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Ayurveda
: Ancient Heritage in the Age of Globalisation
ambassador said in the morning it’s a way of life and it is a
very simple, common-sensical systemwhich says to avoid
things which are bad and accept things which are good,
have a good life and enjoy happiness and avoid things
which are bad, avoid ill health and avoid sorrow. ‘Ayu’ in
that means life and it is told that
sattvamaatma sariram
ca trayametat tridandavat
, like three poles of that
camera which supports a camera, the body, mind and
the spirit support life. The tripod has a significance. All
three legs need to be there to support life and if one leg is
removed that thing falls.
We speak more about the body later. About the
mind and spirit - mind is said to be link between the body
and the spirit. And it also has a predisposition to disease
and imbalances. While we talk about spirit - it is not
affected by any of the fluctuations but instead it can carry
some impressions which can manifest as either mental or
physical diseases when a life is born. Body is combination
of
Dosha
,
Dhatu
and
Mala
. We will deal in detail each of
them. Dosha simply means vitiator or that which causes
trouble. But it the same troublemaking factors in the body
when in balance create health. Dhatu in the Sanskrit word
means ‘sustainer’. It sustains the physical aspect of the
body. It maintain the nutritive process in place. Mala are
the impuritiesorproductsof thephysiological transforma-
tions going on the body. So simply defining, body is
