Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

There are three kinds of Love. The Love that comes out of Charm, that which comes out of comfort, and the Divine Love. Do you see what I am saying? The love that comes out of charm does not last long. It comes out of unfamiliarity or out of attraction. In this you lose the attraction fast, and boredom sets in, like most love marriages. This love may diminish and bring along with it fear, uncertainty, insecurity, and sadness. The Love that comes out of comfort and familiarity grows. But this Love has no thrill, no enthusiasm, joy, or fire to it. For example, you are more comfortable with an old friend who is a familiar person, rather than with a new person. The Divine Love supersedes both the above. The Divine Love has ever newness. The closer you go, there is more charm and depth. The Divine Love has comfort, enthusiasm, and familiarity. There is never boredom and it keeps everyone on their toes. Worldly love can be like an ocean, yet an ocean has a bottom. The Divine Love is like the ...

Life is eternal; we never give a thought to this truth. When someone dies we declare that the person is immortal, but the truth is we ourselves are immortal too. That is why we do not feel that we have grown old. No matter how old a person is, he feels he is never going to die. If someone else dies, we say, ‘oh that poor fellow died’. ‘Everyone else dies but I won’t’, this feeling is there somewhere. There is a stream of awareness within us that cannot be destroyed. To acknowledge and observe that stream is spirituality – 'I have not changed, I have not grown old, I am just the same.' This brings such courage and strength in life that nothing can shake you. Examining your life, observing it is spirituality, it is ‘satsang’. Satsang is not just singing bhajans but pondering on the truths of life. The most important truth of life – there is an element within me that does not perish, does not diminish and is deathless. If you direct even the slightest attention to it, life becomes...

Throughout the ages, in all cultures, place, time, people and symbols were considered sacred because the moment you consider something sacred, your inertia disappears, and you become more alive and attentive. When every action of yours becomes sacred, you become one with the Divine. Whatever our ancestors said, there are profound mysteries hidden behind them. Facts have been explained by them in symbolic form. Let us see a few: — Lord Shiva, in sitting posture, has a snake around his neck. This implies the state of meditation. — Earth on Shesh Naag implies centripetal force. There are two kinds of earthly forces, one is centripetal force and the other is centrifugal force. The movement of these forces is not straight but they have a snake-like movement. It represents centripetal force which means ‘not going straight’ and the Earth rotates on its axis and around the sun. — The fact that Divinity is both male and female was represented as ‘Ardhnareeshwar’. God is not just man, or just wo...

The key to happiness in life is to not stay stuck in ‘I…Me…Mine’. Dedicate your life to some larger goal, or to the service of others around you. Then you will find that only happiness flows through your life. The second thing you need to remember at all times is this, ‘There is someone (the Divine) who loves me very dearly, and is taking care of me at all times. He cannot be without me and He is all capable of removing any lack that I have’ - this strong faith alone can keep us happy at all times. It does not matter what you call this Supreme power, whether you call it the Guru Shakti, or the Paramatma (supreme soul or Consciousness), or God. When you have this faith in you, then you can be happy at all times; regardless of your capabilities. Then you will not feel weak and insecure in your old age also because you know that there is someone who is all-powerful who is taking care of you and protecting you at all times. So just having this faith alone can make us so happy. The strength...

Knowledge emerges differently at different levels of consciousness. At a particular level of consciousness, you will become anasuya. Anasuya is one who is devoid of fault-finding eyes. If a mirror has dust, you need a duster to clean it. But if your eyes have a cataract, any amount of dusting will not do the job. So first you have to remove the cataract. Then you can see that the mirror is already clean. There is a certain mindset that always finds fault, even in the best conditions in the world. When you give a person with this mindset the best of the worlds, they still find insufficiencies in it. Even with the best possible companion, or the most beautiful painting, they will still find something wrong. That kind of mindset cannot know the sacred Knowledge. Krishna tells Arjuna in the Geeta that he is being given the Royal Secret, because Arjuna is anasuya. “You are not finding fault in Me, even though you are so close.” From a distance, even craters cannot be seen. But even on a smo...

