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Browsing ICH 2016 by Subject "Environment"

Browsing ICH 2016 by Subject "Environment"

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  • Ancient oriental methods of caring for trees: A study on the methods of Vṛkṣāyurveda described in Agnipurāṇa 
    Indrajothi Thero, Baladora (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Though human survival depends on various environmental factors, man, being insensitive, abuses environment in various enterprises such as food production by means of deploying environmentally harmful methods focusing on ...
  • Approaches to the study of environmental security 
    Kothari, R.K. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Since the emergence of the nation state system, international security has been understood and practiced with reference to the needs and interests of states. The concept of security however took a different shape ...
  • A Buddhist perspective on the influence of the human mind on climatic changes 
    Dhammadassana Thero, Kosgama (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Buddhism discusses the influence of the human mind and feelings on the climatic changes, especially in two discourses in the sutta pitaka. Aggañña Sutta and Saptasüryodgamana Sutta thus enunciate how the pollution of the ...
  • Buddhist solutions for modern environmental issues 
    Kalurachchi, A. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Most of the people in the present world have faced many environmental problems due to modernization and face problems due to natural disasters. Although, they have lost a proper place to dwell, human beings are not able ...
  • Indian culture and environment 
    Shirin Qureshi, S. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The Indian culture has always been attached to the natural environment. From the ancient times, people were brought up to respect and preserve the trees and plants that provide pure oxygen for human and animals. According ...
  • Literature, environment and human rights: Reading the connectivities 
    Sigdel, K. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    One of the commonalities between environmentalism and human rights is that both these ideas have a universal scope. Though we talk of environmental degradation in a particular place, it will certainly be of global ...
  • Natural environmental features depicted in Hindi folk songs 
    Rubesinghe, T.U. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Folk literature, as well as expert literature, is evident in every society. The composition of folk literature is inspired by the first-hand experiences of a villager. The category of folk songs, being significant in folk ...
  • Promoting Cave Tourism in Sri Lanka 
    Rathnayake, S. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Cave tourism is an environmental based tourism product. It means exploring natural caves and tunnels. It is also known as spelunking in the United States and Canada and potholing in the United Kingdom. Speleology is the ...
  • A study of the concept of environment within Zen philosophy 
    Rathnayaka, R.M.C.P. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Zen is one of the most accepted schools of Buddhism in Japan and believed to be a creation of Shakyamuni Buddha. At the sacred Bodhi tree, Buddha has passed his realization to Maha Kassapa Thero. The objective of Zen ...

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