The Sanskrit medical word Ayurveda means “Science of Life.” Life, the physical state of being alive, includes both the mind and the body. It is the ultimate goal of the mind, its intrinsic nature, to pursue happiness and to reject suffering. The cause of the happiness and the suffering experienced by the mind is the result of what happens to the body. This creates the dynamic experienced by all living beings: The mind rejects suffering because its destination and goal is happiness, yet the existence of suffering is an inescapable truth for all corporeal sentient beings. Therefore, our minds, from our first breath, take on the task of leading our body away from suffering. Continue reading ‘Foundations’
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In the summer of 1976 I had been travelling in the East, and had contracted severe dysentery in Afghanistan. I had lost almost 80 pounds. My diary from July 10 reads:
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