Ayurveda recommends Varsha Ritucharya to counter the detrimental imbalances brought about by climatic changes during monsoons. During monsoons the digestive fire (agni) is weak. Throughout summer, Vata dosha accumulates in the body and vitiates agni even further affecting the digestive
Ayurveda is imbibed and integrated in Indian life and most of us do not know it as ‘Ayurveda’ but as just the way life is supposed to be lead. Earlier and in some parts of India even now, Vaidyas were
Kama was born first, Neither gods nor ancestors, nor humans can equal him. Oh Kama ! You are immense as you reside in all living beings. I bow to you…. You are a higher deity than the sun, moon, wind
There are words in our tradition which are not translatable into English or other European languages. Sukh cannot be translated as happiness. The famous Shloka of the Bhagavad Gita: Sukh-dukhe samekritva, labhalabho jai jayo; cannot be translated as ‘Be unperturbed
A couple of months ago, we had a tragedy next door. It must have been 9pm when our doorbell rang. Before answering, I peered through the door-phone, and saw two policemen. I was hesitating because I was alone at home
न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूय: | अजो नित्य: शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे || na jāyate mriyate vā kadāchin nāyaṁ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ ajo nityaḥ śhāśhvato ’yaṁ purāṇo na hanyate hanyamāne
The question is how much importance you give to your practice. How much anxiety do you have for your practice or for other things? What is important in your life? Do you really want to transform your personality and improve
We launched Irresistible Care Circles, a weekly virtual gathering place that has served more than 1,000 social justice leaders in the past five weeks. Social distancing brought us face-to-face with our community as we laughed, cried, breathed, played, sang, and rested
I have always wanted to know the exact date that I would become Self-realized just as we would all love to know the exact date the coronavirus lockdown is going to go away. DO NOT give us an exact date
Many times, we get forewarned about the losing the sync and we are able to recover our balance before losing it completely. All lifestyle diseases are warning signals, though taken seriously only by those afflicted. But the Coronavirus situation was
