Learning with the Bishnoi
In Autumn 2019 Flourishing Diversity held six Listening Sessions in a diverse range of poignant London venues, representing the urgent need for the world to start listening to Indigenous representatives and their sophisticated approaches to living in community structures that coexist with and support harmony and abundance with the rest of Life.
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Originating 500 years ago in the fragile Rajasthani Dessert, the Bishnoi are followers of the 29 principles for environmentally sustainable communities, as laid out by their founder Guru Jambheshwar.
Here, we listen and learn from Mahesh Sufi, a Bishnoi documentary filmmaker, who explains how by following these simple principles, individuals deepen their own level of consciousness, simultaneously creating a peaceful community life and harmony with nature.