When someone blames or praises you, just observe what happens to your breath, what happens deep within you. If someone gives you a compliment, it doesn’t become a part of your breath. But if someone insults you, your breath starts burning and your heart gets filled with anger and remorse. Generally, people get stuck in negativity and unpleasantness, rather than positivity or pleasantness. Of course, when you love somebody, love becomes a very deep part of you. Suppose you have an ideology you strongly believe in, then that becomes a part of your breath. For example, some people are committed to doing something good for the environment; then day and night they will think about it. Or someone has a particular project in their mind, then that project becomes a part of them. They are fully into it, and it’s OK. But renunciation is the ability to drop everything and rest. Many people do not succeed in a project, because they become feverish about it. They lack renunciation. Whether you like...

A person without emotions is like wood without any juice. You need to make yourself interesting to inspire people to be with you. This will happen when you nurture yourself with music, prayer and service. The way to expand from individual to universal consciousness is to share others’ sorrow and joy. As you grow, your consciousness should also grow. When you expand in knowledge with time, then depression is not possible. The way to overcome personal misery is to share universal misery. The way to expand personal joy is to share universal joy. Instead of thinking, “what about me?” and “what can I gain from this world?” think, “what can I do for the world?” Service leads to the dynamic experience of heart. It creates a sense of belongingness. Not being of service (seva) to others, can lead a person to depression. Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Pain is physical. Suffering is mental. If you are not sensitive to others’ pain, then you are not a human being. That is why you need ...

When you are in a harmonious environment your mind picks up any excuse to be in conflict. So often small things are enough to create big turmoil. If you have a conflicting environment you tend to seek harmony. Have you noticed this? Ask yourself this question: Do you seek harmony in every situation or do you seek to widen the differences and prove your righteousness? When your survival is at stake, you don't complain that nobody loves you. When you are safe and secure you start demanding attention. Many people create conflict in order to get attention. The seed of negativity and the tendency for conflict in you can only be annihilated by Sadhana (spiritual practices). Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji 

See with what enthusiasm we celebrate New Year. Right? New Year! Something new! Time is always new. Every day is new, every moment is new, but when we are attending to it, with all our attention, and enthusiasm, we make it a celebration.   Shed the past like the skin of a cobra, like the old horns of the antelope. You know what Antelope does? It's too dangerous to see it with all the horns. Then once a year, they just shed the horns and then they look cute and innocent again. No defense! Like that we move around with defence all the time; and sometime we must just shed the defence and repose in the core of our heart, knowing the Divinity is right here now and "All is well, and all is being taken care of!” Just this aphorism or this intention or idea itself helps to bring the best out of you. What is the best of you - unconditional love, unconditional joy. In 2024 say “I'm going to be a source of joy not the source of complaint.” What do you say? And it needs a skill to be ...

 साखर  किंवा पेढा खाऊन नंतर चहा पिऊन पहा. काय म्हणता हा प्रयोग तुम्ही केला आहे? असे असेल तर नक्कीच तुम्ही तो परत करणार नाही. कारण चहा अगोड लागतो. दुसरी एक गंगत सांगतो. काही खेड्यांमध्ये एक प्रथा आढळते. साप चावलेल्या माणसाला मिरची किंवा कडूनिंबाचा पाला खायला देतात. त्या माणसाने जर मिरचीची चव तिखट वा कडूनिंबाची कडू सांगितली, तर तो बरा होणार असे मानतात व जर चव नाही असे तो म्हणाला, तर तो मरणार असे मानतात. ह्याबद्दल आता माहिती घेऊ. जिभेमुळे आपल्याला चव कळते. चव कळण्यासाठी जिभेवर स्वादांकूर असतात. या स्वादांकुरावर एखादा पदार्थ सूक्ष्म प्रमाणात जरी ठेवला तरी आपल्याला चव कळते. जिभेच्या कडांना पाठीमागच्या बाजूस व शेंडयाला कडू, तुरट, आंबट, गोड, खारट अशा चवी वेगवेगळ्या प्रमाणात समजतात. स्वादांकुराचे कार्य व्यवस्थित चालले तरच चव समजते. 'गुडमार' ही एक वनस्पती आहे. तिचा पाला खाल्ल्या नंतर चव कळणाऱ्या स्वादांकूरावर परिणाम होतो. हे स्वादांकूर त्यांचे कार्य करू शकत नाहीत. साहजिकच गुडमार खाल्ल्यानंतर साखर गोड लागत नाही. विषारी सापाच्या विषाचा स्वादांकुरांतून चवीची संवेदना मेंदू पर्यंत वाहू...

