Vedic Society

Vision

There are great pools and ancient wisdom that have flourished on earth that were not the products of modern laboratories, but the products of minds that were securely connected with heart and spirit. In ancient India such individuals were called Rishis. Each teacher left their own legacy of knowledge and the sole purpose of the knowledge was to alleviate suffering wherever it may be and bring more harmony and health to all beings. At the same time all this knowledge served to bring us in alignment with our true purpose, our spiritual nature. Charaka left us Ayurveda so we may be healthful and free of disease, Parashara gave Jyotish so we could understand the underlying currents in our life and see our true nature, Mayan gave Vaastu so we could create conscious vibrant space wherein to live, to grow and to express our highest potential. Each Vedic science aligns us more with nature, with spirit and ultimately with God. Even somewhat remote sciences such as Vedic Mathematics are pathways to realise our spiritual nature, our connection with all.

At Vedic Society we are simply carrying the flame of these and countless other great teachers and helping to bring a little more of this light to the word. This lamp of wisdom was lit at the beginning of time and this wisdom rests in the hearts of all, we are just carrying an ancient flame that has shone it's light through countless centuries.

We believe this wisdom should be lived, Ayurveda is a living science from dawn to dusk and beyond. It gives us the key to living in harmony and maintaining health and mental peace. Charaka states that it's ultimate purpose is 'happiness'. This happiness comes when all is balanced. Nature is the key to this balance and Ayurveda brings nature through her bounty of herbs applied internally and externaly to restore balance when it is lost. Vedic wisdom is a living path of knowledge, at Vedic Society we are bringing this practically into this modern world. When designing a building with Vaastu, so many who use the building will experience more peace and ultimately gain benifit materially and spiritually. Our work is to bring this knowledge into daily life and make it available for all, through practical implementations, books, educational programs and media. Ultimately this is a vision is to do all we can to bring more peace, happiness, joy, brotherhood, harmony and abundance to each and everyone on this planet.

May all beings be happy. May all beings be free. May all beings be peaceful.

Links

Please visit frequently, we will keep on adding amazing sites doing good things for the planet:

1. American Institute of Vedic Studies
David Frawley is one of the most wonderful and amazing authors and teachers of Vedic knowledge in the West. He is renowned for his educational programs and writtings in the frields of Ayurveda, Yoga, Jyotish and Vedanta. His wisdom is a great gift to

2. Vedic Cultural Fellowship
Very amazing organization run by Howard and Jenifer Beckman. Howard Beckman is a brilliant ayurvedic astrologer specialising in Jyotish gem therapy. The site is very informative on this subject.

3. European Institute of Vedic Studies (EVIS)
The European Institute of Vedic Studies is an educational facility that promotes the ancient Vedic Sciences.

4. Home of Jyotish Ancient Indian Astrology
OSFA is dedicated to enhancing public awareness about Vedic Astrology (Indian Astrology) and its related fields through lecturing, research, writings, media and courses.

5. Vastukalp.com
Vastu Kalp Kendra is the only organization which is wholly devoted to the Vastu Development by performing researches, conducting courses, organizing seminars and workshops.

6. Healthy Wealthy n Wise
Are you looking for more fulfillment in your life? Are you tired of the same-old, same-old? Do you ever have the feeling that there's got to be more to life than this...? We can help!

7. Vedic Mathematics Academy
This site provides comprehensive material on Vedic Mathematics. This includes an introduction, simple tutorials, lists of resources on Vedic Mathematics. It also sells courses on Vedic Mathematics.

8. Namarupa - Categories of Indian Thought
NAMARUPA, Categories of Indian Thought, is a new journal that conveys the vast scope of sacred philosophical thought that has emanated from the land and people of India over many millennia.

9. Jyotish with James Kelleher
The website of James Kelleher, a leading exponent of Vedic Astrology in the West. James is the author of the book, Path of Light, Volume 1: Introduction to Vedic Astrology, and Volume 2: the Domains of Life.

10. Transcendence Design
Vastu consultant Sherri Silverman, Ph.D., author of Vastu: Transcendental Home Design in Harmony with Nature. Vastu consultations worldwide for homes, businesses, and gardens. Vaastu rectification tools, yantras, Vaastu art.

11. Vastu Design
Architectural Consulting Services-the Ancient Science of Vastu Shastra

12. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers
The Leading Indian Publishers on Sanskrit and Indology since 1903, Motilal Banarsidass have an impressive list of scholarly publications on a wide range of disciplines.

13. Yoga-Ayurveda: Om Healing Therapy
Ayurveda and Yoga - Treatments and Massage courses, Meditation and Contemplation in Germany.

14. Sarita Shresta
Amazing ayurvedic practitioner from Nepal who has setup a charitable hospital with other woman in a Nepali village. We have visited the project and seen firsthand the beautiful work she is doing.

15. Arunachala Samudra (Website)

Website dedicated to providing in-depth information of Arunachala; sacred, spiritual power site in South India. History, Saints, Temples, Deepam and Festivala, Ramana Maharshi, mythology, Ecology, Photographs, Tourism.

16. Arunachala Grace (Blog)
Blog dedicated to Arunachala; spiritual, power site in South India. Premier Shiva site - sacred, grace, miracles, photographs, inspiration. Also up-to-date news and information of the events and people of this area.

17. Chakrapani Ayrveda Clinic & Research Center

Wonderful center, based in India, dedicated to Ayurveda - the science of life - a holistic approach to health care. Visit their website for a free online consultation, access to ayurvedic and punchakarma as well as herbal and beauty products along with online and in-house training in ayurveda.

18. CyberAstro

CyberAstro is one of the best Indian Websites for Astrology Predictions, Future Predictions and Free Astrology Readings. Whatever queries you may have regarding your life and future, their expert astrologers would be sure to help you find a solution.

19. Floracopeia
Floropedia offers a large selection of aromatic treasure, including essential oils, traditional Ayurvedic attars from India, exotic and infused body oils and natural perfumes. Floracopeia was established by David Crow, L.Ac., master herbalist, aromatherapist, author of "In Search of the Medicine Buddha" and meditation teacher. For more information about Floracopeia or David Crow please visit their website.

20. Lau'ana Lei's Magnetic Clays

LL's Magnetic Clays are the most effective, all natural, inexpensive way to assist in pulling toxic metals and chemicals out of the body. It utilizes the Earth's natural healing properties. These synergistically tested formulas assist greatly in the removal of these poisonous toxins by using these unique clay/spice/herb bath detox formulas. Please visit their website for further details.

21. Stephen Knapp
Stephen Knapp has been researching Vedic spirituality and comparative religious study for over 30 years in a variety of settings. Visit his website for an incredible introduction to the Highest Levels of Spiritual Reality. This has become a huge site with lots of information for the promotion of personal and social spiritual development, especially by using the Vedic path. This site has something for everyone interested in Spiritual Enlightenment, Eastern Philosophy, the Vedas, Vedic Culture, Yoga, Hinduism, reincarnation, or life after death. It also deals with traveling to the holy places of India, the science of the soul, understanding God, vegetarianism, as well as global peace.

22. Learn MRDANGA, the basics of transcendental drumming
Learn to play the traditional Mrdanga drums online for Free! You will find here simple lessons and advice for an easy beginning on the mrdanga drum. The system found in this site does not belong to any orthodox method, but over the years has shown very useful in terms of achieving to play nicely in the temple kirtan and bhajans. Follow the lessons in order, and you will get the fundamental skills. Practice on your own the simple drills with the aid of the audio files, and learn the tips to become a mrdanga player!

23. Care for Cows in Vrindavan
Care for Cows in Vrindavan(India) maintains abandoned cows, bulls, retired oxen, and orphaned calves. We are international volunteers who offer our talents and resources to tend to the neglected cows living in Krishna's holy land. We provide stray cows hay, flour, fresh grass, medical attention and a place where they can recuperate from injuries.

24. Light on Vedic Astrology
A large Vedic astrology website that offers many online articles, an online course, discussion board, astro-profiles of celebrities etc.

25. Free Ayurveda consultation
Given by CHAKRAPANI AYURVEDA CLINIC & RESEARCH CENTER. They provide free online consultations to anyone who wishes to begin to stop taking Allopathic medication, and to try safe, herbal preparations prescribed exactly for your own personal constitution.

26. Ayurveda Training Programs
'Learn Ayurveda' offers various courses through its distance learning program. Tailor-made courses may also be arranged to meet your specific needs. A practical training facility is also available at our center in Jaipur (India). Upon request, class-room teaching and practical demonstrations may be arranged anywhere in the world. The design of the course structure and the preparation of study material has been done by eminent Ayurvedic experts.

27. Panchakarma Equipment (made from 100% Indian Teak Wood) Greetings from Chakrapani Ayurveda, Jaipur (India)! If you are looking for Panchakarma equipments for your Ayurveda center, Spa, Massage center, Panchakarma center or home, we will be happy to meet your actual needs. We carry wide range of quality Panchakarma products. The design of all the equipments is developed by our Panchakarma experts and very much comfortable to the clients as well as therapists.

28. Agnihotra Direct
Agnihotra is an ancient scientific technology of atmospheric cleansing that has been around for thousands of years. Simply burning dried dung of cow, rice and ghee in a very specially designed copper pyramid at exact moments of sunrise and sunset with special sound vibrations (mantras) is called Agnihotra. Agnihotra heals individuals, families and it heals the environment around us so we all may be balanced, healed and nourished. Agnihotra Direct is helping to heal our planet by promoting awareness and availability of Agnihotra in each and every nation around the world.

29. Radiance Healing with Devananda
After 13 years of intense spiritual practice in Japan, Devananda spontaneously received a gift of healing energy. For the last 16 years, Devananda has worked with this energy to benefit thousands of people with every kind of health problem, including many “incurable” conditions.

30. The Satvik
The Satvik is a wonderful Vedic Spa situated in Bhimtal in the Indian Himalayas and is truly something to behold. Believing in simplicity, truth and love - they take a natural and sincere approach to healthcare and rejuvenation through age old Ayurvedic principles.

31. The American University of Mayonic Science and Technology
Through the blessings of the world-renowned architect and sculptor, Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati, they offer a program of study that trains and certifies an individual to be a Vaastu Consultant, Level 1 and Level 2. This program is for non -architects who wish to become Certified Vaastu Consultants and architects who wish to become certified Vaastu Architects. The final outcome of these programs may be an Associates degree, a BA/BS, or an MA/MS depending upon prior education, life experience and additional course work.

32. The American University of Mayonic Science and Technology Special Invitation

You are invited to participate in a once in a lifetime opportunity to learn authentic Vastu and Vaastu Science and Architecture as taught by World Master Architect, Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati during Summer and fall 2008. Under the auspices of The American University of Mayonic Science and Technology (www.aumscience.com ) and in association with the Vaastu Vedic Research Foundation and the International Institute of Mayonic Science and Technology, Chennai, India a summer Cornerstone Series in Mayonic Science & Technology, Vastu Science and Vaastu Science and Technology and Building Architecture of Sthapatya Veda is being offered from June 13, 2008 through July 7, 2008 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In addition, Advanced Distance Learning courses will be offered from September 7 through December 21 2008. Instructors will be Dr. Jessie J. Mercay and special guest instructors. Please read on for courses and course descriptions.

33. Agnihotra USA Net

Agni or fire is an expression of universal power or energy on an understandable human level. Fire and its Shakti (power) are inseparable. Hence, this fire is the expression of the Almighty that any human being can relate to or understand. It is meant for all mankind. Any being that has the ability of speech can perform Agnihotra. Every human being has a birthright to seek salvation & Agnihotra is the first step.

Happiness is an activity or projection of each one's mind. Hence, this self perception of happiness becomes one's own reality; however, .The Truth. may be far different. Thus, the perceived happiness is merely a play of the mind.

To understand the total well being of any person, the mind has to be addressed. The mind and prana (breath) are inseparable just as two sides of a coin. Agnihotra impacts both mind and breath. Agnihotra gives the mind a sense of genuine contentment and ability to react with Love. Agnihotra helps replace self-serving love with love that is unconditional without judgment or qualifications.

34. Homa Therapy

HOMA, a Sanskrit word, is the technical term from the Vedic science of bioenergy denoting the process of removing the toxic conditions of the atmosphere through the agency of fire. This means healing and purifying of the atmosphere with fire as the medium. You heal the atmosphere and the healed atmosphere heals you. This is the central idea in HOMA Therapy. HOMA replenishes the nutrients that pollution robs from our environment.

35. HomaTherapy and Agnihotra

What is Homa Therapy?
It is the Ancient Science of Healing coming from the Vedas. It is based on the practice of bio-energetic fires, tuned to the circadian rhythm of sunrise and sunset. The bio-energetic equilibrium is called HEALTH.
Homa Therapy is the Science of Bio-energy. Is not based on a belief system, same as physics or mathematics.

What is Agnihotra?
It is the basic and most potent bio-energetic fire of Homa Therapy. Agnihotra performed in a copper pyramid, captures the revitalizing, regenerating and subtle energies from the sun during sunrise and sunset. Agnihotra helps to establish a bio-energetic equilibrium in all of Nature: atmosphere, soil, water, plants, animals, and human beings.

36. India Climate Solutions

Climate change is a rapidly escalating global crisis. With greenhouse gas emissions rising faster than the IPCC worst case scenario, and with the growing threats of climate shocks and resource conflicts, rapid action to mitigate and adapt is paramount. Yet as we seek solutions at every level of society, the challenges of historical responsibility, uneven distribution of resources and impacts, and conflicting global economic and political interests is proving an immense challenge to navigate.

37. Lotus Ocean

A *Lotus* is born of the dirty mud of the world & the celestial ocean.

The fingers *touch* to create sounds you *hear* and the sights you *see* and music you can *taste* and one can *smell* too if one concentrates hard enough ... the lotusocean feel - encapsulating earth, space & regions beyond.

There are only 2 kinds of music:

1. That which enmeshes you more within the matrix
- is more appealing to ears of most people because it is designed to be low vibration ear candy for passive listening

2. That which brings you out of it
- would appear weird to most whose awareness is completely occupied by the mundane. requires active listening (demands something of the listener)

38. Better Place

Better place is working to build an electric car network, using technology avvailable today. Goals - Sustainable transportaion, global energy independence and freedom from oil.

39. Dr. Cary

I had a dream. A genie appeared and offered me one wish. I begged: “I want happiness.” The genie answered: "Happiness? You can't give someone happiness. What is happiness for one person is different for someone else. It is relative. I cannot give you happiness, but I can give you what will make you happy. What will make you happy?” the genie asks.

I examined my life and found that the most ecstatic moments of joy, bliss and happiness were when I was helping people. My happiness came from serving others.

40. Shivpuri - Institute for Vedic Sciences

Shivpuri, the holy Yajnya Nagar, was founded by Parama Sadguru Shree Gajanan Maharaj who has reiterated the Eternel Vedic message in the form of a Fivefold Path.Shivpuri is termed as Yajnya Nagar where a Yajnya Pillar was erected as a symbol of Vedic Somayaga, announcing the ringing in of Satya Yuga i.e. New Era of Super-science, Knowledge and Universal Brotherhood.

41. Homa Project Support Australia

Homa Organic Farming and Homa Medicine is based upon the central principle of "atmospheric fumigation and enhancement" or more simply "the healing of the atmosphere".

42. Creating World Peace

Rigorous scientific research has verified the practical wisdom of ancient Vedic Science. This historic project is assembling thousands of specially trained Vedic pandits in the geographic center of India to create global affluence and permanent world peace.

43. Light on Ayurvedic Education Foundation

Light on Ayurveda Educational Foundation, Inc., (LOAEF) is formed to disseminate information about the science, practice and philosophy of the Ayurvedic health care system, to provide the Ayurvedic community with a means of communication and networking, to foster Ayurvedic education, and to promote research of Ayurvedic practice.

Agnihotra

Agnihotra is an ancient powerful method of purifying our environment. In an age of growing pollution and toxicity of air, water and soil, a technology is now availalble that has been used for thousands of years and recently validated scientifically for removing pollution. Not only does it remove pollution but it benifits and nourishes all forms of life and has an immensely balancing effect on the human mind. Various studies have shown its efficacy with de-addiction from alcohol and drugs. It is performed in a small copper pyramid of specific proportions at the exact moment of sunrise and sunset. The reason for this is that at the transition from day to night or night to day, a very special effect is present in the atmosphere and by performing it at this time, it has a much more powerful effect. Dried cow dung, ghee and rice are the only other ingredients needed.

Agnihotra is performed all around the world and was revived in this century by a great teacher from Maharasrtra called Shri who resided in Akkalkot. He has setup a renowned instutute which is teaching Agnihotra throughout India and promoting it around the world.

The beauty of the practice is that it can be done by anyone, anwhere and the effects are most profound on the mind of the performer and all around. By purifying and nourishing our atmosphere, we subsequently purify ourselves.

Vedic Society is supporting that Agnihotra can reach every corner of the world, we have established a project called Agnihotra Direct. We suggest each and every person perform Agnihotra as often as possible, those living in particularly polluted places should do it daily if possible. It has been proven to compliment natural farmining methods immensely and the government in Peru is supporting massive programs promoting Agnihotra as the results saving crops from certain failure have been overwhelming. Many farmers around the world are performing Agnihotra too.

Please visit our online project - Agnihotra Direct, where you are able to get a kit that will enable you to perform this magnificent practice that is highly addictive for the mental peace it brings. Fire is the missing link through which we can restore harmony to the atmosphere surrounding us. Animals and birds love the smoke generated from the Agnihotra fires and it will bring many birds to your land.

We have distributed Agnihotra pyramids to 16 countries and growing. It is our wish to see Agnihotra easily available for all and that it's healing effects can be in every land and of benifit to all.

For more information about Agnihotra, please visit Agnihotra Direct

Animal Projects

Vegetarianism

Care and respect for animals is the sign of an advanced society. Animals are conscious living beings just as we are and all efforts should be taken to care for them and serve them. In today's world animals form part of the diet for the majority of our planet, besides the poor effects on health, it does not allow us to respect nature's creations by considering them only as food and the starting point for respect and love for all animals is vegetarianism. A vegetarian diet is more healthy (this has been scientifically proven in various recent studies) and creates a more peaceful and less violent society. Learn how to eat a balanced and wholesome vegetarian diet and begin your journey to treading softly this lifetime so as not to cause harm to anyone or anything which is one of the first principals of higher living. Ahimsa or non violent living is a principal as old as time, our world is shimmering with violence in every corner and starting with your diet and making it become a non-violent and non-killing diet is the best way to light a candle of peace for the world.

Vedic Society through our research with Ayurveda and Diet is publishing various guides to eating a healthy balanced vegetarian diet. You can also find a variety of cookbooks at our online store Vedic Books which give a ancient and complete perspective of complete and balanced nutrition. Today each month there is a new fad diet but Ayurvedic eating guidelines are no fad, they have been timetested and are based on obersvations of nature at it's finest level. For insights into the underlying philosophy of vegetariansm read the excellent books Diet for Trancendence by Stephen Rosen or Divine Nature by Michael Cremo. Both are thoroughly researched and will shed a deep spiritual insight into vegetarianism.

Ayurveda for Animals

Ayurveda has long had specialists in natural animal medicine, even in Sanskrit there are special titles for doctors of Cows, Elephants, Horses and other animals indicating a specific branch of Ayurvedic speciality. The same medicines that remove disease through balance and purification in humans work in animals under the same universal principals of nature. At Vedic Society it is our wish to make Ayurveda available for animals worldwide through our online Ayurvedic project Madanapalas (named of an ancient benevolent king of ancient India). We have an entire section devoted to Ayurvedic medicines for animals at Madanapalas. We are also in the process of establishing an animal rescue project in Nepal and it will be under the expert guidence of an Ayurvedic Vet who will be using Ayurvedic preparations to treat the injured and infirm animals.

Himalayan Cow Project

Driving back late one night from Kathmandu to Bhaktapur we found an injured baby cow on the road that had been struck by a motorcycle. Her leg was broken and there in the midnight air we called around to police and all other authorities trying to find a service that could take care of injured cows. There was nothing.

Thus was borne a Vedic Society project for Nepal to establish a cow rescue service which would be available 24 hours a day and where injured cows could be suitably treated. After forming the concept, the right person to run it was the missing link and on meeting with an emminent Vaidya (Ayurvedic doctor) in Kathmandu, we discovered that his son was an Ayurvedic vet and very much had a similar dream to take care of injured animals, particularly cows. The project is presently in planing phase and awaiting sufficient funding to be formally established. A small piece of land will be acquired on the outskirts of Kathmandu where the project will be setup. Approximatly $15,000 per annum are needed to run the project. Animals will be treated mostly according to Ayurvedic principals. Anyone wishing to volunteer or otherwise support this project is welcome to. More information will be published shortly on the projects own website which is presently under development.

Kishore and his wife who will run our cow rescue project.

Bhakti Sweets

Bhakti Sweets is the name of our micro-industry woman's empowerment project that we started in Bhaktapur Nepal (hence the name Bhakti Sweets). The idea was simple: How can we create a micro-project that could support woman who needed an extra source of income and also provide something nourishing and healthy for the society. Based on Ayurveda, all sweet preparations are 100% natural and create healthful effects on mind and body. No white sugar, preservatives, colourants or otherwise unnatural ingredients are used. Dates, raisens, nuts, seeds, spices and raw sugar (jagger) form the basis of all sweet preparations.

In Nepal our sweet program had one woman producing sweets for local consumption, in South Africa we have just initiated the project and in the very near future we will have one woman producing Bhakti sweets in Johannesburg. To order sweets please contact us or order direct from the factory: +27 + 84 + 299 + 6473 (Mother Prashuti). Bhakti Sweets are presently available in the following areas:

Johannesburg, South Africa - Mother Prashuti (084 - 299 - 6473)

How it works:

The program is quite simple, we provide the skills (training) and equipment (as a loan) to qualifying woman, the loan for purchase of equipment is gradualy paid off with the sale of each sweet and ultimately they get to own the equipment themselves. A small percentage is provided to Vedic Society from the sale of each sweet to to in turn support further grants.

If you would like to find out more or apply for a grant please contact us, if you wish to volunteer or get involved with this program please contact us for more info.

Conscious Office Project

How to make the offices around the world more conscious.

