It implies a seeking to alleviate all suffering and disharmony in the world. Our duty for health and well-being however, is not simply personal but extends to our family, community, nation, humanity and nature. Ayurvedic counselling is the foundation of dharmic and Vedic counselling. Ayurvedic living is the foundation of dharmic living. Ayurvedic living is the foundation of dharma for physical and psychological balance and harmony. This fact of the primacy of health provides a special importance to Ayurveda in Vedic counselling, particularly Ayurveda’s foun – dation of right life-style practices for body and mind. We can make wrong judge ments that can cause us to deviate from our true path. Similarly, if we are psychologically unwell, our perception and motivation can be impaired. If we are physically unwell we may not have the energy to pursue the other goals of life, even if we may have the talent or capacity to do so. Physical and Psychological Health and Well-Beingīasic health and well-being for body and mind, what is called Arogya in Sanskrit, is the foundation of all our pursuits in life.
Dharma is our greatest protection in life. There is a famous Sanskrit statement from the Mahabharata that “Dharma protects those who protect Dharma.“ If we do not follow the way of dharma our lives can easily fall under forces of ignorance, disintegration and imbalance. It cannot be reduced to a mere formula or routine but requires constant adaptation to the movement of life at every moment. The way of Dharma is subtle and many sided. Dharma refers to the right way of action and awareness on all levels of our being and our entire interaction with the whole of life.
It implies a seeking to alleviate all suffering and disharmony in the world.ĭharma is the foundation of Vedic counselling, which can also be called “Dharmic counselling.“ This begins with an investigation into what our true dharma in life is and how it relates to the universal Dharma. Our duty for health and well-being is not simply personal but extends to our family, community, nation, humanity and nature. Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha: The Four Great Goals of Lifeīy David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri)