams.

Here we see an example of hothe local participation transforming the landscape in green way. A local tea vendor habeen nurturing this sapling opapal (Arasu) which will soon grointo a shade giving tree. Th

concept of transforming aaverage pilgrim to the holy islaninto a green pilgrim envisioninculcating such a commitment the heart of every visitor. That the reason why VK-nardep planthe installation of the green pilgrimoath at every renovated Teertham

Though Mangala Teertham (top) and RinaVimochana Teertham (below) look similar,they can be differentiated by the steps onall the sides of Mangala Teertham. Belowthe rectangular inner structure can be

seen now.


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Most diseases are results of wrong habits and faulty modes of living. Mother Nature, who hasfashioned this wonderful human mechanism, attempts to correct promptly the errorscommitted by you. All her well-intentioned visits are always announced in the shape of

various symptoms of sickness. Swami Sivananda

Workshop on Carbon Foot -Print of aBuilding was organized with the DST,Core Support at the Rural BuildingCenter of Anjaneyapuram, Kalluvilai.The workshop was conducted between16

thto 18

thof this month with 40

students and professionals attendingand getting benefitted. Main resourceperson was Er,V.Ramakrishnan.

Green construction technologies reducethe carbon-foot print of the building atvarious stages. The end result thecost-effective building also reduces thecarbon-foot print by decreasing theemission of Green House effects.

Tested water from 14 wells inKanyakumari Dist. as a part of theprogramme of Central Ground WaterBoard, Chennai.

Puthiya Thalaimurai TV a leadingchannel telecasted on 16

thof this

month a programme on Shakti

Surbahi Bio-methnation plant.

Workshop participants explore the

green construction technology.

Hands-on-experience in usinggreen construction technologies ispart of the workshop: Compressed

mud block.

Happenings in this month:

SHELTER

Happenings this month:WATER MANAGEMENT

and conservation

technologies

VK-nardep activities done with DST

core support

What is Carbon Foot-Print?

A measure of the total amount of carbondioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4)emissions of a defined population, systemor activity, considering all relevantsources, sinks and activity of intereststorage within the spatial and temporalboundary population, system or activity ofinterest.

Happenings this month:

NET-WORKING & Media


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The same Reality presents Itself as Nature when contacted through the senses, mind andintellect. Therefore, the sense-bound pleasure seekers are also adoring the same Reality inaccordance with their understanding and attainments. All beings are verily resting in God andenjoying Him only, while their readings and interpretations of Him vary infinitely.

-Swami Chitbavananda

Workshops on Azolla this month

Organised by the Department ofAnimal Husbandry, Govt. ofJharkhand. Training given for twobatches at the TRC, Kalluvilaibetween 5

thto 7

thand 19

thto 21

st

of this month. Totally 64 farmers

from Jharkhand attended theprogramme. The resourcepersons were, Dr.PKamalasananPillai, Sis.V.Saraswathi andShri.Rajamony.

Organised by PuthuvazhluThittam, Manur, Tirunelveli andconducted at TRC, KalluvilaionThe workshop explored theAzolla as cost-effective cheapfodder on 11

thof this month with

24 persons attending it and

Smt.S.Premalatha was theresource person.

Workshop on Azolla wasorganized at TRC Kalluvillai on21

stof this month with 6 persons

attending and benefitting. Theresource person wasDr.Kamalasannan Pillai andteam.

Happenings this month:SUSTAINABLE

AGRICULTURE

A Workshop on Bio-manure

Workshop on Bio-manure Preparationwas conducted at the TRC of VK-nardep at Kalluvilai on 14

thof this month

and 53 persons of farming communityattended the workshop. The resourcepersons were Dr.P.Kamalasanan Pillai,

Smt.S.Premalatha, and Shri.Rajamony.

A Training Programme on VermiTechnology was conducted for 39students of Womens Christian College,Nagercoil at TRC, Kalluvilai on 12

thof

this month. The resource persons wereDr.P.Kamalasanan Pillai, Sister.V.Saraswathi and Shri.Rajamony

Participants of Azoworkshop also learnt othsustainable agriculturtechnologies apart from Azocultivation. Here they aexploring seed germination a green-house.

Jharkhand farmers exploring thebackyard cultivation beds of Azolla

technology.

Participants exploring the Bio-

manure technologies.

Bio-manure- technology

Happenings this month:SUSTAINABLE

AGRICULTURE

Jharkhand farmers studyinAzolla technology: step bste .

Happenings this monthSUSTAINABLE

AGRICULTURE

Vermi-compost workshop fostudents of Women Christia

College, Nagercoil.


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We ought to dance with rapture that we should be alive and in the flesh, and part of the living,incarnate cosmos. I am part of the sun as my eye is part of me. That I am part of the earth myfeet know perfectly, and my blood is part of the sea.

-D.H.Lawrence

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Happenings this month:HOLISTIC & INDIGENOUS

MEDICINE

Extension programme on ethnic medicalpractices was organized by VK-nardepat TRC Kalluvillai on 3

rdof this month.

Dr.V.Ganapathy was the resourceperson. 86 persons attended theworkshop.

Workshop With specific emphasis onNadi therapy was conducted atVivekanandapuram on 10

thof this

month. 52 persons attended thisworkshop. Resource Person:Dr.V.Ganapathy.

A national level workshop on Role ofYadnya in Environmental issues was

conducted at Sri Sarada College,Tirunelveli on 21

stof this month. 300

participants attended the seminar.Dr.V.Ganapathy gave key note addressat the inaugural function.

On 24th of this month Varma workshopwas held at Madurai. 70 personsattended the workshop.

