<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891730184346725430</id><updated>2011-11-28T03:22:30.523+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Învăţături ale înţelepciunii ayurvedice</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Dr. Eugen Ştefan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10377933939450312016</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>15</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891730184346725430.post-284599281926335660</id><published>2011-10-26T20:12:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2011-10-26T20:15:54.397+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Divali - 25 octombrie 2011</title><content type='html'>Anul acesta prima zi de Divali este pe 25 octombrie. Mai multe informații despre această sărbătoare puteți citi &lt;a href="http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/2008/11/divali-sarbatoarea-luminilor.html"&gt;aici&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3891730184346725430-284599281926335660?l=medicayurvedic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/feeds/284599281926335660/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3891730184346725430&amp;postID=284599281926335660&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/284599281926335660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/284599281926335660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/2011/10/divali-25-octombrie-2011.html' title='Divali - 25 octombrie 2011'/><author><name>Dr. Eugen Ştefan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10377933939450312016</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891730184346725430.post-6219602854890267748</id><published>2011-03-21T20:55:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2011-03-21T20:56:48.121+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Din nou Holi</title><content type='html'>Anul acesta tocmai s-a sarbatorit Holi pe 18-19 martie. Despre semnificatiile acestei sarbatori am scris in postul anterior.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3891730184346725430-6219602854890267748?l=medicayurvedic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/feeds/6219602854890267748/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3891730184346725430&amp;postID=6219602854890267748&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/6219602854890267748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/6219602854890267748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/2011/03/din-nou-holi.html' title='Din nou Holi'/><author><name>Dr. Eugen Ştefan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10377933939450312016</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891730184346725430.post-339700182774774910</id><published>2010-03-26T23:11:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-26T23:16:50.283+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Holi - inceputul primaverii</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Anul acesta, in data de 28 februarie - 1 martie, s-a sarbatorit &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holi"&gt;Holi&lt;/a&gt; in India. M-am intrebat deseori ce asemanari exista intre traditia romaneasca precrestina a martisorului si aceasta sarbatoare hindusa, care marcheaza inceputul primaverii. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anul acesta am sarbatorit si eu aceasta sarbatoare in India.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3891730184346725430-339700182774774910?l=medicayurvedic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/feeds/339700182774774910/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3891730184346725430&amp;postID=339700182774774910&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/339700182774774910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/339700182774774910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/2010/03/holi-inceputul-primaverii.html' title='Holi - inceputul primaverii'/><author><name>Dr. Eugen Ştefan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10377933939450312016</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891730184346725430.post-4998213507452628397</id><published>2009-10-16T09:07:00.004+03:00</published><updated>2009-10-16T11:38:27.390+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Divali</title><content type='html'>Ieri (15.10.09) a fost prima zi de &lt;a href="http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/2008/11/divali-sarbatoarea-luminilor.html"&gt;Divali&lt;/a&gt; de anul aceata. Medicii ayurvedici au realizat ceremonia Dhanvantari Puja in timp ce ceilalti oameni au realizat Lakshmi Puja. Ambele ceremonii se efectueaza in prima zi de Divali. Am participat la ambele ceremonii de doua ori (in cele trei dati in care am sarbatorit Divali in India), dar ieri a fost pentru prima data cand Dhanvantari Puja a fost condusa de un bun prieten al meu, Dr. Marda, in Pune. Aspectul spiritual este parte integranta a ayurveda-ei! Desi, uneori in India inca pot exista dificultati in folosirea internetului, am sa urmaresc sa mai scriu diverse de pe aici.