2014 Summer
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Sacred Texts
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/
A good “starter page” with helpful archives
Hindu Texts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_texts
Another helpful overview
Sample Upanishad
Kena Upanishad
Bhagavad Gita
Prasad Translation
http://reluctant-messenger.com/bhagavad-gita.htm
Contemporary English translation with key passages marked in red font.
Gandhi’s Gita (html layout with Gandhi’s commentary in blue)
http://kirtimukha.com/surfings/GandhiGita/GandhiFrame.htm
Gandhi approved this English translation. Find his comments in blue font.
Gandhi’s Gita (online facsimile of English 1st Ed.)
https://www.gandhiheritageportal.org/mahatma-gandhi-books/the-gita-according-to-gandhi#page/1/mode/2up
Note: Gandhi’s text begins on page 121
Modern Applications
Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj (see the definition of True Civilization)
http://www.mkgandhi.org/swarajya/coverpage.htm
Note the central theme of duty here, and other values that appear to be inspired by the Gita
SUPPLEMENTARY TOPICS
Chipko
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipko_movement
A Hindu inspired environmental movement
Mandala Project Case Study
http://www1.american.edu/ted/chipko.htm
A research report, not quite a primary source text
Interview with Sunderlal Bahuguna (YouTube)
Here is a rare primary source text from the Chipko movement in oral history form
Eco-Feminism (search in library database)
Dwivedi, O. P. and Reid, Lucy. “Women And The Sacred Earth: Hindu And Christian Ecofeminist Perspectives.” Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture & Ecology 11.3 (2007): 305-323. Religion and Philosophy Collection. Web. 17 Aug. 2013.
Atharva Veda (Bk XII, Hymn 1) Prithvi Sukta
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av12001.htm
According to Dwivedi and Reid, this ancient hymn to the earth provides spiritual inspiration for Hindu inspired ecological ethics
-Earth Song Music video
Here is the hymn set to music
Vandana Shiva
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandana_Shiva
An influential voice in contemporary ethics of food
Making Peace with the Earth
http://www.amazon.com/Making-Peace-Earth-Vandana-Shiva-ebook/dp/B00BSV60VS/
A primary source text
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasudhaiva_Kutumbakam
A parting word
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