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Cold war has ended but only in fragile cold peace. Tensions remain; intolerance, hatred, mistrust and suspicions abound and oppressive exploitation of Man by Man and by Man of other living beings and nature continues. Forest cover is rapidly disappearing; air and water are heavily polluted, march of desert continues, global warming is adversely affecting agriculture and land use is erratic and ill balanced. Need for re-assertion of spiritual wisdom
The information revolution has brought the world much closer together, and globalization is in the air. But information alone cannot feed the life culture. T.S. Eliot wrote many years age:
"Where is life we have lost in living Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge Where is the knowledge we have lost in information"
There is increasing realization that reassertion of spiritual wisdom alone would make us aware of the urgent need to save the Mother Earth from depletion of its resource base, to put a stop to the ongoing uprooting of Earth's eco-system and environmental degradation.
Think globally, act locally
There is no dearth of ideas on how to save the Earth. There are global declarations on spiritual ethics, environment and sustainable development adopted not only by the Parliament of World Religions but also at Environmental Summit Meetings of the United Nations. What is needed now is:
“Think globally
Act locally"
For thinking globally, the global culture of non-violence preached by Jain religion as the Supreme Religion must be
Ahimsa: The Ultimate Winner * (122)
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