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3891730184346725430-4998213507452628397?l=medicayurvedic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/feeds/4998213507452628397/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3891730184346725430&amp;postID=4998213507452628397&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/4998213507452628397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/4998213507452628397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/2009/10/happy-divali.html' title='Happy Divali'/><author><name>Dr. Eugen Ştefan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10377933939450312016</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891730184346725430.post-8375255693611980035</id><published>2008-12-10T20:30:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-22T20:14:35.902+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Conditia unui medic foarte bun</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;In urma cu câţiva ani, în India, am întâlnit o femeie sfântă, pe numele său Akka, pe care am întrebat-o, într-o discuţie privată, care este condiţia pentru a fi un foarte bun medic? Răspunsul ei a venit în limba engleză (deşi nu-mi vorbea în engleză, deoarece ea nu vorbea această limbă): See God each patient! (Să-l vezi pe Dumnezeu în fiecare pacient!). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Zilele trecute, prilejuit de unele fapte întâlnite în practica cea de toate zilele, m-am gândit să scriu despre acestea pe blog. Întâlnirea cu această femeie, a făcut să cadă în mine anumite prejudecăţi pe care le avusesem până atunci!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Am considerat întotdeauna că un medic care ajunge la această stare va face tot ceea ce ţine de el atunci când se află în faţa unui pacient!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3891730184346725430-8375255693611980035?l=medicayurvedic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/feeds/8375255693611980035/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3891730184346725430&amp;postID=8375255693611980035&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/8375255693611980035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/8375255693611980035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/2008/12/conditia-unui-medic-foarte-bun.html' title='Conditia unui medic foarte bun'/><author><name>Dr. Eugen Ştefan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10377933939450312016</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891730184346725430.post-4192125860040048506</id><published>2008-11-01T14:53:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2008-11-01T21:51:59.498+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Divali - Sărbătoarea Luminilor</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Pe 28 Octombrie s-a sarbatorit Divali - Sarbatoarea Luminilor, poate cea mai importantă sărbătoare în tradiţia hindusă, comparabilă (ca importanţă) cu Paştele creştin!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In materialul de mai jos este un colaj de texte in limba engleză, despre semnificaţiile acestei sărbători.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Happy Diwali! Happy New Year!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May the light of love and devotion shine brightly in your hearts&lt;br /&gt;May the light of understanding shine in your minds,&lt;br /&gt;May the light of harmony glow in your home&lt;br /&gt;May the light of service shine forth ceaselessly from your hands.&lt;br /&gt;May your presence light the lamps of love wherever you go.&lt;br /&gt;May your smile, your words and your actions be as sweet&lt;br /&gt;as the sweets of this festive season.&lt;br /&gt;May Maha Laxmi bring you the true wealth of peace, health, happiness, and &lt;br /&gt;love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The time of Diwali is one of the most festive and beautiful times of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;the year. Diwali literally means a "Row of Lights." It is a time&lt;br /&gt;filled with light and love; a time when Indians all over the world&lt;br /&gt;rejoice. Diwali is celebrated on the thirteenth/fourteenth day in the&lt;br /&gt;dark half of Kartik (October - November); it is also known as Krishna&lt;br /&gt;Chaturdashi. It is the darkest night of the darkest period, yet it is&lt;br /&gt;a celebration of light! Diwali is heralded as the triumph of good over&lt;br /&gt;evil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The meanings of Diwali, its symbols and rituals, and the reasons for&lt;br /&gt;celebration are innumerable. Diwali celebrates Lord Rama's glorious&lt;br /&gt;and long-awaited return to his Kingdom of Ayodhya after his fourteen&lt;br /&gt;long years of exile in the forests. It commemorates Lord Krishna's&lt;br /&gt;victory over the demon Narakaasura who had kidnapped and terrorized&lt;br /&gt;the gopis of Vrindavan. When the  evil Naraka was finally killed by&lt;br /&gt;Bhagwan Krishna and Satyabhaama, he begged pitifully for mercy; thus,&lt;br /&gt;upon his entreaties, it was declared that this day of his death would&lt;br /&gt;be celebrated with great joy and festivity.  It is also celebrated as&lt;br /&gt;the day Bhagwan Vishnu married Maha Lakshmi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Diwali  is also associated with the story of  the fall of Bali - a&lt;br /&gt;demon king who was conquered by Lord Vishnu. Lord Vishnu appeared to&lt;br /&gt;the demon king Bali in the form of a dwarf and requested only three&lt;br /&gt;steps of land. The evil and egotistic Bali granted the drawf's meager&lt;br /&gt;request of only  three feet. Suddenly, Lord Vishnu took on His grand&lt;br /&gt;size and placed one foot on the Earth, another on the Heavens and His&lt;br /&gt;third on the head of the evil Bali.