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Tridosha is the most miserable & characteristic principal of Ayurveda. Tridosha is the basic structure of Ayurveda. In Ayurvedic Nidan (Diagnosis) & treatment; mostly each & every thing is divided according to tridosha. So it is more important to study about dosha. Remember tridosha is the basic...

Kapha can be decreased with the help of turmeric. The turmeric helps to remove mucus from the throat. It also helps getting rid of pus in the ears, wounds or eyes. It helps the removal of watery discharges like leucorrhea. Turmeric in Food Curcumin is what gives Curry its characteristic bright...

When we think about treatment we think about the management of imbalances existing in the body. However, in Ayurveda the same principles apply to the management of a person's constitution and the prevention of disease. This is the basic principle behind learning to live in harmony with the...

Vata Digestion – Variable. Dryness of colon causes both gas (possible distention) and constipation, often fluctuate between constipation and diarrhea. May also be hyperacidity secondary to dryness of the protective membranes of the stomach and intestines Appetite – Variable, irregular meals...

Scientific Name Allium sativum Family chives and onions Origin central Asia (Cultivated since ancient times) Main commercial producers India, United States, Spain, and China. Yes Garlic(distant cousin to chives and onions) is very good for health! because garlic is filter our blood and...

If you feel any disturbances due to any Vastu Doosh in the house, we suggest you to kindly take following measures General Disturbances Put the auspicious pictures of Lord Ganesha or Godess Luxmi, both outside or inside the main gate of the house Make sure no mirror facing bed is placed in the...

"In India, God can be both male or female. The Hindu and Buddhist goddesses represent the biggest collection of living goddesses of any kind on the planet. Feminists from the West often get attracted towards the goddesses of South Asian cultures as theological or religious resources in the...

Usually on ekadashi, one should not eat any thing that is above grown above the ground (so, potatoes, etc are OK), but still better is drinking only milk, still better is drinking only water and the best to have nothing and meditate. You might have heard the story about Durvasa and the king...

A beautiful son named Gana was born to queen Gunavati and her King abhijit. He was very bright and strong. In addition, he had great devotion to Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva pleased with his devotion granted him some boons. However, this increased Gana's ego and he also fell into bad company. One day...

It is true that atman does not die. That means, we should not grieve even if a close friend/family member dies. And surely, the wise do not grieve for the living or the dead (Bhagavad Gita) since they don't see someone being born to die. Anything born has to die, but Brahman is not born. And a...

Lord Shiva (and Shakti) don't look into what the devotees offer but how they offer it. Whatever is offered through pure Love is accepted (irrespective of whether it is meat offered by kannappan, or flowers offered by ordinary devotees, or jewels offered by kings). In the town of Naaraiyoor...

The Epic of rAmayaNa is infact familiar to all as it is among one of the main hindu epics. The key villain in the story is kaikeyi, one of the three wives of King dasharatha. Along with the food for our nourishment, our parents narrated to us another story also, the story of shrAvaNa kumAra...

Nandanar is a saint extolled in the periyapurana, a saiva siddhanta scripture. In a village, engaged in the trade of selling the carcasses of the cow and tending his landlord's farm was an unusual person. He had great love for Lord Shiva. He was desperate to visit a temple, Thiruppunkoor. This...

The Smriti prescribed Karmas (actions) in addition to the purification of the mind. This will incidentally secure desires and prosperity for a better living here, but this is not the real aim of the "does" and "don'ts". After an all-too-brief resume of Advaita, let us understand the "others"...

Sruti (Vedas) are Auparsheyam, meaning not "man made", but are the breath of the Supreme known under different names like Brahman, Narayana, Maheswara etc. Sruti teaches facts, which are beyond the range of knowledge gathered by the senses and beyond the objective knowledge gathered by human...

shravaNaayaapi bahubhiryo na labhyaH shravanto.api bahavoyaam.h na vidyuH . aashcharyo vaktaa kushalosya labdhaaH aashcharyo GYaataa kushalaanushishhThaH .. " He (The Truth) who cannot even be heard of by many, whom many, even hearing, donot know, wondrous is he (the person) who can teach (The...

The word upanishhad is said to have been derived from the roots upa (near) and sad (to sit)." Groups of pupils sit near the teacher to learn from him the secret doctrine " [Radhakrishnan]. My own interpretation is slightly different: in my opinion, the knowledge was not intended to be secret...

The upanishhads were once called Vedaanta, the goal of the Vedas, although now the word Vedaanta is used for a system of philosophy based on the upanishhads. The Muktika Upanishhat.h, for instance, says tileshhu tailavat vede Vedaantah supratishhThitah " Vedaanta is well established in the...

The five verses of the Rg Veda forming the BaLitthA Suukta are generally misinterpreted and/or mistranslated as referring to three forms of Agni -- as translated by SaayaNa and other scholars, the Suukta hardly conveys any sensible meaning. H.H. Wilson has written a translation of the Rg Veda...

Below is the list of some of the most amazing health benefits for someone who does practice regular Surya Namaskar. Here we have assembled 10 most effective benefits of Surya Namaskar 1. Improves Digestion :- One of the main benefits that doing Surya Namaskar everyday gives is that it helps...