rituals - and making sense of them..

As more and more green initiatives are being thought up it the direct link between "sustainability" and being "a hindu" is becoming clear.

The latest one called "bioremediation" really nails it in!! This is the process by which contaminated soil is allowed to "regenrate" itself wherein potassium lactate (from milk) is mixed into the ground with. In other words "bioremediation" is the process that relies on the cleaning power of bacteria that grow naturally in groundwater on the contaminated site, helped along with a boost from potassium lactate!! Simple aint it!!

One of the main rituals of "Hindus" is the "Abhisekam" of its idols on a daily basis!! maybe the offering of milk(potassium lactate) after honey (to attract the bateria) was a daily sustainable decontamination process which today just remains as a "ritual".

Some of the other notable scientific discoveries and rituals are importance of gold in "nono-medicine" as gold goes and attaches itself to the affected tissues inside the human body thereby enabling the "directed" delivery of medicine. No prizes for guessing how gold was always valued in the olden days!!

Another scientific discovery "cow urine" to amplify the effects of allopathic drugs thereby making them more effective and it is this synergy of traditional knowledge, scientific validation and modern science that we as Hindu's need to pursue to give more meaning to our age old "tradition and rituals". Jai ho..