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અધ્યાત્મતત્ત્વાક.
[ Moja rationalise the system and bring it within easy 'reach of even a tyro travelling on the path of Godhood.
Fasting from a religious stand point has been one of the physical means of purifying the Sthula Upadhi or Karmic dross over the Soul, to remove obstacles from the way of the spiritual aspirant. In the hands of a physician, it is a most reliable means of getting the body rid of the bodily poisons-toxins of detoxinizing the system.
In the hands of experts, both spiritual and physical the fasting is a valuable weapon; in the hands of irresponsible quacks, it is a dangerous weapon of destruction.
We shall try to study both the aspects of fasting-the spiritual and physical. According to the teachings of the Āryāvarta, just as the Atma has three fold aspects of Sat, Chit and Ananda, the matter, the prakrati, has threefold manifestations action of Satva, Rajas and Tamas. Every object in nature has one of these gunas in prominence. The food is divided and chassified according to the gunas, the nature of the Karma Prakritis, and the food affects the body according to its prevailing gunas. Not only the seasons of the year have their influence on these gunus, but the different parts of the day have their influence on these gunas also.
By observing certain austerities, the man can influence the distribution of gunas in his body. In certain religious purifications these austerities are
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