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nima, āmalaka and many other herbs for the purpose of common people. The actual purpose was to teach general people how to have the control over their behaviour, which is further controlled by three humors vāta, pitta, kapha. A chart on this matter is given below.
being (sat)
vāta life air (prāņa) prāņa has the ability to
moveout thoughts and
perceptions pitta light fire (tejas) tejas has the power to
digest ideas or imotions kapha love water (ojas) ojas means underlying
strength works as the underlying fluid energy reserve for the entire psycophysical being, our underlying capacity for patience and mental endurance.
conciousness (cit) bliss (ananda)
As far as the clarification about the qualities of these herbs and other Ayurvedic ingredients are concerned, they are the examples for ideal behaviour and action which are to be rectified if there is any wrong in one's part.
Meditation is an integral part of spirituality, as spirituality is the basic need of every human being; meditation has a prime value to the life of human being. In the last phase of the 2nd volume of Suprabhātam-the context of meditation has taken place. Meditation of aural colours is described here. Each colour has its own identity in terms of its representation for zodiac signs. These colours have a very close relation with the three tattvas (elements) those are -- air, fire, and water, which are again the signs of three humors of human body --vāta, pitta, kapha. Ayurveda, Tantra, and Yoga scriptures teach that-imbalance in three humors causes diseases and also responsible for imbalance in rational behaviour, actions of a human being. Thus these particular types of meditation can help us to control the humors and to normalize our internal and external actions accordingly.
In this order he also prescribes some Tantric practices in some particular centers like, ānanda kendra, jyoti kendra etc. The practice of japa on these centers is a joint action of Tantric and Yogic practices. The beginning of a day starts from dawn and then morning, and this time is
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| SR No. | 524617 |
| Book Title | Tulsi Prajna 2003 10 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Shanta Jain, Jagatram Bhattacharya |
| Publisher | Jain Vishva Bharati |
| Publication Year | 2003 |
| Total Pages | 114 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India |
| File Size | 6 MB |