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In general, Diwali signifies the triumph of good over evil, of&lt;br /&gt;righteousness over treachery, of truth over falsehood, and of light&lt;br /&gt;over darkness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Additionally, Diwali is the holy time in which we offer our prayers to&lt;br /&gt;Maha Lakshmi and we worship Her with piety and devotion. Maha Lakshmi&lt;br /&gt;is the goddess of wealth and prosperity, bestowing these abundantly&lt;br /&gt;upon her devotees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Diwali is a holiday of joy; it is the time when we gather with loved&lt;br /&gt;ones, celebrating our family, our friends and the prosperity God has&lt;br /&gt;bestowed upon us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However it is also a holiday that is widely misunderstood and&lt;br /&gt;misrepresented, especially in the West. I have heard that in the West&lt;br /&gt;Diwali is referred to as "The Indians' Christmas" and that it is&lt;br /&gt;celebrated  with frivolity and decadence.  Let us talk about what&lt;br /&gt;Diwali really means, about why we celebrate it and about why we&lt;br /&gt;worship Goddess Lakshmi on this day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Celebration of Light&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are three main aspects of this holiday called Diwali. The first&lt;br /&gt;is the celebration of light.  We line our homes and streets with&lt;br /&gt;lanterns; we explode fireworks; children play with sparklers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, Diwali is not a festival of light in order that we may burn&lt;br /&gt;candles, fireworks and sparklers. Sure, these are wonderful ways of&lt;br /&gt;expressing our gaiety. But, they are not the only or true meaning of&lt;br /&gt;"light."  Diwali is a festival of the light which dispels the darkness&lt;br /&gt;of our ignorance; it is a festival of the light which shows us the way&lt;br /&gt;on our journey through life.  The purpose is not to glorify the light&lt;br /&gt;of the candle, or the light of the firecracker.  The purpose is to&lt;br /&gt;glorify the light of God. It is He who bestows the real light, the&lt;br /&gt;everlasting light upon the darkness of this mundane world. A candle&lt;br /&gt;burns out. A firework is a momentary visual experience. But, the&lt;br /&gt;candle of a still mind and the fireworks of a heart filled with bhakti&lt;br /&gt;are divine and eternal; these are what we should be celebrating.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We decorate our homes with lanterns; but why? What is the symbolism&lt;br /&gt;behind that? Those lanterns signify God's light, penetrating through&lt;br /&gt;the ignorance and sin of our daily lives. They signify the divine&lt;br /&gt;light, shining its way through this mundane world. A home bathed in&lt;br /&gt;light is a home in which anger, pain, and ignorance are being&lt;br /&gt;dispelled; it is a home that is calling to God. However, too many&lt;br /&gt;people turn this into a domestic beauty contest, spending days and a&lt;br /&gt;great deal of money to purchase the newest dias, the most beautiful&lt;br /&gt;candles.  "We had 75 candles burning last night," we gloat. This is&lt;br /&gt;only the light of glamour. It is not the light of God, and thus the&lt;br /&gt;true meaning of the holiday is lost&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The light of Diwali should be within us. It should symbolize the&lt;br /&gt;personal relationship between God and our families. It should not be&lt;br /&gt;so we attract attention from passing cars, or so we are the envy of&lt;br /&gt;the neighborhood. Let the light penetrate inward, for only there will&lt;br /&gt;it have lasting benefit.  One piece of cotton soaked in ghee, lit with&lt;br /&gt;a pure heart, a conscious mind and an earnest desire to be free from&lt;br /&gt;ignorance is far "brighter" than 100 fashion deepaks, lit in simple&lt;br /&gt;unconscious revelry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Fresh Start&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Diwali also marks the new year. For some, the day of Diwali itself is&lt;br /&gt;the first day of the new year, and for others the new year's day is&lt;br /&gt;the day following Diwali. But, for all this season is one of heralding&lt;br /&gt;in the New Year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the joyous mood of this season, we clean our homes, our offices,&lt;br /&gt;our rooms, letting the light of Diwali enter all the corners of our&lt;br /&gt;lives. We begin new checkbooks, diaries and calendars.  It is a day of&lt;br /&gt;"starting fresh."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On this day we clean every room of the house; we dust every corner of&lt;br /&gt;the garage, we sweep behind bookshelves, vacuum under beds and empty&lt;br /&gt;out cabinets.  But, what about our hearts?  When was the last time we&lt;br /&gt;swept out our hearts? When did we last empty them of all the dirt and&lt;br /&gt;garbage that has accumulated throughout our lives?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That is the real cleaning we must do. That is the real meaning of&lt;br /&gt;"starting fresh." We must clean out our hearts, ridding them of&lt;br /&gt;darkness and bitterness; we must make them clean and sparkling places&lt;br /&gt;for God to live. We must be as thorough with ourselves as we are with&lt;br /&gt;our homes. Are there any dark corners in our hearts we have avoided&lt;br /&gt;for so long? Are we simply "sweeping all the dirt under the rug?" God&lt;br /&gt;sees all and knows all. He knows what is behind every wall of our&lt;br /&gt;hearts, what is swept into every corner, and what is hidden under&lt;br /&gt;every rug. Let us truly clean out our hearts; let us rid ourselves of&lt;br /&gt;the grudges, pain, and anger that clutter our ability to love freely.