Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

The Vishnu Purana explains; In the country of Odisha, in Nilacala in Purusottama-ksetra, the spiritual and blissful Personality of Godhead appears as the wooden Deity named Lord Jagannatha. Pancharaatara Agama which is about the tradition of Vaishnavism put forth the explanation of Sriman Narayana having four aspects of manifestation: Para (Supreme), Vyuha (Emanation), Vaibhava (Incarnation) and Archa (Icon). Para is Nirguna Brahmaa, formless form. Vyuha, the Emanations are four in number called Chaturvyuhas; Vaasudeva, Sankarshana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. Vaibhava is a glorified form. Archa is Saguna Brahmaa, with form and name. Of the four the Vyuha states corresponding to Aniruddha, Pradyumna, Sankarshana and Vasudeva are related to Pranava Om consists of A (Akara), U (Ukara), M (Makara) and Ardhamatra (Half Nasal).  From these 4 sprouts out the 24 forms of Vishnu which are symbolically identified with 24 letters of the most famous and sacred Maha Gayatri mantra, “T...

Our brains have two sides. One side deals with the concrete materialistic world. If we could play a game of pool and have a beer, that would be the concrete world. Easy to manage - mutually meaningful measuring system, adaptable resources, and strategies. But the other side of the brain is the people world. Complexity dealing with complexity. Hard to manage - rationalization of ideas, values and harmonies.  On the one side we get stable configuration of knowledge. On the other side we get unstable configurations. This is because the mind has to deal with continuous change. We have to consider pros and cons and how they affect ourselves and others before we take materialistic action. This is one of the most significant things we have to realize because no matter what we come up with on one side, we have to make it work with the other side if it is to have any value. New age gurus, spiritualists and visionaries talk about the power of thoughts and how it manifests into reality. But w...

मुदं आनंदम दादती इति मुद्रा l Hasta mudras or hand positions directs immense flow of energy into our body. According to the Tantras these mudras stimulate different areas of the brain. The mind-body connection is a fascinating and complex relationship. The expressions, non-verbal communications are more powerful than the spoken words. A perfect combination of elegance and mysticism.  Mudras do not "stand-alone". They are but one part of a full body-mind experience during meditation or yoga. hen a finger representing an element is brought into contact with the thumb, that element is brought into balance. Therefore the disease caused by the imbalance is cured. Mudras start electromagnetic currents within the body, which balance various constituting elements and restore health. The joining of fingers creates an effect on the human body. The Universe is composed of five elements, earth, air, water, fire, and ether. Similarly our body is also a union of five elements which is rep...

Hindu philosophy and Ayurveda believes that everything in this universe is made up of five basic elements earth (prithvi), water (jal), fire (Agni or tej), air (Vayu) and ether or space (akash) and collectively they are termed as Panchmahabhuta. These are the minutest elements, which constitute living and non-living matters. Shiva Swarodaya explains that “Creation takes place due to the five tattvas and by them, it is sustained”. In the Tantraraja Tantra, Shakti asks Shiva, “Where do all the tattvas exist, in the body or out of it?” Shiva replies that the tattvas permeate the entire body and mind. Everything you do and think is under the influence of this tattvas. Main Sense of Attributes each Mahabhuta ; Space/Ether/Akash; Shabda  Air/Vayu; Shabda + Sparsha Fire /Agni; Shabda + Sparsha + Roop water/Jal; Shabda+Sparsha+Roop+Rasa Earth/ Prithvi; Shabda +Sparsha+Roop +Rasa+Gandha The first tattva to evolve is akasha, undifferentiated matter containing an infinite amount of potent...

Ayurveda is the Upaveda (sub part) of Atharva veda, also called Panchama veda (5th veda). Rishi Sushruta and Rishi Charaka are pioneers of ancient Indian medicinal sciences.  The word Ayurveda is made of two words Ayu and Veda and holds much more meaning than life and knowledge. Ayurveda means the knowledge of the union of body, sense organs, mind and soul. So when people bless saying ‘दीर्घायुषी भव।’ (dīrghāyuṣī bhava) it means let you be in union with all the above factors for a long time. हिताहितं सुखं दुःखमायुस्तस्य हिताहितम् | मानं च तच्च यत्रोक्तमायुर्वेदः स उच्यते ||४१|| सत्त्वमात्मा शरीरं च त्रयमेतत्त्रिदण्डवत् | लोकस्तिष्ठति संयोगात्तत्र सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् ||४६|| स पुमांश्चेतनं तच्च तच्चाधिकरणं स्मृतम् | वेदस्यास्य, तदर्थं हि वेदोऽयं सम्प्रकाशितः (१:४७ Charaka Samihita) Ayurveda is that which deals with good, bad, blissful and sorrowful life, and with (what is) wholesome and unwholesome for it, longevity, and about what Ayu (life) is in itself. Mind, soul and body - these...