There was a science of Ayurved from immemorial times in our sub-continent. The science of Allopathy grew up after Ayurved; we would like to discuss it first. Hippocrates, the founder of Allopathy, was born in 460 B. C. He…
The dead don’t wake. The sleeper does. Even Khumbakarna, who used to sleep for six months at a stretch, woke up, and when he did, he stayed awake for the other six months of the year. That is probably as…
There are four different systems of medicine : Allopathy, Homeopathy, Unani and Ayurved. Ayurved is the oldest and probably the mother of the others. Hippocrates was the father of allopathic medicine, but Hippocrates, and after him, Aristotle and Pythagoras, were…
Our mind is our guiding star in all we do and that mind that mind is itself the product of an evaluation, of forces-both inner and outer, of our innermost glowing point as it spreads its light in the…
Fevers : Simple fevers are due to cold, getting wet in the rain, walking long in the sun, wearing wet clothing for a long time, moist weather, change of seasons, carelessness concerning diet, etc. Premonitory symptoms include fatigue without labor,…
There is a natural affinity between male and female. Male gets impulse from the woman. Bankim Chandra writes up the women of his times in golden prose. We may compare the women of his day and ours. Rabindranath Tagore wrote…
Aryan Civilization can be divided into five ages: prevedic, vedic, upanishadic, mahabharat, and present. The Nibid Mantra was prevedic, and in it there is no mention of varnasram or division of society into four classes. The first mention of such…
The Santa Scripture says the spirit is libido. What roams in Brahma is spirit, libido, or surat. The ‘Setaswatar Upanishada’ says: That which, with ectoplastic body -like a sunbeam-. promised and egoed, sufficient in its own purity and power, and…
As to which is better, meat diet or vegetable, we shall not decide just now. Let us first inquire into the elements of which food is composed. Our body can be compared with a steam engine. Without fire and…
Rabindranath Tagore said, “The mental world and the outer world are different. How can we conceive these two worlds? The mental world always carries with it an urge to create something, in the outer world, and unless this manifestation comes,…
We quote from some wonderful stories in the Sri Chaitanya-Charitamrita. They are fairly recent. Sri Madhabendra Puri went on pilgrimage to Brindaban. Brindaban filled him with joy, and tears of gladness streamed down from his eyes. He then went to…
Ayurveda says that balance and unbalance of the five primary elements plus consciousness are the root causes of health and disease. The five primary elements are traditionally called earth, water, air, fire, and ether. Consciousness upholds these elements in the…
Food and activity are the main sources of health. Where these are improper, disease comes. Untimely eating, eating in excess, eating stale and unsuitable foods are some of the improprieties of diet. If a week man subjects himself to laborious…
Treatment is needed for illness. No acute symptom of disease should ever be neglected. Just as a small seed can produce a mammoth tree, so an acute symptom like a common cold can become the cause of tuberculosis. It is…
Human beings are said to be the most superior creatures of the world, and their objectives are said to be four-fold: righteousness, prosperity, satisfaction of carnal desire, and liberation. If you examine the daily behavior of men and women, you…
There is a mythological story about the origin of Ayurveda. According to that story Brahma was the first incarnation, and it was he who first discovered Ayurveda. Then his disciple Daksha discovered further Ayurvedic truths. Then came the two Aswini…
Ayurveda is one of the main parts of the Veda. Originally it came from the Atharva Veda. By reading this Veda, we can know what is good and bad for longevity, the root cause of disease, how disease can be…
Like a blazing sun in a cloudless sky, Ayurvedic Science came to light in the age of the Aryan Seers. These rishis spent much of their time in meditation and then worked over the realizations thereof. They were essentially truth…
According to Ayurved the body in balance is in health. Balance means a balance of the three elements: bayu, pitta, kaffa. Unbalance or predominance of any one of the three may bring disease. If the unbalance fails to touch or…