&lt;br /&gt;Let us empty out every nook and cranny, so that His divine light can&lt;br /&gt;shine throughout.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Additionally, on Diwali, we begin a new checkbook; we put last year's&lt;br /&gt;accounts to rest. But, what about our own balance sheets? When was the&lt;br /&gt;last time we assessed our minuses and plusses, our strengths and our&lt;br /&gt;weaknesses, our good deeds and selfish deeds? How many years' worth of&lt;br /&gt;grudges and bitterness and pain have we left unchecked?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A good businessman always checks his balance sheet: how much he spent,&lt;br /&gt;how much he earned. A good teacher always checks the progress of her&lt;br /&gt;students: how many are passing, how many are failing. And they assess&lt;br /&gt;themselves accordingly: "Am I a good businessman?" "Am I a good&lt;br /&gt;teacher?"  In the same way we must assess the balance sheets of our&lt;br /&gt;lives. Look at the last year. Where do we stand? How many people did&lt;br /&gt;we hurt? How many did we heal? How many times did we lose our temper?&lt;br /&gt;How many times did we give more than we received? Then, just as we&lt;br /&gt;give our past checkbooks and the first check of our new one to God,&lt;br /&gt;let us give all our minus and plus points to Him. He is the one&lt;br /&gt;responsible for all our good deeds. And our bad ones are due only to&lt;br /&gt;ignorance. So, let us turn everything over to Him, putting our&lt;br /&gt;strengths, our weaknesses, our wins and our losses at His holy feet.&lt;br /&gt;And then, let us start afresh, with a new book, unadulterated by old&lt;br /&gt;grudges and bitterness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maha Lakshmi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The third, and perhaps most important, aspect of Diwali is the worship&lt;br /&gt;of Maha Lakshmi. Maha Lakshmi is the goddess of wealth and prosperity,&lt;br /&gt;bestowing these abundantly upon her devotees. On Diwali we pray to her&lt;br /&gt;for prosperity; we ask her to lavish us with her blessings.  However,&lt;br /&gt;what sort of prosperity are we praying for? All too often, we infer&lt;br /&gt;wealth to mean money, possessions, material pleasures. This is NOT the&lt;br /&gt;true wealth in life; this is not what makes us prosperous. There is&lt;br /&gt;almost no correlation between the amount of money we earn, the number&lt;br /&gt;of possessions we buy and our sense of inner bliss and prosperity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is only God's presence in our lives which makes us rich. Look at&lt;br /&gt;India. People in small villages, in holy towns, in ancient cities have&lt;br /&gt;very little in terms of material possessions. Most of them live below&lt;br /&gt;the Western standards of poverty.  Yet, if you tell them they are&lt;br /&gt;poor, they won't believe you, for in their opinion they are not. This&lt;br /&gt;is because they have God at the center of their lives. Their homes may&lt;br /&gt;not have TV sets, but they all have small mandirs; the children may&lt;br /&gt;not know the words to the latest rock and roll song, but they know the&lt;br /&gt;words to Aarti; they may not have computers or fancy history text&lt;br /&gt;books, but they know the stories of the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and&lt;br /&gt;other holy scriptures; they may not begin their days with newspapers,&lt;br /&gt;but they begin with prayer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you go to these villages you may see what looks like poverty to&lt;br /&gt;you. But, if you look a little closer, you will see that these people&lt;br /&gt;have a light shining in their eyes, a glow on their faces and a song&lt;br /&gt;in their hearts that money cannot buy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Diwali, we must pray to Maha Lakshmi to bestow real prosperity upon&lt;br /&gt;us, the prosperity that brings light to our lives and sparkle to our&lt;br /&gt;eyes. We must pray for an abundance of faith, not money; we must pray&lt;br /&gt;for success in our spiritual lives, not a promotion at work; we must&lt;br /&gt;pray for the love of God, not the love of the beautiful girl (or boy)&lt;br /&gt;in our class.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is another point about Maha Lakshmi that is important. We tend&lt;br /&gt;to worship only her most prominent of aspects - that of bestowing&lt;br /&gt;prosperity upon her devotees. However, she is a multi-faceted goddess,&lt;br /&gt;filled with symbols of great importance.  As we worship her, let us&lt;br /&gt;look more deeply at her divine aspects.  First, according to our&lt;br /&gt;scriptures, she is the divine partner of Lord Vishnu. In Hindu&lt;br /&gt;tradition, there is almost always a pair - a male and a female&lt;br /&gt;manifestation of the Divine, and they play interdependent roles. In&lt;br /&gt;this way it is said that Maha Lakshmi provides Lord Vishnu with the&lt;br /&gt;wealth necessary in order to sustain life. He sustains, but through&lt;br /&gt;the wealth she provides.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Therefore, in its highest meaning, Maha Lakshmi provides wealth for&lt;br /&gt;sustenance, not for indulgence. Our material wealth and prosperity&lt;br /&gt;should only sustain us, giving us that which is necessary to preserve&lt;br /&gt;our lives.  