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Savi Sarin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had been waiting for some divine inspiration, the seed idea to begin this writing project. Call it providence, it was International Yoga Day, and the inspiration presented itself as a question from my little one. Sharing the excerpt of our conversation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me: Today is International Yoga Day
Little one: So does that mean everyone in the world will be doing yoga?
Me: Yes
Little one: You mean everyone! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me: Well, almost!
Little one: All continents, all countries, Africa, Europe, China, Australia?
Me: I suppose so.
Little one: What about mosquitoes, cows, monkeys, elephants and snakes? Do they also know yoga?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that\u2019s what got me thinking and gave me the seed idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before we broach the heavy subject of yoga and \u0101yurveda, the two ubiquitous words, and forms they have taken in today\u2019s modern world, it would be interesting to start from a question, which will give a meaningful perspective (insight). Instead of asking \u2018What is yoga and \u0101yurveda?\u2019, let\u2019s ask \u2018Who is it for and why\u2019? Humans of course, we may quip: gender, nationality, caste, creed, religion are no bar. But why is it for humans, why not animals? After all, we have many things in common with our biped and quadruped friends. There is a beautiful shloka in Sanskrit that goes like this (Hitopade\u015ba 25):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0906\u0939\u093e\u0930-\u0928\u093f\u0926\u094d\u0930\u093e-\u092d\u092f-\u092e\u0948\u0925\u0941\u0928\u093e\u0928\u093f \u0938\u093e\u092e\u093e\u0928\u094d\u092f\u092e\u094d \u090f\u0924\u0924\u094d \u092a\u0936\u0941\u092d\u093f\u0930\u094d \u0928\u0930\u093e\u0923\u093e\u092e\u094d \u0964<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u091c\u094d\u091e\u093e\u0928\u0902 \u0928\u0930\u093e\u0923\u093e\u092e\u094d \u0905\u0927\u093f\u0915\u094b \u0935\u093f\u0936\u0947\u0937\u094b \u091c\u094d\u091e\u093e\u0928\u0947\u0928 \u0939\u0940\u0928\u093e\u0903 \u092a\u0936\u0941\u092d\u093f\u0903 \u0938\u092e\u093e\u0928\u093e\u0903 \u0965 \u0968\u096b \u0965<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0101h\u0101ra-nidr\u0101-bhaya-maithun\u0101ni s\u0101m\u0101nyam etat pa\u015bubhir nar\u0101\u1e47\u0101m |
j\u00f1\u0101na\u1e43 nar\u0101\u1e47\u0101m adhiko vi\u015be\u1e63o j\u00f1\u0101nena h\u012bn\u0101\u1e25 pa\u015bubhi\u1e25 sam\u0101n\u0101\u1e25 || <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first line states very clearly that eating, sleeping, fear and procreation are the activities humans have in common with animals. Then what is it that makes us swell with pride? What is it that differentiates humans from other species?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second line explicitly elucidates that moot point. One thing that differentiates us from other species is knowledge (j\u00f1\u0101na<\/em>, vidy\u0101<\/em>). We have been endowed with knowledge (vidy\u0101<\/em>, veda<\/em>) and superior intellect to learn and evolve. If we do not make use of the knowledge gifted to us without any copyright or IP-right conundrum, then we are as good as animals. (No offense to our slimy, slithery, scaly, furry friends.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being born as a human, to get the superior tool of body, mind, and intellect is indeed a privilege. It is like getting a pole vault to make that huge leap and cross the vicious cycle of birth and death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wait a second, but why do we get into this birth and death cycle in the first place? That is because of our karmas (actions). Only humans are gifted with free will, the agency to do karma as they wish: good or bad, it\u2019s their choice. Animals, the anu\u015bay\u012b <\/em>j\u012bva, don\u2019t have this privilege; they are born to meet with the consequences of their wrong actions of previous lives (bhoga) and have no scope of learning or evolving into superior beings \u2013 or doing anything much beyond what they are programmed for. Humans or abhim\u0101ni <\/em>j\u012bva, on the other hand, are entitled to j\u00f1\u0101na, karma, and bhoga of a wide variety. We are not just born to bear the fruit of our good and bad actions in the form of j\u0101ti, the species in which one is born, which is fixed at birth and can\u2019t be changed; ayu, life span; and bhoga, pleasure & pain. Since \u0101yu and bhoga can be upgraded or degraded as per our current actions, we are to learn and evolve to a higher level of existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, many of us may argue that being an animal is way better than being a human. Look at the birds, for example, they have the freedom to do whatever they want, whenever they