जखम छोटी असो वा मोठी त्याकडे दुर्लक्ष करू नये. काही वेळेला घरात काचेची भांडी फुटल्यामुळे तर अपघातामुळे त्वचेवर कापल्यासारख्या जखमा होतात. काचेपासून झालेल्या या जखमा भरून येण्यासाठी योग्य ती काळजी घेतली पाहिजे. खोल जखमेसाठी डॉक्टरांचे उपाय आवश्यक आहेतच; पण इतर जखमांसाठी आपण घरगुती उपाय करून जखम बरी करू शकतो आणि संसर्गाचा धोका टाळू शकतो. जखम छोटी असेल तर सर्वप्रथम जखम स्वच्छ करावी, कारण व्यवस्थितपणे जखम स्वच्छ करणे हे ती थंड पाण्याच्या नळाखाली जखम झालेला भाग धरावा. यामुळे जखमेवर लागलेली धूळ, जीवजंतू निघून जाण्यास मदत होईल. शिवाय थंड पाण्यामुळे वेदना कमी होण्यास मदत होते. नंतर स्वच्छ टॉवेलने हळूवारपणे जखम कोरडी करावी. त्यानंतर निर्जंतूक ड्रेसिंग करून किंवा बँडेज लावून ती जखम झाकावी.  *घरगुती उपाय* *हळद:-*           हळद ही नैसर्गिक अँटिसेप्टिक आणि प्रतिजैवीक घटक आहे. त्यामुळे हळदसुद्धा काचेमुळे झालेल्या जखमेसाठी आणि संसर्ग रोखण्यासाठी वापरता येते. रक्‍तस्त्राव होत असल्यास त्यावर थेट हळदीची पूड भरून थोडा वेळ तसेच धरून ठेवले तर रक्‍तस्त्राव ताबडतोब थांबतो. ज...

 कारणामुळे चक्कर आली असली तर त्यावर पुढीलप्रमाणे घरगुती उपचार करता येतात. 1. पित्त वाढल्यामुळे चक्कर येत असली तर ताज्या आवळ्याचा रस चार चमचे त्यात चमचाभर खडीसाखर मिसळून घेतल्यास बरे वाटते. 2. रक्‍तदाब कमी झाल्याने चक्कर येत असली तर आल्याचा चमचाभर रस व चमचाभर मध हे मिश्रण थोडे थोडे चाटून खाण्याचा उपयोग होतो. 3. मानसिक क्षोभामुळे, अस्वस्थतेमुळे चक्कर येत असली तर कोहळ्याचा रस चार चमचे व चमचाभर खडीसाखर असे मिश्रण घेता येते. 4. ऊन लागल्यामुळे चक्कर येत असली तर नाकात दुर्वांच्या रसाचे २-३ थेंब टाकण्याचे तसेच टाळूवर आवळकाठीच्या चूर्णात पाणी मिसळून तयार केलेला लेप लावून ठेवण्याने बरे वाटते. 5. फार अशक्‍तपणा जाणवत असला व चक्कर येत असली, बरोबरीने तोंडाला चव नसली तर मनुका खाण्याचा उपयोग होतो. मनुका थोडेसे सैंधव लावून थोड्याशा तुपावर परतून घेतल्या व काही दिवस रोज खाल्ल्या तर गुण येतो. 6. कोणत्याही कारणाने शुक्रक्षय झाला असला (हस्तमैथुन, अतिमैथुन, स्वप्नदोष वगैरेमुळे) व त्यामुळे अशक्‍तपणा येऊन चक्कर येत असली तर रोज अर्ध्या नारळाचे ओले खोबरे वाटून त्यातून निघालेले दूध चवीनुसार साखर टाकून पिण्याच...

