Ayurveda is one of the ancient sciences of India, which has described various health related topics that are surprisingly applicable even for today’s world. In this modern world even though we have many advancements in health sector, there are lot of people who are getting affected with various diseases. Everyone desire for a disease free life to improve their quality of living. Because, it is said that to attain chaturvidha purusharthas[Dharma-Artha-Kama-Moksha], health is the very crucial.
This is explained as AROGA(A means NO, ROGA means DISEASE; which means disease free) in Ayurveda and the one possessing it is AROGYA
Dharma-Artha-Kama-Mokshanam __ Arogyam mulam, utthamam
Charaka Samhitha: Sutra 1/14
Health is the important and superior factor to achieve our goals of righteousness, wealth, gratification of desires and aspirations, attainment of liberation
1. RESORTING TO WHOLESOME DIET AND REGIMENS *HITHAAHARA-VIHARASEVI*
People who prioritise health over anything have realised the fact that health improve quality of life and it is necessary for understanding life and achieving what we want in life. So, they tend to eat healthy, enjoy life, stay active, explore new everyday.
Healthy people often resort to wholesome diet and regimens with proper knowledge about their body nature and eat according to their body needs, have proper regimen through out the day which help them to be focussed on their targets and improve themselves every single day
2. DOING SOMETHING ONLY AFTER PROPER KNOWLEDGE AND OBSERVATION *SAMEEKSHYAKARI*
Healthy people do involve in activities only after proper knowledge and understanding things whether it is really worthy investing time in it. They clearly estimate the practical, financial, mental and physical circumstances of activity and decide if it is suitable for them.
From eating preferred food, sleeping on time, spending self time or enjoying with friends and family, they are very particular and they handle situations prioritising their health in first place making them live disease free.
3. BEING UNATTACHED TO SENSORY PLEASURES *VISHAYESHU ASAKTHA*
Healthy people are unattached to their sensory pleasures often receive critics from surrounding people that they are not enjoying their life to fullest. This makes the difference, they are not actually wasting their time of life but they are on their work mode, on their way to achieve something big which make them really happier more than these sensory pleasures and this happiness makes them disease free.
Being unattached to sensory pleasures is not an easy task, but not impossible. Gradually gaining knowledge about what is happening with our senses and realising it is normal for our senses to get attracted to their respective sensory objects and slowly moulding them the way useful to future growth is everyone should learn to do.
4. INVOLVED IN “GIVING” TO OTHERS *DATHA*
Giving anything to anyone without expecting something in return is a divine activity. It is not everyone’s cup of tea. It needs some mental stability and physical health to do that. This proves Disease free life also need a sound mental health.
Healthy people had capacity to control their senses and they are not attached to worldly pleasures and don’t often care about giving. They are not greedy because they are physically healthy enough to earn it again. They are not only capable of earning but their sound mental health finds a great pleasure in giving to others which is difficult to be understood by someone who can not see things clearly due to diseases of mind and body.
5. TREATING EVERYONE EQUALLY *SAMAHA*
Treating everyone equally means there is no partiality while treating others. Either they are rich or poor, beautiful or ugly, thin or fat, white or black, soft-hearted or rude whatever it be, they treat everyone equally.
Healthy persons often know this world is vast and built with different mindsets, different physical constitutions, different ideologies, different ways of expressions. They are versatile and often stay happy around people, they live in the moment and don’t carry emotional baggage along with them making them disease free.
6. TRUTHFULNESS *SATYAPARA*
Truthfulness needs courage. Lying is easier, sometimes lying is choice made out of fear, sometimes we lie due to attachment. Whatever be the situation, it brings drama and regrets further on and you will be pulled into sensory pleasures again.
Healthy people are truthful with themselves and also with others. They don’t take time for drama and regrets. They don’t focus not only on physical health but also on mental health which help them live disease free.
7. FORGIVENESS *KSHAMA*
Healthy people are often forgiving because they don’t have time for hate and drama. They are very independent and often don’t care what others think about them. They are kind-hearted with sound mental health and can easily forgive others for others mistakes.
8. OBEDIENT AND SERVE ELDERS,WELL-WISHERS AND PRECEPTORS *APTHOPASEVI*
Healthy ones always learn something as they are enthusiastic to explore new things everyday and they obediently ask elders, preceptors and well-wishers about their quest of life, their purpose of life and they serve them with love in return. They live a disease free life and gain more and more knowledge every single day.
HOW CAN ALL THESE BE DONE?
Acharya Charaka, explained the following to live a disease free life.
- Involve yourself in excellence of thoughts, speech and acts(mathi, vacha, karma – sukhanubandha)
- Thinking independently(vidheya)
- Understanding things clearly with proper wisdom( vishadha buddhi)
- Acquiring knowledge(jnana)
- Meditation(tapas)
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