want, fly above all. What a wonderful life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fair enough, but if we observe closely, our avian friends adhere to their intelligent design to a T with little scope of deviation from what they are programmed for. A rooster will crow at the break of dawn, an owl will hoot at night, a hawk will not feed on berries, a parrot will not scavenge on the dead, a kiwi will build a burrow to lay eggs, while weaver birds \u2013 even though they have exemplary craftsmanship \u2013 have been weaving their beautiful nests the same way as they did centuries ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now let us look at ourselves. We wake up when we want, we sleep when we want. When it comes to food, we have a smorgasbord of delicacies to whet our appetite, we eat when we want \u2013 rather all the time, not just when hungry. We travel far and wide, we sail, we swim, we fly, we build fancy homes, homes that keep us safe from the vagaries of weather. Our designs and creations evolve as per need and time. Which one do you call freedom, the aforesaid or the latter? (It is a different matter that we have not been discerning enough with the freedom of choice gifted to us, a poignant topic to be taken up for another time.) If you still think the former is better, then imagine a prisoner\u2019s life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, the great scientists of yore, the rishis, did just that: they observed, asked real questions, hard questions, sought answers, and realized that even a human birth is no less than a prison, misery, agony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since time immemorial, the prime focus of our species has been to attenuate our miseries and alleviate our sufferings and pain. It still is and will always be so. Ask anyone and you\u2019ll find the basic premise of why they are doing what they are doing is that they seek joy and want to steer clear of any kind of agony. The material world has been going in circles to find that elixir of life, eternal bliss, to no avail. But the great seers, due to their inquisitiveness, penance, and deep resolve to find answers to life\u2019s real problems, unraveled the biggest mysteries of origins, of existence, that no modern scientist has even come close to solving. They realized that human birth, despite being a crucible of suffering, is also the only window to escape from all kinds of suffering (trividh\u0101-du\u1e25kha: \u0101dhidaivika, \u0101dhibhautika and \u0101dhy\u0101tmika) and achieve the main purpose for which we keep getting sent into the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientists are inquisitive in nature and have a fervent desire to get to the root of the problem. The primeval rishis, the greatest scientists of all times, received the veda j\u00f1\u0101na in their deep meditative state (sam\u0101dhi). Being the ultimate and true source of all knowledge, this veda j\u00f1\u0101na was revealed to the sages at the beginning of creation. Those sages passed it on to their disciples through oral tradition, who in turn passed it onto their disciples, till it reached the common man through their oral narration and written works. These primeval rishis did the root cause analysis and they got to a profound conclusion, a eureka moment! They found out that the real reason behind the cycle of birth and death is primarily ignorance (avidy\u0101). Hence, the only way out of this vicious cycle is to get rid of all the ignorance and be a seeker of ultimate, absolute, universal, knowledge. It purifies and strengthens the spirit which will in turn bring us closer to our being and the Supreme being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lessons in life will be repeated until they are learned. A great teacher is the one who ensures all her pupils have learned all the lessons she had to teach them. The benevolent, impartial teacher works tirelessly to ensure that her students understand the lessons they ought to learn, or else they will go in a loop and keep repeating the lessons. An apt analogy for why we are being sent back birth after birth, after birth. We have yet to learn our lessons well. The Supreme teacher, our very generous Guru, wants us to learn our lessons well and pass with flying colors. Until then, the Guru will keep sending us back to the classroom called life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After this realization of the ultimate, unchanging reality, illuminated with truth, consciousness, and bliss, the tender-hearted sages started to hold the hands of ordinary distressed humans and showed the path of light to the entire humanity. Out of compassion, these self-realized souls created ancient Vedic knowledge systems, solely to get humans out of the quagmire they were in and help them realize the supreme purpose of their lives. These outliers dispelled ignorance (avidy\u0101) from the lives of ordinary humans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Divine