पपईच्या पानांचा चहा - कोणत्याही अवस्थेतील कर्करोग केवळ 60 ते 90 दिवसांत मुळापासून नष्ट होऊ शकतो.      पपईची पाने - तिसऱ्या आणि चौथ्या स्टेजचा कर्करोग केवळ 35 ते 90 दिवसांत बरा होऊ शकतो. आता पर्यंत - आपण मानवांनी फक्त पपईच्या पानांचा वापर मर्यादित प्रमाणात केला असेल... (विशेषतः प्लेटलेट कमी करण्यासाठी किंवा त्वचेशी संबंधित किंवा इतर कोणत्याही लहान किंवा मोठ्या प्रयोगासाठी) परंतु, आज आम्ही तुम्हाला काय सांगणार आहोत - हे खरोखर तुम्हाला आश्चर्यचकित करेल. कॅन्सर सारख्या गंभीर आजाराला तुम्ही फक्त पाच आठवड्यांत समूळ नष्ट करू शकता. ती निसर्गाची शक्ती आहे अनेक प्रकारच्या वैज्ञानिक शोधांमधून बरेच ज्ञान मिळाले - पपईच्या प्रत्येक भागामध्ये जसे की फळ, स्टेम, बिया, पाने, मुळे या सर्वांमध्ये कर्करोगाच्या पेशी नष्ट करण्यासाठी आणि त्यांची वाढ थांबवण्यासाठी शक्तिशाली औषध असते. विशेषतः - कर्करोगाच्या पेशी नष्ट करण्याचे आणि त्यांची वाढ रोखण्याचे गुणधर्म पपईच्या पानांमध्ये मुबलक प्रमाणात आढळतात. चला तर मग जाणून घेऊया... फ्लोरिडा विद्यापीठ (2010) आणि अमेरिका आणि जपानमधील आंतरराष्ट्रीय डॉक्टर आ...

५ गोष्टींची असू शकते कमी..... उन्हाळ्याच्या दिवसांत किंवा कधी एरवीही थोडं काम केलं की आपल्याला बसावसं वाटतं. एकदम थकून गेल्यासारखं होतं. काही वेळा अंगातलं त्राण गेल्यासारखं होतं. असं होण्यामागे अनेक कारणे असू शकतात. प्रमाणाबाहेर कष्ट करणे, पुरेशी झोप न होणे किंवा ऊन्हाचा तडाखा वाढल्यानेही असे होऊ शकते. अन्नातून पुरेसे पोषण मिळत नसेल किंवा शरीरात कोणत्या व्हिटॅमिन्सची कमतरता असेल तर हे सगळे त्रास होण्याची शक्यता असते. त्यामुळे आपल्याला थकवा येत असेल तर ही गोष्ट अंगावर न काढता वेळीच तो का येतो याचे कारण शोधून काढणे आणि त्यावर योग्य ते उपाय करणे आवश्यक असते यासाठी वेळीच डॉक्टरांकडे जाणे आणि त्यांनी दिलेल्या तपासण्या करण्याची आवश्यकता असते. रक्त तपासण्या केल्यानंतर शरीरात ज्या घटकांची कमतरता आहे ते घटक मिळणारे पदार्थ किंवा सप्लिमेंटस आहारात वाढवावे लागतात. त्यानंतरच हा थकवा कमी होण्याची शक्यता असते. यासाठी वेळीच डॉक्टरांशी सल्लामसलत केल्यास योग्य त्या उपाययोजना करणे गरजेचे असते. प्रसिद्ध आहारतज्ज्ञ अमिता गद्रे याविषयी अतिशय महत्त्वाची माहिती शेअर करतात. कोणत्या गोष्टींची कमतरता झाल्याने थक...

