Teachings of the Bhagavad Gita

Teachings of the Bhagavad Gita  

“Life in the world alone leads to one result, meditation alone leads to another. So have we heard from the wise.”

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Golwalkar Mission of Hindu Rashtra

Treatment of Ulcers (Vrana Pratisedha) in Ashtang Hridayam of Vaghbhat

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 Treatment of Ulcers (Vrana Pratisedha) in Ashtang Hridayam of Vaghbhat We will now expound the treatment of ulcers described by Atreya and other great sages.  Treatment of Ulcer  Types of ulcer:  Vrana are of two kinds viz, Nija (organic) and Agantu (traumatic); and dusta (vitiated, foul ) and suddha (unvitiated, clean); nija is caused by dosas (aggravated) in the body, agantu by external causes; dusta is that in which the dosas are localised and suddha is that which is free from localisation of the dosas. 1-2a.  Vitiated ulcer:  Either contraction or expansion; hardness or softness; too much of elevation of depression; too much of warmth ( feeling of heat) or cold; too much of redness or paleness; black colouration, discharge of foul smelling pus; foul smelling muscle, veins, or tendons covering the ulcer at its top; severe pain, profound distress, burning sensation, swelling itching and other complication associating and persisting for a long time—are th...
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RSS Satyagraha and Government Reaction

  The inspiring call given Golwalkar are as follow: “I therefore, request you to stand up for our great Cause. Truth and Justice are with us. And where Truth exists the Almighty showers His Blessings on it. With absolute faith in Him and unswerving devotion to our holy Motherland let us start on our peaceful campaign for vindicating the justice of our Cause. We stand for Truth. We stand for justice. We stand for our National Rights. With implicit faith in the Just God of Truth let us march on. This is a battle between Dharma and Adharma, justice and injustice, large hearts and small minds, love and hate. Victory is certain, because God is with Dharma and victory is with God. Let the skies reverberate with the call ‘victory to India’ and rest not till the goal is reached. Bharat Mata-ki Jai.” The Government had already come to know that the Sangh Shakhas would start functioning again. The news had caused a turmoil among the top-ranking leaders of the Congress. In a public meeting in...
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Alcoholism Treatment (Madatyayadi chikitsa) in Vagbhatt's Ashatanga Hridyam

  Alcoholism Treatment (Madatyayadi chikitsa) in Vagbhatt's Ashatanga Hridyam  Which ever the dosa found to be predominent should be treated first; when all the dosas are found to be equal in alcoholism, then treatment should be to the seats of kapha first, because alcoholism generally has aggravation of pitta and maruta (vata) at its terminal stages. 1-2a.  The disease (alcoholism) which develops from inadequate, improper and excess use of any one kind of wine, gets relieved by the proper use of the same. 2b-3a.  Wine is similar to poison; poison possessing powerful properties and actions such as penetrating (deep into the tissues) etc; needs another kind of poison (for the cure of disorders caused by the first poison). 3b-4a. By ingestion of large quantity of wine which possesses tiksna (penetrating), usna (heat producing), amla (sour) and vidahi (causing burning senastion) properties, the moisture in the essence of food, udergoes excess cooking, assumes the proper...
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