knowledge was encapsulated in easy-to-assimilate, succinct aphorisms by the contemporary sages, to show humanity how the world really works. By comparison, neither  Noam Chomsky or Vaclav Smil\u2019s best selling title, \u2018How the world really works\u2019 might not be able to give a holistic view. Moreover, they wouldn\u2019t be able to give answers to the deeply perplexing questions or wouldn\u2019t look beyond the material world, for the answers to the problem of real-life, lie elsewhere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of all the knowledge that was decoded in various texts, the two forms of Vedic literature that have stood the test of time are \u0101yurveda and yoga. This divine knowledge is eternal, universal, and is most beneficial for humankind; ergo, gaining prominence worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are indebted to the preceptors of \u0101yurveda (Mahar\u1e63i Charaka, Su\u015bruta, V\u0101gbha\u1e6d\u1e6da) and yoga dar\u015bana (Mahar\u1e63i Pata\u00f1jali) for compiling the two universal knowledge systems which help mankind traverse from the outermost sheath of the human body (annamaya ko\u015ba) to the innermost self (\u0101nandamaya ko\u015ba). With sincere practice (abhy\u0101sa) and detachment (vair\u0101gya), these Vedic sciences can help transcend all the five sheaths of the human body and reach beyond the self to meet with the Supreme Guru. The main reason they were formulated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0100yurveda and yoga are complementary knowledge systems that find their roots in the Vedas. They are the sciences that help us in taking care of the pole (our body) and then show us how to use it for our maximum benefit, which is essential for us to take that leap. \u0100yurveda helps in the upkeep and maintenance of the pole (that is the main objective of \u0101yurveda, not just fixing the broken one) whereas yoga teaches us how to use it for that big leap. Hence both work hand in hand for strengthening, purifying, and uplifting the human soul so that we rise above the morass. If the pole is broken, misused, or mishandled then we can\u2019t go for that gigantic leap similarly if we obsess about the pole, are only engrossed in its upkeep and maintenance, and forget the main purpose for which it is to be used, how it is to be used then also it\u2019s a loss-making proposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far, I have tried to answer \u2018Yoga & \u0101yurveda, for whom and why\u2019? Now, let’s move on and just dip our toes into the vast, comprehensive ocean of universal knowledge, the twin sciences of \u0101yurveda and yoga \u2013 a complete package for the complete human, from the gross body (sth\u016bla \u015bar\u012bra) to the subtle body (s\u016bk\u1e63ma \u015bar\u012bra) and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0100yurveda and yoga have taken many forms and meanings in the modern world, losing their essence somewhere down the line. Yoga and \u0101yurveda are not any sort of acrobatics, secret guru mantra, or wizardry to be done to us by a third person (worldly gurus) or magic potion to be handed down to us by any physician\/doctor (vaidya). It is very disheartening to see how this knowledge that was given to humans by the Supreme Guru, which then was passed on to the common man by the selfless sages for free, has been contorted and copyrighted as personal property and being sold to gullible folks like us. These two knowledge forms are as vital as fresh air and water, thus fundamental for the existence of every being. No one should have a monopoly on this knowledge, or try to hide its source by repackaging and branding it with something based on their imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I am writing this, a thought flashes in my mind again. Hence, let me think aloud: Are we born blank slates? Do we create knowledge, or do we build it from the repository of previous knowledge? Where does that previous knowledge come from? We know that we stand on the shoulders of the people who lived before us, and they stood on the people before them till we trace it back to the ultimate source. In Yajurveda, 40th chapter, the first mantra says,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0924\u0947\u0928 \u0924\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0924\u0947\u0928 \u092d\u0941\u091e\u094d\u091c\u0940\u0925\u093e <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u092e\u093e \u0917\u0943\u0927\u0903 \u0915\u0938\u094d\u092f\u0938\u094d\u0935\u093f\u0926\u094d\u0927\u0928\u092e\u094d\u200c \u0965<\/p>\n\n\n\n

II tena tyaktena bhu\u00f1j\u012bth\u0101
