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This fourth volume in the series exploring religions and the environment investigates the role of the multifaceted Hindu tradition in the development of greater ecological awareness in India. The twenty-two contributors ask how traditional concepts of nature in the classical texts might inspire or impede an eco-friendly attitude among modern Hindus, and they describe some grassroots approaches to environmental protection. They look to Gandhian principles of minimal consumption, self-reliance, simplicity, and sustainability. And they explore forests and sacred groves in text and tradition and review the political and religious controversies surrounding India's sacred river systems.

Ecology --- Hinduism --- Natural history --- Nature --- Religious aspects --- Hinduism. --- Doctrines. --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Religious aspects&delete& --- Doctrines --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Indian religions --- Human ecology. Social biology --- Ecology - Religious aspects - Hinduism. --- Nature - Religious aspects - Hinduism. --- Natural history - India. --- Hinduism - Doctrines.