The Meanings of Auyurveda
and Vedic Astrology
July 9, 2005
Ayurveda is the Hindu science of life, a complete, holistic medical
system. Jyotisha, or Vedic astrology, is the knowledge of right timing
and future potentialities. Both are vital tools for happy, productive
living.
Ayurveda, rooted in the Atharva Upaveda, deals with both the prevention
and cure of disease. Its eight medical arts, with their mantras,
tantras and yogas, are based on spiritual well-being and encompass every
human need, physical, mental and emotional. Ayurveda teaches that the
true healing powers reside in the mind at the quantum level. Wellness
depends on the correct balance of three bodily humors, called doshas,
maintained by a nutritious vegetarian diet, dharmic living and natural
healing remedies. The kindred science of Vedic astrology, revealed in
the
Jyotisha Vedanga, likewise is vital to every Hindu's life. It propounds
a
dynamic cosmos of which we are an integral part, and charts the complex
influence on us of important stars and planets, according to our birth
chart. Knowing that the stars enliven positive and negative karmas we
have brought into this life, in wisdom we choose an auspicious time,
shubha muhurta, for every important event.
from Dancing with Siva