m\u0101 g\u1e5bdha\u1e25 kasya svid dhanam  II<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Content thyself in what God has given thee. Don\u2019t be greedy. Don\u2019t covet. Whom does the wealth belong to anyway?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knowledge is the greatest wealth humans have been gifted, to whom does it belong? We\u2019re not talking about the bhautika or material knowledge, but about the \u0101dhy\u0101tmika knowledge: spiritual knowledge, which imparts wisdom and makes us a person of discernment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where do good ideas come from? Ever heard of writer\u2019s block? As a writer or creative artist, all I can say is that for all our work we seek the guidance of the Supreme Creator residing within. It is inexplicable how it happens, sometimes it is surreal. I don\u2019t think we can ever lay claim to any great ideas. (I\u2019m not talking about the hackneyed, ordinary, or not-so-great ideas, which come from a repository of our previous knowledge, sa\u1e43sk\u0101ra or impressions, memory storage, etc.) The ideas certainly come through us, and we feel the joy of being the receptacle, but they certainly aren\u2019t ours. Unfortunately, we consider them as our brainchild and claim ownership of the same as a possessive parent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the risk of sounding na\u00efve, I would say knowledge should always be shared for free and not for a price. Knowledge is of two kinds: one that helps us make our living and one that makes our life a beautiful journey (gifted to us by our Supreme parent). If the latter is given priority and made a fundamental right, then it will help take care of all the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals . Invest in imparting the true, absolute, universal knowledge (\u0100yurveda & yoga) in its original form to all and see the world\u2019s woes vanish. Tall order; we have to be really deserving to desire this happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A cursory glance at these twin sciences might convince rational thinking minds of this utopian possibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let us look at \u0100yurveda, which means science\/knowledge (veda) of life (\u0101yu). Its main goal in a nutshell (Charaka Sa\u1e43hita 1.30.26):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 svasthasya sv\u0101sthyarak\u1e63a\u1e47am \u0101turasya vik\u0101rapra\u015bamana\u1e43 ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This means to prolong life and maintain health (add years to life and life to years) in a healthy person, and to eradicate the disease and dysfunction of the body in the sick. \u0100yurveda is not just a medical system that prescribes medicine, the way it has become today; it prescribes a framework for habits and practices to live well (dinacary\u0101 , r\u0101tricary\u0101 , \u1e5btucary\u0101), at the center of which is \u0101h\u0101ra, vih\u0101ra, vic\u0101ra and vyavah\u0101ra (diet, habits, lifestyle). Ergo, for all intents and purposes, \u0100yurveda puts the power of maintaining and preserving health in our own hands rather than with doctors or pills, for prevention is always better than intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sv\u0101sthya (health) means to be established in oneself and reach the prime goal of life. Yoga, i.e. sam\u0101dhi, also means union with Self and the Supreme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, unless one is sv\u0101sthya, one can\u2019t do yoga. One Sanskrit shloka states \u2018\u015bar\u012bra madhyam khalu dharma s\u0101dhanam\u2019: this body is the means to a greater end that we all need to work towards. Hence it is imperative to take care of the tool appropriately and keep it healthy to tread the path of dharma \/ s\u0101dhana \/ up\u0101sana yoga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is health? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As per \u0100yurveda, the definition of sv\u0101sthya or health is (Su\u015bruta Sa\u1e43hita, , S\u016btrasth\u0101na,  15.41):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0938\u092e\u0926\u094b\u0937\u0903 \u0938\u092e\u093e\u0917\u094d\u0928\u093f\u0936\u094d \u091a \u0938\u092e\u0927\u093e\u0924\u0941\u092e\u0932\u0915\u094d\u0930\u093f\u092f\u0903 ||<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0938\u0928\u094d\u0928\u093e\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0947\u0928\u094d\u0926\u094d\u0930\u093f\u092f\u092e\u0928\u093e\u0903 \u0938\u094d\u0935\u0938\u094d\u0925 \u0907\u0924\u094d\u092f\u094d \u0905\u092d\u093f\u0927\u0940\u092f\u0924\u0947 ||<\/p>\n\n\n\n

samado\u1e63a\u1e25 sam\u0101gni\u015b ca samadh\u0101tumalakriya\u1e25 ||<\/p>\n\n\n\n