When approached by a South African company for ways to improve the "energy" in their offices, we embarked upon an exciting Vedic Society project called "The Conscious Office Project". In today's world business hold much of the might in society, businesses lead and the consumers and public follow. Taking this into account we set upon to create a model for the ideal office where every aspect has been considered for it's impact and effect on the workers and the society at large.

The beauty of conscious office principals is they will bring more productivy, happier workers, higher efficiencies and at the end of the day more profits. A creative and enthusiastic workforce is every businesses dream. Some of the concepts will require a fair ammount of time or commitment to implement but ultimately even if a few small changes are made, results will be borne. In business terminology the ROI or return on investment is huge for making your workers and your office environent more healthy, harmonious and with more "energy".

Read our document called "The Conscious Office" and discover more.

If you wish to suggest further ways to make an office conscious which we will consider and add to our future versions of this document, please do let us know by contacting our editor. If you wish to convert your office to a conscious office, please let us know, we would be glad to help and guide you further.

Special thanks to SAB & T for inviting us to do this work for them.

Vedic Society has produced the Conscious Office Plan for the benifit of all businesses and workers around the world, you are free to use and redistribute this information. Please give reference to www.vedicsociety.org if republishing the document or any parts of it.

Organics Online

Organics Online was created out of our wish to see organic food be available throughout the world, so we decided to start with South Africa. Now organic food is available affordably in every part of South Africa for the first time ever. All requirements for eating a balanced and healthy diet are available to customers with prices that are very reasonable. Farmers are supported locally and internationaly and nature is supported foremost as organic faming does not harm the visible and invisible micro-systems that inhabit soil, air and water.

Organics Online was conceived and designed by Vedic Society in partnership by Richard Story who runs the company and manages the orders. Presently orders are coming in from all parts of South Africa on a daily basis supporting farmers, workers on farms, birds, rabbits, butterflies, insects, aphids, ladybugs and so many more creatures so they may live in harmony with nature.

Visit the project online :-

http://www.organicsonline.co.za

Natural Energy

Nature has been here much longer than any of us, she has a wisdom that is beyond compare. It is time for us to respect her, to be her student, her child, no more to destroy here and treat her poorly. In the ancient view of the world, the entire planet was a living being, in the Kechwa people of Peru when the baby was born it was offered it to the earth mother as it's child. This connection between the earth as a mother of us all who feeds us from her soil, who'se air we breathe, whose water we drink is an essential need in the world today.

It is essential that we adopt technologies for energy, for transport, for daily living that do not destroy but in turn nourish and harmonise.

Biodiesel

Biodisel is a much cleaner way of transporting yourself, all it requires is any disel car and some very basic conversion and testing and you can drive on 100% plant sourced, 100% sustainable fuel for your car. Emmisions are very much less and the net impact on the environment is much better. At Vedic Society we've been driving a Biodiesel Mercedes 240D since early 2006 with amazing results. For more information about Biodiesel please read the incredible classical book on the subject From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank, it is essential reading for those wishing to convert. Any diesel car can be used and Biodisel is becoming more and more available. A copy of this book is available in our library for short term loan. Presently Biodiesel is quite easily available in a number of depots in Cape Town, South Africa where we are running our vehicle. In the USA, Europe and many other countries it is more and more easily available day by day. Contact us for more information about converting in South Africa. We reccomend everyone with a car make their next car a Biodiesel car.

Energy from Sun and Wind

The sun has been sacred for so many ancient cultures and in ancient India the Sun was so highly revered that the first day of the week was given in honour of this profound force that starts each day with it's light and blessings. The rishis saw that sunlight contained much more than heat and warmth and this deep understanding of the sun is one of basic principals of Vaastu Shastra, the Vedic science of designing living spaces. There is ample energy reaching the earth from the sun to power our needs for electrical energy, all that is needed is the right management of resources so this energy can be captured. Presently solar energy equipment is an expensive luxury and it should become something that everyone can afford. In many parts of the world (such as Cape Town), wind energy can also provide ample ammounts of energy. Our present office in South Africa is powered by sun and wind energy, we have run like this for more than half a year. Getting our energy requirements from the elements does not deplete or pollute the planet, there is enough of energy for everyone's requirements, this is the law of nature and this is the great lesson we as a humanity need to learn. If you wish to convert your living to running on natural energy sources please see the excellent monthly journal Home Power which is a wonderful resource for this. Complete guides to wind, solar and micro-hydro energies are provided in this journal. For local contacts in South Africa see our resources section.

This entire website has been made in an office with equipment powered by solar and wind energy in our centre near to Cape Point in South Africa.

Software Development

We're presently working on a number of software projects that are working to help and serve the world through various aspects of ancient knowledge using internet and computers as the vehicle or medium. Our healing music player is presently under development and uses a special system of Ayurveda to balance the mind-body based on the time of day and time of year calculated according to your location. Sunrise, sunset, midday, midnight, all create their own special rhythms and cycles in our lives, the ancient sages observed that each time of day had it's own quallity and thus created ragas that reflected these various qualities of nature.

Agnihotra for Windows

We are also developing software which will make it easier for people around the world to perform agnihotra, an amazing atmospheric healing practice. This software is presently under development and will be ready shortly.

Watch this space for more news of our software projects. To volunteer as a programmer or with any other software development skill, please visit our volunteer page for more info. For software development jobs take a look at our current jobs listing.

Vaastu School

What is Vaastu?

Vaastu is the science of creating structures that heal, balance and nourish us. The ancient sages observed the very basic laws of nature and created a science of creating a structures with full respect for these same laws. Buildings built with respect to Vaastu feel more peaceful, gentle and supportive of us. The core principals of Vaastu such as orientating our buildings correctly (in alignment with the grid of the earth), keeping a central open space known as a Brahmasthan and maximising the eastern direction for the morning light to fall and be captured by the house are universal and allow the space to become energised with healing qualities.

In today's chaotic world, the silence, peace and naturalness given by Vaastu has great potential, governmental buildings where a few individuals can influence lives of millions should be constructed without doubt, public halls and spaces will bring more peace to towns and villages when constructed with Vaastu as the basis, and finally our own homes, where we spend most of our time, we should begin there and once our structures have brought peace to us, we can then go out into the world and bring more peace to others too.

Vaastu School Project

We're honoured and delighted to be involved in helping with the design of a high school in Johannesburg, South Africa, which is being designed and built in accordance with the principals of Vaastu. The site the school will be on has a gentle north-east slope and is very well suited for a Vaastu building. The school will be two stories and have a central open courtyard which can also be used for student assembly. The students will come from various backgrounds and will benefit greatly by the Vaastu of the structure which has been specially designed with a fine tuning for education and pursuit of knowledge.

THIS PROJECT IS PRESENTLY ON HOLD AND WILL CONTINUE SHORTLY.

Please look under our services as we offer a Vaastu consultation service and referral service for all those who wish to benefit from the amazing wonders of Vaastu.

Community involved in making Bricks for South Africa's First Vaastu School

Brick making has commenced for SA's first Vaastu school to be based in South Johannesburg. Future students mothers have been employed as a community support program to make the 180,000 bricks needed for the school. The bricks are made in compressed block machine developed in Auroville which are cured using water and sunlight which makes them harder than conventional bricks and 100% natural and raw! The double story Vaastu designed school will be build entirely out of these sun baked clay bricks which will give it's walls a quality of Mother Nature itself.

Promoting Vaastu Education in South Africa

We have recently hosted a number of seminars with worldwide Vaastu expert, Vimal Jhajharia from Vastukalp. Vimal travels most of his time helping people all around the world with Vaastu. His father was a great scholar of Vaastu and Vimal is the disciple of a renowned teacher in India who guided his unfolding into Vaastu science. We have recently hosted Vimal in South Africa, recordings of his public lecture are available online. You can visit Vimal's own website right here: www.vastukalp.com

A few years back we were very honoured to have Dr. Talavane Krishna as our guest who presented a series of Vaastu workshops which were held in UCT in Cape Town. Dr. Krishna is author of "The Vaastu Workbook", a popular title on Vaastu.

View a presentation on Vaastu prepared by Vedic Society Team.

To learn more about Vaastu, please visit our articles pages and read up about this amazing science that can enhance and harmonise your life. Feel free to contact us for further information. Reading material on Vaastu can be borrowed from our library or ordered from Vedic Books.

Vedic Books

Vedic Books is our online bookstore that sources conscious literature and makes it easliy available to all around the world. To date we have sent books to 54 countries and hundreds of people have been able to access the profound teasure of written literature on Vedic subjects. The store is a treasurehouse of rare and specialised titles on Ayurveda, Vedic Astrology, Vaastu, Philosophy, World Religions and so much more. We have hand-picked each title with the question "Will this book make the world a better, wiser, more happy place.".

To visit Vedic Books online please browse to www.vedicbooks.net

Please note all profits from Vedic Books go towards Vedic Society projects worldwide.

Online Services

Online Services

We have a number of online projects which are bringing various aspects of Vedic wisdom to people around the world. Vedic Books is our online bookstore where we source the finest titles and make them available affordably to all, Agnihotra Direct allows anyone, anywhere to order Agnihotra kits so they can do this healing practice wherever they may be. Madanapalas is our online Ayurvedic project where the finest Ayurvedic products are available to all as well as online Ayurvedic consultations. Organics Online (South Africa only) brings organic food to people througout South Africa and also supports farmers by doing this.

Vedic Society Online

Our web portal (www.vedicsociety.org) has a number of articles where you can research and read on various enlightening subjects, we also have a calendar which features special events around the world and also a Vedic Sky report which has important astrological events listed to take note and take care of. More content to harmonise and inform will be added to this site so please revisit regularly.

Vedic Society Software

We are presently developing a number of conscious software products for harmonising the world applying various Vedic sciences. Please visit our software page for more details.

Online Sponsorship

Over the past years Vedic Society has sponsored a number of websites for projects we wish to support that are working to make this world a better place. In some cases we sponsor the hosting of the sites on our own servers which are based in the heart of Europe and for other sites we have sponsored the design and hosting. This is a gift back in service to our world. Visit some of our amazing sponsored projects:

Udipalia.org, a vilage woman's employment program near to Bangalore, India. Udipalia is the name of the village situated near the Art Of Living Ashrama. The Udipalia project makes handmade paper products and is affiliated with the Art of Living Foundation.

Samskrti.org is the Samskrti foundation founded by Sri Lakshmi Thathochar. This organization is doing wonderful work in Melkote and Mysore to raise awareness of ancient Vedic culture and wisdom and how it can be of benifit to all.

We have also sponsored sites for Kathmandu University Music Department (an amazing music school set in an old medieval temple complex on a river in Bhakatpaur), TWIG (Third world investment gateway), Krishna Books (an ISKCON Cape Town book distribution program) and many others.

To see more of our online sponsored projects please visit http://www.kalkbay.co.za

Library

Based in Cape Town we have a small lending library of rare and prescious titles on Vedic subjects collected over many years.

For more information and to find out about membership please contact our librarian.

We will shortly be posting an online catalogue of all available titles here.

Courses and Workshops

We offer lectures and courses on various illuminating subjects from time to time. We have hosted a number of eminent teachers and some of the past programs have been recorded and recordings are available in our media section.

Courses available:

Ayurvedic Cooking Course - 1 day

Discover the secrets of cooking for life, health and happiness. Ayurveda is an ancient science of living and food should be taken a medicine. In this 1-day course we cover the basics of the Ayurvedic kitchen and learn to prepare a healthy Ayurvedic meal. We also cover some basic Ayurvedic home remedies for common ailments. Learn to cook healthy delicious food, learn to understand what to eat, when to eat and how to eat.

Ayurvedic Cooking Course - 2 days

Dive deeper into Ayurvedic cooking and learn some advanced techniques such as preparing fresh curds (yoghurt) and paneer. In this course we cover the basics on the first day culminating in an Ayurvedic feast jointly prepared. On the second day we go deeper into using food as a medicine and cover powerful home remedies for everyone.

Ayurvedic Home Remedies for the Family

Discover how to use the ingredients in your kitchen to treat illness. Home remedies have been used for thousands of years through generation and generation, only recently has this tradition started to wane. We are working to revive Ayurvedic home remedies for all. Discover the secrets of turmeric, ginger, cumin, mint. Learn how to use yoghurt as a medicine. Discover the wonder in your spice box. Discover the science underlying selecting a remedy based on Ayurvedic principals.

Introduction to Sacred Architecture - 1 day

Discover the ancient system of Vaastu Shastra which has been used for thousands of years to make life on earth more harmonious by understanding space. Learn what factors effect a space that some places feel good and others do not. Cover the basic principals of Vaastu in depth and end of with a practicum of designing a house as a group with Vaastu principals. All basic principals such as site selection, orientation of the building, design of brahmasthan (central open space), proportions and measurements, room placement, selection of entrances are covered. This workshop is suitable for anyone wishing to learn the basic principals of Vaastu Shastra.

Introduction to Sacred Architecture - 2 days

The two day course covers the basics and then takes you deeper into Vaastu science covering advanced concepts such as timing of construction, setting the resonance of a structure based on the stars (Aayaadi), Vaastu remedial measures when construction is not possible.

Please note:

Courses are taught on a donation basis only.

For up coming scheduled courses by Vedic Society or other eminent teachers please see our calendar. To find out more about holding courses at your location please contact us.

Vaastu Design Service

Vedic Society offers Vaastu advice to all who wish to either construct or remedy their living/working spaces. Vaastu is a powerful science based on laws of nature and it allows our space to heal and nourish us accordingly. We are presently involved in a number of projects with individuals and organizations assisting with Vaastu design.

If you require guidance with the Vaastu for your project, please contact us and we will provide you with more information. Please note TRUE NORTH must be noted on all plans sent, TRUE NORTH can be best checked with a GPS device.

Past Events

Past events hosted by Vedic Society (2006):

We've been delighted to have had a number of wonderful events at our beautiful mountain centre near to Cape Point. Some recordings of events are available in our media library. For future event notices please join our mailing list and we will keep you informed.

January 2005 Newsletter

VEDIC SOCIETY

January 2005
Newsletter

Dearest Friends

At the beginning of this year 2005 we are sending this newsletter to all people interested in our research, ongoing work and projects to share with you our activities and insights from the year past and the year ahead. We welcome all your feedback and also would very much appreciate it if you could forward this newsletter to any persons interested in it's subject matter.

For those new to Vedic Society and it's projects and vision, we have included a brief introduction here.

ABOUT VEDIC SOCIETY

Vedic Society is a non profit, educational and humanitarian organization. Our vision is to help transform the world we live in using the profound ancient knowledge of Vedic wisdom. We feel this to be a vast treasure for this world we live in.

Our journey began with our founder, Martin Gluckman's own journey of self-discovery at a young age which took him across 60 countries in search for deeper understanding of life and at the same time in search for answers to a deep prayer within to help the world we live in during this lifetime.

Vedic Wisdom is universal and does not belong to any religion or country, it is a higher wisdom that has been gifted to the world by true sages who wished that all on earth could experience their deeper purpose and live in harmony with each other and nature.

ABOUT OUR WORK

"Transforming the world with ancient wisdom"

Today's world is facing countless problems on many fronts and it seems each day as we advance more into the modern age, we also loose a little of our connection with nature and the earth. Environmental problems are vast and out of control, human stress and diseases are increasing much, despite advances in technology. Chronic incurable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, cancer and various auto-immune diseases are on the rise. Where shall we look for the solutions ?

Indeed the culmination of our work is that many of our solutions are awaiting their rediscovery in the treasurehouses of wisdom from the Rishis or sages of past. At certain times in our not so distant past this knowledge was available for many on earth, and it is our sincere wish to help revive this wisdom for all people on earth today.

OUR VISION

Our Vision is to revive and share this wisdom and see it available and in application for all humanity. On a practical level we have seen many opportunities where in little time vast and dramatic positive changes can be experienced, all it requires is understanding, knowing and then application of the knowledge or "doing".

For example Ayurveda and it's profound and ancient science of health can rapidly bring healing to people in the grips of disease. When we understand our bodies and minds and their relationship with the cosmos in the Ayurvedic light, we quickly see what actions in our past have lead to our present ill health and can begin by remedying this immediately.

In our own kitchens are powerful and immediate home remedies which can be used as effective treatments in many cases. Awareness of Ayurvedic diet and lifestyle is essential to a life of health, immunity and vitality, when we apply these principals in daily life the results are nothing short of miraculous.

Other Vedic Sciences such as Agnihotra which is a powerful daily fire purification practice can bring immediate mental harmony to the performers and surroundings and has an immediate purification on the environment. A month long study in India showed profound life changes for the good with alcoholics who had performed it daily. The effects of Agnihotra of reducing stress in the environment will also bring much good for the entire society.

Sthapatya Veda perhaps has one of the most profound roles to play in helping the world as it is today for it is a vast untapped science with immense power. As more and more people awaken to it's potential and apply this knowledge, the results can be manifold on all aspects of the society. A single key building designed with Sthapatya Veda principals can effect many hundreds of people directly and indirectly a whole country. It is our wish to help spread the ancient wisdom of Sthapatya Veda to all corners of the world and to act as a clear channel of this knowledge to further and advance it for all. In this newsletter we introduce our journey of discovery into the ancient science of Brahamarishi Mayan, the forefather of Sthapatya Veda and also Dr. V. Ganapathi Sthapathi, the living doyen of this science.

Yagyas and particularly, Somayagyas, were the ancient solution to reducing tension in large areas and long ago people understood their value and many disasters and calamities were avoided as such. A Yagya is a scientific combination of sound, fire, intention, ritual and form which has a profound effect on increasing positive aspects for all. In the 21st century we are faced with much global conflict and it is our dream to help to reawaken a global awareness and accessibility to purely performed yagyas for the benefit of all life. For national and global problems, Somayagyas offer a vast glimmer of hope and can help to neutralize the collective stress of villages, cities and towns. In December 2003 we were very blessed to attend a Somayagya in Hyderabad and to experience it's vast and dramatic effects. Somayagyas are perhaps the most ancient and original of all yagyas still in performance today, they consist of a synergy of ancient mantric energies and vast amounts of fire and ritual offerings and a very specific yagya structure and layout. They continue for many days, sometimes some months. The effects are enormous on the individual and collective level. The priests still performing Somayagyas have carried the flame of this tradition from century to century, grandfather, to father to son and we witnessed this unbroken lineage of centuries old tradition.

On an individual level, personal and familiar yagyas are a powerful way to reduce tension, stress and difficulties in ones life. This year past we conducted much research into this field as it is our sincere wish to make this available and easily accessible to all.

This is just the tip of the iceberg of our work but sufficient of a taste for the introduction in our 2005 Newsletter. We are devoted to engaging technology in a way that it can carry the lamp of this ancient technology and in the course the next years to come please watch out for many online Vedic Society projects which will help to bring the treasures of wisdom in a practical way available to planet earth. The Internet and computing technology offers us a vast canvas for this to be expressed and reach many people rapidly. The past 6 months we have begun development in Nepal of our various online and offline projects. We will keep you posted as this unfolds.

INDIA AND NEPAL RESEARCH 2004

At the end of 2003, I set out on a vast research project in India and Nepal to make contact with exceptional teachers and individuals working with Vedic sciences and to document and study these in the interests of helping many people in need around the world. My particular focus was on Ayurveda and a large amount of my time was spent observing and experiencing various teachers and specialists, some of which I will reflect upon further in this newsletter. Initially I had picked a few areas I felt lacking light so to speak and to meet with people who had some knowledge in these areas. As Vedic Society grows and takes form, many of these projects will become full time projects where we will focus resources and attention. If any readers are interested of volunteering skills, time or resources for our research, please see the further in the newsletter about this.

The research project took me over 12000km of Indian Railway track and through India, Nepal and briefly to Tibet as I made contact with various people venturing deeper and deeper to the heart of these ancient sciences. Besides Ayurveda, I also spent time focusing on the related sciences of Jyotish (Vedic Astrology) and significantly Sthapatya Veda (also known as Vaastu Shastra), the ancient Vedic science of design in accordance with the principals and laws of nature and cosmos. I also attended a very rare and special Yagya called a Mahasomayagya in Hyderabad as part of my related research into Yagyas. As I experienced, observed and processed the material that was presented to me, I also created a broader and broader vision of addressing the problems that are facing this world today. Indeed it seemed clear to me that the sages of ancient had left us many keys for bringing more peace, health and harmony into the world. Who would imagine that an ancient (more than 5000 years) process of burning dried cow dung cakes, ghee and rice (Agnihotra) could have the profound effect of removing radiation and pollution within a radius of many square kilometres ? Who would think that a thread dipped in a medicated plant extract could painlessly remove piles without surgery ? Who would say that deep in the jungles of Kerala are traditional healers who are curing deadly snake bite victims completely without any tissue damage using only natural herbal and mineral methods ? More and more research is being conducted and nothing short of miraculous results are being found.

In the arena of Ayurveda I witnessed nothing short of what would be called medical miracles in the West. Scores of seemingly incurable cases were completely cured with Ayurvedic treatments. I visited a clinic where degenerative neurological disorders were being treated with a synergy of an ancient Ayurvedic recipe from Charaka (2500 years before) combined with Homeopathy. Thousands of video-documented cases with this treatment showed it's remarkable efficacy.

I spent time with a Danish patient who had never walked unaided due to him having multiple sclerosis after receiving oxygen due to a very premature birth. After multiple Panchakarma treatments he was walking unaided and improving daily from a condition that is considered incurable and degenerative in modern times.

In Kerala I witnessed Dr. Ram Nathan treating various degenerative ocular diseases, sometimes in dramatic ways that resulted in people with visual defects being completely cured too in many cases.

In Bangalore I met with Dr. Jaysuth Makwana, a specialist in Ayurvedic dentistry who removed teeth from patients in need of extractions without any anaesthesia, excessive bleeding nor painkillers. He applied a simple ancient yogic method called Jalandar Bandar Yoga which I will write more about in detail below.

The discoveries continued, and each day of this project, my deep faith in this ancient wisdom and the healing power of nature herself was reiterated again and again seeing how the seemingly impossible became possible.

What touched me deeply was the common thread that connected all the sciences; medicine, music, architecture stood not alone, but all as part of a single family of wisdom for the benefit, happiness and harmony of all life on earth. I pray that 2005 can be a year where more and more this wisdom can take form and shape on earth and gradually transform this world.