All surplus should be used for humanitarian causes. She&lt;br /&gt;does not give wealth so that we may become fat and lazy; yet, that is&lt;br /&gt;what we tend to do with the wealth we receive. Let us remember that&lt;br /&gt;Maha Lakshmi's material wealth is meant for sustenance and&lt;br /&gt;preservation, not for luxury and decadence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Additionally, we worship Maha Lakshmi who is the divine symbol of&lt;br /&gt;purity and chastity.  Yet, in our celebration of her, we frequently&lt;br /&gt;indulge in frivolity and hedonism. How can we worship her while&lt;br /&gt;engaging in the opposite of what she represents? We must re-assess how&lt;br /&gt;we pay tribute to this holy Goddess!&lt;br /&gt;The last point I want to mention is that she is typically portrayed&lt;br /&gt;wearing red.  What does this mean? Red is the color of action, and she&lt;br /&gt;is the goddess of prosperity.  This means that in order to obtain the&lt;br /&gt;true prosperity in life, we must engage in action. Most people think&lt;br /&gt;that in order to be spiritual, or to obtain "spiritual prosperity" one&lt;br /&gt;must be sitting in lotus posture in the Himalayas.  This is not the&lt;br /&gt;only way. In the Bhagavad-Gita, Lord Krishna teaches about Karma Yoga,&lt;br /&gt;about serving God by doing your duty.  We must engage ourselves in&lt;br /&gt;active, good service; that is truly the way to be with Him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let our inner world be filled with devotion to Him, and let our outer&lt;br /&gt;performance be filled with perfect work, perfect action. I once heard&lt;br /&gt;a story about a man who spent 40 years meditating so he could walk on&lt;br /&gt;water.  He thought that if he could walk on water, then he had truly&lt;br /&gt;attained spiritual perfection. When I heard this story, I thought,&lt;br /&gt;"Why not spend 40 cents instead for a ride in the motorboat across the&lt;br /&gt;river, and spend the 40 years giving something to the world?" That is&lt;br /&gt;the real purpose of life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, on this holy day, let us fill our entire beings with the light of&lt;br /&gt;God. Let us clean out our minds and hearts, making a true "fresh&lt;br /&gt;start." Let us pray to Maha Lakshmi to bestow the divine gifts of&lt;br /&gt;faith, purity and devotion upon us.  With those, we will always be&lt;br /&gt;always rich, always prosperous, and always fulfilled.  Let us&lt;br /&gt;celebrate Diwali this year as a true "holy day," not only as another&lt;br /&gt;frivolous "holiday."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pray to the Lord Almighty to bestow health, happiness, peace and&lt;br /&gt;prosperity upon you and all your loved ones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Significance of Lighting a Lamp&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lamps lit for daily worship, rituals and festivals&lt;br /&gt;Symbolizes KNOWLEDGE, as opposed to darkness or ignorance&lt;br /&gt;Knowledge is lasting INNER wealth - lamp is lit to bow down knowledge&lt;br /&gt;as the greatest of all forms of wealth&lt;br /&gt;God is "Knowledge Principle", the source of all knowledge; thus light&lt;br /&gt;is worshipped as the Lord Himself&lt;br /&gt;Oil or ghee in lamp - our "vasanas" or negative tendencies&lt;br /&gt;Wick - the ego&lt;br /&gt;When lit by spiritual knowledge, the "vasanas' get slowly exhausted,&lt;br /&gt;and the ego too finally perishes&lt;br /&gt;Flame burns upwards Similarly, acquire knowledge so as to take us&lt;br /&gt;towards higher ideals&lt;br /&gt;A single lamp can light hundreds. Similarly a man of knowledge can&lt;br /&gt;share knowledge with others without diminishing his own knowledge&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Five days of Diwali&lt;br /&gt;Diwali is celebrated over five days in most of North India. All the days &lt;br /&gt;except Diwali are named using the designation in the Indian calendar. A &lt;br /&gt;lunar half-month is 15 days. Diwali as a new-moon day, marks the last day of &lt;br /&gt;a 15-day period.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Dhan-trayodashi or Dhan teras: Dhan means "wealth" and Trayodashi means &lt;br /&gt;"13th day". Thus, as the name implies, this day falls on the 13th day of the &lt;br /&gt;second half of the lunar month. It is an auspicious day for shopping. On &lt;br /&gt;this day all ayurveda people worship Lord Dhanvantari (God of Ayurveda).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Naraka Chaturdasi: Chaturdasi is the fourteenth day on which demon &lt;br /&gt;Narakasura was killed. It signifies the victory of good over evil and light &lt;br /&gt;over darkness (Gujarati: Kali Chaudas). In the evening, lamps are lit and &lt;br /&gt;Goddess Lakshmi is worshipped and offered special dishes. This being a no &lt;br /&gt;moon day, many will offer special tarpana (offerings of water and sesame &lt;br /&gt;seeds) to their ancestors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) Diwali: the actual day of Diwali, is celebrated on the third day of the &lt;br /&gt;festival, when the moon completely wanes and total darkness sets in the &lt;br /&gt;night sky.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) New Year, begining of the new year according to hindu claender. Govardhan &lt;br /&gt;Puja or also called Annakut, is celebrated on this day as the day Krishna &lt;br /&gt;defeated Indra.