*खोकला  व त्यावरील प्रभावी उपाय:* 01. हळदीच्या दुधात 🥛खारीक मिसळून घेतल्यास खोकला बरा होतो. दूधामध्ये 🥛 दोन खारीक व हळद उकळून 🫕घ्यावे व थंड झाल्यावर घ्या. असे केल्याने कफ मोकळा होतो व बाहेर पडतो. खोकला बरा होतो. 🥳 02. आले व मध 🧉एकत्र करून घेतल्यास आराम मिळतो व खोकला बरा होतो. 🤩 03. लसुण 🧄 प्रकृतीने उष्ण आहे. त्यात ॲन्टीबॅक्टेरियल 🦠 गुण असतात, लसणाच्या पाकळ्या तुपात तळून 🍶 घ्याव्यात व गरम गरम खाव्यात, याने गळ्याला शेक बसतो व बरं वाटतं. 04. काळे ⚫ मिरे, जायफळाची पूड व मध 🧉 एकत्र करून घेतल्यास लवकर फायदा होतो. दिवसातून दोन ✌🏻 ते तीन वेळा घ्यावे. 05. पिंपळी गाठ कुटून घ्यावे व मधात 🧉मिसळून चाटण म्हणून घेतल्यास खोकला बरा होतो. 06. खोकला बरा होत नसेल, तर नीलगिरीच्या तेलाचे काही थेंब नारळाच्या तेलात मिसळून मग याने छातीला मालिश करा, याने कफ मोकळा होतो व बरं वाटते. 07. ज्येष्ठमध 🥓 हे एक उपयुक्त औषध आहे. खोकल्याची उबळ आली की, ज्येष्ठमध काडी चघळल्यास ढास जाते, बरं वाटते, किंवा ज्येष्ठमध व मध 🍯 यांचे मिश्रण करून हे चाटण म्हणून घेतल्यास आराम मिळतो. 08. पुदिना पाने ☘️ व तुळस 🍃. य...

Verse 30 व्याधि स्त्यान संशय प्रमादाअलस्याविरति भ्रान्तिदर्शनालब्धभूमिकत्वानवस्थितत्वानि चित्तविक्षेपाः ते अन्तरायाः ॥३०॥ vyādhi styāna saṁśaya pramāda-ālasya-avirati bhrāntidarśana-alabdha-bhūmikatva-anavasthitatvāni citta-vikṣepāḥ te antarāyāḥ ॥30॥ Disease, mental laziness, doubt, carelessness, laziness , non-abstention , false perception , failing to obtain stages of practice and inability to stay in that state - These distractions of the mind are the impediments. These nine types of obstacles usually prevent the meditators from progressing on the path of Yoga. The souls who did not have strong previous birth sanskaras surely face it but they should not leave yoga fearing these problems. In fact, yoga should be practised continuously. Maharshi has organized these obstacles in a chronological order which is quite scientific. In case the meditator is suffering from a disease then he cannot sit for yoga practice and he will be distracted due to unwellness of his heart. So, disease is c...

Verse 29 ततः प्रत्यक्चेतनाधिगमोऽप्यन्तरायाभवश्च ॥२९॥ tataḥ pratyak-cetana-adhigamo-'py-antarāya-abhavaś-ca ॥29॥ From that comes realization of the Individual Self and the destruction of obstacles. PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS

Verse 28 तज्जपः तदर्थभावनम् ॥२८॥ taj-japaḥ tad-artha-bhāvanam ॥28॥ The repetition of this (OM-Pranava) and meditating on its meaning is the way. Om kara. Ishwara is OM is what Patanjali says. To go deeper the manifestation process is from moola - Pranava - prana - jeeva. This is how the manifestation of world occurs.  And here Patanjali stresses o meditation on Pranava. Pranava is underlying reality the background vibration of this existence. When repeating this and meditating on the Pranava one can become one with the ultimate. In Verse 28, Patanjali lays emphasis on the repetition and meditation on this Pranava mantra i.e. Aum.  Why should there be repetition? We have not forgotten that theory of Samskaras, that the sum-total of impressions lives in the mind. Impressions live in the mind, the sum-total of impressions, and they become more and more latent, but remain there, and as soon as they get the right stimulus they come out. Molecular vibration will never cease....

Verse 27 तस्य वाचकः प्रणवः ॥२७॥ tasya vācakaḥ praṇavaḥ ॥27॥ The word to designate Him (Isvara) is Pranava or OM. In the verse 27, Sage Patanjali is stressing on the Ishvara and the symbol, the mark of His, i.e. Aum.  Symbol is the manifestor of the thing signified, and if the thing signified has already existence, and if, by experience, we know that the symbol has expressed that thing many times, then we are sure that there is the real relation between them. Even if the things are not present, there will be thousands who will know them by their symbols. There must be a natural connection between the symbol and the thing signified; then, when that symbol is pronounced, it recalled the thing signified.  Patanjali says the manifesting word of God is Om. Why does he emphasize this? There are hundreds of words for God. One thought is connected with a thousand words; the idea, God, is connected with hundreds of words, and each one stands as a symbol for God.    But there m...

