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Environment & Living Green Tag

Jun 18 2016

Green Tribute to the 2013 Uttarakhand Floods

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In remembrance of the tragic ‪#floods that ravaged ‪#Uttarakhand in 2013, three years ago, a special prayer took place in Parmarth Niketan. The prayer ceremony also marked the completion of the three day, on-going ‪#GangaDussehra celebrations, in which HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, President of Parmarth Niketan (Rishikesh), consistently emphasized the critical importance of protecting and preserving our ‪#environment and our sacred ‪#rivers. During the ceremony, a beautiful lamp was lit and ‪#tree saplings were bestowed to all participants, who held them in loving memory of the lives taken by the...

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Jun 04 2016

Stop Pollution: Your choices have an impact

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This article was published in The Speaking Tree, here. There is a beautiful saying which is used frequently by those who spend time in the forests and woods:“Take only memories and leave only foot-prints.”The Earth is here to sustain our life,not for us to extinguish her.Yet, through the way we are polluting the air, the water and the ground that is exactly what we are doing. Everything we use which is not biodegradable — each item,each piece of packaging,each container,each garment — will someday end up taking precious space in our...

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May 24 2016

World Humanitarian Summit 2016 Wrap-Up

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The first World Humanitarian Summit on 23-24 May 2016 in Istanbul convened 9000 participants from 173 Member States, including 55 Heads of State and Government, hundreds of private sector representatives, and thousands of people from civil society and non- governmental organizations. The United Nations in its 70 years has never come together at this scale, with this many different stakeholders, to discuss the pressing challenges that are resulting in so much suffering today....

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May 19 2016

Open-Defecation Free India Sankalp

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Part 3: A grand assembly of prominent religious leaders representing many faiths came together for a historic first time at the Ujjain KumbhaMela, to appeal for a Swachhta Kranti (CleanRevolution) for Mother India through a Sadbhavana Sankalp. In so doing, they implored the people of India to rise together so that India may shine as a global example of cleanliness. For this, they harmoniously said that we must do all we can to ensure that our lands and rivers are kept open-defecation free through the use of eco-friendly toilets....

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May 19 2016

Thousands Unite to Pledge for Mother India

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Thousands of citizens from various backgrounds came together for an incredible and colourful Rashtra Raksha Maha Kumbha Yatra in the Ujjain Kumbha Mela, under the able leadership of Mananiya Shri Indresh Kumarji, senior RSS leader, with the inspiration, vision, blessing and graceful presence of HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, President of Parmarth Niketan (Rishikesh), Co-Founder, Global Interfaith WASH Alliance. Pujya Swamiji led an inspiring pledge to action which was focused on protecting Mother India from violence and terrorism, making it free from open defecation and pollution as well as any form...

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May 10 2016

Swachhta Kranti at Simhastha Mahakumbh

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The Simhastha Mahakumbh, Ujjain turned into Green Kumbh - A Mela with a vision of clean and green India as the Swachhta Kranti campaign there was led by HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati, President of Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh and Co-founder of the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance. He stated, “The world is as we dream it, and it is time for a new dream. Every day, 1,200 children die needlessly in India due to lack of clean water, sanitation and hygiene. The deaths are a result of our bad habits....

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drops of nectar

  • Don't worry so much about giving your children cars. Worry about giving them Sanskaras!

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • We must not only light the oil lamp in our temples, but also light the lamp in our own hearts.

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • Do not wait for miracles. You ARE the miracle! Never forget the miracle of yourself!

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • Come to nature, be with nature, and change your nature.

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • Be happy, be peaceful. Embrace all, include all, exclude none.

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • Always cultivate an attitude of gratitude.

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • Accept whatever comes as Prasad from God. Whatever He gives us, a hut or a castle, is His divine gift.

    - Pujya Swamiji

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