Comments on: Of the Body, Mind and Soul

By: Karthik

Karthik — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:11:00 +0000

@Pras: well said

By: Pras

Pras — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:03:29 +0000

@Karthik: I’d be happy to add you as an author here if only you were not such a lazy ass

By: Karthik

Karthik — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:37:32 +0000

Superb write-up Aish

@Anand: To add to tat info the best satvik food is Ashgaurd (pushinikai) followed by all types of greens!

@Hari: Another one of ur kind here As aish mentioned it needs a bit of dedication and determination which i lack in any case

By: Pras

Pras — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:30:19 +0000

@Hari: Anand’s publishing here soon. Did you notice his listing in the homepage authors list?

By: Aishwarya

Aishwarya — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:39:57 +0000

By: Hari

Hari — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:33:08 +0000

WOW! kudos to ash for a great write up. I tried yoga for some months but gave up due to my laziness,but if done regularly it can do wonders in your way of life. And anand’s follow up was very informative too.Way to go fellas

By: Aishwarya

Aishwarya — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:20:56 +0000

@Anand: Thanx .. Nice comment with an interesting piece of info on Sattvic Foodstyle!! Was intending to write about the SAttva, RAjas and TAmas qualities in my post on “Pranayama”.

By: Anand

Anand — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:02:37 +0000

Great Post , best i’ve read so far. I always wished some one would post about Yoga. better late than never. I would like to explain about ” Sattvic Lifestyle” a bit more.

Yoga is all about uniting the body with mind and Ayurveda states that the food we eat affects both our body and our Mind. Yoga and Ayurveda together asserts that there are three qualities of nature- SAttva, RAjas and TAmas. At any point of time these three qualities interact with each other and all our thinking and emotions are Effected by the Predominance of these 3 qualities.

SAttvas- Purity
RAjas – Excitability
TAmas – Confusion

There are more to these qualities, i’ve just cited an example. The Inner peace can be obtained by following “SAttvic Lifestyle” which includes mindfulness, discipline, spiritual practices like prayer, yoga and meditation, and cultivating virtuous qualities such as honesty, non-violence, compassion, contentment, selflessness, following a Sattvic Foodstyle and so on.

The easiest of all is to follow a “SAttvic Foodstyle” which consists of Vegetarian Food.
Meat is said to compose of the other two qualities.
Ever wondered why some people avoid Onion and Garlic? Because they lack the SAttva component.And why some people don’t eat Onion on certain days? Thats because those days are beleived the best days to Purify our Body and mind (Detoxification by Fasting or eating Sattvic Food and avoiding the other types which includes Onion and Garlic).

So there’s a reason on why certain types of foods are avoided on certain days.