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 All the Marvelous Earth
By J. Krishnamurti
 Book Description
 All the Marvelous Earth
is an anthology of Krishnamurti’s writings on nature and isunlike any of his previous works.To read this book is to share a rare insight into the world of nature and human nature.Krishnamurti's finely observed descriptions were made during daily walks in city parks,the countryside, forests, and mountains. Carefully chosen photographs by notedphotographers reinforce the text and bring home a fundamental truth that lies at the heartof our environmental concern: "If you hurt nature you are hurting yourself".Through his deep appreciation of beauty and his questioning of our relationship withnature, Krishnamurti goes beyond the environmentalists' appeal for sustainabledevelopment to argue that the interaction between humankind and nature has a deeper,life-enhancing significance.
 
Table of Contents
About KrishnamurtiHave you any relationship with Nature?What is Beauty?IntroductionAll The Marvelous EarthHave you any relationship with the water of that river?A tree by the riverA patch of blue skyIt was snowing that morningThe deep canyonA lynx came downA peculiar silence when it rainsBeauty is dangerousThe river that morningDawn was slow in comingThe Pacific has an ethereal blueMan has killed millions of whalesThere were children playing aboutWe are always using natureIf you hurt natureWhat is nature?The dark pinesA tree standing naked against the skyIt was cool in the woodThe whole horizonA single tree in a green fieldA rattler
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