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The world at present is facing ecological concerns and environmental degradation along with the extinction of all life species. Though the world governments and various other individual institutions are working on maintaining the sustainability between human growth and the environment, such efforts toward sustainability remain limited to external policies and technological solutions. The current study aims to move beyond mere conservation of environment and to explore the ecological consciousness presented within the Indian Knowledge System, mainly through the close examination of the Upanishads. The paper revisits the core of Upanishadic teachings of the connection between the Self (Atman) and the universal reality (Brahman). It is also going to explore the ancient Indian thoughts of ecology withing the framework of Deep Ecology. The paper argues that the Upanishadic worldview toward the deeper connection between humans and other life forms and natural world offers a profound ethical and spiritual foundation for ecological harmony that could lead the world toward the understanding of the natural world in which everything exists. With this perspective, the study presents that the environmental sustainability is not merely a social responsibility but a realisation of one’s fundamental connection with all of the existence. This study also argues that the ancient Indian knowledge presented in the Upanishads provides an integrative model toward the ecological awareness that aligns with modern sustainability models. Foundation for ecological harmony that could lead the world toward the understanding of the natural world in which everything exists. With this perspective, the study presents that the environmental sustainability is not merely a social responsibility but a realisation of one’s fundamental connection with all of the existence. This study also argues that the ancient Indian knowledge presented in the Upanishads provides an integrative model toward the ecological awareness that aligns with modern sustainability models.
Upanishads; Indian Knowledge System; Deep Ecology; Ecological Harmony; Sustainability.
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