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) Bhayiduj (also Bhayyaduj, Bhaubeej or Bhayitika) - on this day, brothers &lt;br /&gt;and sisters meet to express their love and affection for each other &lt;br /&gt;(Gujarati: Bhai Bij, Bengali: Bhai Phota). Most Indian festivals bring &lt;br /&gt;together families, Bhaiduj brings together married sisters and brothers, and &lt;br /&gt;is a significant festive day for them.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3891730184346725430-4192125860040048506?l=medicayurvedic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/feeds/4192125860040048506/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3891730184346725430&amp;postID=4192125860040048506&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/4192125860040048506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/4192125860040048506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/2008/11/divali-sarbatoarea-luminilor.html' title='Divali - Sărbătoarea Luminilor'/><author><name>Dr. Eugen Ştefan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10377933939450312016</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891730184346725430.post-6157822212274153815</id><published>2008-09-26T21:12:00.006+03:00</published><updated>2008-09-26T21:33:11.277+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Printre altele ...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;A trecut şi această vară ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Dincolo de munca intensă am fost şi în vacanţă! Atât una cât şi cealaltă mi-au prilejuit destule subiecte de reflecţie ... mai ales munca cu pacienţii.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Dintre cele ce am mai citit, un articol de pe un alt blog mi-a suscitat interesul. Il găsiţi &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://ityalam.blogspot.com/2008/06/transferul-contiinei-ntr-un-tratat.html"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;aici&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Un alt lucru important este apariţia &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.romania-ayurveda.ro/"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;site-ului&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt; Societăţii de Medicină Ayurvedică din România (SMAR), &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.romania-ayurveda.ro/"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;site&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt; pe care l-am trecut la linkuri. Cu o altă ocazie poate voi face un comentariu la semnificaţia sanscrită a cuvântului care este acronimul numelui societăţii SMAR.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Câteva lucruri pe care aş dori sa le ridic în discuţie pe viitor ar fi cele legate de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="  "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="  "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;rasaśāstra&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt; ... disciplină în care am avut ocazia sa fiu iniţiat atât teoretic cât şi practic!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Sper ca perioada următoare, care deşi se anunţă ca una foarte aglomerată, sa-mi permită să scriu mai mult.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3891730184346725430-6157822212274153815?l=medicayurvedic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/feeds/6157822212274153815/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3891730184346725430&amp;postID=6157822212274153815&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/6157822212274153815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/6157822212274153815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/2008/09/printre-altele.html' title='Printre altele ...'/><author><name>Dr. Eugen Ştefan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10377933939450312016</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891730184346725430.post-2673561949974391876</id><published>2008-06-28T18:40:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-14T22:40:47.553+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Atributele medicului</title><content type='html'>Cineva punea problema, într-un comentariu anterior, de a recunoaşte un medic bun, pentru a nu ajunge în situaţia de a consulta mai mulţi medici şi fiecare să aibă opinii diferite asupra diagnosticului şi / sau a tratamentului.&lt;br /&gt;Tradiţia ayurvedică ne prezintă şi calităţile pe care trebuie sa le îndeplinească un medic veritabil:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;दक्षस् तीर्थात्तशास्त्रार्थो दृष्टकर्मा शुचिर् भिषक्।&lt;br /&gt;dakṣas tīrthāttaśāstrārtho dṛṣṭakarmā śucir bhiṣak&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medicul trebuie să fie eficient (să acţioneze rapid şi cu eficacitate), să fi învăţat ştiinţa (cu tot ceea ce implică aceasta) de la un învăţător, să aibă experienţă practică (să fi experimentat terapiile) şi să fie pur ((la minte, vorbă şi corp).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cum poate un pacient să evalueze aceste aspecte, mai ales că astăzi criteriile de evaluare şi alegere ale unui medic (de către un pacient) conduc de multe ori la situaţii în care pacientul este nevoit să consulte şi alţi medici?&lt;br /&gt;Am sesizat de multe ori pacienţi care înclină să aleagă medicul în funcţie de criterii academice, de genul titlurilor sale academice şi ştiinţifice, după numărul cursurilor şi a conferinţelor la care a participat, după numărul articolelor şi cărţilor publicate sau după prezenţa sa pe internet. Dar oare toate acestea nu cumva arată faptul că acest tip de medic este deţinătorul unei cunoaşteri (cel mult) academice şi deficitar la cunoaşterea practică … ţinând cont că pentru a face acele lucruri este nevoit să aloce mai puţin timp pacienţilor?