prasann\u0101tmendriyaman\u0101\u1e25 svastha ity abhidh\u012byate ||<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An individual who is in a state of equilibrium of the body\u2019s humors, digestive fire, tissues, physiological functions of excretions, and whose spirit\/soul (\u0101tm\u0101), senses (indriya) and mind (manas) are all happy, is considered as a healthy individual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the WHO, \u201cHealth is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely absence of disease and infirmity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we compare the two definitions of health, we can see for ourselves which one is more holistic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0100yurveda and yoga are universal and hold good for all times, all people, at all paces. It is the science of life, the experiential wisdom of the sages of yore (A\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101\u1e45ga H\u1e5bdaya 1.2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u0906\u092f\u0941\u0903 \u0915\u093e\u092e\u093e\u092f\u092e\u093e\u0928\u0947\u0928 \u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0925-\u0938\u0941\u0916\u0938\u093e\u0927\u0928\u092e\u094d |<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0906\u092f\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0935\u0947\u0926\u094b\u092a\u0926\u0947\u0936\u0947\u0937\u0941 \u0935\u093f\u0927\u0947\u092f\u0903 \u092a\u0930\u092e\u093e\u0926\u0930\u0903<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0101yu\u1e25 k\u0101m\u0101yam\u0101nena dharm\u0101rtha-sukhas\u0101dhanam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0101yurvedopade\u015be\u1e63u vidheya\u1e25 param\u0101dara\u1e25 II <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The purpose of \u0100yurveda is to promote health and longevity. Only a person with a healthy long life can achieve the four puru\u1e63\u0101rthas, namely dharma, artha, k\u0101ma and mok\u1e63a. One who desires to have a long healthy life must follow what \u0100yurveda prescribes with the utmost respect (Charaka Sa\u1e43hita 1.1.15-16).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0925\u0915\u093e\u092e\u092e\u094b\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e\u0923\u093e\u092e\u093e\u0930\u094b\u0917\u094d\u092f\u0902 \u092e\u0942\u0932\u092e\u0941\u0924\u094d\u0924\u092e\u092e\u094d \u0964<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0930\u094b\u0917\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0938\u094d\u092f\u093e\u092a\u0939\u0930\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0930\u0903 \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0947\u092f\u0938\u094b \u091c\u0940\u0935\u093f\u0924\u0938\u094d\u092f \u091a \u0964\u0964<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dharm\u0101rthak\u0101mamok\u1e63\u0101\u1e47\u0101m\u0101rogya\u1e43 m\u016blamuttamam |<\/p>\n\n\n\n

rog\u0101stasy\u0101pahart\u0101ra\u1e25 \u015breyaso j\u012bvitasya ca ||<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The foundation for performing dharma, artha, k\u0101ma and attaining mok\u1e63a is \u0101rogya (good health). Diseases destroy that very foundation, so one must heed the prescriptions of \u0100yurveda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both yoga and \u0100yurveda focus on self-realization and realization of the Supreme, and on attaining bliss\/moksha, the ultimate and most important goal of human life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both \u0100yurveda and yoga work in unison to keep our bodies in a state of equilibrium. They use the three gu\u1e47as (sattva, rajas, tamas) for determining the individual\u2019s psychological or spiritual nature. Both emphasize the development of sattva. In yoga, sattva is the higher quality that allows spiritual growth to occur. In \u0100yurveda, sattva is the state of balance that makes healing happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Patanjali\u2019s eight-fold path of yoga is a step-by-step procedure laid down for a lay person to control our mind (cittav\u1e5bttis). It can be divided into two: external yoga, that is to do with the purification of body and mind, and internal or subtle yoga which is an inward journey where one has to transcend the body and mind to finally be one with Self and the Supreme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 8 steps to reach the final goal have been carefully laid down by the sage; one cannot skip any step to reach the next level. It needs tenacity and practice of the first five with utmost sincerity to master the last three. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To conclude, I would reiterate that the twin sciences of \u0100yurveda and yoga aren\u2019t something that someone ought to do to us, but they are certain codes of conduct of righteous living (physical, mental and spiritual), self-control over body, mind, and senses, svasthav\u1e5bttas, sadv\u1e5bttas. We undertake these for optimal health, vitality, to reach the pinnacle of awareness, evolve to be our higher selves \u2013 and, most importantly, to have a rendezvous with our Creator. Juggling responsibilities while working on self-development and growth can be overwhelming. This makes it even more crucial for us to look after our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. What better way to do this than to live by the principles of age-old Vedic science? <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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