Please read on as I profile some of the amazing stories and discoveries. Please also feel free to support our work and get involved. In humility and service we wish to share this work with all.

So walk with us in excitement of the possibilities that are there for bringing more light and joy to this world.

Namaste,

AYURVEDA - NATURES HEALTH SECRETS

Coming from a medical family and deeply inspired by my fathers beautiful work as a doctor, I had long a childhood wish to help all around me be relieved of the suffering caused from disease. This quest lead me to spend a number of years with my close friend and mentor Dr. Udo Ehrenfeld, a renowned and award winning medical researcher and humanitarian born in the same village as Albert Einstein. During my working with Dr. Ehrenfeld in the field of immunology with particular focus on cancer, I realized how in our modern world, despite the advancement of our medical technology so to speak, there was very little progress, and sure treatments for chronic diseases. Always there was a voice within me inspiring me to look deeper and deeper and so to speak unpeel the layers to get to the source of understanding disease and it's treatment.

After much research into many medical systems from Japan, Mexico to Peru and the Amazon, I finally encountered the ancient system of medicine borne of ancient India called Ayurveda.

In 1999 I began to personally study Ayurveda with a brilliant teacher and friend who had been introduced to this science many years before, in India, under the guidance of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi who has done wonders to bring the best of Ayurveda to the West since the 1980's. As I dived deeper and discovered more, I realized the vast potential of Ayurveda and practically how little of it's secrets are presently being practiced in today's world.

Every medical scientist dreams to find 'cures' so to speak and in Ayurveda there is a complete system and philosophy that offers a route for treatment and often complete removal of a disease at it's very roots for all pathologies. Even diseases that cannot be adequately understood in the modern model can be well understood with Ayurvedic diagnostic methods. For disease to exist there must be disequilibrium in the bodily systems. Ayurvedic treatment is based upon understanding the nature of the imbalance within the physiology and then taking the appropriate corrective action.

Panchakarma is pinnacle of Ayurveda and after researching and experiencing this first hand, I realized that this procedure of purifying and rejuvenating the body using an exact and scientific process of drawing impurities from deep within body tissues, then eliminating them, could offer profound and immediate healing for so many cases. I witnessed this in the many clinics I visited where Panchakarma was being performed correctly and sagaciously. I witnessed many cases which would take weeks or months with other systems of treatment, completely cured in no time. Panchakarma ingeniously removes the fundament of diseases and subsequently health flourishes anew.

Below I describe some of the detailed encounters and discoveries I had. It is my deep wish to share this with the world and to engage people and resources so that this wisdom can become globally available once more.

PANCHAKARMA - THE NECTAR OF AYURVEDA

Many years fore I read the book entitled 'Ayurveda and Panchakarma' by Dr. Sunil Joshi of Nagpur. For the first time there was a book in English which dove deep into the very essence of Ayurvedic treatment and it's profound rejuvanative and curative therapy known as Panchakarma. This book reawakened a deep awareness within me that Panchakarma is the core component of Ayurveda and sadly in today's world, for the most part, lesser known.

India still has scores of Panchakarma centres but a large number of these are aimed for the affluent tourist market only without respect to the traditional requirements of Panchakarma and most importantly the preparatory and postparatory procedures.

Panchakarma is delicate art and needs an experienced Vaidya (Ayurvedic physician) to guide and oversee the patient every step of the way. Diseases are the product of many factors and aam or toxins in various parts of the body are a fundamental common thread. If one were to take a sampling of chronic disease cases from arthritis to cancer one would find aam as the singular common thread. Panchakarma ingeniously uses the bodies own wisdom to encourage the release of aam and thus renew and clean the body very deeply. I was exceptionally amazed when after performing my first Virechanna (therapeutic purgation), that Dr. Rajashi Metha identified the green tinge in what was being purged from my body as the result of anti-biotics which I had last taken more than 5 years prior. Panchakarma's processes encourage the gentle release of these toxins from where they have accumulated in the body (this will vary from disease to disease and patient to patient) and finally once mobilized they are eliminated from the body. The increase in clarity, youth, vitality and energy becomes noticeable within some hours of the initial purgation, while despite being initially weak, one feels a calmness and clarity that is quiet immeasurable.

When I've studied Ayurvedic classical texts like Charaka Samhita, I've noticed that in the context of Charaka, Panchakarma procedures were very commonly performed as the first line of treatment when a disease had started to appear in the body. It is the wish of Vedic Society to nurture and promote awareness of Panchakarma and also help people to find a means to perform this procedure in their lifetimes so that by purifying ourselves, we become higher expressions of goodness and vitality.

AYUSHAKTI - MUMBAI

In the year past in India and Nepal I visited many Panchakarma centres and each was unique in their own expression. There are two that stood out and I will recommend them here for those seeking somewhere to perform complete Panchakarma.

The first was Ayushakti in Mumbai. Ayushakti is the inspiration of Dr. Pankaj and Dr. Smita Naram who are both exceptional and renowned Vaidyas. What stands out is the profound attention to detail and also the affordability of the Panchakarma treatments at Ayushakti. I personally experienced my first complete treatments there and meeting with scores of people who had been through the process, I noted that the quality of doctors, herbs and knowledge are superb and without compromise.

Ayushakti is located in a suburb of Mumbai which as a modern Indian city is not always the most conducive to purifying ones body but the positive of this is the accessibility and also the amazing architecture and location of Ayushakti itself. Dr. Naram had used Vaastu Shastra for the construction and much attention to natural materials and this tends to insulate one from Mumbai. Once in the side lane where Ayushakti resides and walking in the door, one enters a world of vibrant wisdom and health.

At Ayushakti I met with Lenny Blank who I had know as a key person in bringing Ayurveda to the USA in the forms of Vasant Lad, Sunil Joshi and many others and Lenny was at the same time undergoing Panchakarma there, I took this as a fine concordance that the quality was superb.

What really impacted me deeply was the expertise of Dr. Raja Shri Metha who is the Vaidya in charge of Panchakarma at Ayushakti. She is a very wise, gentle and pure soul and her love and compassion are very much present as she spends time with you each day monitoring most importantly your pulse and your progress. The pulse reveals all the information of the state of the mind and body and Dr. Metha uses the pulse like a modern doctor might use a very advanced machine, she monitors the patient and gently steers the treatment in the direction it needs to go.

For people seeking to experience the dramatic effect of Panchakarma be there a serious illness or just a wish to houseclean your body, I highly recommend a visit to Ayushakti.

CONTACT DETAILS:

Web: http://www.ayushakti.com E-mail: ayushakti(at)ayushakti(dot)com

IVAC - MYSORE

The second Panchakarma centre I wish to mention is the Indus Valley Ayurvedic Centre founded by my good friend Dr. Talavane Krishna. IVAC is indeed a centre of palatial expressions and it is set on a magnificent piece of land overlooking the Mysore countryside and the ancient Lalita palace of Mysore. The place is silent and nature is vibrant and in constant song at IVAC. In terms of setting IVAC could not be beaten for part of Panchakarma is to take deep rest and besides undergo methodical purificationary treatments, to reconnect with nature and the natural rhythms within us.

Dr. Krishna, the founder has been a deep spiritual practitioner through his life and when I met him upon my invitation that he come give Vaastu Shastra workshops in Cape Town, I knew that his depth and spiritual insights were a precious treasure for this world. Besides becoming my first Vaastu Shastra teacher which lead me to much further research and studies in this light, Dr. Krishna also shared with me how he had taken his vision of creating an ideal Ayurvedic centre in India to reality. We had looked seaward across the Atlantic, standing on Table Mountain and I saw how his talk of IVAC lit his eyes.

So when I arrived at IVAC after some weeks in the buzz of Bangalore, it was as if I was a nomad long in the desert without waters, finding a pristine oasis. I was deeply touched at the vast attention to detail that was played out in every aspect of IVAC. Firstly the land was a very fertile, green, living space that had good natural Vaastu due to it gently sloping to the North-East and also having Chyamundee Hill to the South creating stability, prosperity and peace. I know Dr. Krishna had searched long for the ideal land to construct his dream upon.

All buildings had been designed with perfect consideration of the science of Vaastu Shastra as practiced by Dr. Krishna and taught to him by his Guru Mr. Reddy, a renowned Vaastu practitioner from the region. The peace is immediately noticeable.

Every other factor has been done with similar awareness, from the detailed and expert training of the staff to the very sattvik Ayurvedic cuisine which is lovingly served each day in the dinning hall. The doctors are professional and very knowledgeable. I was particularly touched by a young female doctor, who had recently completed her studies and I found her compassion and wisdom very notable.

So many more things I could details such as the construction of the wooden Ayurvedic massage tables, which had been made out of a single piece of wood specially imported from Burma and constructed on site. The pure copper bath tubs. The amazing fragrant in-house post massage scrub powder which seems to transport one into a sensory never-world.

The highlight for me was my first experience of Pizzichil, a South Indian treatment for balancing and nourishing the body, especially Vata. At IVAC I proceeded to be poured and massaged with hot medicinal oil for no less than an hour and a half by 6 men. This transported me into a deep state of oneness and tranquility that prevailed long after I departed from IVAC.

What came to mind clearly when at IVAC is that in the West we have a culture to take a holiday so to speak but rarely do we think of taking our body on holiday. Panchakarma or even the rejuvenative massage and steaming procedures in themselves, combined with a balanced diet, are truly a holiday for the body.

If someone is looking for somewhere to rest deeply, reconnect and discover a level of peace within and without and the true ancient heart of India, then I would deeply recommend a visit to IVAC.

One final note is a special recognition for IVAC's guest manager named Vinita who is an exceptional human being and went always completely over all imaginable levels of service and care and love to please the guests.

CONTACT DETAILS:

Web: http://www.ayurindus.com E-mail: ivac(at)ayurindus(dot)com

SPECIALITY CENTRES

During my research in India I came across various Ayurvedic centres in India that had special focus on certain diseases. I was pleased to see this and also the hear reviews of successful treatments in various chronic incurable diseases. As we continue to document Panchakarma, we will reveal more and more specialized centres with good results in various diseases. Here we will mention four of note :

1. Dr. M. Prasad of the Sita Ram Ayurvedic Centre in Trichur, Kerala

Dr. M. Prasad is a renowned Ayurvedic ophthalmic specialist which is a rare combination. Whilst I could only spend a few days in Trichur, I spoke deeply with Dr. Prasad and discovered that he has much success with many chronic and degenerative disorders of the eye. I observed dramatic results from using traditional Ayurvedic means of treatment. One speciality that Dr. Prasad uses when the disorders are linked to a blood-impurity disorder, is the removal of toxic blood on the temple and sometimes in or near the eye, with the use of special leeches. While it sounds like enough to put most people running outside of any doctors office, it is in fact a very scientific, safe and successful treatment from Ayurveda. It is my wish to do further investigation into this and related treatments and also to have them further documented. Sita Ram is a beautiful centre located not far from Cochin in Kerala.

Contact: Dr. M. Prasad Phone: 91 + 2443895 (Trichur, Kerala)

2. Dr. Mukul Patel of the Shreyas Hospital, Surat, Gujarat

Whilst I have yet to visit this hospital in Gujarat, I have heard that they are well renowned for an Ayurvedic procedure named kshar sutra. This includes dowsing a thread with special medicated herbs and tying the thread around the piles. This results in the safe, painless, non-surgical removal of chronic piles and has brought much relief to scores of patients. Dr. Patel comes recommended from Dr. Rajesh Kotecha, my good friend and founder of Chakrapani Ayurveda clinic in Rajasthan. Kshar Sutra is well known in parts of India and various clinics have popped up specialising in this and related procedures only. It's successes are very remarkable in an otherwise very difficult to treat condition when surgery is the only indicated measure. Patients who would normally have to spend nights in hospital and much time in excruciating pain can have a simple and safe alternative. It is our wish to research and report on this procedure in more detail in the near future.

Contact: E-mail: info(at)proctocure(dot)com Web: http://www.proctocure.com

3. Dr. Oswal, G-THERAPY Centre in Pune

What I loved much about Dr. Oswal was his marriage of traditional Ayurveda (he had studied in the same year and college as Dr. Vasant Lad) and classical Homeopathy. Dr. Oswal had taken a recipe from Charak Samhita and prepared it in a homeopathic way. It was a traditional recipe for neurological disorders and in the few days I spent at his clinic I saw a number of children and young adults passing through with various neurological disorders. Some had mental retardation and other suffered from a lack of mobility and physical control. The common thread of all such diseases in Ayurvedic philosophy is imbalanced Vata.

Dr. Oswal has successfully treated many thousands of patients with very good results. He has video documented most cases showing before and after progress. I was deeply touched by his work, I had been particularly inspired to meet him after meeting a number of cerebral palsy patients on my travels who sought a solution in Ayurveda for their condition. I'm also excited with the prospects of combining Ayurveda and Homeopathy. Homeopathic preparations are very affordable to prepare once the initial preparation has been made. This could help to spread Ayurveda to areas where it was considered normally out of reach and is a vast opportunity for further research.

Contact: E-mail: gunvant(at)pn2.vsnl.net(dot)in Web: http://www.g-therapy.org

4. Dr. Anil Jaggi, Body Soul Ayurveda Centre, Pahar Ganj, New Delhi

While not a speciality centre per say, Dr. Anil Jaggi is a renowned Vaidya from a traditional family of doctors who has a small clinic and Panchakarma centre nestled in the heart of the bustling main bazaar of New Delhi. I discovered Dr. Jaggi quite by chance and at the time I was already feeling the stress of a few weeks in India's cities. Little did I know that a little island of pure Vedic wisdom was present in the alleys of New Delhi. I immediately had a Shirodhara (pouring of medicated herbal oils on the forehead) treatment at Dr. Jaggi's centre which was personally and very lovingly supervised by the doctor himself. In most Ayurvedic centres in India the doctor does not personally supervise such treatments, I felt this very significant and important.

Dr. Jaggi is an immensely knowledgeable and deeply schooled man and he has a wealth of wisdom on Ayurveda and it's sister sciences. I spent many hours in deep discussion with him and we shared a mutual passion for Ayurveda and for helping the world with this knowledge.

In one discussion he told me how that if there were one village which followed only the laws of living in tune with nature, there would be no need for doctors or hospitals. I nodded in agreement for this is the very basis of Ayurveda and despite it being a brilliant system for curing diseases that have come it is even more brilliant to prevent them from ever coming.

Any visitors to Delhi wishing to experience a taste of the real Ayurveda and one of it's renowned, talented and skilled practitioners can contact Dr. Jaggi in his Pahar Ganj clinic where he attends each day.

Contact: E-mail: bodysoulayurveda(at)hotmail(dot)com Phone: 91+9810420969

THE WORLD PANCHAKARMA GUIDE

While being blessed to visit many Panchakarma centres in India from South to North, and also having the chance to experience it first hand, it dawned upon me that there needs to be an online resource that objectively can present information for prospective patients wishing to undergo Panchakarma.

This would allow for people to choose a place based on their budgets and also based on their disorder as the reputation and specialization of some centres would suit some more than others.

Vedic Society has adopted this project and once we have suitable staff and resources we will commence with what we call 'The World Panchakarma Guide'. This will be an online resource that is updated regularly and will seek to help those in need of Panchakarma treatments.

MARMA - THE MAGIC OF TOUCH

When I set out upon my research I did not anticipate that the spotlight would fall upon a very little known area of Ayurveda known as Marma but somehow the course that I was sailing took me upon an encounter with living masters in this ancient, simple and effective treatment.

Marma is one of the lesser known methods used in Ayurveda, Sushruta refers to it in some detail as well as other texts, but in truth it is a traditional knowledge that needs to be handed down from guru to disciple, from heart to heart. The basis is the use of various points on the body which are all interlinked like a complex circuitry and produce different results when pressed or massaged.

When healthy and balanced, energy or prana flows freely through the body like a pure stream. Modern lifestyle and ignorance causes us to take wrong food, improper use of our mind and senses and to do things that are counter-health and thus the little rivers of prana become blocked and result in physical, mental and emotional blocks and also disease. Marma uses an attuned awareness of these points to release blocks, nourish the body and subsequently heal.

The marma practitioner, can heal the body be it a physical, mental or emotional ailment, with the simple awareness of it's energy centres and how to unblock what has become blocked.

DR. PANKAJ NARAM AND BABA RAAM DAS

When I first witnessed Marma treatments at Dr. Naram's clinic known as Ayushakti in a suburb of Mumbai, I knew something quite magical was in process. I was luckily partaking in seminars that had been prepared for a doctors training course in Mumbai and got to observe Dr. Naram in action performing a part of the Marma tradition he practices called Peccoti. Peccoti is a combination of holding certain Marma points in conjunction with a brisk pressure on various positions on the middle, upper-middle and upper back. The result is that stress, tension, blockage, and inflexibilities that are held in our backs, are released suddenly and with much relief. Noone would imagine that pressing tension out of the spine could result in such an array of sounds and there are a regular concertina of cracks and pops and the back seems to melt under the practitioners hands and the muscles that surround the spinal column become more relaxed and in pose.

Following the release on the back, a few further points are held in the lower back to lock and ground the changes (each Marma point links to a certain place in our inner mind and corresponds with a certain dynamic and quality of nature). Then the patient turns around and the umbilical point is pressed so that the stress release and changes can be held in place in the centre of the being.

I witnessed Peccoti perform miracles and heard countless many stories of very chronic immobility's, stresses, confusions, conflicts, and more, all dissolving in a simple and elegant manor.

Dr. Pankaj learnt Peccoti from his Guru, Baba Raam Das, a legendary 125 year ascetic and Yogi who passed this privileged knowledge to Dr. Pankaj. Even well into his hundreds, Baba Raam Das was practicing Peccoti on his patients, a living example of the practical application of Ayurveda. The Upanishads say after all that each man is entitled to at least 100 years of healthful living. It is thus only though our mistakes and also the divergence from mother nature in our society, that we suffer such a rifetude of disease in today's world.

In recent months I began too practicing Peccoti on all who came into my home in the Nepali Himalayas and I witnessed it's profound transforming effect on people. Old habits, inflexibilities, pains and confusion quickly cleared after a session of treatments. This was marma magic in action.

Dr. Pankaj also has a profound array of other Marma applications that he uses with great skill and talent in his Ayushakti clinic and on his tours around the world. It is very beautiful to see such a non-invasive method produce such rapid and lasting results.

Peccoti for example has very dramatic effects on psychosomatic and mental disorders as these are mostly rooted in a voracious excess of Vata or wind in the physiology and as the spinal column is cleared and released and the rib cage aligned, our breath so changes and so follows the mind and ultimately it settles.

The real beauty was to see how clearly Dr. Pankaj was a living embodiment of a true healer, his selfless wish was to serve all life and to share his wisdom and tools with all who came his way.

This year I will continue further practical research into this school of Marma as taught by Baba Raam Das and Dr. Pankaj and continue to reflect upon it's miraculous effects.

HANUMAN DAS - SON OF THE WIND

By mere chance after a sincere prayer to discover more about Marma, I had the grace and fortune to meet a man from South India named Hanuman Das right here in Nepal. Hanuman Das just happened to be spending some weeks in Kathmandu, his first journey out of his mother India.

He was born in a family of traditional Marma and Kalari (South Indian Martial Arts) practitioners and was deeply schooled by his grandfather, father and uncle in this ancient knowledge.

Like many of my teachers in India, his family held a traditional handed down collection of palm leaf ancient texts which revealed the secrets of this art he practiced.

Hanuman Das is exceptionally knowledgeable in all aspects of Ayurveda. His particular speciality is Marma and it's applications to heal physical disabilities and ailments. It was very beautiful to watch his hands move as his exceptionally sensitive fingers strolled the various energy lines and meridians on the body with precision accuracy. His martial arts training also exuded in his medical techniques and there was utmost skill, precision and control in all that was done.

His grandfather had been one of the bodyguard for the previous Maharaja of his state and there was a long history of his family in the royal courts as the knowledge they held, both as warriors and healers, was greatly revered and in that age.

Hanuman Das insisted I take upon training in both Marma and Martial Arts, but I expressed that my school of Ayurveda was one of complete and total ahimsa (non-harming) and I would gladly succumb to deep studies in the healing aspects.

Like a mechanic, he would skillfully find the nodes of energy on the body and press them with required force or apply certain oils. Sometimes a paste, sometimes heat or fomentation. Beneath his actions was a deep awareness and skill as he addressed which of the three humours needed balancing and which points and pressures to apply for achieving this.

His family also have much traditional knowledge on treating injuries, even otherwise fatal injuries. In Hanuman's accompany was a young man who had suffered a very severe and possibly fatal injury to his head in Europe, he had met Hanuman who had fixed it without any surgical intervention other than those provided by his thumb and fingers. Nothing short of a miracle by modern standards!

He informed how broken and fractured bones could be healed to a point of removing the cast within 7-days and completely fused with 41 days. Special oils and internal medicines were used in such cases which accelerated the natural healing processes of the body.

Though my time was limited with him, I sensed deeply that we would meet again and he extended a sincere invitation that I undertake further studies with him in the art of Marma. I gladly accepted and sometime in the near future I will spend some time in Kerala to begin this journey.

What came to mind was how much knowledge had been lost in the last thousands of years and despite the magnitude of the loss and amnesia of our modern world, there still were little islands of pure knowledge bubbling from springs of eternal truth.

FURTHER MARMA RESEARCH IN SRI LANKA

There is a project in my mind to pursue further Marma studies too in Sri Lanka where there is an ancient tradition of Succi Karma (the forefather of acupuncture), that has been well preserved over there. Succi Karma (literally the action with needles) is the ancient predecessor of acupuncture and has a very in-depth wisdom of manipulating marma points with the help of gold and silver needles (modern day acupuncture uses stainless steel, but gold and silver are by far preferred).

Some marma practitioners are averse to using needles but I've observed the immensely powerful effects of using needles on marma points and feel that the world can only benefit by taking the present acupuncture knowledge to a higher point of clarity and understanding.

