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At Toronto Science Centre, they have a snake and plant in a single jar tightly sealed. The snake produces Carbon Dioxide, which is the food of the plant. The plant produces oxygen, which is essential for the survival of the snake. This experiment demonstrates very beautifully how life forms are interdependent on each other. And yet are we killing animal life on the planet and destroying life support system. Destruction of genetic diversity
Despite all religious injunctions and moral principles, we are destroying genetic diversity indiscriminately in plant and animal kingdom. In the name of scientific research, we are undertaking potentially harmful genetic manipulations, which can have serious repercussions for universal balance of life. It is rightly said:
"We have not woven the web of life; We are merely a strand to it; Whatever we do the Earth We do it to ourselves".
Humans are Killing Humans
And humans are killing humans in merciless ways, hurting each other's sentiments, causing injury - physical, mental and emotional and exploiting one another cruelly. Somalias, Bosnias and Burundis offer a frightening spectacle of humans depriving “right to life to their own fellow human beings.
You often hear people saying that 'that world is going to dogs! What a pretentious expression! We should re-coin that phrase to say, “The world is going to doom through the inhumanity of the humans”. Dog has at least common letters with God; Man is only a name!
A river does not drink its own water; a cow does not drink its own milk; a tree does not eat its own fruits; life grows with
Ahimsa: The Ultimate Winner * (233)
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