Ayurveda: Complete Science of Life — The principles of Ayurveda are an invaluable link to understanding, in detail, naturally healthy living. People everywhere are realizing the importance and benefits of taking personal responsibility for one’s own well being, making Ayurveda the perfect system of health knowledge for today’s world. Ayurveda is a science of life so to know more about …

Ayurveda: Introduction — Definition & aim of Ayurveda: The word Ayurveda is a combination of two words AYUR (life) + VEDA (science). Ayurveda is a science, which tells how to live healthy life without affecting nature of a healthy human body: physically, mentally and spiritually. “Health cares for healthy one, Cure of diseased from disease.” Ayurveda is a wide knowledge …

Determining your Prakriti (Nature) — As we know that every human body is has three dosha’s (humors) which are responsible for the disturbance of health and these dosha (humors) also consist the human body nature and his behavioral habit, now here we discuss how to determine the body dosha (humor) with a simple questionnaire and you can determine the existing prominent …

India For Global Recognition of Ayurveda, Unani — India is pushing for a WHO collaborative centre on traditional medicine to win legal recognition to the Indian systems of medication like Ayurveda and Unani abroad, officials said Wednesday. At present, all the drugs under the Indian systems of medicine – Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Homoepathy – are exported either as food …

Medicinal Herbs — There are several herbs which are known for their medicinal properties. These medicinal herbs are in use since time immemorial. Ancient Indian text “Atharva Veda” has mentioned several medicinal herbs and their benefits. In modern times too people are now increasingly turning to medicinal herbs as a source of alternative therapy. One of the major benefits of …

Organic Herbs — Organic herbs are those herbs which are grown using organic farming practices. organic farming excludes the use of synthetic inputs, such as synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, and genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Organic farming involves fostering natural processes. Enhancing soil health is the cornerstone of organic farming. A variety of methods are employed to improve soil health. These …

Writing Can Be Prayerful — The information explosion and popularity of debates and talks in electronic media has perhaps reduced the art of writing to just another has-been activity. And yet, the more information we are exposed to, the more we are prone to introspection and reflection – which find sensitive expression in writing. We mull over things, integrate the …

What My Cup Can Hold — Well, this time it was a sprain in my foot. Last time it was problems with fluctuating blood pressure; before that it was high cholesterol levels. All these have given me physical limits to what I can do. But, i continue to focus on what I can still do and that is a lot. …

Uncovering Relative Truths — The moment we find some answers to questions we have about creation, the euphoria disappears for new questions emerge. ‘Fractals’, discovered by Mandelbrot, are similar patterns repeating themselves at higher orders of dimension. If you magnify a fine area of fractal structure, you get more information in proportion to the new scale. Thus, the world not …

Two Approaches: Dual & Non-dual — With me I had a letter from Germany. A Catholic friend of mine had made some points in it, and I wanted to give her an apt reply from the viewpoint of Hinduism. The first principle of Hinduism, she had written, is monistic pantheism, whereas Jewish-Christian thinking considers that God and Creation are two …