AYURVEDIC DENTISTRY

One of the topics I came to research was the subject of dentistry which I felt had been much neglected in the field of Ayurveda. I was confident that treatments were present but this seemed to be nearly forgotten in practical application. I was inspired upon this road by doing a study earlier last year on the systematic toxicity of modern dentistry. Virtually all treatments and substances used in modern dentistry were swarmed in controversy, from mercury-amalgam fillings (containing one of the most powerful neurotoxins known to man!) to root canal treatments (which have been linked to weakened immunity and other disorders), to fluoridation which was very controversially being debated on the world medical scene and had been banned by some governments due to it's question marks. In my heart I had the question that there must have been a natural science for preventing and treating dental problems. I was right and upon this quest I discovered Dr. Jaysuth Makwana.

DR. JAYSUTH MAKWANA - AYURVEDIC DENTIST

Dr. Jaysuth Makwana is an Ayurvedic doctor from Gujarat's most famous university who did his post-graduate speciality in Ayurvedic Dentistry. He presently runs an organization called The Divine Dental Trust and has devoted much of his time to promoting Ayurvedic Dentistry and to helping people rediscover this science.

I met Dr. Makwana in Bangalore at a charity dental camp for local people and witnessed him perform an ancient treatment called Jalandar Bandar Yoga. This treatment allows him to single-handily remove teeth that are beyond repair and in need of extraction, without any pain, blood or discomfort for the patient at all. It is a very simply technique to learn and reduces the risks and discomforts caused by this procedure when usually performed. It's also safe for diabetic and heart patients who could not normally tolerate surgical procedures. The practice involves ancient Yogic and Ayurvedic knowledge of blocking prana to the head region using a special "lock" from hatha yoga. When prana is suitably blocked, the tooth can be extracted easily without much effort and without pain or adverse bleeding.

While extraction painlessly is all well and fine, my deep aim was to find methods for saving and restoring and preventing and treating tooth and gum disease. On this journey I spoke deeply with many Vaidyas interviewing them on various treatments. Ayurveda offers various topical applications of oral oils (mostly consisting of bitter antibacterial oils like clove, babul and neem) and most importantly the regular use of tooth powders as opposed to tooth pastes. Of all the tooth powders I sampled, the one I found particularly and immediately effective was Sudanthi Churna prepared by Ayushakti in Mumbai. (See more about Ayushakti later in this article). Sudanthi churna is a combination of herbs that all help to clean, disinfect and strengthen gums and teeth and has a synergistic effect on preventing tooth decay.

From an Ayurvedic perspective, dental problems are linked to poor bone nourishment and related poor diet, with particular reference to taking excess refined foods which remove minerals from the body while passing through the digestive process. For those wishing to strengthen teeth, white sugar and white flour must be removed from the diet as well as any other processed, denatured and refined foods. Nature gives us wholesome, nutritive foods and our modern processing methods remove all the nutrition which has it's price. There are various formulas in Ayurveda for strengthening bones and subsequently teeth such as coral and pearl powders. Ayushakti have a special formula called Keshiya and another called Praval Moti for this purpose alone which we found in clinical observation to be very effective.

If bones are not being adequately nourished, there is often a deeper imbalance in the body which could be addressed by Panchakarma. Panchakarma aims to restore the digestive fire to it's full and optimal power so that what is eaten can be transformed into tissues correctly and completely.

Upon our research on this topic we also got wind of a doctor in Kerala, Dr. Ram Nathan, who had also done some speciality in this area and opened an Ayurvedic dental care centre in a hospital there. We discovered that Dr. Ram Nathan was using many ancient methods for treating and preventing tooth and gum disease with great results.

In conclusion Ayurveda has a vast scope in the dental field, it is our wish that some dedicated research could be directed in this area and in the course of the next years we will plan and proceed with a small project in this field.

Contact: Dr. Jaysuth Makwana, Divine Dental Trust E-mail: drjmakwana(at)yahoo(dot)com

FURTHER RESEARCH

Upon my research I discovered references in Tibetan and Ayurvedic medical texts that indicated a herb existed which could halt oral diseases and trigger the natural remineralization of decayed teeth. Modern studies confirm that there is an ongoing process of dental remineralization which occurs naturally and it makes sense that such a medicine could exist. Thus should this possibility exist, the need to visit a dentist would reduce to almost none in combination with suitable nutrition.

We persisted in this field and discovered two leads that might bear fruit in this regard. One was a Tibetan herbal product which we had travelled to Tibet in May 2003 partially to research further and will be returning later there for more enquiry. Many senior Tibetan doctors report about such a plant but we have yet to find one to identify and prepare it.

We also had read reports from a botanical researcher doing work in Chhattisgarh of a certain traditional healer from Gunderdehi named Mr. Chawda who had a herbal oil preparation that he administered in the form of a traditional Ayurvedic nasya (application of the medicated oil to the nostrils). There have been many reports of dental carries being stopped and reversed with this treatment and the description of the treatment mirrors that mentioned by other references so it is our sincere wish to spend time in this region documenting this further as it could be an immense boon to global dental health. We will update our readers as to further discoveries in this regard after our proposed visit to the region a little later this year.

Dental health is an area we initially decided to focus some time upon researching due to the lack of truly holistic dental treatments available in the West. Modern dentistry is technically superb but systematically nearly all the treatments have vastly immunotoxic and hepatoxic effects.

Any long term treatment of dental disease should bring an awareness to the overall physiological health of the person. To bring the doshas into harmony and to remove aam (toxins) from the tissues of the body and digestive system. Even were a herbal oil be available that can stop and reverse dental decay, people should be aware that there is a greater internal need and the body tissues are simply reflecting this outwardly.

In 2005 we will be spending some time further on this subject. Please visit our soon to be published website frequently for articles and information.

AYURVEDA AND CANCER

Having spent 3 years of my life in close association with Dr. Udo Ehrenfeld of Germany in the field of immunology, I found that destiny had in part fulfilled a deep wish of mine to help alleviate the suffering of those with cancer. One of Udo's first sentences to me, after we met in the midst of Germany was that he had helped people who had been given a few months to live, prove their prognosis well wrong. In the modern medical field a patient who survives 5 years or more is considered cured and Udo had many such patients. Three of them wrote a book called 'Ich Lebe Noch' or 'I'm still alive' in exclamation to them beguiling the medical world out of their predicted prognosis. The real genius was Udo and the team of scientists who ran Jomol Pharma. I was deeply impressed and touched by the work, I also saw the harsh reality of medical politics unfolds before me and the complete disbelieving of the public at their success. Somehow Germany at the least, was not ready to acknowledge that a natural treatment could be part of a treatment for cancer.

Meanwhile some few thousand miles away in India, cancer had long been known of and deeply understood in Ayurveda. In Sanskrit there are various words referring to various kinds of abnormal growths in the body. Classical texts refer to these growths and also suitable treatments.

Where Udo had left off and met dead ends in his research, I found the answers in Ayurveda. Part of my romance with Ayurveda was that it's underlying medical philosophy was a perfect and complete system that could understand any bodily states and expressions and too know how to deal with them. Ayurveda deeply recognizes the mind, emotions and also past actions (karma) as having direct effects on health. Cancer has a common thread whereby toxins (aam) are present in the system and there is a systematic imbalance (usually vata and pitta) for a long time. Agni or the digestive power is weak in this disease and the body is unable to properly metabolize what is put in the stomach. Resultantly an imbalance comes in the tissue metabolic process and various types of growths can be formed.

In Ayurveda the underlying imbalance and digestive impairment would be noticed by a skilled physician, long before it manifests as a disease and thus in a deeper sense Ayurveda is a very perfect system of preventative medicine. If the patient becomes aware of correct practices, diet and takes herbs to support their constitution, the disease could not flourish.

Modern medicine waits until the disease has manifested, which could be decades of incorrect activities and then it acts, violently, extremely, often inflicting much suffering with chemo, radio and surgical approaches. That all said, the success is limited.

In 2005/6 I will be focusing particularly on Ayurveda and Cancer and brining more and more doctors and researchers into this important subject.

Partly my trip to Nepal was to learn about the amazing legacy of Dr. Manu who was a renowned traditional Vaidya of Kathmandu who had done much work with cancer and also seen many complete cures. Those interested in his book should source a copy of his amazing reference book called 'Ayurveda and Cancer'. It is a very comprehensive reference on Ayurveda and cancer and gives many classical references with regards to treating the disease successfully.

In Pune there was also a renowned Vaidya, Dr. Nanal who also had documented many complete cures of cancer treatment with Ayurvedic herbal and mineral methods.

The Ayurvedic approach of treatment, in essence is very simple. It aims to address the underlying imbalance and catabolic results of the disease and rectify them at their root. The mineral preparations of gold bhasma (suvarna bhasma) and diamond bhasma (hiraka bhasma) are extremely useful in cancer, though due to their high cost very little studies have been done. Many herbal preparations like the guggul (a bitter myrrh like substance) preparations and so forth have shown excellent anti-tumor effects. A skilled Ayurvedic physician will use a combination of herbs, minerals and purification procedures to eliminate the source of this disease.

Diet is very key to a successful treatment, as with all chronic diseases, and patients should go to all strides to avoid all refined foods especially white flour and white sugar. Diets such as the Macrobiotic diet or a pure basic Ayurvedic diet should be assumed. Any foods that are not easily digested like meat, potatoes, wheat and tomatoes should be stopped. Foods such as kitcherie and mung soup should be emphasized.

I have heard much of the work of Swami Brahmanand Swamigal of Coimbatore in the field of cancer and it is a deep wish to spend time with him and gain insights into his approach. I know that his tradition is more heavily influenced from the Siddha Medicine tradition and thus makes heavy usage of mineral and metallic ashed medicines. In my heart I have a strong feeling to focus deeply on this area of Ayurveda/Siddha Medicine and I feel it will take me to the South of India where this tradition is still very much strong.

In conclusion cancer is considered in most cases a treatable and curable disease in Ayurveda, the mindset we have at present that it is a deadly and incurable disease should be rethought once a detailed understanding of how Ayurveda views the disease is seen.

Panchakarma is extremely useful as it aims to purify the body of aam and bring the doshas back into their correct functioning but it should be done under expert supervision in the case of cancer.

Thus I can say that as the world awakens more to the Ayurvedic medical system, we shall see that cancer is not the great apparition that we are presently having to believe but simply an expression that there is deep disharmony inside the body-mind-emotions and with a multi-fold ayurvedic treatment, harmony can be restored and the abnormal metabolism can be remedied from inside out.

The only side effects will be clarity, energy, stillness, digestive power, vitality and vigor. These qualities are more often than not lost or lacking in cancer patients.

THE MIRACLE OF GOLD

In ancient cultures gold was valued for it's profound spiritual and incredible medical effects. Perhaps one day we will remember the true value of gold and it will once again become an ambrosia that is shared by all for the goodness of the planet.

In Ayurveda and Siddha Medicine gold preparations are immensely valued for the powerful rejuvenating and life giving effects they have. I have long had a deep attraction to gold preparations and their usage. Recently I came across a French alchemist, living in India, who is preparing medicated gold in the original way, from nothing but sunlight.

Ayurveda considers gold to be related astrologically to the sun and also to be the condensed essence of the suns rays into substance. Pierre Munier is an alchemist of great note who is preparing potable gold preparations in Pune, near to Mumbai.

He has had many amazing results with these preparations and it is my feeling that this is an exciting area for further research.

Sadly in India today many metallic preparations are not prepared in the correct purity or method. Modern methods are used and the medicines bring limited results.

Pierre's production of metallic medicines is of exceptional purity and it will be an area of deep investigation in the near future.

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January 2005 Newsletter Part II

MUNG FASTING - A SIMPLE BODY CLEANING

Whilst studying at Ayushakti with it's amazing array of doctors, I attended many talks on diet and it's deep significance in restoring health. Green mung beans, when correctly prepared, are one of the most purifying and at the same time life-giving foods one can eat and a 10 day program has been created centered around eating just green mung for the most, as a powerful method to to clear the body of toxins and thus restore energy and power of digestion.

Having done the 10 day program and also put a number of people on it, I've seen enough personally to say that it's one of the best gifts you could ever give to yourself. It's not too difficult to follow, it just needs correct preparation but on doing it one begins to experience the difference between a body loaded with toxins and one free from them.

I strongly suggest people try the 10 day program and send me reports to talk2us[at]vedicsociety[dot]org. Anyone interested can click here for more details on the detox fast and its associated recipes.

Green Mung Bean Soup Recipe :

Soak some green mung beans overnight in pure water
Wash and drain then add pure water and cook on low heat for 30-45 minutes
Add bay leaf, a pinch of turmeric, a pinch of saffron and one black cardamom while simmering

Once the beans are soft (test by taking a bean between finger and thumb) :

Sautee in pure cow ghee :

some cumin sees
some coriander seeds
another pinch of saffron
a little crushed black pepper
five green cardamom pods
a little ajwan (wild celery seeds)
a pinch of hing (asafetida)
a little home made garam masala powder
a few sticks of cinnamon and a bay leaf
some freshly crushed garlic, ginger and onion

Sautee until spices get a golden look and garlic and onion is well toasted

Pour into mung soup

Add some black salt, a little ghee and some fresh coriander leafs (cilantro)

HOME REMEDIES

Home remedies are simple and effective ways to treat most diseases based on what you can find in your kitchen. The spices used in Indian food each warrant a medical treatise for their various medicinal effects, in fact various books have been written in India on cures based on what is in your pantry. Dr. Pankaj Naram and his wife have a vast knowledge of home remedies, and I have since 1999 had a deep interest in learning more about effective and simple home remedies. The beauty is that once you understand the basic principals of Ayurveda, anything can become a remedy of note.

Two of my favourite are roasted fennel and cumin seeds with a pinch of ajwan (wild celery) seeds eaten as a digestive when digestion is overtaxed. The other favourite of mine is gargling with hot water when there is nasal or sinus congestion. If you do this for 5 minutes or so you will see that the congestion that was, will be quickly cleared.

Home remedies are simple and effective and I'm constantly learning various new ones from doctors, some more effective than others.

This knowledge is very powerful and very universal and could save many unnecessary doctors visits if it was once again back in the home where it used to be in times bygone. It is our deep wish to research and revive global knowledge of home remedies for the health of all on earth.

We have an exciting online project to bring home remedies, back to the home planned in this regard for the next year and we will keep you posted on it's progress.

STHAPATYA VEDA - DESIGN THAT HEALS

"When we create a form on earth we are giving birth to a living space. Just as our bodies are living spaces for our consciousness, so a house, a town a temple all are embodiments of living space."

Vaastu Shastra is one of the missing links for creating harmonious life on earth as we know it today. It is the ancient Vedic science of space and form and how to create consciously a space that creates harmony within and without. When we look around at modern cities and houses, we see that although the constructions are practical and functional, they are lacking a fundamental spiritual understanding of creating harmonious space. In recent years a new awareness has sprung up of Feng Shui and of Vaastu Shastra as people are remembering the significance of a balanced and harmoniously created space for themselves and their lives. In my own path I spent many years researching and studying Feng Shui and then later Vaastu Shastra. Like most ancient sciences I felt what had for the most part been published and was being presented was fragmented and without much cohesion. I had a deep wish in my heart to find the source of this knowledge, little did I know that I would discover a spring of knowledge that had run continuously from generation to generation for more than 13,000 years from it's founder and forefather, a man known as Brahmarishi Mayan.

My search for the heart of Vaastu Science took me to Chennai, India where I was blessed to meet with Dr. V. Ganapathi Sthapathi, the modern father of what is more correctly called Sthaptya Veda. Sthapatya means to build or form matter in space-time and Veda means this knowledge is realized and also has the sole purpose of bringing people to self-harmony and subsequently self-realization. All Vedic knowledge has this central theme, from music to medicine, the application of these sciences is a direct watering of the roots of our inner selves as the fruits that result are a life of peace, harmony, service and vitality on earth.

The underlying scientific principals of Sthaptya Veda are profound and deal with a subtle physics of nature that is of a level not yet seen in today's modern laboratories. I set upon an adventure of learning these sciences and discovered that the deeper I went into this knowledge, the deeper I was journeying within my own heart. I was very blessed to spend some time in Dr. Sthapathi's house which had been built in accordance with Sthapatya Veda and directly experienced the amazing calm and clarity that came from being in such a space. Vast attention is paid to the exact layout of the building on a specific grid matrix (either 9 x 9 units or 8 x 8 units) and then within this grid creating a space of specific symmetrical proportions and dimensions that would sing a certain resonance that would subsequently resonate with the inhabitants in the space. In the Sthapatya Veda texts this is called Aayaadi and it is a profound subtle tuning of any building in a way that the building in itself becomes a song of subtle energetic sweet music that quells any stress within.

Dr. Sthapthi is strict and forthright in his application of the science, insisting that one must get it right from the beginning and thus alterations and rectifications are simply not acceptable. One must design and then create a space that has maximum harmony from the beginning. The benefits of dwelling or working in a Sthapatya Veda space are quite simply without measure and it was my realization and feeling that this science is a golden key for bringing harmony rapidly to many spheres of life on earth. With public or governmental buildings built for maximum harmony and coherence, one would see vast shifts in all levels of the society in no time.

STHAPATYA VEDA MODEL PRISON PROJECT

Recently while living in the Nepali Himalayas I conceived a project to produce a model prison in the USA using Sthpatya Veda design principals and then observing and documenting the effects on the rehabilitation of the prisoners. The concept was such that we should take the most extreme situations of social unrest and put them in a space where we are using the most extreme science of spatial harmony creation. Presently a friend of mine in LA, Juliann Jannus and I have started the preliminary planning and fundraising phases of such a project and when I meet with Dr. Sthapathi in the near future I will begin with the practical side of the project too.

Perhaps in a time bygone, prisons were not needed, like I had read in the reports of the ancient kingdom of Mithilal some centuries fore, but in the highly stressed world of today they are a reality and thus there is a vast window of opportunity to revive these ancient sciences and use them in a way that they can rapidly transform the society.

There are many other applications which came to mind which when the right infrastructure, team and resources are in place, can rapidly unfold. One such was to apply the principals of Sthapatya Veda to the low cost housing projects presently on the go in South Africa and other parts of the world. Generally it has been observed that low cost housing projects become rife with crime, alcoholism and social unrest. With just a slight alteration to the design of the project and no or little additional cost we could witness the effects of this science on a section of the society much in need of aid in every way. Sthapatya Veda principals work their magic from the macro (city or town) down to the micro (house or hut).

Our vision is to be part of creating models using Shtpatya Veda and use this as a powerful way to solving the perpetuating world troubles.

Anyone interested on supporting or being involved with our Sthapatya Veda model projects can contact us further below.

Contacts: Dr. V. Ganapathi Sthapathi and Associates
Web: http://www.vastuved.com E-mail: vastuved(at)md3.vsnl.net(dot)in

YAGYAS AND WORLD PEACE

Once of the least explored aspects of Vedic science are indeed Yagyas, from the outside they are ancient, systematic and scientifically performed rituals which combine fire, offering of fragrant and otherwise auspicious substances, sound (mantram) and also the use of auspicious astrological moments for their performances. Yagyas in their pure form have largely been lost though here and there one can find priests and pundits who are performing them correctly. Their effects on a subtle level are vast and very dramatic and in ancient times they would be used regularly by the rulers of a state to prevent calamities and obstacles and improve upon difficult situations when they arose. Combined with astrology it's a very powerful tool to subtly transform ones life and awareness and become more attuned with our inner nature.

When correctly performed a yagya can have dramatic effects on the direction and outcome of our individual expressions. The subject of yagyas has been a subject of great interest on my behalf and on my research through India and Nepal I have proceeded to learn more about them and also find out places where they can be authentically and powerfully performed. In this newsletter I will lay particular focus on Somayagyas, which are a rare, very mystical and ancient form of Yagya performed only by a handful of priests who still retain the tradition. Their effects are vast and dramatic and I feel they are one of the keys to transforming the world we are living in deeply and rapidly for the better.

SOMAYAGYA - THE MOTHER OF ALL

A year back I attended a rare Somayagya in Hyderabad which was being performed on the auspicious occasion of the 50th birthday of Sri Kantji Maharaj, the son of Param Satguru Gajan Sri Maharaj, the man behind reviving Agnihotra and authentic Somayagyas in this day and age. Some weeks before the Somayagya I had visited Hyderabad and found the city exceptionally stressed and chaotic and I was initially reluctant to return there.

The ambience of the Yagya zone and it's surroundings during the yagya were noticeably more peaceful and I recall how there was quite a different feeling in the air after the yagya.

The Somayagya continued for some 10 days and during the process it was reported that there was a dramatic effect on the pollution. This has also been confirmed by an institute in Haridwar, India who did much research on the effects of Yagya on removing pollution and harmful radiation. Small yagyas effect a zone of a few kilometers around the area so the Somayagya with it's various large sized fire pits must have been having a dramatic effect.

Something very profound and wonderful happens within ones self during the Somayagya and as the ritual and procedure journeys through it's various layers, one feels a purification in various parts of ones mind and awareness. Friends I met there who had attended many Somayagyas reported the same.

I feel this is an area for much research as this technology could be used in a great way for planetary transformation. It needs to be supported, preserved and also applied throughout the world.

Contact: To find out about any future Somayagyas check the Vedic Society web site or contact Ashu at info(at)agnihotraindia(dot)com

THE SAINTS SPEAK OUT

At the end of 2004 I got to be involved with a very beautiful project called 'The Saints Speak Out' which is the brainchild of my dear friend Janet Attwood from Fairfield, Iowa. Janet's vision is to interview and gain reflections from the hearts of saints throughout the world and to use mainstream media such as television or internet to project this message for all. I immediately saw the wonderful potential of this project and realized that the nectar of wisdom that is buried in the east could be transmitted globally through this.

In Nepal we journeyed to meet a number of modern day saints and Janet interviewed them. Presently she is back in the USA and this project will be further unfolding later this year.

Anyone interested in Janet's amazing project can contact her directly on janet(at)stayinginlove(dot)com

VEDIC SOCIETY 2005 PROJECTS

In 2005 we will be devoting time to furthering research into a few areas. I will shortly be traveling to India and be meeting with certain key people to further my research and document key discoveries so that they may be taken further.

Below is a list of a few of the main points we will cover in the near future.

CANCER AND AYURVEDA

Having spent much time working with cancer patients with Dr. Udo Ehrenfeld in Germany, I am deeply inspired to find people working successfully with Ayurvedic treatments for cancer, I feel deeply that humanity need not look any further than Ayurveda for unraveling the cancer mystery. My main intention is to meet with and spend some time interviewing Swami Brahmanand Swamigal in Coimbatore who is a traditional Vaidya from an ancient lineage who has been working much and with much success in the field of cancer. The focus of his treatments are mainly of the Siddha tradition which makes extensive use of mineral and gem medicines. I am planning to meet with him in the unfolding months and I will post an article on this on the forthcoming Vedic Society web site.

