Our Vedas and Upanishads laid a strong rationale for the conservation and preservation of nature. They even prescribed that divinity should not be segregated from creation and all-embracing presence should be constantly felt. it teaches that everything is inter-related and inter-dependent.
It is reflected in a our Upanishads:-
“…This Universe is the creation of Supreme power meant for the benefit of
all His [sic] creation. Each individual life form must therefore learn to enjoy
its benefit by forming part of the system in close relation with other species.
Let not any one species encroach upon the rights of the others. The universe
along with its creatures, belong to the Lord. No creature is superior to any
other. Human beings should not be above nature. Let no one species encroach
over the rights and privileges of other species..”.
In the beginning was only Being
One without a second
Out of himself he brought forth the cosmos
And entered into everything in it.
There is nothing that does not
come out of him.
(Chandokya Upanishad)
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