Guest guest Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 this is another interesting point - it has been stated that the buddhist ethic of ahimsa adopted by ashoka detrimentally affected the practice of ayurveda, and led to a decline of the practice of surgery such now that this practice is almost totally lost my concern is that by adopting a strictly vegetarian ethic to the practice of ayurveda, this loss of knowledge would continue i believe we should support the ayurveda of the acharyas and not bend it to our religious philosophy this is why ayurveda is open to all: hindu, christian, muslim, buddhist etc. best... todd On 4-Jul-06, at 8:55 AM, ayurveda wrote: > There is also evidence of vegetarianism in the Vedas, Upanishads, > Dharma Shastras, Yoga Sutras and most sacred texts of Hindus. These > scriptures unambiguously support the meatless diet. This was observed > by the ancient traveler Megasthenes and also by Fa-Hsien, a Chinese > Buddhist monk who, in the fifth century, traveled to India in order > to obtain authentic copies of the scriptures.[19] Even Mahabharata, > the great epic of India, supports vegetarianism, according to > following research, with proper reference. Caldecott todd (AT) toddcaldecott (DOT) com www.toddcaldecott.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 Dear Dr.Venugopal, I do agree with views of Dr.Venugopal on Dhara. Even I have also experienced excellent results with Dhara. But that does not rule out importance of Psychotherapy or other therapies ! Rather one of the trividha pariksha is Prashna Pariksha on which entire counselling technique & psychotherapy can be explained. In fact it should be the basic way to deal with even prior to advice medications or therapies.If one communicates properly & tries to find out what is the root cause that is creating that anxiety to that case ,then by proper discussion it can be possible to minimise the gravity of that situation. With Dr.Todd again I do not agree to certain extent that only high protenacious non veg stuff can put you fit thro' out the day ! As he mentioned in his text - > my experience with diet is that non-veg food has a more grounding and stabilizing > influence - in my experience many cases of anxiety are promoted or caused by labile > blood sugar levels, and i have found that a higher protein breakfast, such as eggs, makes > a person feel more in tune, grounded, and effective in their day Well I percieve this as his personal experience ! But even we know a number of people who are involved in preyers or simillar activities with plain Veg diet with quite calm , quiet state of mind yet very much energetic.For instances please refer to some of our saints.Or even why saints , there may be several members who are pure veg. & can confidently say that they alo feel energetic, more grounding & stabilizing experience with veg.diet ! Other suggestion on Basti was certainly interesting. The use of word "accumulation" was used with little laymen's point of view. Yes , I do agree with Mr.Liz , I never intended Basti with Colon cleansing. Basti is much beyond that ! Mr.Jagannathji is very specific in mentioning that constipation is one of the major hetu ( cause) of other disorders. With warm regards, Dr.Aashish Phadke,Mumbai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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