AYURVEDIC DENTISTRY - A CONTINUATION OF RESEARCH

I am intending to travel to the remote reigns near to Raipur to meet with some traditional healers and discover more about an oil which is reportedly being used to arrest and reverse tooth decay. I mentioned earlier in this article that such a substance has been referred to in many times but only
in Raipur have I read reports and records of it having been in use in modern times.

THE WORLD PANCHAKARMA GUIDE

Later in the year I will begin working with a team of web programmers and volunteers on the World Panchakarma guide. It will initially be an online interactive resource profiling all available Panchakarma facilities worldwide and in service to those in need of treatments and specialized treatment. People will be able to gain an idea of prospective cost and times of treatments from the guide online. Later it will be made into a printed book and eBook.

HOMEREMEDIES.ORG

Homeremedies.org will be a multi-lingual global web portal which aims to inform people of the simplest and most powerful home remedies that can be used to keep them healthy. We will be compiling an online guide to home remedies that can be easily accessed and applied anywhere and anytime. This is a seva projects in the interests of true world health. The site will be developed by a team of web developers and volunteers and also involve collaborating with many prominent Vaidyas specialising in Home Remedies.

AYURVEDA AND EYE DISEASES

After meeting Dr. Prasad in the Sita Ram Ayurvedic hospital in Trichur, Kerala, I was inspired to learn more about specialized Ayurvedic treatments for eye diseases. Like the other areas I've chosen to focus time and energy upon, I feel there is a large gap open here for the enlightened knowledge of Ayurveda to fill. I will be meeting with further experts in this field in the course of my research and publishing the discoveries on the Vedic Society web site forthcoming.

TREATMENT OF SNAKE BITES WITH AYURVEDA

Growing up in South Africa, one has a constant awareness whilst walking in nature, of the existence of deadly snakes which cause many deaths each year on the African continent and in other parts of the world. Modern methods involve life support and such and can be useful in critical conditions but I had known from my early days with Ayurveda that there was a wealth of wisdom here untapped and it's an area I wish to focus some time and research onto in the near future.

Just recently I have received an invitation attend seminars and studies with a traditional Vaidya from Kerala in South India who has successfully treated over 600 snake bite victims.

I will reflect more in detail on this subject on the up and coming Vedic Society web site.

INDUS VALLEY RESEARCH

After being initiated into Sthapatya Veda studies, I have had a deep wish to visit the original Indus valley (in present day Pakistan) to make a detailed study of the use of Vaastu Shastra in the plans of Harrepa and Mohenjodaro. I feel this could unfold many keys into understanding these lost civilizations. I know that slowly as we discover more and more is excavated that the true greatness of these ancient cultures can be known. I have heard that alchemically solidified mercury had been found there too which shows an advanced knowledge of metallurgy and alchemy. My teacher Dr. Sthapathi has already commented that Vaastu principals were very much in plan in the design of these ancient towns and it is my wish to observe this and report upon it further.

CONCLUSION

This is just a taste of forthcoming work in 2005 and beyond. Besides this I am also devoting much of my time to the launch of a Vedic Books and Madanapalas, two online projects which will bring some of the best things from India to the world at large. I will send more news about this a little later this year.

MICRO PROJECTS NEPAL

Another area of our work is to recognize micro-projects we feel are doing something for the betterment of the world and to give them our support and access to our network and resources. Throughout the year there have been a number of projects that have caught our eye, some we have personally helped to start and others have already been established and we have tried to support them in any way we can. I will mention a few of note here.

TOIT - BHAKTAPUR NEPAL

Toit was founded by a single man named Indra Prasad, a citizen of Bhaktapur, in Nepal, not far from Kathmandu. Indra had the blessing of being sponsored by a friend from France to complete his education when the family he was born in was struggling much to meet costs. This deeply inspired Indra to do the same for his fellow countrymen and TOIT was born some years back starting with just a handful of educational scholarships and growing steadily to it's present total of 115 students. TOIT is working on a grassroots level at a fundamental need in Nepal which is education. The government is presently not in a position to provide optimal education and the society has many legacies where for example education for girls is emphasized less and also in remote or village areas.

I've seen TOIT's miracle and grace in action and a large amount if it is due to the sincerity, purity and dedication of Indra and his team. Anyone wishing to learn more about a NGO and it's unfolding should come spend a few months volunteering and working with TOIT. They are always open to receiving help and Indra is very much steering the TOIT ship in a way that any suggestions and assistance will be made use of.

Presently TOIT is planning to build it's own model school and the have raised a sum of EUR 6000 in start for this work. They are still seeking a further EUR 4000 and anyone out there who wishes to assist or has ideas for some overseas fundraising or 'Friends of TOIT' operations around the world, please get in touch directly with Indra.

Contact: Indra Prassad, E-mail: toit_org(at)ntc.net(dot)np

THE BHAKTAPUR AYURVEDIC SWEET WORKS - BHAKTAPUR NEPAL

Combining Ayurveda, social development and health awareness we have conceived and begun the first steps of a project named 'The Bhaktapur Ayurvedic Sweet Works'. The project is inspired by Ayurveda and also by helping the local society here in Nepal, particularly it's woman. As such we are producing handmade, completely natural and healthy sweets using local ingredients and traditional handed down recipes. Our first production was of sesame ladoos was made with pure sesame seeds, lightly roasted then cooked in jaggery (raw sugar) and ghee with a secret masala.

The aim is to produce a broad range of healthy Ayurvedic sweets that are available throughout Kathmandu and Nepal and even some products like small clay gift preparations of natural sweets will be available for export. The project is entirely manned by Nepali women from financially strained backgrounds, our first Ayurvedic cook is a single mother caring for two children.

All future profits from the project will go to TOIT and also other charity projects in Nepal.

For more information on the Bhaktapur Sweet Works contact TOIT: info(at)bhaktisweets(dot)org

THE HIMALAYAN COW RESCUE PROJECT - BHAKTAPUR NEPAL

Driving back from Kathmandu one night with some guests in a taxi I was shocked to discover a cow in the midst of the road that had been hit by a passing motorcyclist. We stopped to move her out of the road and then I proceeded to phone local police and hospitals to see if there was any facility to deal with such an emergency. It turned out that there was nothing and this became the seed to establish The Himalayan Rescue Cow Project. The project is still in conception phase but the persons who will be involved and managing the project have been identified.

Shortly after having the wish to do a cow rescue project for animals wounded either on the roads or otherwise, I met a very special vet named Kishore Shresta and his wife. Besides been devoted animal lovers, Kishore has a deep knowledge of Ayurveda (being the son of a renowned local Vaidya) and also has had the same deep wish to do something for cows that are injured on the roads. In the past months we've been looking for suitable land for establishing the project, my favour is to find a large enough land with sufficient grazing space to make the food requirements self sufficient. There will also be scope for research into Ayurvedic treatments for cows, especially in the field of broken bones and injuries. It is our wish to send someone to Kerala for specialized training in the management of breaks and fractures so this knowledge can be applied here. Mostly such cases result in limb amputations which are largely avoidable if proper herbal medicated treatments and facilities are available.

Our idea is that funds from the Bhaktapur Ayurvedic Sweet Works would be used for the initial impetus for the Himalayan Cow Rescue Project. If there are any animal lovers traveling to Nepal wishing to volunteer time on this exciting and unique project then please be in touch.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Should you feel inspired by our work there are a variety of ways you can assist us. If you wish to volunteer on any of our projects and feel you would be able to carry them further with your time and skills then please be in touch. We are also very happy to receive any financial support or donations of equipment and you can contact donations(at)vedicsociety(dot)org for information about donating in support of our work or any of the micro-projects. Our wish is to serve the world we are living in and make it a better place, with your support we can do this more. Please share our work with all your feel might benefit and if you have any questions please contact us below.

"When you are inspired by some great purpose,
some extraordinary project,
all your thoughts break their bonds.
Your mind transcends limitations,
your consciousness expands in every direction,
and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world.
Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive,
and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far
than you ever dreamed yourself to be."

--- Patanjali

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Ayurveda

Ayurveda is a treasure to all mankind, it offers us a path to health that is available for all who truly seek it. India's ancient sages such as Charaka described a complete science of life and health. True health was an expression of happiness, unbounded energy, vitality and joy, this is the gift of Ayurveda and those who heed it can live life to it's fullest expression. At Vedic Society we treasure this knowledge, it's great ancient teachers and the many wonderful people working with it today to cary this flame of health and longevity. We have a number of projects working with Ayurveda to help bring it's healing and wisdom to all upon the planet.

Our Ayurvedic projects:

Madanapalas

Madanapalas was born out of a prayer and vision to make the finest of Ayurveda available to anyone, anywhere on the planet, not just those in localities with an Ayurvedic centre. King Madana was an ancient King who wrote a guidebook for all beings on living a healthy, happy life based on the principals of Ayurveda. Inspired by his wish to see all people live in perfect health, we created an online store where we have sourced the finest of Ayurveda and made it available affordably to all people. All manners of disease can be treated and we have an expert Ayurvedic doctor available for online consultations to guide the best remedies for each particular case. Now anyone, anywhere can receive Ayurvedic healing.

Visit Madanapalas online: http://www.madanapalas.com

Please note all profits from Madanapalas go towards Vedic Society projects worldwide.

Home Remedies

Home remedies have been used for thousands of years to prevent and treat disease. Only in recent history has this profound knowledge waned amongst modern society. Ayurvedic home remedies can be used to treat most conditions from minor to acute. Vedic Society has researched Ayurvedic home remedies for a number of years with many well known doctors who have in turn seen these working on thousands of patients. We are presently developing a web site called homeremedies.org which will be a global platform for home remedies. It will offer an instant, interactive guide for anyone out there in need of a home remedy and will also allow for feedback and suggestions from the public. The site will be ready and go live in 2007.

Monthly Ayurvedic Clinic in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban in South Africa

We are most honoured to have been associated with two fine, BAMS qualified, Ayurvedic doctors from India; consisting of Dr. Ram Garg and Dr. Vijay, having hosted them at our Simon's Town centre in Cape Town, South Africa. Both are experienced and expert Ayurvedic doctors having seen many thousands of patients worldwide. They continue to have a monthly Ayurvedic clinic which travels around South Africa, between Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban.

Between the two of them they have decades of clinical experience and this is the first time that BAMS qualified Ayurvedic doctors have been regularly available in South Africa. They offer full consultation services, Ayurvedic herbal medicines and special Ayurvedic therapies such as abhyanga (oil massage), svedana (herbalised steam therapy), nasya (oil application to the nose), panchakarma and many other techniques both physical and mental that were used to treat the patients who came. Their results are very good and highly recommended with many patients returning for ongoing treatment and bringing family and friends too.

Ayurveda is a living knowledge where our awareness is the key to guiding ourselves to good health. Each disease is actually an imbalance of a different nature, when we understand the forces at dance in this universe; we can understand our imbalance and understand thus the path to balance. After an initial consultation which is around 60 minutes, a treatment program is selected along with diet guidelines and herbal remedies. All ailments can be managed from mild to chronic. For bookings and information about the doctors and their travel planes for their mobile clinic, please contact them directly:

Dr. Ram Garg: 073 - 410 - 9636
Dr Vijay: 072 - 651 - 3699
Clinic headquarters: 031-262-2622/2928

Clinic address details:

Johannesburg:
4ways Health Center, 32 Kingfisher Drive, Fourways. Phone: 011-465-8856
Durban:
5 Kirriemiur Drive, Westville North. Phone: 031-262-2622/262-2928
Cape Town:
Medispa, 99 Kloof Street. Phone: Ph-021 -4261156

Ayurvedic Scholarship

In 2005 we lauched our Ayurvedic scholarship in partnership with TOIT, an educational scholarship charity based in Nepal. The scholarship is a fund that supports students to study Ayurveda in Nepal (the project will expand to Sri Lanka and India in the near future) and covers their full expenses for the duration of study (4 1/2 years). Students are selected who would otherwise not have the opportunity to study Ayurveda. We also support that the education is of the highest quality and support extra studies of Yoga, Meditation, Pranayama and Naturopathy to supplement the Ayurvedic studies and produce doctors of finest quality.

(Barsha Hada our first scholarship recipient for BAMS degree)

As this program expands we are hoping to provide more scholarships for Ayurvedic studies and Vaastu.

For further information please contact [ scholarship ]

Ayurveda for Animals

Ayurvedic Research

We are constantly conducting research into Ayurveda. A synopsis of the work can be read about here and in our articles pages you can find various articles on ther subject. Ayurveda is a vast subject with so many areas still not commonly known. Did you know that Ayuveda has an entire branch for managing poisonous snake bites with no side-effects or damage to the patient? There are just a few traditional practitioners still practicing this and we wish to help to preserve such knowledge.

If you feel inspired by our work, have a skill to volunteer or would like to support us in any way please feel free.

Gallery

Some selected pictures from our research, travels and projects. Enjoy.

Pariament of World's Religions (1999):

Working with Janet Attwood on her amazing Saints documentary:

Yagya for Peace in Cape Town (2006):

Vedic Society Ayurvedic Cooking Courses:

Soma Yagya (Hyderabad):

Vedic Society Nepal Ayurvedic Cook:

Agnihotra in the UK:

Vedic Books

To visit Vedic Books online please browse to www.vedicbooks.net

Please note all profits from Vedic Books go towards Vedic Society projects worldwide.

Audio Recordings

Ayurveda

Introduction to Ayurveda - Dr. Jaya Krishnan [ MP3 ]

Dr. Jayakrishnan is presently the chief medical officer of the Arya Vaidya Chikitsalayam hospital in Chennai. He has served as professor of Coimbatore Ayurveda College and Sri Jayendra Saraswati Ayurveda College in Chennai. He is a renowned physician and teaches and practices Ayurveda in its original essence keeping true to its consciousness base and spiritual roots.

Introduction to Ayurveda - Dr. Vijay Mital [ MP3 ]

Listen to Dr. Vijay introduce the basic principals of Ayurveda in his beautiful and eloquent way of speaking. Dr. Vijay has a BAMS (Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine) and a special qualification in Naturopathy too. He has a special passion for plants.

Vaastu

Vaastu - Creating Healing Space - Vimal Jhajharia [ MP3 ]

Vimal is a world renowned expert on Vaastu. Listen to him cover the basic principals of Vaastu and explain it's deepest secrets in a simple and profound way. Vimal lives in India and travels worldwide to help people harmonise their space.

Vedanta

Festival of Happiness (Part I) - Swami Suddhananda [ MP3 ]

Festival of Happiness (Part II) - Swami Suddhananda [ MP3 ]

Festival of Happiness (Part III) - Swami Suddhananda [ MP3 ]

Swami Suddhananda is one of India's great teachers of self-knowledge, the path to knowing our real nature, real purpose and real destination. His words weave us on a journey to reflect, ponder and re-consider our purpose, our nature our very existence. Ultimately they lead to happiness, bliss, our true nature. Vedanta is the Vedic philosophy of life, how to live, how to be, who we are, where we come from, where we are going. What is the soul, what is the nature of our very being, our very essence. Come sit quietly and listen to a true master teach. Recorded in Cape Town at Swamiji's visit to our centre.

Please visit Swami Suddhananda’s website: Suddhananda Foundation for Self - Knowledge

Genetically Engineered Foods

You're Eating What? - Jeffrey M. Smith [ MP3 ]

You’re Eating What? Stop Eating Genetically Engineered Foods!

Presentation before a live audience by Jeffrey M. Smith, author of the world’s best selling critique on genetically engineered foods, 'Seeds of Deception'.

Find out what the biotech industry doesn’t want you to know. Scientists were offered bribes or threatened. Data was omitted, distorted, or stolen. Government employees who complained were harassed, stripped of responsibilities, or fired; their warnings ignored by officials with ties to the industry.Sounds like fiction? Wish it were. We eat genetically engineered foods every day. Are they responsible for increased allergies, skin, respiratory, and intestinal reactions, the recent doubling of food related illnesses, or other serious diseases? Should we be concerned that laboratory and farm animals developed stomach lesions, excessive cell growth, damaged immune systems, sterility, stunted organs, abnormal blood and liver cells, and higher death rates? Find out and learn to protect yourself.

Please visit his website for more information on Genetically Modified (GM) Foods at http://www.seedsofdeception.com/

Support our Work

Over the last years many have given so kindly of their time, their energy and their love to support our work and help us and help many others in turn. We appreciate any support and we offer you many ways to get involved and help.

Volunteer

If you feel inspired by any of our particular projects and would like to get involved as a volunteer, we are always in need of skills that can be offered in service to bring our many projects to fruition. Take a look at our volunteer pages to see what skills are needed at the moment for ongoing projects.

Very special thanks to:

Joan Arronowitz for her help and support on various levels.
Cape Town Medi Spa for their support of Vedic Books while we were just starting.
Dr. Jessi McKay for his support for our scholarship program.
Ed Gluckman for his generous support of Madanapalas and other projects.
Amber Kraus for helping with Vedic Society in the UK.
Anna Breytenbach for offering her beautiful space for Agnihotra Direct work.
Group108 for their support.
Odyssey Magazine for support in their eZine.
John Higgison and Nivann Govindasamy for donations of computer equipment towards our work.
Dirren Naidoo & Family for use of digital camera.
Sree Sankara Group for their various offerings.
Indus Valley Ayurvedic Centre for various offerings too.

All others too numerous to mention.

Volunteer

Voluntary Positions Available

Home Remedies Project

We presently have positions open for skilled volunteers who wish to work on an exciting open source project called HOMEREMEDIES.ORG. It's going to be a global online, interactive resource on Ayurvedic home remedies which will allow all and everyone to access nature treatments for most conditions that are easily available from spirce shops or even in your own herbal garden. This project will require a team with good programming and graphical skills, the code will be released as open source so experience working with open source is a plus. The following skills are needed for this voluntary online project:

Web developers (HTML/Javascript/CSS)
PHP/MySQL programmers
Flash programmers
Graphic Designers
Webmaster

This is an exciting service project that will help many people around the world. It's features will be highly intuitive and interactive.

If you wish to get on board the team please contact [ volunteer ]

Jobs

Job oppenings at Vedic Society:

Vedic Society Nepal

[ Apply ] PHP/MySQL programmer needed for online projects. Must have sound knowledge of PHP/MySQL and eCommerce technologies. Ideally experience with Open Source eCommerce platforms, Mambo, Jumla and other Open Source platforms.

[ Apply ] C++ Windows API programmer needed for software development project. Can work remotely from home. Should have expert knowledge of developing bug-free C++ Windows software.

Vedic Society India

[ Apply ] Project Manager for online Vedic projects. Must have excellent knowledge of computers and Internet and sound business vision and experience.

For more info on working for Vedic Society please mail [ jobs ]

Prayers for World Peace

Prayers for Word Peace from around the world:

Prayer for Peace:

Devi Prapannartihare Praseeda

Praseeda Matarjagato Akhilsya

Praseeda Viswesweri Pahi Vishwam

Twameeshwari Devi Charcharsya

Heart Lotus Mantra:

Hreet Pundareek Madhyastham

Pratah Surya Sam Prabham

Pashankus Dharam Saumyam

Varadabhaya Hastakam

Trinatram Raktan Va Sanam

Bhakta Kam Dudham Bhaje

This is the sum of all the scriptures

There is no sight equal to learning, no austerity equal to truthfulness, no misery like passion, and no happiness equal to following the ideal of renunciation.
The secret meaning of the Vedas is truth; of truth, self-control; of self-control, freedom from all limitations. This is the sum of all the scriptures.
Purity of conduct is the greatest purity. To think of God continuously, to worship Him, to chant His name and sing His praises – this is the best way of attaining the highest good.
The Mahabharata

Make me so pure and strong
Lord make me so pure and strong
That all creatures may look upon me
With friendship.
And may I also look upon all creatures
with friendship.

Yajur Veda

Truth is one; sages call it by various names
Truth is one; sages call it by various names.
There is one God, one absolute Truth, and one Existence.
People of different countries worship the one God under various names and in different forms.
Each of these names and forms is a face of the Infinite, and is one with the Infinite.

-Srimad Bhagavatam

Home of the spirit
Even as river springs from different sources,
yet mingle in the ocean,
So all the Vedas, all scriptures, all truth,
though of diverse origin, come home to Thee.

-Srimad Bhagavatam

May we be united in heart
May we be united in heart
May we be united in speech
May we be united in mind
May we be united in duties
As did the wise men of old
May we be united in prayer
May we be united in goal
May we be united in resolve
May we be united in understanding
May we be united in offering
May we be united in hearts
May we be united in thoughts
May there be perfect unity amongst us.

-Rig Veda

Study and teaching of the Vedas
Pleasant indeed are the study and teaching of the Vedas!
He who engages in these things attains to concentration of mind,
And is no longer a slave to his passions;
Devout, self-controlled, cultivated in spirit,
He rises to fame and is a blessing to mankind.

-Satapatha Brahmana

The Infinite
As rivers flow into the sea and in doing so lose name and form,
even so the wise man, freed from name and form, attains the Supreme Being,
the Self-luminous, the Infinite

-Mundaka Upanishad

May my speech be one
May my speech be one with my mind,
and may my mind be one with my speech.
O thou self-luminous Brahman,
remove the veil of ignorance from before me,
that I may behold thy light.
Do thou reveal to me the spirit of the scriptures.
May the truth of the scriptures be ever present to me.
May I seek day and night to realize what I learn from the sages.
May I speak the truth of Brahman.
May I speak the truth.
May it protect me.
May it protect my teacher.
Om.. peace –peace – peace

-Aitareya Upanishad

None beholds Him with eyes
None beholds Him with the eyes,
for He is without visible form.
Yet in the heart is He revealed
through self-control and meditation.
Those who know Him become immortal.
When all the senses are stilled,when the mind is at rest,
when the intellect wavers not-then is known, say the wise, the highest state.
The calm of the senses and the mind has been defined as Yoga.
He who attains it is freed from delusion.
-Katha Upanishad

The good and the pleasant
The good is one thing; the pleasant is another.
These two, differing in their ends, both prompt to action.
Blessed are they that choose the good; they that choose the pleasant miss the goal.
Both the good and the pleasant present themselves to men.
The wise, having examined both, distinguish the one from the other.
The wise prefer the good to the pleasant;
the foolish, driven by desires of the flesh,
prefer the pleasant to the good.

