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Inlaid artwork in marble at Harmandir Sahib ("the Golden Temple") in Amritsar, India. (source: GoldenTempleAmritsar.org)

Environmentalism as Sikh ethos

March 15, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

As Sikhs around the world celebrate Sikh Environment Day, Bandana Kaur of EcoSikh discusses the spiritual connection linking the Sikh faith to the natural world: Throughout Guru Granth Sahib, birds and trees especially are used to describe the metaphoric relationship between a disciple and the Divine. Traditional birds like the peacock, flamingo, hawk, cuckoo, nightingale, crane, swan, owl, and the koyal, and trees like the banyan, pipal, and sandalwood of Punjab are used in the Gurus’ metaphors, along with many, many […]

Categories: Events, Sikhism • Tags: Bandana Kaur, EcoSikh, environment, environmentalism, Huffington Post

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