Verse 26 स एष पूर्वेषामपिगुरुः कालेनानवच्छेदात् ॥२६॥ sa eṣa pūrveṣām-api-guruḥ kālena-anavacchedāt ॥26॥ That (Isavara) is the Teacher of even the ancient teachers, since He is not limited by time. In these verses, Sage Patanjali is talking about Omniscience of Ishvara and His significance in attaining the Yoga.  In verse 26, Ishvara is called as the Adi-Guru, the Adi-Yogi. It is true that all knowledge is within ourselves, but this has to be called forth by another knowledge. Although the capacity   to know is inside us, it must be called out, and that calling out of knowledge can only be got, a Yogi maintains, through another knowledge. Dead, insentient matter, never calls out   knowledge. It is the action of knowledge that brings out knowledge. Knowing beings must be with us to call forth what is in us, so these teachers were always necessary. The world was never without them, and no knowledge can come without them. God is the Teacher of all teachers, because ...

भगवद्गीता– अध्याय ६, श्लोक २९ सर्वभूतस्थमात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि | ईक्षते योगयुक्तात्मा सर्वत्र समदर्शन: || अनुवाद: सर्वत्र समभाव से देखने वाले योगयुक्त व्यक्ति आत्मा को समस्त भूतों में और समस्त भूतों को आत्मा में देखते हैं। The person harmonized in yoga looks everywhere with equanimity, seeing the self (atman) in all beings and all beings in the self. Bhagavad Gita

भगवद्गीता– अध्याय ६, श्लोक ३५ श्रीभगवानुवाच | असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलम् | अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते || अनुवाद: श्रीभगवान ने कहा, "हे महाबाहू! निस्संदेह, मन चंचल है और इसे संयम करना कठिन है। परंतु, हे कुंतीपुत्र! अभ्यास और वैराग्य के माध्यम से इसे नियंत्रित किया जा सकता है।"  Sri Bhagavan said, "O mighty armed! Undoubtedly, the mind is restless and difficult to restrain. But, O son of Kunti! Through practice and dispassion, it can be controlled." PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS,

भगवद्गीता– अध्याय २, श्लोक २१ वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम् | कथं स पुरुष: पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम् || अनुवाद: हे पार्थ! जो इस आत्मा को अविनाशी, नित्य, जन्मरहित, और अपरिवर्तनीय जानते हैं, वह किसी की मृत्यु का कारण कैसे हो सकते हैं या किसी को मार सकते हैं? O Partha! How can one who knows this self (atman) to be imperishable, eternal, birthless, and immutable cause anyone to be killed or kill anyone? Bhagavad Gita,

भगवद्गीता– अध्याय ८, श्लोक १३ ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन् | यः प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम् || अनुवाद: जो व्यक्ति एकाक्षर ब्रह्म "ॐ" का उच्चारण करते हुए और मेरा स्मरण करते हुए शरीर त्याग देते हैं वह परम गति को प्राप्त होते हैं। One who departs from the body uttering the single-syllable Brahman "Om" and remembering Me attains the Supreme Goal. Bhagavad Gita

भगवद्गीता– अध्याय १८, श्लोक ६७ इदं ते नातपस्काय नाभक्ताय कदाचन | न चाशुश्रूषवे वाच्यं न च मां योऽभ्यसूयति || अनुवाद: तुम्हें यह ज्ञान उन्हें कदापि प्रदान नहीं करना चाहिए जो तपस्या या भक्ति से रहित हैं, न ही उन्हें जो सुनने की इच्छा नहीं रखते हैं, और उन्हें भी नही जो मुझमें दोष देखते हैं। You should never impart this knowledge to those who are devoid of austerities or devotion, not even to those who do not desire to listen, and to those who find fault with Me as well. Bhagavad Gita