-Katha Upanishad

City of Brahman
Within the city of Brahman, which is the body, there is the heart,
and within the heart there is a little house.
This house has the shape of a lotus, and within it dwells that which
is to be sought after, inquired about, and realized.
What then is that which, dwelling within this little house, this lotus
of the heart, is to be sought after, inquired about, and realized?
As large as the universe outside, even so large
is the universe within the lotus of the heart.
Within it are heaven and earth, the sun, the moon,
the lightning, and all the stars.
What is in the macrocosm is in this microcosm.
All things that exist, all beings and all desires,
are in the city of Brahman;
what then becomes of them when old age approaches
and the body dissolves in death?
Though old age comes to the body,
the lotus of the heart does not grow old.
At death of the body, it does not die.
The lotus of the heart, where Brahman exists in all His glory –
that and not the body, is the true city of Brahman.
Brahman, dwelling therein, is untouched by any deed,
ageless, deathless, free from grief,
free from hunger and from thirst.
His desires are right desires,
and His desires are fulfilled.
As here on earth all the wealth that one earns is but transitory,
so likewise, transitory are the heavenly enjoyments
acquired by the performance of sacrifices.
Therefore, those who die without having realized the Self
and its right desires find no permanent happiness
in any world to which they go;
while those who have realized the Self and its right desires
find permanent happiness everywhere.

-Chandogya Upanishad

That which is good
Om
With our ears may we hear what is good.
With our eyes may we behold thy righteousness.
Tranquil in body, may we who worship thee find rest.
Om… Hail to the Supreme Self!

-Mundaka Upanishad

Sri Krishna to Uddhava
He indeed is rich who is rich in virtues
Calmness is a steady flow of the mind toward God.
Self-restraint is control of the organs of sense.
Patience is bearing the burden of life cheerfully.
Steadiness is overcoming the palate and the impulse of sex.
The highest charity is refraining from violence.
Austerity is the giving up of desire.
Valour is the conquest of one’s own self.
To know the truth is to see the oneness of the Self with God.
Truthfulness is true and agreeable speech
as exemplified by the sages
Purity is nonattachment to work.
Renunciation is overcoming the world.
Virtue is the treasure that men covet.
I, the Supreme Lord, am the sacrifice.
The greatest gift is the gift of knowledge.
The greatest strength is the control of prana.
Fortunate is he who meditates on My divine powers.
The highest profit is in devotion to Me.
Wisdom is removing false ideas of multiplicity
and realizing the unity of the Self.
Modesty is abhorrence of evil deeds.
Excellence of character arises from disregard of worldly considerations.
Happiness is the transcending of both pleasure and pain.
Misery is hankering after pleasures of sense.
Learned is he who discriminates between bondage and freedom.
Ignorant is he who identifies himself with the body.
The right path is that which leads to Me.
The wrong path is that which causes restlessness of the mind.
Heaven is the domination of sattva in the mind.
Hell is the predominance of tamas.
The teacher who has realised his oneness with Me is the true friend./pr>
He indeed is rich who is rich in virtues.
Poor is he who is discontented.
Mean is he who is not master of his senses.
Godly is he who is not attached to objects of sense.
Divine is he who has overcome both good and evil.

-Srimad Bhagavatam

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Video Recordings

Vedanta - Swami Suddhananda

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Bhakti Yoga - His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who successfully distributed the message of Lord Krishna throughout the world, was not an ordinary conditioned soul, governed by the harsh laws of material nature. Although he always felt himself to be most insignificant, it is evident through careful study of his life that Srila Prabhupada perfectly displayed the twenty-six qualities of a pure devotee of Krishna, as given in Sri Caitanya-caritamrita.

Please visit the official website of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness: ISKON

Srila Prabhupada's Beautiful Transcendental Qualities Part 1

Srila Prabhupada's Beautiful Transcendental Qualities Part 2

Srila Prabhupada's Beautiful Transcendental Qualities Part 3

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Global Contacts

Global contacts of conscious projects related to our work. Find out where to have your next Panchakarma, where to find Agnihotra friends in India, who to consult before marrying to see the stars. This is an independant growing list published by Vedic Society and friends.

AGNIHOTRA
Spain:

For supply of dry dung in Spain:

Contact Person: Joaquín López
Email: joloe[at]hotmail[dot]com
Phone: (+34) 639 62 49 69

India:

Institute for Studies in Vedic Sciences
Shivpuri, Akkalkot - 413216
Dist : Solapur; Maharashtra
INDIA
Phone : 0091-2181-220708

Speak with Mr. Anna Wale. Amazingly beautiful ashrama run by simple selfless people devoted to purifying through Agnihotra. Food is wonderful. There's a beautiful Panchakarma clinic there where medicines are made incorporating Agnihotra ash. This is the place where the father of Agnihotra (Param Satguru Shree Gajanan Maharaj) had resided. Shree Puruchottamji Rajimwale, son of Shree Kant Maharaj is presently residing there. A wonderful warm caring place.

http://www.shivpuri.org/

http://www.agnihotraindia.com/

MEDITATION

Worldwide:

http://www.tm.org/

TM is a simple ancient effortless technique to trancend the waking, sleeping, dreaming states of the mind and reach the fourth state of the mind, the trancendental state. It is effortless and works on all ages from children to the infirm. Awareness, consciousness, enlightenment come all from allowing the physiology to rest deeply into this state of awareness which is the source of all. So much research has been done on the health benifits of TM.

AYURVEDA
Ireland

Maharishi Ayurveda available in Ireland by Dr Donn Brennan.

A Maharishi Ayurveda consultation offers you the chance to learn more about the nature of your mind/body and how to promote good health and prevent disease. Consultations include pulse diagnosis to determine specific imbalances, recommendations for diet, digestion, herbal food supplements, exercise, daily and seasonal routines and general guidelines for good health based on your individual physiology.

Dr Donn Brennan is the founding President of the Ayurvedic Practitioners Association in the United Kindgdom, which is the representative body of Ayurvedic practitioners and is currently assisting in government proposals for regulating the standards and practise of Ayurveda in the UK. He is also a director of the European Herbal Practitioners Association. http://www.ayurveda.ie

India

Swami Brahmananda Swamigal was a great Siddha-Ayurveda practitioner specializing in the treatment of all cancers. He was featured in the well known documentary on Ayurveda called 'Ayurveda - Art of Being'. His son now continues his work.

Dr. Nityanandam (son of the late Brahmananda Swamigalji)
91 + 422 + 2313188
91 + 422 + 2574719
91 + 9443189083 (mobile)

India

Sree Sankara Group Ayurveda Hospitals

Sree Sankara Ayurveda hospital situated at Changanacherry, Delhi, Goa, Kochi, Trivandrum and Khajuraho serve the humanity round the globe by rendering the know how of the unique health science, the ancient Indian system of medicine Ayurveda.

Chronic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, paralysis, facial palsy, multiple sclerosis, ankylosing spondylitis, various brain and spine disease, and debilitating ailments are carefully and successfully treated in these hospitals. Service of qualified, experienced and skilful doctors made available round the clock. All kinds of treatments including panchakarma and Kerala specialties are systematically and attentively carried out.

http://www.sreesankara.com

U.S.A

Vaidya Rama Kant Mishra
Ayurvedic general health practitioner as well as dermatologist, product formulator, researcher and educator, Vaidya Rama Kant Mishra was born into a family of Raj Vaidyas that boast of a 5000-year-old History of healing - the familial lineage is mentioned in the ancient Vedic text, the Puranas.

How to reach Vaidya Mishra
Web: http://vaidyamishra.com/
by Telephone: 1-888-9-SHAKTI
by e-mail: contact(at)vaidyamishra(dot)com

Vaidya Mishra's East Coast contact info
Call James Pace: 1-732-235-1446
by e-mail: Csjp22(at)aol(dot)com

United Kingdom

Dr. Raghunandan Sharma M.D.(Ayurved) from jamnagar.

His contact details:

Address: 110,RUTLAND ROAD.SOUTHALL.MIDDLESEX. UB1 2XS
Phone: 0044-2085783780 / 0044 7737074821
Email: ayurplanet(at)gmail(dot)com

AYURVEDIC EYE SPECIALITY CENTRES IN INDIA

1. Sreedhareeyam: Ayurvedic Eye Hospital & Research Centre

Address: P.B. No.25, Koothattukulam, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India
Phone: +91 4852253007, Fax: 0485 2250880
Website: www.sreedhareeyam.com/
E-mail: sreedhareeya(at)yahoo(dot)com

2. Poonthotham

Chief Physician : Dr.PMS Raveendranath

Address: Poonthottam Ayurvedasram. PO Kulakkad Palakad dt. Kerala, India. 679503.
Phone: + 91 0466 2285934, 2285935.
Mobile: +91 09847905934
e-mail: poonthottam(at)sancharnet(dot)in
Web address: www.poonthottam.org/index1.htm

3. Sathye Eye Research Institute

Sathye Eye Hospital

Contact Doctor: Dr. S..M. Sathye
Address: 244,Narayan Peth,Laxmi Road Pune Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA PIN-411 030
Phone: (020) – 4459186
Fax: 020-445 9186
Web address: www.seekandsource.com/sathyeeyehospital

PANCHAKARMA

India

Dr Franklin’s Panchakarma Institute & Research Centre

DR. V. FRANKLIN, who is the Chief Medical Officer, fully qualified in the field. Hailing from a family of 400 years traditional background. He was formerly District Medical Officer of Kerala Government in the Ayurveda System of Medicine. He was working in this field for the last 35 years and he got very good experience in ‘Panchakarma’ for foreigners and had given Consultation and seminars in almost all-foreign countries The institution located at Chowara, 21 km from Trivandrum Air Port.

Chowara P.O.Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala, S.India, Pin-695501
Tel:+91-471-2480870,2267974,2268071
Fax:+91-471-2267670, Tel/Fax:2480870

e-mail:franklin(at)dr-franklin(dot)com or drfranklin(at)eth(dot)net

Website: http://www.dr-franklin.com

VAASTU

India

Dr. V. Ganapathi Sthapathi, the modern father of what is more correctly called Sthaptya Veda. Sthapatya means to build or form matter in space-time and Veda means this knowledge is realized and also has the sole purpose of bringing people to self-harmony and subsequently self-realization.

Dr. Sthapthi is a wonder and genius of his subject as well as being strict and forthright in his application of the science, insisting that one must get it right from the beginning and thus alterations and rectifications are simply not acceptable. One must design and then create a space that has maximum harmony from the beginning.

Tel:91 + 4885-222-6854

Mobile: 91 + 9447-720-1654

Email: kanipayur(at)sancharnet(dot)in

GEM THERAPY

U.S.A. / World

At the Vedic Cultural Fellowship they provide untreated jyotish gems for astrological uses (wearing externally on the body) and have gone even further by merging this ancient gemstone knowledge of healing and modern day technology together to produce the Gemstone Healing Lamps, the most sophisticated gem treatment, to our knowledge, being used in the world today.

http://www.vedicworld.org/

JYOTISH

India / World

Pandit Sanjay Rath

Sanjay Rath belongs to a traditional family of astrologers from Bira Balabhadrapur Sasan village of Puri, Orissa, who trace their lineage back to Shri Achyuta Das (Sri Achyutananda). Sanjay studied under his uncle, late Pandit Kasinath Rath. His grandfather, the late Pandit Jagannath Rath, was the Jyotish Ratna of Orissa and authored many books on Jyotish. He began his studies at a tender age, and received the depth of Jyotish only found among those who have been trained in the ancient traditional way of the parampara. He later became a graduate of mechanical engineering and worked for some time with the Government of India. Leaving government service to devote himself completely to Jyotisha, he has the depth of the ancient knowledge with the ability to communicate it to the modern mind.

He uses Brihat Parasara Hora Shastra, Jaimini Upadesa Sutras, Brihat Jataka and Saravali as the foundations of Jyotisha and teaches from various other Jyotish scripture and sacred literature such as the Bhagavad Gita, Upanisads, Puranas, etc. Few are able to grasp Sanjay's broad and deep approach, and only the advanced astrologer is truly able to appreciate it. His teachings show the underlying factors of why the principles of astrology work. His teaching and writings span across various schools of thought, although not creating his own brand of astrology, which is wholistic and gets to the heart of the ancient Jyotisha scriptures. He is a strict follower of the teachings of the ancient seers and is also keen for research and further development of the subject.

He gives his students the clarity of vision of the eye of the Vedas and his works are filling the void of advanced teachings and raising the standards in the astrological world. To promote the teachings of his parampara he has formed the Shri Jagannath Center where his advanced students are helping to spread Jyotisha in a way that keeps its spiritual roots. Students learn not only about Jyotisha, but also mantra shastra, mudra, pranayama, meditation, and the Sanatana Dharma.

He is presently working on translating the ancient Jyotish scriptures according to his deep understanding of their meaning that has been given to him through the grace of his parampara.

Visit his website at: http://www.srath.com/

THE ART OF LIVING

Worldwide

Through out our lives we learn many skills reading, writing, science, music and art but very few of us have actually learnt the true Art of Living. We are rarely taught how to handle our negative emotions - anger, depression, stress. Yet, the quality of our life depends upon the quality of our mind.

The Art of Living courses offer simple but effective techniques which eliminate toxins and stresses that accumulate in our systems over time. They are a unique way to harmonize and energize the Body, Breath, Mind, Emotions & Spirit.

Developed by H.H Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, these courses offer simple and effective techniques for eliminating stress, resolving conflict, improving health and living life with new joy and enthusiasm - A combination of the very best of ancient wisdom and modern science.

http://www.artofliving.org

Ayurvedic Home Remedies

Within the home, Ayurveda provides for numerous self-help remedies that use easily available household ingredients. Unlike modern medicines that greatly weaken the system, Ayurvedic potions strengthen one’s immunity by aiding the body in fighting and preventing disease. In addition to being readily accessible and low on cost, these remedies provide the added advantage of having no side effects. For this reason the following measurements need not be precise, as taking more or less of any particular ingredient would not harm the body in any way.

Purifying Breast Milk
Take Ajwan (wild celery seed) as a tea or with hot organic milk. Ajwan is easily available in Indian spice stores.

Blood thinning
Lime juice taken with hot water or fresh ginger taken as a tea

Aiding Celibacy
Corriander tea (roast and grind corriander seeds) is very good for balancing and transforming sexual energy.

It also purifies the genital-urinary tract and transforms shukra (semen) to ojas.

Diuretic
Corriander

Cleaning Wounds
Neem

Natural external deodorant
Sandalwood powder or oil

Reduce weight
Guggulu

Cleanses meda dhatu.

Diahhrea
Pommogranite juice taken 3-4 times daily (1 cup)

To stimulate digestion
Take hot freshly grated ginger water after meals. Take a pinch of fresh ginger with black salt and lime juice before meals

Pollen allergy
Take fresh corriander juice and drink it frequently. Take basil leafs and black pepper corns, chew and take warm water afterwards

Anger and Frustration
Apply ghee to the temples. Drink the juice of raisens (soaked in water overnight). Soak and then blend into a juice.

Anxiety and Fear
Apply ghee to the temples. Prepare a tea of cumin seeds, fennel seeds, rose petals, corriander seeds, jaggery. Boil, cool and drink.

Arthritis
Take 1tsp fenugreek (methi) seeds with hot water in the evening before bedtime. Swallow the seeds, do not chew it.

Asthma
Fresh ginger juice can be used to manage an asthma attack. It is strong and pungent but will help open the chest.

Toothache
Place a clove near the painful tooth and surrounding area. Clove has antiseptic properties that will decrease the chances of infection.

Minor Burns
A paste made of turmeric powder and water, applied locally, provides instant relief to a burn injury.

Nausea
Add the juice of 1 lemon or lime to ½ glass of soda water and sip in small doses.

Stomach Pains
To relieve indigestion-related abdominal pains consume one spoonful of extracted ginger juice, mixed in ½ a spoonful of ghee.

Mouth Ulcers
A few drops coconut oil applied locally alternatively chewing on a piece of grated coconut is very beneficial for this condition.

Home remedies using Amla:

Piles
Take cream top of yoghurt with wild amla juice or powder with cream top of yoghurt twice a day.

White Femal Vaginal Discharge (Leucorea)
1g Amla with 1 tsp honey and 1 tsp crystal sugar mixed together.

Fever
Amla with crystal sugar

Internal Bleeding (Rakta Pitta)
Wild Amla with Honey

Hiccup
Wild Amla powder with Pippali (or black pepper). 1g Amla, 3-4 pinches of Pippali.

Slow and Burning Urination
Juice of Amla

Dry Cough
Amla taken in a little ghee (liquify the ghee)

Diabetes
Amla and Turmeric

Many more coming soon...

Quotes of Great Teachers

"Everyone in the world should be able to sleep without fear, at least for one night. Everyone should be able to eat to his or her fill, at least for one day. There should be at least one day when hospitals see no one admitted due to violence. It is Amma's prayer that at least this small dream be realised."

�from Amma's Message on the day of World Peace

http://www.amma.org/

Conscious South Africa Guide

A conscious guide to South Africa. Here we publish a growing list of contacts throughout the country for conscious living, organic food, Biodiesel, Macrobiotics, all the things your grandmother should have taught you.

Biodiesel

You can run any diesel car on Biodiesel and save the planet by polluting less, by not being dependant on fossil fuels and by creating employment locally not in some far away land.

Contact: Terry from Biodiesel-1 (www.biodieselone.co.za)
Phone: 073 - 874 - 8615

Suppliers and supporters of Biodiesel throughout SA, a wealth of info for those wishing to convert.

Macrobiotics

Ancient most pure method of diet based on whole, balanced foods only.

Contact: Barbera Cohen
Phone: 021 - 671 - 8846

Teaches locally in Cape Town

Contact: Rebecca Townsend
Phone: 021 - 447 - 2818

Bi-monthly practical dinners. Best way to learn and discover through eating the food and philosophy. Rebecca studied in Italy. She prepares most pure and healing Macrobiotic foods.

Organic Foods

Contact: Organics Alive
Phone: 021 - 788 -6012

Run by Penny conscious woman and Yoga teacher. Finest most conscious organic food shop in Cape Town. Worth a drive to Muizenberg. Located in 22 Palmer Rd. Muizenberg. Very amazing range of everything organic. Natural organic sweets too.

Organic Food Market

A weekly market of a wide selection of fresh organic produce and various other organic products. Be there early to get the best produce before it's all sold out! Located at the Rondebosch library every Saturday morning from 8am - 1pm.

To suggest conscious items please contact our webmaster.

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Martin's Writings From India

Martin is the visionary behind Vedic Society. Inspired by the simple, effective and timeless wisdom of India's Vedic Culture, he has set out to make this knowledge more available and accessible to all through the works of the organization. He has traveled extensively and spent much time in both India and Nepal meeting likeminded people working with Vedic wisdom and has had the honour of meeting many a great teacher.

Martin is presently traveling through India and Nepal. As he travels he will touching base with news of his experiences and discoveries. Here follows his news from those travels.

108 Hours in Bombay

It's amazing what is happening in India, something quite incredible and special. I was last here almost a year and a half back and it seems like I am in the same country but something dramatic is changing. As I arrive in Mumbai airport the old airport which was a classical grey-green government bureaucrat design has been replaced by a new bright design with the department of immigration officials dressed in splashy uniforms with a beautiful, bold and proud new logo displayed everywhere. In the backdrop I note an advert for wind energy and as I step out into the salubrious Mumbai evening, just past midnight our government prepaid taxi, the famous black and yellow Bombay cabs, is powered by natural gas. We quickly pull into a gas station and the smell of cooking gas fills the air as he puts in a few litres.

We speed through the Bombay night to Juhu, besides the Indian ocean with coconut palms hanging in the morning air. I adjust my clock to India and realize it's rather late and lay my head to rest and dream of wonders.

Awake in Bombay, the eve of Diwali and I begin my journey with a friendly taxi driver and pull in to the local temple where I offer my prayers and blessings on my visit so all may be successful and this journey may bear fruits for this world. Mumbai traffic is a lesson in patience and surrender and as I sit in the bubble of modern air-conditioned vehicle with filtered air I enjoy the movie of India through the windscreen, the beautiful signs of god everywhere on every car, window shop. One can't forget God for long in this land India, Rama Cell Shack, Sri Gopal Trucking, Govinda's Fine Vegetarian Cuisine.

Yes vegetarian cuisine everywhere, one wonders how one (being a long term vegetarian) could ever consider living in a non-vegetarian country. Even on the flight South African Airways very politely catered pure Indian vegetarian food which I might add was quite delicious. Generally airline food is not this fresh but the curry seemed to blend even better at the pressurised 33,000 feet. Perhaps curry was made in the high Himalayas and suited our avionic altitudes.

Besides me on the plan was a man named Raj from east Delhi. He came from a religious family living simple and pure life and he was going home for Diwali, the festival of light and lights, co-incidentally falling on the darkest moon of the year.

The light of Diwali is the light of our soul that we all carry within our hearts, it is always there, just the stresses of the choices we make and the toils of this world obscure this light. On Diwali we light ghee lamps and set the whole world alight so our mind can remember our souls light. Today I can feel the lamps of the millions of Indians who have lit lamps silently and with prayer in their homes. There’s a special softness in the air that I don't recall from anywhere.

Let there be light, and let the light of our souls fill this world for when this light shines we live in knowledge, peace and bliss. This is the lesson India, this seemingly chaotic society, culminating in it's jams and struggles and dark unlit streets, can teach this world of ours. That one billion people can live peacefully in harmony and with sharing.

We drive past a community of apartments, India is filled with people from the same religious caste living in a building, doing things collectively, serving and helping one other. A true spirit of community and help is here and alive today. Families stick together, look after each other, mothers with newborn’s are not stranded alone but there is family and community around. So children grow up without that emptiness or need for constant distraction as we often experience in the west.

Today everyone is shopping so the streets are truly jammed, Diwali is a festival of giving gifts of sweets. On my errands and meetings today I made a point to visit my favourite sweet wallah in Malad West and get natural sugar free sweets made with raisons and silver and nuts and spice. A delicacy indeed!

