Not Drought, But 'Lack Of Spirituality' Is Why Farmers Commit Suicide Says Sri Sri Ravishankar

[The_Showstopper]

Not Drought, But 'Lack Of Spirituality' Is Why Farmers Commit Suicide Says Sri Sri Ravishankar



Across the country, thousands of farmers commit suicide every year due to reasons like drought, crop failure and mounting debts.

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But spiritual Guru and founder of Art of living, Sri Sri Ravishankar claims, the lack of spirituality is driving the backbone of Indian economy to suicide.

Speaking to media in Mumbai, Ravishankar said,

"We have done pad-yatra in 512 villages of Vidarbha, and on that basis we can say that poverty alone is not the reason behind the farmer suicides. They lack spirituality. Therefore, I appeal to all the people who work in this field (of spirituality) to reach out to farmers."

He also suggested farmers should practice yoga and pranayam to "remove suicidal tendencies".

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Maharashtra has the most number of farmer suicides in the recent years. As many as 1,982 farmers committed suicide in the state in 2014, while the figures were 3,228 and 3,052 in 2015 and 2016 respectively.

BCCL

This year in January alone 400 farmers have killed themselves in the state, according to government data.



http://www.indiatimes.com/news/indi...-suicide-says-sri-sri-ravishankar-276668.html

 

[Diggy]

and what has he said wrong ?

if swamiji can do something to help our farmers in this time of crisis it would be the greatest service he would do the nation and hindu samaj. Spirituality has helped drug addicts to leave drugs and criminals to abandon crime. God doesn't exist just to be celebrated during festivals , he exists to help you during your darkest times.

 

[The_Showstopper]

 

[IndoCarib]

He said 'poverty alone is not the reason'. That means poverty is one of the reasons. Fair enough

 

[Anubis]

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Which newspaper is this? Seems to be run by my kind of people.

You could give them subsidies, drought resistant crops and microloans to invest in other sectors...or you could give them yoga lessons...I know what the smarter choice is.

 

[The_Showstopper]

Which newspaper is this? Seems to be run by my kind of people.

You could give them subsidies, drought resistant crops and microloans to invest in other sectors...or you could give them yoga lessons...I know what the smarter choice is.

Not sure about the newspaper. Just found it in my Facebook feed.

 

[Indiran Chandiran]

Not Drought, But 'Lack Of Spirituality' Is Why Farmers Commit Suicide Says Sri Sri Ravishankar



Across the country, thousands of farmers commit suicide every year due to reasons like drought, crop failure and mounting debts.

BCCL/ FILE

But spiritual Guru and founder of Art of living, Sri Sri Ravishankar claims, the lack of spirituality is driving the backbone of Indian economy to suicide.

Speaking to media in Mumbai, Ravishankar said,

"We have done pad-yatra in 512 villages of Vidarbha, and on that basis we can say that poverty alone is not the reason behind the farmer suicides. They lack spirituality. Therefore, I appeal to all the people who work in this field (of spirituality) to reach out to farmers."

He also suggested farmers should practice yoga and pranayam to "remove suicidal tendencies".

BCCL/FILE

Maharashtra has the most number of farmer suicides in the recent years. As many as 1,982 farmers committed suicide in the state in 2014, while the figures were 3,228 and 3,052 in 2015 and 2016 respectively.

BCCL

This year in January alone 400 farmers have killed themselves in the state, according to government data.



http://www.indiatimes.com/news/indi...-suicide-says-sri-sri-ravishankar-276668.html

Dig deeper .I'm sure you'd come up with something related to his comments being about non Hindu ryots.

Give it a few days time else wait for his spokespersons statement that RaviShankar has been misquoted .

Your time starts now ! @The_Showstopper

 

[Azadkashmir]

Which newspaper is this? Seems to be run by my kind of people.

You could give them subsidies, drought resistant crops and microloans to invest in other sectors...or you could give them yoga lessons...I know what the smarter choice is.

i pick yoga since the seeds are gmo suicide genes.