The climate crisis is not merely an external environmental problem but a reflection of inner human greed, desire, and psychological disorder. Drawing from the Gita’s idea of yagya as desireless action, it says real ecological healing requires inner transformation. Outer pollution, exploitation, and destruction mirror the ego’s inner confusion, making personal consciousness and planetary health deeply inseparable.
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Questioner: What is the Gita saying?
“From yagya comes rain; From rain comes grain; From grain, all living beings.” And that which is rain comes from yagya, which has already been said. And yagya is related to desireless action. yagya is related to desireless action.
When we look at the climate crisis, what do we say? We say the climate crisis is out there, but its reasons are in here. That's how somebody coming from the Gita looks at any crisis in the world. The climate crisis is out there, but its roots are in here. So the outer and the inner are definitely one. Getting it?
And if there is one verse in entire wisdom literature, in the entire corpus of spiritual works, it is this one that relates to the climate crisis very, very directly. It is this one: (Annād bhavanti bhūtāni parjanyād annasambhavaḥ। Yajñād bhavati parjanyo yajñaḥ karmasamudbhavaḥ।।3.14।। ). We'll enter this, and you will see the clear relationship between the internal center and the outer manifestation, how the internal center relates to the outer happening or phenomena.