In no time we are stuck behind the local milk delivery truck, brash in red with a sweet sign in white pained saying HORN OK Please and then milk delivery van. Four large tubs of milk are bouncing around overflowing with sweet white nectar.

My driver is patient and skilled and we take back roads to our destination to avoid the jam. I close my eyes to meditate enjoying the cool Himalayanesque breezes from the AC vent.

Only to open my eyes and we pass a fruit vendor. I discover papayas are in season. Aren't they always and fill up with some Indian Papita. Great snack for anytime as it's digestive itself so can be eaten comfortably at most times.

Just after lunch we arrive at Sree Sankara Centre for Ayurveda Consciousness, not far from the International airport situated in what looks like any other office block but surrounded with much greenery.

I am met with a large garland which makes me duly blush and a team of manager, doctor and therapists and full keralian moustaches and smiles. Only the Keralias have mastered the art of the moustache and smiles like none other.

Instantaneously I am transformed into a world of Suddha or pure Ayurveda. Shree Shankara is a century old tradition from a keralian family which I have been honoured to associate with most recently having one of the members of this family as my honoured guest in South Africa. I was moved by their purity of preparations and the amazing sincerity of their therapists and doctors when I visited their clinic some years back in new Delhi and thus in my search for the roots of Ayurveda and proponents of Ayurveda that could sincerely do good in this world, I have connected with them.

I was instantly at home. Ayurveda opens the heart and this is the test of true Ayurveda. In no time I was eating red rice with buttermilk and gentle keralian steamed curries and then on the droni (a droni is a medicinal wooden table used for ayurvedic treatments - it is usually a bitter and astringant wood which aids the healing effect of treatments as it mixes with the medicinal oils). I was chosen a rejuvantive oil based on Camphor for my body and an Amla (Indian Gooseberry) based oil for my head. For the next hours I soared in and out of no-mind consciousness, no thoughts, just pure being and stillness as the massage allowed energy to unblock and flow through my body. After the treatment any signs of travel tiredness or jetlag were gone. I then drank a bitterish ten root brew which was further for balancing and grounding.

Within this world of Bombay a city that is a constant cinema and dance of scenes there are so many worlds, so many hearts, so many prayers and pujas. Especially this bright dark night of Diwali where all pray for more light in this world. Ayurveda is a gift of light, it clears our body and mind so our light may shine so we may be the little suns we are.

May the light of the soul shine strong in all on earth.

Martin Gluckman
Bombay, Diwali 2006

An Indian Sweet

I've recently learnt that chocolate is the most Divine annupana (annupana is the name given to the vehicle given with a particular medicine in Ayurveda to enhance it's effect). Chocolate with a classical formulae like triphala seems to enhance and take it's effects deeply into the system - alcohol is commonly used as an annupana in the famous fermented formulations of
Ayurveda known as Arishta's and Asavaha's and thus chocolate's toxicity becomes an ally carrying the medicine deeper and deeper.

It's Diwali, 3:44am and finally it's quiet. The whole evening dogs were crazed as fireworks filled Delhi's skies. Then doctors announced an epidemic of mosquito carried denge fever this month so Delhians were told to do extra fireworks to clear the Dengue - a typical Indian solution. The noxious firework smoke will cloud not just the Delhi air, it's mosquitoes but also all it's inhabitants and plants.

Diwali is a beautiful and soft time to be in India. I had the glory to fly at 9pm on Spice Jet on the Bombay - Delhi flight. For the first time I can ever recall there was no traffic en route to the airport and the airport was still and uncrowded.

I had the great fortune to be placed next to a newly qualified naturopath from Seattle called Tomm who lives on an island just off from Seattle, Washington. He had terrible luck loosing his luggage on route to India when it was sent to Dubai not Mumbai, an easy enough mistake for KLM to make. He was planning a study with Dr. Vasant Lad in Pune in a week or two and my
ears pricked when I heard the name Lad as I had spent some days in the clinic of Dr. Lad enjoying his simple and humorous way of teaching Ayurveda.

Yesterday evening I left Sree Shankara in Mumbai amidst a corridor of ghee lamps lit in my honour. I blushed again as I was not used to this regal treatment. Venugopal, his wife and myself had had the great honour of spending the afternoon and evening in Mumbai's jungle just besides it's large milk colony where Sri Chinmayananda had established his ashrama.
Chinmayananda was one of India's great saints of this century - formerly a curious child asking why to everything, then an academic and freedom fighter until he was sent working as a journalist to interview Swami Sivananda. This transformed him forever and led him further and higher to spend time with a Saint named Tapovan who lived in the Himalayas. It sounds
a familiar story but here he transformed deeply and changed his name to Chinmayanannda and started his work teaching human beings everywhere the simplest of truths of life.

It seemed to be Divine timing as on this auspicious festival of light, just the three of us, Venugopal, his wife and myself were allowed access into the quarters of Chinmayananda where he sat and wrote at his desk, his bed, his clothes drawer, bathroom and meditation room. The quarters had not changed since he had left this mortal world. His presence was still very much there, I felt the soft love, light and humour of this man everywhere, in his walking
stick, drinking water holder, his chair. What a beautiful Diwali gift. Indian's have the tendency to give sweets on Diwali with every sweet shop in Bombay overflowing with people vying for the best sweets. It crossed my mind that this constant flux of festivals in India is one of the best methods of creating prosperity in a nation. Everyone from fruit sellers to the rickshaw man gets more business as everyone is out shopping for gifts and more. Diwali is one of many festivals that come regularly in India. When I lived in Nepal I recall not a week passed without a festival. Perhaps our ancient Fathers designed this for they new the benefits on so many levels celebrations of God and Godliness would bring to our world.

So all people were out in search of sweet gifts to exchange this Diwali. Even myself passed by my favourite Mithai Wala (sweet shop) at the back of Malad and purchased some boxes of raisin sweets with silver foil. But the real sweet was the sweetness in the air of the Chinmayaashrama with it's Ashok trees tall and ever straight, with crows calling from their tops, with it's monks dressed in orange alight with laughter and smiles.

We sat and met one of the ladies who is in charge of their monthly magazine, a friend of the Venugopal family. She told he story of Bhakti how her teacher had come to find his teacher. What stood out from her words was that when I asked her what did Chinmayananda say of his teacher she replied: When he would speak of Tapovonji, he could not speak, he was lost for words. He would just go silent and then tears would form.

Bhakti is the real sweet of India, a sweetness that is so needed in this world today, our world has too much bitterness impulse, we need more sweetness. Let us all come to India at least once and taste this Bhakti for this is her festival of light. I felt blessed by the Divine timing to sit in the quarters of one of India's greatest Saints an this eve of the sweetness of Diwali.

Martin Gluckman
Kamla Nagar, Delhi

PLAYING CRICKET IN THE BRAHMASTHAN

On the night of Diwali I have arrived in Delhi, nature somehow timing my flight that I touch down as the thick clouded Delhi air is filled with fireworks of every kind. Imagine the children of a city of 10's of millions of people all delightfully launching lollypop exploding rockets, spinning
fire wheels, big bang crackers all at the same time. The doctors are delighted with the Diwali fireworks as they say the thick cloud of smoking sulphurous-salt-peter will help to clear the present Dengue (an airborne disease caused by mosquito) epidemic.

My Spice Jet pilot touches down a little roughly and I look right and see the sky constantly exploding with light. What a beautiful flight to arrive on Diwali. Diwali is the festival on the darkest of nights which is there to remind us of the brightest of lights, our very self.

Yogis have spent lifetimes in silence and penance, in caves and besides twirling rivers to come up all with the same conclusion that we are sat-chit-anand or truth, consciousness and bliss.

The Diwali sky is nothing short of bliss and even leaving Bombay the beginning of the fireworks had descended upon it's humid sky that 'eve and we took off with all kinds of rockets a flare.

I can't easily forget the taste of this Diwali in Bombay as that afternoon I had spent with Shri Venugopal my dear friend who manages an Ayurvedic hospital in the Keralian part of this very multi-cultural Indian city. He decided to take me to a very special place which turned out none other than the very former home and ashrama of Sri Chinmoyananda, one of India's
greatest teachers who walked up and down this nation for decades preaching nothing but Goodness.

I often wonder why India has produced so many lamps for humanity whose very messages all speak the same but with a slightly different tone or flavour. From Ramakrishna to Shivananda to Yogananda, Maharishi, Prabhupada, Sai Baba and so many unnamed Saints. How India is a spiritual seekers treasure. A treasure to be discovered; past, present and future.

The real treasure I tell you is in the home and family of India where the love and devotion of mothers, children, fathers, brothers and sisters is something the world can learn much from. This is the glue that ties India together, that keeps it pulsing and thriving with harmony and love.

In no time I arrive at my hosts in Delhi who are a beautiful Jain publishing family living near the university and one of Delhi's biggest lungs and green belts.

I arrive around midnight, and while the Diwali puja (ceremony) was long completed, the feast's leftovers long tucked away into tidy Tupperware's, the children are still launching rockets from the roof and I leave my bags and rush up to the roof to enjoy some of the wonderment of fireworks.

I can't see much difference between a modern day war and the fireworks in terms of sounds and sights as rockets shoot 50 metres into the night sky with a whoosh from every direction only to explode with much glee in flowers of green, red and blue light. Big blast bombs shake the entire four story building I am on the roof off as I am forced to block my ears and hide. This is a true war zone of Diwali glee. The enemy here is the night, the night of
our soul, our ignorance our decent into fear, anger and our move away from spirituality in any way or part of our life. And of course, the mosquitoes.

The Delhi dogs seem well aware of the sounds of this night and they rest silently in cobbled corners and on pavement edges. Her cows continue to hunt through the day’s garbage enjoying papaya scraps and overripe bananas.

I tried to launch just one of the super-extra rockets. Somehow the launch pad collapses at the last minute and it goes hurtling horizontal with the ground in to the neighbouring building. I have visions of starting the ‘GREAT DELHI FIRE of 2006’ but fortunately it lands safely without setting any building's ablaze. That was definitely my last rocket attempt.

At around 4am I return to my quarters and enjoy a bath and change of dress. The night is heavy with sleep and fulfilment of Diwali and remembrance throughout India of our light, our love, our truth, our awareness as souls.

Delhi has changed a lot and it seems to easily be India's most progressive city. Pollution is down so much due to the conversion of all the rickshaws and city buses to CNG or natural gas. The air is once again breathable in most places. The metro is coming along with new lines under construction. There's a feeling of confidence and progression in this city and it is a model to all India for moving forward, transformation and change.

The morning rises and I sleep late to awaken to breakfast in the beautiful old house where I stay, which is very blessed with a very large courtyard or Brahmasthan. In my studies of Vaastu my teacher Dr. Sthapathi, put so much emphasis on this open space being the nourishing cord between the house and the cosmos. There is a special peace in the Motial house where I stay, one feels nurtured, inside of a womb.

The other advantage of the Brahmasthan is that it's the best place on earth for a game of cricket and in no time, Pranav one of the sons of my hosts is out with bat and tennis ball and we are having a South African Indian test match right in the Brahmasthan.

Today I write this some 180km from Delhi in Yamunanagar. I had my first dip in the Yamuna today enjoying the bathing in one of India's holiest rivers. I can't quite explain the softness of the water and the glee one gets seeing so many offerings of flowers and fruits floating in a river which people are worshiping all over India. It is a pity the rest of the world have lost the
art of worshiping a river. The Yamuna truly is as special river. I lay there buried in mud by Dr. Ram my host and dear friend, an Ayurvedacharya from Yamunanagar, I watched the half moon ascend in the East over the rushing river. A coolness descended the entire night, the river enticed me and I dived in again to wash off the mud.

I guess that is what we are all doing here, washing off our mud so we can see who we really are. Not these bodies, or even this mind. But we are the very Yamuna, we are her cool stillness, her reflected moonlight, her joy as she rushes and returns to the ocean for evermore.

Martin Gluckman,
Yamunanagar
November 2006

Agnihotra for Windows

(Version 2.0.1 for Windows - 5.10 MB)

Agnihotra for Windows is a software tool for doing Agnihotra making it effortless to practice this beautiful daily healing for the environment and yourself. The software runs in your system tray and reminds you each day of the Agnihotra times in your location wherever you are in the world. It also has a training mode which helps you to learn the Agnihotra mantras in case you are just starting with Agnihotra.

Thousands of people enjoy the healing benifits of Agnihotra around the world. These little fires of peace have healing effects on diseases, the environment and have been used extensivly with organic farming to promote healthy soil and crops. Agnihotra is also a wonderful treatment for all kinds of mental tension. Research has shown the effects of regularly practicing Agnihotra to have a healing effect on many mental disorders.

Agnihotra for Windows takes just a few minutes to download and install and once installed it runs quietly in your system tray and will calculate your Agnihiotra timings for any day of the year. It also allows you to print and e-mail Agnihotra calendars for any location in the world.

It has a smart location tool which allows you to set your location wherever you may be. Presently we support 1000's of cities around the world but if you are in a smaller location which is not on the map you can either select the location manually on the NASA world map image or browse for the longitude and lattitude on the Internet.

You can also effortlessly print and e-mail Agnihotra calendars for any year and location in the world.

Most importantly the software has a reminder feature so it will sound an audible alarm in due time before the daily Agnihotra giving you time to prepare you Agnihotra and then it will remind you at the exact time to perform Agnihotra. No more timesheets or worrying about having the exact time. Even if you travel simply take your laptop and you have a portable Agnihotra calendar and Agnihotra alarm clock wherever you are.

If you're new to Agnihotra we have a trainer mode where the software can teach you the exact pronounciation of the daily sunrise and sunset mantras and also show you how to do Agnihotra.

Agnihotra for Windows is free software, you are free to use and distribute it. It has been created by Vedic Society for a better world through environmental and individual healing through Yagya.

(Version 2.0.1 for Windows - 5.10 MB)

This software is 100% Spyware, Adware etc. free. It is released as Freeware for all to use and enjoy.

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Agnihotra for Windows - Users Guide

Getting Started

To begin using Agnihotra for Windows you need to first download and install the software on your PC.

(Version 2.0.1 for Windows - 5.10 MB)

System Requirements:

Windows Operating System
128MB of RAM
5MB of disk space

Optional:

Internet Connection (if you wish to use the city lookup feature)
GPS (very handy if you want to know your exact location or live remotely)

Agnihotra Requirements:

Agnihotra Pyramid (Available from http://www.agnihotradirect.com)
Dried Cow Dung
Ghee
Rice

INSTALL AGNIHOTRA FOR WINDOWS

Run the file after you have downloaded it and the installer will begin. After completing the installation Agnihotra for Windows will run for the 1st time and ask you to set you present location.

Select first your country and then your city. If you can not find your city use the optional lookup facility. Take care to set your timezone using the following format.

How to enter timezones:

For all timezones EAST of GMT enter them as a postive number e.g.

South Africa is GMT +2 so simply enter "2"

For all timezones WEST of GMT enter them as a negative number e.g.

New York is GMT -5 so simply enter "-5"

Note: If you presently are observing daylight saving, check the box but it will apply to the entire year so take care of this setting. Use it just for the months that are appropriate then set it back.

Next Steps

Once you have set your timezone the software will calculate your Agnihotra timings for your unique location.

Using the Program

Once the calculations are made you will be able to use the information in a variety of ways.

Right click on the little Agnihotra Pyramid to get the main menu.

My City shows you your present location both your country and your location. Click it to change it if you are traveling or wish to calculate the Agnihotra timings for a different location anywhere on earth.

Sunrise and Sunset show you the time of Agnihotra today in your location. If you click on this option you will hear the sunrise or sunset mantras chanted for you in case you need to refresh to correct pronounciation and words of these beautiful Sanskrit mantras.

My Agnihotra Calendar

Click this and it will open a dynamic calendar of sunrise and sunset timings for your location. You can e-mail and print either a month or a year at a time.

Print Month will print the selected month, E-mail Month will allow you to send it to anyone using your mail client.

Print Year will print the selected year, E-mail Year will allow you to send it to anyone using your mail client.

Use the drop-down selector at the top of the screen to jump to a year or month of your choice.

Let us continue now with the main menu options.

Change Location will take you to the location screen where you can set your present location. After setting it select save and the software will automatically recalculate your Agnihotra timings.

Next Agnihotra shows you the time to go of the next Agnihotra. You can also see the next Agnihotra times by simply hovering the mouse over the Agnihotra Pyramid in the Windows system tray.

Settings Menu

The program has various user configurable options.

1. Change My Location we've already covered above.

2. Reminder Settings

(a) Show Agnihotra Reminder

Enable this setting if you want your computer to have popup reminders before and during Agnihotra (this is an aid to remembering to prepare for and do Agnihotra as well as a training system for those new to it.

(b) Reminder Time

Select from 1 - 60 minutes before Agnihotra for your reminder popup time based on what is good for you. The default is 30 minutes giving you ample time to prepare and get ready for the beautiful practice of Agnihotra.

Select if you wish an audio and visual reminder or both audio and visual. The default is both audio and visual.

3. Run at Windows Startup

This is the default setting for Agnihotra for Windows and when it is enabled it is running in your system tray each time you restart your computer. It allows the popup reminder system to work nicely if your computer is near the place you do Agnihotra. If you wish to use Agnihotra for Windows just as a calendar tool and for sending calculations to people but not for it's reminder features, you can consider disabling this option.

Help Menu

Explore the various options here. You have a range of learning tools and feedback tools. You can Learn the Agnihotra Mantras, Learn how to do Agnihotra, send us suggestions, get Agnihotra supplies directly from India and find out about the team who made Agnihotra for Windows.

Special Note on Time

For Agnihotra for Windows to work correctly in terms of reminding you at the exact times of sunrise and sunset, it is important that your system clock is set with the correct time at the moment. If you have an Internet connection and are running Windows XP or Windows 2000 this feature is built in to Windows. Simply click on your system clock and enable the Windows time syncronization feature.

If your computer is keeping good time you only need to update your clock once in a while as most computers keep good time for many months at a time. If you have a good Internet connection you can do it every day to be sure. Actually Windows does it automatically when updated.

If you are running an older version of Windows, we highly reccomend Dimension 4 which is a Freeware time sync software.

If you are without an Internet connection please use your local radio or TV channel to sync your clock with an accurate source.

Agnihotra for Windows is free software, you are free to use and distribute it. It has been created by Vedic Society for a better world through environmental and individual healing through Yagya.

(Version 2.0.1 for Windows - 5.10 MB)

This software is 100% Spyware, Adware etc. free. It is released as Freeware for all to use and enjoy.

If you find it has helped you and you wish to contribute to support it's ongoing development and other similar Vedic Society projects you are welcome to donate via Paypal.

Please let us know your feedbacks and suggestions.

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Agnihotra for Windows is a standalone program that runs on any Windows PC and serves to remind you each day of the Agnihotra times. It even has a training mode where you can learn how to do Agnihotra and learn the mantras.

The software is 100% free and is offered to the entire humanity for more planetary healing and peace. People from almost every country have experienced the beautiful peace and harmony from the science of Agnihotra. With Agnihotra for Windows people anywhere can practice Agnihotra regularly and the software is offered as a yagya to the greater good for all humanity.

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Mantra for Healing

Mahamrityunjaya Mantra

Chanted for over 4000 years, Mahamrityunjaya Mantra is the most powerful of all ancient Sanskrit mantras. Mahamrityunjaya means victory over the great death, victory over the illusion of separateness from spirit. Use Mantra for Healing during/after surgery, for illness, emotional trauma, meditation, massage, or preparation for transition.

This Mahamritunjaya mantra is from the Rig-Veda and needs initiation for attaining Siddhi. Anybody can recite this mantra and attain good health, release from bondage and other problems. This is the greatest reliever from all evils and can be recited at any time like any other Maha-mantra. It should be recited preferably for forty days both in the morning and evening, after lighting a jyoti and sitting on a woollen asana while facing east. Recite the Maha-mantra 108 times (one rosary) or its multiples in each sitting. This is the greatest work of Maharishi Vashistha. Before commencing the Mahamritunjaya mantra recite the following small prayer to the everlasting spirit of the Maharishi for his blessings and guidance.

om suchirmarkair brihaspatim adhvareshu namasyatah (21 Times)

We pray to Brihaspati (the Lord of this Universe and the teacher of this Vedic Knowledge), whose wishes are inviolable, for good thoughts (that will lead to good speech and actions that cannot be violated as it will be the truth).

vyam vashishthaya namah (21 Times)

This is the prayer to Maharishi Vashistha (whose Holy Spirit is Omnipresent).

The initiated should practice the Pranayama ten times with the Beejakshara Mantra "om houm jum sah". Others can skip this and go to the Maha-mantra directly.

This is to be followed by the Dhyana Mantra (Meditation) of Sri Tryambakeswara (One of the twelve Jyotirlinga) and then meditate on Sri Tryambakeshwara (Lord Shiva) and Sri Amriteshwari (Gouri or Parvati Shakti) with the relevant beejakshara and Rudra Pooja. Meditate for at least 15 Minutes before starting the Japa (Recitation of Mantra).

Then repeat the following Mahamritunjaya mantra 108 times or multiples of this number. The Mahamritunjaya Mantra reads: om tryambakkam yajamahe sugandhim pustivardhanam urvarookameva bandanaan mrityormoksheeya maamritaat.

What Is The Meaning Of This Mahamantra

It is important to understand the meaning of the words as this makes the repetition meaningful and brings forth the results.