Thiru.Vai.Pitchumani, who is famous

as a varma and Kung fu Aasan as wellas cinema consultant also presentduring the workshop.

Happenings this month:BIO-METHANATION PLANT &

RENWABLE ENERGY

Training programme on Bio-methanationplant was held at TRC, Kalluvilai on 21

st

of this month under DST core supportprogramme with Shri.V.Ramakrishnan asresource person. 7 persons benefittedfrom training.

Happenings this montBIO-METHANATION

PLANT & RENWABL

ENERGY

Dr.Ganapathi giving a presentation(above) and a practical demo(below)

Correcting ankle joint is very unique

in siddha varma tradition.

Bio-Methanation PlantsInstallation this month:

1 cum [2 NosBio-Methanation plant training atTRC- Kalluvillai.

Happenings this month:HOLISTIC & INDIGENOUS

MEDICINE

Green Health Home of VK-nardepfunctioned for 8 days and treated

178 patients.

Paper Presentations in

this month

Shri.G.Vasudeo read paper on Indic Road Map tIndian Village Developmen

at AmrithanandamaUniversity, Kollam on 25Sept. 600 delegateattended the panediscussion.

Dr.P.Kamalasanan Pillapresented a paper oHolistic model for Grewater treatment during conference organised bTech for Seva, Pune on 28Sept. 800 delegates wer

present.

Dr.P.Kamalasanan Pillapresented a paper on Greeways of Green wastManagement during conference organised bTech for Seva, Pune on 29Sept. 1000 participantattended.

Dr.V.Ganapathy with Vai.Pichumani


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From our

Publications

In this excerpt from Akshaya Vikas we see some of the proposed policy measufor water conservation by different levels of administrative bodies for differhabitations like the rural and urban areas. An eco-toon shows how the traditiowater management structures and temples have been aligned. Watershmanagement has provided benefits: this shows how proactive efforts can odisadvantaged farmers positive solutions to overcome adverse conditions.

Everyone in the world should be able to sleep without fear, at least for one night. Everyoneshould be able to eat to his fill, at least for one day. There should be at least one day whenhospitals see no one admitted due to violence. By doing selfless service for at least one day,everyone should help the poor and needy. It is Amma's prayer that at least this small dream berealized.

Mata Amritanandamayi


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Wise physicians knew that letnature take its course withintervention would often allow natself-regulation to make the cure. T

were not averse to claiming credittheir skill when this happened. I ththe same may be true about planemedicine: our ignorance of the Esystem is overwhelming intensified by the tendency to famodel simulations over experimeobservation, and measurem.Global heating would not hhappened but for the rapid expansin numbers and wealth of humanitwe fail to curb global heating, planet could massively and cruelly us, in the same merciless way that

have eliminated so many specieschanging their environment into where survival is difficult. Are sufficiently talented to take on wmight become the onerous permantask of keeping the Earth homeostasis? ...The alternative isacceptance of a massive natural cuhumanity and a return to an Earth freely regulates itself. Perhaps greatest value of the Gaia concept in its metaphor of a living Earth, wreminds us that we are part of it

that our contract with Gaia is not abhuman rights alone, but incluhuman obligations.

It's mainly due to our own actions thatnegatively affect nature like thedestroying forests, polluting rivers,cutting down trees. We have disturbedthe balance of nature, disturbed thebalance of the earth. Just like a buildingstanding on pillars: if you demolish onepillar, that will create an imbalance inthe whole structure. We are drilling oilwells; we are destroying mountains,polluting rivers, cutting down trees. Sothe only way is to have acompassionate approach. Lookinwards, within you, and try to have acompassionate approach to nature. Forexample, suppose there's a hugebanyan tree filled with ripe leaves on it,and an eagle flies and sits on one of its

branches, and all of a sudden, theleaves wither away. Maybe thoseleaves were about to be shed anyway,and it was just their time. So this entireuniverse has a rhythm to it. There's aharmony. There's a rhythm in everyaction that you can have, knowingly orunknowingly. Something that happensin one corner of the earth can have animpact on the other corner. So we arenot isolated like islands. We are all partof the universal chain. If we expectothers to change first, nothing will

happen. Instead of expecting others tochange first, we have to change firstand then others will changeautomatically.

Awareness and PlanetOuter and Inner Gaia and Humanity

James LoveloBio-physi

The individual parts of the living systemare whole and intelligent since thechain of self-organization is recursive.Not surprisingly, each component haswithin it the wisdom of the whole, andthey unfold together, reorganizing alongthe way. Living in an unyieldingmachine-system, the individual isforced to become like a machine, andhe is alienated from nature. It is notmerely objects that people crave, butalso inner life and meaning. In theabsence of this inner life, a fog settlesover the mind. Modernity glorifiesindividualism, but it atomizes the self,creating emptiness and despondency.The zone of harmony that lies betweenfreedom and responsibility is a very thin

line. As the individual becomesisolated, he forges links with imagesand reflections. It becomes easier tolive in an artificial world that is asimulation of reality. It is easy to indulgein make-believe and fantasy in themimic world. It is difficult there todistinguish truth from falsehood, and torealize that there is no soul behind themechanical motion. The challenge isto balance the exploration of the outerwith a corresponding exploration of theinner, to balance ownership with

compassion, to balance the body withthe spirit.

MataAmritanandamayiWoman-Saint

-Subash KakPhysicist

The whole universe is one of perfect balance. I do not know, but some day we may wake upand find that the mere worm has something which balances our manhood.

Swami Vivekananda

Vivekananda Kendra nardep, Kanyakumari-629702 Phone:91-4652-246296www.vknardep.org

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