KNOWLEDGE OF THE ANCIENT SCIENCE OF AYURVEDA IN ROMANIA

Life science

Ayurveda is known as the "Science of Life", in translation "ayus" means life, and "see" means science. Ayurveda is a true 'Science of Life' precisely because it gives precise and complete indications of the state of life of the being. Through the famous traditional treatise of Ayurveda Charaka-Samhita is simply and accurately characterized the Ayurvedic view of the meaning and purpose of human existence. According to this view, the life of every human being comprises four stages. These are, in order, the performance of duties (dharma), optimal provision of material means (artha), the fulfilment of well wishes (kama) and true knowledge and self-realisation (moksha).

The 4 desiderata

Just as in the millennial system Yoga there are 8 stages that mark successive levels of practice, similarly it can be considered that referring to these four aspects listed in Ayurveda is essential.

Dharma is the just fulfilment of the duties that we have because of our role in life.

Artha designates the state of optimal achievement in the material dimension, which allows the being to have what is materially necessary to be able to carry out the necessary actions in the best and correct way.

Kama is the harmonious fulfilment of the beneficial desires that naturally arise in correlation with the first two aspects.

Moksha, is the fundamental goal of the human being's life, or, in other words, the attainment of spiritual fulfilment.

Moksha actually refers to the frantic aspiration to achieve what lies beyond the current duties of life, beyond the use or accumulation of material goods and beyond the fulfilment of any beneficial desires. Moksha represents for the Ayurvedic medical system a clear outline of the objectives and phases of the practice of this system of healing, which can be seen, this time, as a genuine path of spiritual evolution.

As a "Science of Life", Ayurveda helps in many ways to achieve all these 4 goals, both through specific means that are engaged to promote, prolong or maintain health, and to prevent and treat diseases by choosing the most appropriate natural remedies and adopting a wise lifestyle.

Ayurveda - a scientific model

In essence, Ayurveda is a genuine scientific model designed to characterise the unity between being and the Universe, and the harmony of the human being with the whole of Nature. This is why all the categories and concepts used in the traditional Ayurvedic medical system always respect the fundamental principle of correspondence between the microcosm of the human being and the macrocosm.

This universal principle is the key to Ayurvedic practice. This relation of being to the universal is the fundamental difference between Ayurveda and any other form of medicine.

It is for this very reason that the millennia-long unbroken tradition of Ayurveda, supported by-through countless applications and practical experiments of its principles and methods, has today a very important word to say to modern man. Ayurveda now plays an extremely important role in the protection of health and in the everyday life of every human being.

Ayurvedic remedies, treatments and therapies, as well as the practical ways of determining them according to each particular situation, have been carefully tried and tested in practice, de-over the years by thousands and thousands of Ayurvedic practitioners who have come to know and value this complete system of medicine for millions and millions of patients suffering from a wide variety of ailments. In these circumstances the principles and methods of the age-old system of Ayurveda have successfully withstood the most difficult test, that of time.

The beginnings of Ayurveda

In the early days of Ayurveda, thousands of years ago, humans did not have the same ability to control their environment as mankind does today. Lacking any kind of technology similar to what we have today, human beings in those ancient times had no choice but to rely on Nature. Lacking all the sophisticated tools we have today, they sought toand cultivate first and foremost their intuitive and perceptive abilities that we now call paranormal. And it was precisely because these people lived right in the middle of nature that they-it was much easier to determine the therapeutic effects of plants, trees or minerals, the constituent parts of which they used in treatments or various therapies.

All these sages of nature experienced first of all in their own structure all the beneficial effects of the various natural remedies, and the results thus obtained were subsequently communicated by them, sometimes by word of mouth, sometimes in writing, from generation to generation, from father to son. All this invaluable collection of traditional medical knowledge was systematised and recorded many thousands of years ago in the form of the traditional Indian medical system Ayurveda.

The Ayurvedic sages who studied this priceless treasure trove of knowledge structured in the form of the age-old Ayurveda system used their own expanded consciousness instead of the sophisticated computers in use today. By doing so, these great sages were able toand develop an unimaginable power of memory, so that each Ayurvedic practitioner was himself a veritable living treasure trove of vast medical knowledge. Moreover, each Ayurvedic practitioner anddeveloped and at the same time and-has highly refined intuition so that it can direct and coordinate any therapeutic process. These remarkable beings have succeeded in transforming Ayurveda intoa true art, discovering and revealing to others that the essential purpose of this system is to achieve the state of perfect spiritual health of the being.