OM is not spelt out in the Rig-Veda, but has to be added to the beginning of all Mantras as given in an earlier Mantra of the Rig-Veda addressed to Ganapati.

tryambakkam refers to the Three eyes of Lord Shiva. 'Trya' means 'Three' and Ambakam' means eyes. These three eyes or sources of enlightenment are the Trimurti or three primary deities, namely Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva and the three 'AMBA' (also meaning Mother or Shakti' are Saraswati, Lakshmi and Gouri. Thus in this word, we are referring to God as Omniscient (Brahma), Omnipresent (Vishnu) and Omnipotent (Shiva). This is the wisdom of Brihaspati and is referred to as Sri Duttatreya having three heads of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

yajamahe: means, "We sing Thy praise".

sugandhim: refers to His fragrance (of knowledge, presence and strength i.e. three aspects) as being the best and always spreading around. Fragrance refers to the joy that we get on knowing, seeing or feeling His virtuous deeds.

pustivardhanam: Pooshan refers to Him as the sustainer of this world and in this manner, He is the Father (Pater) of all. Pooshan is also the inner impeller of all knowledge and is thus Savitur or the Sun and also symbolises Brahma the Omniscient Creator. In this manner He is also the Father (Genitor) of all.

urvaarokameva: 'urva' means "vishal" or big and powerful . 'aarookam' means 'Disease'. Thus urvarooka means deadly and overpowering diseases. The diseases are also of three kinds caused by the influence (in the negative) of the three Guna's and are ignorance (Avidya etc),falsehood (Asat etc as even though Vishnu is everywhere, we fail to perceive Him and are guided by our sight and other senses) and weaknesses (Shadripu etc. a constraint of this physical body and Shiva is all powerful).

bandanaam: means bound down. Thus read with urvarookameva, it means 'I am bound down by deadly and overpowering diseases'.

mrityormooksheya: means to deliver us from death (both premature deaths in this Physical world and from the never-ending cycle of deaths due to re-birth) for the sake of Mokshya (Nirvana or final emancipation from re-birth).

maamritaat means 'please give me some Amritam (life rejuvenating nectar). Read with the previous word, it means that we are praying for some 'Amrit' to get out of the death inflicting diseases as well as the cycle of re-birth.

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Map to Arya Vaidya Sala - Pondicherry

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1. Arya Vaidya Sala
   95 St. Theresa St
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Hanuman Chalisa

hnuman calIsa

hanumàn càlisà

Hanuman Chalisa is a beautiful daily practice that can heal various physical, mental and spiritual conditions. Some astrologers find it very succesfully with Asthma. Hannuman is liked to our vital Prana or airs and thus any breathing or related condition can be helped much by daily chanting this ancient prayer from Sri Tulsidas.

Invocation:

ïIguécr[sraejrj inj mn muk…é suxair, brn%~ r"ubr ibml jsu jae dayku )lcair.

÷rãguru-caraõa-saroja-raja, nija mana mukuru sudhàri.

baranau¤ raghubara bimala jasu, jo dàyaku phalacàri.

[÷rã guru - the revered teacher; caraõa - the feet; saroja - lotus; raja - dust; nija - own; mana - mind; mukuru - mirror; sudhàr - clean!; baranau¤ - I will describe; raghubara - ràmacandra; bimala - stainless; jasu - fame; jo - which; dàyaka - which who gives; phala - fruits; càr - four]

Having cleaned the mirror of my mind with the dust from the guruÙs lotus feet, I will describe the stainless fame of Ràmacandra which gives the four fruits (dharma, kàma, artha and mokùa).

buiÏhIn tnu jainke suimraE< pvn k…mar, bl buix ib*a de÷ maeih< hr÷ kles ibkar.

buddhi hãna tanu jànike sumirau¤ pavana kumàr

bala buddhi vidyà dehu mohi¤ harahu kalesa bikàr

[buddhi - intellect; hãna - devoid of; tanu - body; jànike - knowing; sumirau¤ - I will remember; pavana - wind; kumàr - son; bala - strength; buddhi - intellect; vidyà - knowledge; dehu - give!; mohi - to me; harahu - remove!; kalesa - from the afflictions; bikàr - the changes]

Knowing that the body is devoid of intelligence, I will remember the son of the wind-god. Give me strength, intelligence and knowledge; remove the changes due to the afflictions.

isyavr ramcNÔpd jE zr[<,

siyàvara ràmacandrapada jai ÷araõam

[siyà - sãtà; vara - husband; pada - the feet; jai - victory; ÷araõam - take refuge]

Victory to Ràmachandra the husband of Sãtà! I take refuge in his feet.

jy hnuman }angunsagr jy kpIs it÷~ laek %jagr. 1.

jai hanumàn j¤àn-guõa sàgara , jai kapã÷ tihu¤ loka ujàgara 1

[jai - victory!; j¤àn - knowledge; guna - good quality; sàgara - an ocean; kapã÷ - the monkey; tihu¤ - three; loka - worlds; ujàgara - the illumination]

1. Victory to Hanumàn, the ocean of knowledge and good qualities. Victory to the lord of monkeys, he who illumines the three worlds.

ram Ët Atuilt bl xama A<jin puÇ pvnsut nama. 2.

ràma dåta atulita bala dhàma, anjani putra pavana-suta nàma 2

[ràma dåta - the messenger of ràma; atulita - incomparable; bala - strength; dhàma - an abode; anjani putra - the son of Anjani; pavana-suta - the son of the wind-god; nàma - named]

2. The messenger of Ràma, the abode of incomparable strength, the son of Anjani, named as the son of the wind-god.

mhabIr ib³m bjr<gI k…mit invar sumit ke s<gI . 3.

mahàbãr bikrama bajarangã, kumati nivàra sumati ke sangã 3

[mahàbãr - the great hero; bikrama - valiant; bajarangã - a body as strong as lightning; kumati - bad thoughts; nivàra - one who prevents; sumati - good thoughts; ke - of; sangã - the associate]

3. The great hero, the valiant, whose body is as hard as a lightning bolt, he who prevents bad thoughts and is the companion of good thoughts.

k<cn brn ibraj subesa kann k…<fl k…<ict kesa . 4.

kancana barana biràja subesà, kànana kuõóala kuncita kesà 4

[kancana - gold; barana - colour; biràja - adorns; subesà - nice clothes; kànana - ears; kuõóala - ear-rings; kuncita - curly; kesà - hair]

4. Of gold colour, he is adorned with nice clothes and earrings and has curly hair.

haw b¿ AaE Xvja ibrajE ka~xe mU~j jne^ sajE . 5.

hàth bajra au dhvajà biràjai, kà¤dhe må¤ja janeå sàjai 5

[hàth - hands; bajra - a lightning bolt; au - and; dhvajà - a flag; biràjai - decorates; kàndhe - on the shoulder; må¤ja - grass; janeå - the sacred thread; sàjai - adorns]

5. In his hand is a lightning bolt and a flag. A sacred thread made of mu¤ja grass adorns his shoulder.

s<kr suvn kesrI nNdn tej àtap mhajg b<dn . 6.

sankara suvana kesarã nandan, tej pratàp mahà jagabandan 6

[sankara - ÷iva; suvana - the incarnation; nandana - the son; tej - power; pratàp - glory; mahà - great; jaga - the world; bandana - praised]

6. The incarnation of Shiva and son of Kesari, his power and glory is praised by all the wide world.

ib*avan gunI Aitcatur ram kaj kirbe kae Aatur . 7.

bidyàvàn gunã ati càtur, ràma kàj karibe ko àtura 7

[bidyàvàn - wise; gunã - virtuous; ati - very; càtur - clever; ràma kàj - the work of Rama; karibe - in doing; ko - to; àtura - eager]

7. Wise, virtuous and very clever, he is eager to do the work of Ràma.

à-u cirÇ suinbe kae risya ram lon sIta mn bisya . 8.

prabhu caritra sunibe ko rasiyà, ràma lakhana sãtà mana basiyà

[prabhu - the lord; caritra - life story; sunibe ko - in listening to; rasiyà - taste; mana - the mind; basiyà - dwell]

8. He has a taste in listening to the life story of Ràma and in his heart, Ràma, Lakùmana and Sãtà dwell.

sUúmêp xir isy ih< idoava ibkqêp xir l<k jrava . 9.

såkùma råp dhari siya hi¤ dikhàvà, bikaña råp dhari lanka jaràvà

[såkùma - subtle, small; råp - form; dhari - having assumed; siya - sãtà; hi - indeed; dikhàvà - showed; bikaña - terrifying; jaràvà - burnt]

9. Assuming a small form, he revealed himself to Sãtà; and assuming a fearsome form he burnt down La¤ka.

-Imêp xir Asur s~hare ramNÔ ke kaj s~vare . 10.

bhãmaråp dhari asura sa¤hàre, ràmacandra ke kàj sa¤vàre

[bhãma - terrible; asura - the demons; sa¤hàre - destroy; ke - of; kàj - work; sa¤vàre - completed]

10. Assuming a terrible form, he destroyed the demons and completed the work of Ràma.

lay sjIvn lon ijyaye ïIr"ubIr hri; %r laye . 11.

lày sajãvana lakhana jiyàye, ÷rãraghubãra haraùi ura làye 11

[lày - brought; sajãvana - life-giving herb; lakhana - lakshman; jiyàye - brought back to life; ÷rãraghubãra - ramachandra; haraùi - happily; ura - breast; làye - brought]

11. He brought the sanjãvani plant to Lakùmana and revived him. For that, Ràma happily embraced him.

r"upit kINhI b÷t bfa$ tum mm iày -rtih sm -a$ . 12.

raghupati kãnhã bahuta baóàã, tuma mama priya bharata hi sama bhàã 12

[kãnhã - did; bahuta - much; baóàã - praise; tuma - you; mama - my; priya - dear; bharata hi - to; sama - equal; bhàã - brother]

12. Ràma praised him greatly saying, 'You are like unto my very brother Bharat.'

shs bdn tuMharae js gavE< As kih ïIpit k<Q lgavE< . 13.

sahasa badana tumhàro jasa gàvai¤, asa kahi ÷rãpati kantha lagàvai¤ 13

[sahasa - a thousand; badana - mouths; tumhàro - your; jasa - fame; gàvai¤ - sang; asa - such; kahi - saying; ÷rãpati - Vishnu; kanñha - neck; lagàvai¤ - embraced]

13. 'The divine serpent ÷eùa of a thousand mouths will sing your fame', so saying, Ràma, the lord of ÷rã (Lakshmi), embraced you.

snkaidk äüaid munIsa nard sard siht AhIsa . 14.

sanakàdika brahmàdi munãsà nàrada sàrada sahita ahãsà 14

[sanakàdika - the sages sanaka, etc.; brahmàdi - the gods starting with Brahma; munãsà - the lord of sages; sahita - with; ahãsà - the king of serpents, Shesha]

14. The sages Sanaka and others, the gods Brahma, etc., the lord of sages, Narada, Sàrada along with ÷eùa the king serpents,

jm k…ber idgpal jha~ te kib kaeibd kih ske kha~ te . 15.

jama kubera dig-pàla jahà¤ te, kabi kobida kahi sake kahà¤ te 15

[jama - the god of death; kubera - the god of wealth; dig-pàla - the protectors of the eight directions; jahà¤ te - wherever; kabi - poets; kobida - scholars; kahi - to say; sake - be able; kahà¤ te - how]

15. the god of death, the god of wealth and the protectors of the directions - when they are unable to praise you, how much can poets and scholars say (about your glory)?

tum %pkar su¢Ivih< kINha ram imlay rajpd dINha . 16.

tuma upakàra sugrãvahi¤ kãnhà, ràma milàya ràjapada dãnhà 16

[tuma - you; upakàra - service; sugrãvahi¤ - to Sugreev; kãnhà - he did; milàya - introduced; ràjapada - the royal throne; dãnhà - he gave]

16. You did service for Sugrãva and introduced him to Ràma who gave him the royal throne (of La¤ka).

tuMhrae mÙ ib-I;n mana l<keSvr -@ sb jg jana . 17.

tumharo mantra bibhãùana mànà, la¤kesvara bhae saba jaga jànà 17

[tumharo - your; mantra - advice; mànà - accepted; la¤ke÷vara - the lord of Lanka; bhae - became; jaga - the world; jànà - knows]

17. Vibhã÷ana accepted your advice and become the lord of La¤ka. All the world knows this.

jug shö jejn pr -anU lILyae taih mxur )l janU . 18.

juga sahasra jojana para bhànå, lãlyo tàhi madhura phala jànå 18

[juga - an age; sahasra - a thousand; jojana - a distance of eight miles; para - at; bhànå - the sun; lãlyo - taking; tàhi - that; madhura - sweet; phala - fruit; jànå - knowing]

18. You took hold of the sun, even though it is thousands of miles away, thinking it is a sweet fruit.

à-u muiÔka meil muo mahI< jlix la~i" gye Acrj nahI<. 19.

prabhu mudrikà meli mukha màhã¤, jaladhi là¤ghi gaye acaraja nàhã¤ 19

[prabhu - the lord's; mudrikà - ring; meli - keeping; mukha - mouth; màhã¤ - in; jaladhi - ocean; là¤ghi - leaped; gaye - went; acaraja - a wonder; nàhã¤ - is not]

19. Keeping the Lord's ring in your mouth, you leaped across the ocean. There is no wonder in this.

ÊgRm kaj jgt ke jete sugm Anu¢h tuMhre tete . 20.

durgama kàj jagata ke jete sugama anugraha tumhare tete 20

[durgama - difficul; kàj - work; jagata - the world; ke - of; jete - whatever; sugama - easy; anugraha - grace; tumhare - your; tete - that]

20. Whatever work is difficult in the world, that all becomes easy by your grace.

ram ÊAare tum rovare haet n Aa}a ibnu pEsare . 21.

ràma duàre tuma rakhavàre hota na àj¤à binu paisàre 21

[duàre - door; tuma - you; rakhavàre - the keeper; hota - is; àj¤à - permission; binu - without; paisàre - entry]

21. You are the keeper of Ràma's door and there is no entry without your permission.

sb suo lhE tuMharI srna tum rCDk kahU kae frna . 22.

saba sukha lahai tumhàrã saranà tuma racchaka kàhu ko óaranà 22

[saba - all; sukha - happiness; lahai - taking; tumhàrã - your; ÷araõà - refuge; tuma - you; racchaka - protector; kàhå - any; ko - to; óaranà - to fear]

22. Taking refuge in you is all happiness. With you as the protector what fear is there?

Aapn tej sMharae AapE tInae< laek ha~k t<e ka~pE . 23.

àpana teja samhàro àpai tãno¤ loka hà¤ka te¤ kà¤pai 23

[àpana - your; teja - splendour; samhàro - bear; àpai - you; tãno¤ - three; loka - worlds; hà¤ka - roar; te¤ kà¤pai - tremble]

23. Your splendor you alone can bear. The three worlds quake when you roar.

-Ut ipsac inkq nih< AavE mhabIr jb nam sunavE . 24.
bhåta pisàca nikaña nahi¤ àvai mahàbãra jaba nàma sunàvai 24

[bhåta - ghosts; pisàca - demons; nikaña - near; nahi¤ - no; àvai - come; mahàbãra - great hero; jaba - when; nàma - name; sunàvai - is called]

24. Ghosts and demons donÙt come near when the name of Hanumàn, the great hero, is called out.

nasE raeg hrE sb pIra jpt inr<tr hnumt bIra . 25.

nàsai roga harai saba pãrà japata nirantara hanumata bãrà 25

[nàsai - destroys; roga - disease; harai - removes; saba - all; pãrà - pain; japata - repeating; nirantara - constantly; hanumata bãrà - the hero]

25. Constantly repeating the name of hero Hanumàn destroys illness and removes pain.

s<kq te< hnuman DufavE mn ³m bcn Xyan jae lavE . 26.

sankaña te¤ hanumàna chuóàvai mana krama bacana dhyàna jo lavai 26

[sankaña - difficulty; te¤ - from; chuóàvai - he frees; mana - mind; krama - action; bacana - word; dhyàna - meditation; jo - he who; lave - brings]

26. He who meditates in mind, action and word on Hanumàn is freed from difficulties.

sb pr ram tpSvI raja itn ke kaj skl tum saja . 27.

saba para ràma tapasvã ràjà, tina ke kàja sakala tuma sàjà 27

[saba - all; para - over; tapasvã - the ascetic; raja - king; tina - his; ke - of; kàja - work; sakala - all; tuma - you; sàjà - completed]

27. Ràma the ascetic is king over all; his work you accomplished.

AaEr mnaerw jae kae$ lavE sae$ Aimt jIvn )l pavE . 28.

aur manoratha jo koã làvai, soã amita jãvana phala pavai 28

[aur - and; manoratha - desire; jo koã - whatever; lave - brought; soã - that; amita - immeasurable; jãvana - life; phala - fruit; pave - he obtains]

28. And one who brings any wishes (to you), gets the fruit of abundant life.

carae< jug prtap tuMhara hE prisÏ jgt %ijyara . 29.

càron juga paratàpa tumhàrà, hai parasiddha jagata ujiyàrà 29

[càron - four; juga - ages; paratàpa - glory; tumhàrà - you; hai - is; parasiddha - famous; jagata - the world; ujiyàrà - illumines]

29. The four ages (know) your glory. Your fame illumines the world.

saxu sNt ke tum rovare Asur ink<dn ram Êlare . 30.

sàdhu santa ke tuma rakhavàre asura nikandana ràma dulàre 30

[sàdhu - renunciates; santa - saints; ke - of; tuma - you; rakhavàre - the protector; asura - demons; nikandana - destroyer; ràma dulàre - the beloved of Rama]

30. You are the protector of renunciates and saints, the destroyer of demons and the beloved of Ràma.

AòisiÏ naE inix ke data As br dIn jankI mata . 31.

aùñasiddhi nau nidhi ke dàtà asa bara dãna jànakã màtà 31

[aùña - eight; siddhi - powers; nau - nine; nidhi - treasures; dàtà - giver; asa - such; bara - boon; dãna - given; jànakã - daughter of Janak, i.e. Sãtà; màtà - mother]

31. You are the giver of the eight powers and nine treasures. Such is the boon given to you by mother Sãtà.

ram rsayn tuMhre pasa sda rhae r"upit ke dasa . 32.

ràma rasàyana tumhare pàsà sadà raho raghupati ke dàsà 32

[rasàyana - the elixir of life; tumhare - your; pàsà - side; sadà - always; raho - remains; dàsà - the servant]

32. You have the elixir of life of Ràma and always remain the servant of Raghupati.

tuMhre -jn ram kae pavE jnm jnm ke Êo ibsravE . 33.

tumhare bhajana ràma ko pàvai janama janama ke dukha bisaràvai 33

[tumhare - your; bhajana - devotional singing; ko - to; pavai - attains; janama janama - from birth to birth; dukha - the suffering; bisaràvai - one forgets]

33. Singing your praise, one attains Ràma and forgets the suffering of many births.

A<tkal r"ubr pur ja$ jha~ jNm hir - kha$ . 34.

antakàla raghubara pura jàã jahà¤ janma hari bhakta kahàã 34

[antakàla - the end time, at death; pura - city; jàã - to go; jahà¤ - where; janma - birth; hari - the Lord; bhakta - devotee; kahàã - is called]

34. At the time of death, one goes to the city of Ràma and if he has to take birth again, he becomes a devotee of the Lord.

AaEr devta icÄ n xr$ hnumt se# svR suo kr$ . 35.

aura devatà chitta na dharaã hanumata sei sarba sukha karaã 35

[aura - and, other; devatà - god; chitta - mind; na dharàã - do not put; hanumata sei - with Hanuman; sarba - all; sukha - happiness; karaã - makes for]

35. DonÙt put the mind on any other god, with Hanuman one obtains all happiness.

s<kq kqE imqE sb pIra jae suimrE hnumt blbIra . 36.

sankaña kañai miñai saba pãrà jo sumirai hanumata balabãrà 36

[sankaña - difficulty; kañai - is cut; miñai - is removed; saba - all; pãrà - pain; jo - he who; sumirai - remembers; bala - strength; bãrà - hero]

36. He who remembers Hanuman, the powerful hero, has difficulties cut away and all pain effaced.

jE jE jE hnuman gaesa$< kpa kr÷ guédev kI na$< . 37.

jai jai jai hanumàna gosàã¤ kçpà karahu gurudeva kã nàã¤ 37

[jai - victory; gosàã - lord; kçpà - grace; karahu - do!; gurudeva - the divine master; kã nàã - like]

37. Victory, victory, victory to Hanumàn. Bestow your grace like the divine master!

jae st bar paQ kr kae$ DUqih b<id mha suo hae$ . 38.

jo sata bàra pàñha kara koi chåñahi bandi mahàsukha hoã 38

[jo - he who; sata - a hundred; bàra - times; pàñha - recites; kara - does; koã - someone; chåñahi - is freed; bandi- bondage; mahàsukha - great happiness; hoã - becomes]

38. He who recites (this) a hundred times is freed of bondages and finds great happiness.

jae yh pFE hnuman clIsa haey isiÏ saoI gaErIsa .39.

jo yaha paóai hanumàna calãsà hoy siddhi sàkhã gaurãsà 39

[jo - he who; yaha - this; paóai- recites; hoy - becomes; siddhi - success; sàkhã - witness; gaurãsà - Shiva]

39. He who recites this Hanumàn calãsà gains perfection. Shiva is a witness to this.

tulsIdas sda hir cera kIjE naw ùdy mh~ fera. 40.

tulasãdàsa sadà hari cerà kãjai nàtha hçdaya maha¤ óerà 40

[sadà - always; hari - the lord; cerà - the servant; kãjai - make!; nàtha - O Lord!; hçdaya - heart; maha¤ - in; óerà - dwelling]

40. Tulasidàs is forever the servant of Lord Hari. Make my heart O lord, your dwelling.

pvntny s<kq hrn m<gl mUrit êp, ram lon sIta siht ùdy bs÷ sur-Up.

pavana tanaya sankaña harana mangala mårati råp

ràma lakkhana sãtà sahita hçdaya basahu surabhåp

[pavana - the wind; tanaya - son; sankaña - difficulty; harana - removing; mangala - auspiciousness; mårati - image; råp form; sahita - with; hçdaya - heart; basahu - dwell!; surabhåp - O king of gods]

O king of gods, son of the wind, remover of difficulties! O one with an auspicious form, dwell in my heart with Ràma, Lakùmana and Sãñà!

sTym äUyat! iày< äUyat! n äUyat! sTymiàym!,

iày< c nan&t< äUyat! @;ae xmR> snatn>.

satyam bråyàt priyam bråyàt na bråyàt satyamapriyam

priyam ca nànçtam bråyàt eùo dharmaþ sanàtanaþ

[satyam - truth; bråyàt - one should; priyam - aggreable, pleasant; na - not; apriyam - disagreeable; ca - and; na ançtam - not falsehood; eùo - this; dharmaþ - law; sanàtanaþ - eternal]

One should speak truth. One should speak pleasantly. One should not speak a truth that is unpleasant. And one should not speak a falsehood that is pleasant to hear. This is the eternal law.

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