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We human beings are spiritual beings. We have soul. We have spirit. We have mind. We have consciousness. We want fulfillment, we want happiness, we want satisfaction, we want joy. We want imagination. We want art, culture, music.

Satish Kumar

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Satish Kumar
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: August 9
Activist
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Environmentalist
Magazine Editor
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Shri Dungargarh
SDGH
Dungargarh
Spirit
Satisfaction
Art
Beings
Soul
Consciousness
Music
Joy
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Imagination
Humans
Happiness
Mind
Spiritual
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Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth Lead me from despair to hope, from fear to trust Lead me from hate to love, from war to peace Let peace fill our heart, our world, our universe
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Nature is out there, and we can do what we like to it. We can cut down the rain forest. We can put animals in factory farms and slaughter them as we like. We can over-fish the oceans. We can pollute the rivers. We can pollute the water and change climate. We are somehow superior to nature. We are somehow rulers of nature.
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Your children are not your children. They are lives longing for itself. They come here with their own destiny. Give them your love. They will find their own way.
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If we had adhered to the concept of connectedness, then we would not have created nuclear weapons, huge armies and global warming.
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