Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

See if you keep talking negative, your system undergoes such a strain-such knots get created in your own body. And if you keep praising the Lord, praising the Divine, then your entire system undergoes a transformation. It is a scintillating experience, every cell in your body is charged up, it feels so alive, so full of love.  They purify not just their family, not just their relatives, but the whole world. They bring holiness to the land, to the place, to the holy place. The holy place is where devotees walk, devotees sit, devotees think. That is teertha-that is the holy place. They make even the holy places holier. If a holy place is devoid of devotees who cry for the Divinity, it is no more holy.  If a holy place is a place of fight and crime, it has lost it’s vibration, it’s serenity, it’s holiness. How can a sacred place maintain its sacredness? It is by devotees being there, singing, praising the glory of the Divine. When such devotees walk there, the place becomes holy ...

Blinds man walks into darkness, if he catches hold of any of this. The gross material universe is governed by the subtle forces. The subtle forces are called the Devas. The microcosm and macrocosm are connected. There are 9 planets in our solar system and they have an impact on our mind-body complex.  They have an impact on the grains, the plants that grow on this planet. The ancient people had a science of tracking this connection. A particular part of your body is also connected to this, like they said that the planet Mars is connected to the liver and is also connected to chickpeas. Similarly the Sun is connected to the eyes and rice. Sesame seed, teeth, crow and Saturn are connected in the same way. Each animal brings down certain cosmic vibration onto the planet. So the Divine forces, Devas are carried onto the planet by certain specific things. Remember Devas are not Brahman. Devas are particular energy patterns in the universe. Like when sunlight passes through a prism, it g...

We have heard from the seers that it is different from vidya and from avidya too. Yes, this is obvious. A dietician will say what you need - increase proteins, reduce fat, increase carbohydrates. They give you this knowledge. This is very subtle knowledge.  Similarly in the realm of consciousness there are subtle forces and they are called the Devas. How many Devas are there? 33 crores. What are 33 crores in millions? 330 million. I don't know who counted it, whether the counting is correct or not.  Maybe there is some addition to it by now. There are so many different types of Devas present in the consciousness or Brahman. All these different Devas have a definite role to play in the protection of the universe.  As I said, each animal carries some biodynamic rays with them and these are the carriers of the Devas. A particular kind of biodynamic energy is brought to the world by the peacock, lion, and by every other species.  Every single species is connected to a De...

He who knows both vidya and avidya together crosses by avidya and obtains immortality by vidya. Work on the subtle and work on the gross. You know consciousness is everything but knowing that consciousness is everything you cannot eat everything.  For your physical wellbeing you have to be discreet in what you eat, what is good for the body and what is not. You can't say, "All this is Brahman, all this is consciousness. All this is part of me anyways. Let me eat anything that I want." It doesn't work that way. That discrimination has to be there.  Unfortunately, this advaita knowledge has been misunderstood and misused by many people. You will see people just lying down anywhere and say "Everything is the same, all is Brahman." Good, but they have not understood the very basic.  They don't bother to clean or cut their nails. “All is Brahman, what is there? Anyways we are going to die one day”. In the name of advaita they are torturing one's body. If ...

Question - Gurudev we live life with desires to gain something, either material pleasures or spiritual solace, but once we attain the divinity, Upanishads tell us to live for 100 years. Is it not a punishment to live life without getting anything in return? Gurudev Sri Sri - You are just looking at one dimension of getting. You think joy is in getting. I have made it very clear that there is a joy in contributing. Live life for others who need you. Ok, for sometime in life, get, receive, but afterwards start giving also.  When you are a student, your whole focus is in getting your qualification. What is the point if you are just trying to qualify yourself up to the age of 80? You are going from one school to another to another and studying and studying.  What is the use? How do you put to use all that you have studied? Somewhere you have to put it to use. Similarly you acquire for some time. After you have acquired, now you start disseminating it. Question - Gurudev, yesterday...