&lt;br /&gt;Oare cum ar fi bine pentru un pacient să se orienteze în alegerea medicului, ţinând cont atât de acele prescripţii ayurvedice, cât şi de condiţiile societăţii actuale?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3891730184346725430-2673561949974391876?l=medicayurvedic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/feeds/2673561949974391876/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3891730184346725430&amp;postID=2673561949974391876&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/2673561949974391876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/2673561949974391876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/2008/06/atributele-medicului.html' title='Atributele medicului'/><author><name>Dr. Eugen Ştefan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10377933939450312016</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891730184346725430.post-320305695876561142</id><published>2008-06-09T21:26:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2008-06-10T18:58:48.193+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Atributele pacientului</title><content type='html'>În textele ayurvedice se afirmă că în succesul (sau insuccesul) unui tratament sunt implicaţi patru factori majori: medicul, agentul terapeutic, asistentul (sau însoţitorul pacientului) şi pacientul.&lt;br /&gt;În destule situaţii, în practică, însoţitorul pacientului este chiar pacientul, mai ales dacă acesta este singur! În alte situaţii familia sau anturajul reprezintă această componentă ... de multe ori în sens negativ, de ne-susţinere, ne-suport pentru pacient.&lt;br /&gt;Textele afirmă că pacientul trebuie să fie prosper (să fie înzestrat cu cele necesare pentru tratament), să fie ascultător faţă de medic, să aibă o memorie bună şi să aibă voinţă (pentru a urma tratamentele!).&lt;br /&gt;आढ्यो रोगी भिषग्वश्यो ज्ञापकः सत्त्ववान् अपि॥२९॥&lt;br /&gt;āḍhyo rogī bhiṣagvaśyo jñāpakaḥ sattvavān api 29&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;În altă parte se menţionează că medicul nu ar trebui să trateze un pacient împotriva căruia are resentimente, care se urăşte pe sine, care nu este înzestrat cu cele necesare pentru tratament, &lt;em&gt;care acordă mai multă atenţie altor activităţi decât tratamentului, pe cel neascultător (&lt;/em&gt;faţă de medic), pe cel a cărui viaţă se apropie de final, pe cel cu minte diabolică, pe cel plin de mânie sau teamă, pe cel nerecunoscător sau &lt;em&gt;care se crede el însuşi terapeut cu drept de a decide asupra medicamentelor, terapiei, regimului de viaţă, etc.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;त्यजेदार्तं भिषग्भूपैर् द्विष्टं तेषां द्विषं द्विषं।&lt;br /&gt;हीनोपकरणं व्यग्रमविधेयं गतायुषम्॥३४॥&lt;br /&gt;चण्डं शिकातुरं भीरुं कृतघ्नं वैद्यमानिनम्।&lt;br /&gt;tyajedārtaṁ bhiṣagbhūpair dviṣṭaṁ teṣāṁ dviṣaṁ dviṣaṁ&lt;br /&gt;hīnopakaraṇaṁ vyagramavidheyaṁ gatāyuṣam 34&lt;br /&gt;caṇḍaṁ śikāturaṁ bhīruṁ kṛtaghnaṁ vaidyamāninam&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Am subliniat acele pasaje deoarece astăzi întâlnim din ce în ce mai mulţi pacienţi care prezintă aceste probleme. De multe ori pacienţii îşi risipesc energia într-un fals studiu despre condiţia lor, citind sau căutând pe internet tot felul de articole, etc., dar fără a face ceva efectiv, sau fără a avea consecvenţa de a urma un tratament anume pe motivul că nu-l înţeleg!&lt;br /&gt;Am adus aceste lucruri în discuţie deoarece este dificil de a respinge pacienţii, mai ales în situaţia când ei se agaţă de terapeut ca ultima instanţă, ca un punct de sprijin pe care vor să-l păstreze acolo pentru orice eventualitate!&lt;br /&gt;Oare cum e bine de a proceda în astfel de situaţii?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3891730184346725430-320305695876561142?l=medicayurvedic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/feeds/320305695876561142/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3891730184346725430&amp;postID=320305695876561142&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/320305695876561142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/320305695876561142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/2008/06/atributele-pacientului.html' title='Atributele pacientului'/><author><name>Dr. Eugen Ştefan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10377933939450312016</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891730184346725430.post-6824755781206512569</id><published>2008-05-28T21:00:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2008-06-10T22:45:43.070+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Etica ayurvedica</title><content type='html'>Revin la acest subiect tratat pe larg in tratatele tradiţionale! Este drept că tratatele tradiţionale nu sunt extrem de organizate cu privire la această topică şi etica este tratată în cadrul aceluiaşi tratat în capitole diferite!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se spune că există trei stâlpi ai vieţii (de zi cu zi!): hrana, somnul şi controlul energiei creatoare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;आहारशयनाब्रह्मचर्यैर्युक्त्या प्रयोजितैः।&lt;br /&gt;शरीरं धार्यते नित्यमागारमिव धारणैः॥५२॥