Manav Bustan (Rural Center)

The Persian word Bustan translates to a fragrant orchard, referring to a landscaped agricultural garden comprising a montage of fruit trees, vegetable seedlings, medicinal shrubs and spices.

At Manav Bustan, we seek to nourish and cultivate this fraternity, by integrating Ecology with human beings from diverse walks of life, searching to unite together in pursuit of Wisdom and Virtue; to revive the capacity to harmoniously dream together, be together, live together, and construct themselves together, in alignment with the natural laws of life. Because ultimately, in order to build a new and better world, we need to become new and better human beings.

Manav Bustan expands this vision, in the spirit of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, the traditional Indian ethical worldview that recognizes the inherent universal fraternity between the earth, its diverse flora and fauna, human beings, and the celestial forces. Across the sub-continent, for centuries communities have celebrated and preserved the resulting harmony through practices such as Ayurveda and Sacred Groves – a testament of the profound philosophical relationship between all living beings that is entrenched in the Indian culture, and has evidently served as a vital element to the progress of human civilization.