Man is losing religion, and the Earth is losing forests || Acharya Prashant (2019)

Question: Acharya Ji, you often discuss that just as species are getting extinct at a very fast rate in the 21st century, and certain qualities of the being of the mind are also getting extinct – qualities like patience, care for others, compassion. Probably these are the manifestations of de-religionisation that might show up later on.

The mind of the average person does not have certain qualities that used to exist earlier.

Acharya Prashant Ji:

Deforestation of the earth, and de-religionisation of the man’s mind are proceeding hand-in-hand. And there is a great correlation between the two.

Questioner: Just as in the former, we need to plant trees, in this we need to…….

Acharya Prashant Ji:

And both are being brought about by man’s burgeoning greed, and self-centeredness, and lust for consumption.