&lt;br /&gt;āhāraśayanābrahmacaryairyuktyā prayojitaiḥ&lt;br /&gt;śarīraṁ dhāryate nityamāgāramiva dhāraṇaiḥ 52*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aici textul este interpretat diferit de comentatori, mai ales în ceea ce priveşte cel de-al treilea stâlp. Se discută fie de „brahmacarya”, fie de „abrahmacarya”, adică de abstinenţă sau de activitate sexuală. Ţinând cont că ayurveda se adresează în special oamenilor obişnuiţi, nu cred că acolo textul se referă la abstinenţă, ci mai degrabă la realizarea judicioasă a activităţii sexuale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Din punct de vedere medical, practic, întotdeauna este nevoie ca la un pacient să ne interesăm de toate aceste trei aspecte ale vieţii! Din punct de vedere etic, dacă despre hrană (digestie) şi somn e uşor să punem întrebări unui pacient, cât priveşte cel de-al treilea aspect ... e mai dificil uneori, mai ales că este interpretabil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Am să extrag câteva recomadări din tratate, în zilele următoare!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*A.H. I.7.52&lt;br /&gt;traducerea: Alimentele, somnul şi activitatea sexuală corect (judicios) folosite, susţin corpul precum stâlpii [care susţin] casa.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3891730184346725430-6824755781206512569?l=medicayurvedic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/feeds/6824755781206512569/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3891730184346725430&amp;postID=6824755781206512569&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/6824755781206512569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/6824755781206512569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/2008/05/etica-ayurvedica.html' title='Etica ayurvedica'/><author><name>Dr. Eugen Ştefan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10377933939450312016</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891730184346725430.post-189425723103794089</id><published>2008-05-19T22:32:00.007+03:00</published><updated>2008-05-20T15:01:26.962+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Scopurile vieţii</title><content type='html'>āyurveda, ca ştiinţă a vieţii nu se ocupă doar de abordarea medicală a vieţii, ci de mult mai mult, aşa cum denumirea o reflectă.&lt;br /&gt;În tratatele ayurvedice există o dezbatere privitoare la rolul ayurvedei în viaţa oamenilor. Întrebarea care se pune este de ce este necesară ayurveda oamenilor?&lt;br /&gt;Răspuns: pentru a oferi oamenilor mijlocul prin care să aibă o viaţă lungă şi sănătoasă!&lt;br /&gt;Întrebarea care se naşte: de ce au oamenii nevoie de o viaţă lungă şi sănătoasă?&lt;br /&gt;Răspuns: pentru ca să aibă timp şi condiţii pentru a îndeplini scopurile vieţii!&lt;br /&gt;Şi atunci, care sunt aceste scopuri ale vieţii?&lt;br /&gt;Tratatele indiene discută despre scopurile şi obiectivele vieţii (puruṣārtha) reunite în patru (majoritatea) sau în trei (unele), respectiv dharma (regulile), artha (prosperitatea), kāma (împlinirea dorinţelor), mokṣa (eliberarea spirituală). Ultimele două sunt grupate uneori sub denumirea de sukha (fericirea). Pentru primele trei au fost prescrise diverse modalităţi de realizare în tratate sau discipline de specialitate, respectiv în dharma śastra, artha śastra şi se spune că e existat chiar şi o kāma śastra, astăzi necunoscută!&lt;br /&gt;Există o necesitate de dobândire sau realizare graduală a acestora, iar ordinea în care sunt enumerate denotă şi acest aspect. Respectiv se poate dobândi prosperitatea cu condiţia împlinirii dharma, sau se pot împlini dorinţele dacă se respectă dharma şi există şi mijloacele materiale necesare împlinirii lor!&lt;br /&gt;Eliberarea de dorinţe, condiţie pentru dobândirea eliberării spirituale, se obţine prin transcenderea lor, iar în acest proces e nevoie de multe ori de a fi împlinite acele dorinţe!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Multe texte discută dacă aceste scopuri şi obiective se aplică tuturor categoriilor de oameni! De exemplu călugării. Au ei nevoie de prosperitate şi împlinirea dorinţelor? O întrebare la care vă invit să răspundeţi!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Şi iată şi referinţa textuală:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;आयुः कामयमानेन धर्मार्थसुख साधनम्।&lt;br /&gt;आयुर्वेदोपदेशोयु विधेयः परम् आधरः॥२॥&lt;br /&gt;āyuḥ kāmayamānena dharmārthasukha sādhanam&lt;br /&gt;āyurvedopadeśoyu vidheyaḥ param ādharaḥ 2&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3891730184346725430-189425723103794089?l=medicayurvedic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/feeds/189425723103794089/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3891730184346725430&amp;postID=189425723103794089&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/189425723103794089'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/189425723103794089'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/2008/05/scopurile-vieii.html' title='Scopurile vieţii'/><author><name>Dr. Eugen Ştefan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10377933939450312016</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891730184346725430.post-5428570200095956506</id><published>2008-05-18T21:31:00.006+03:00</published><updated>2008-05-20T07:34:01.048+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Morala şi etica ayurvedică: Cele zece păcate fundamentale!</title><content type='html'>În textele ayurvedice sunt prescrise diverse reguli de conduită, atât etică cât şi morală!&lt;br /&gt;Un exemplu este Aṣṭāṅga hṛdayam, sūtrasthāna, capitolul 2:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;हिंसास्तेयान्यथाकामं पैशुन्यं परुषानृते॥२१॥&lt;br /&gt;संभिन्नालापं व्यापादमभिध्यां दृग्विपर्ययम्।&lt;br /&gt;पापंकर्मेति दशधाकायवाङ्मानसैस्त्यजेत्॥२२॥&lt;br /&gt;hiṁsāsteyānyathākāmaṁ paiśunyaṁ paruṣānṛte 21&lt;br /&gt;saṁbhinnālāpaṁ vyāpādam abhidhyāