Role of Religion in Environmental Sustainability: An Indian Perspective

Sarita Kar

karsarita@gmail.com
Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dhanbad-826004 (India)

Manisha Tripathy


Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dhanbad-826004, (India)

Abstract

Environmental trepidations are global issues, environment sustainability is conceivable with the noble motive, which takes real shapes with the insights and perspectives from different religions. In the process of learning and teaching laid down by religion help to expand our understanding and develop our behavior towards nature. Role of religion to shape our attitudes to the natural world is significant, because its domination in human personality is always recognizable. The paper would like to find out different prospect to achieve environment sustainability with the help of imperatives given by Indian religion. This imparts many valuable imperatives which unify nature as an inseparable part of human life and vice versa. Three major religions originating from India were explored in this paper: Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. The paper tries to show the human affiliation with nature is well expressed in every aspect of Indian religious life.


Keywords:

Nature, Religion, Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism

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2022-01-03

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Kar, S. ., & Tripathy, M. (2022). Role of Religion in Environmental Sustainability: An Indian Perspective. Problemy Ekorozwoju, 17(1), 96–100. https://doi.org/10.35784/pe.2022.1.09

Authors

Sarita Kar 
karsarita@gmail.com
Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dhanbad-826004 India

Authors

Manisha Tripathy 

Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dhanbad-826004, India

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