Role of Nature in Eastern Religions

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…to utilize nature in the same way as a bee collects pollen from a flower, neither polluting its beauty nor depleting its fragrance. Just as the bee manufactures honey out of pollen, so man should be able to find happiness without harming the natural world in which he lives. Hinduism, like Buddhism, is also an environmentally sensitive philosophy. The Mahabharata, Ramayana, Vedas, and Upanishads contain the earliest messages for preservation of environment and ecological balance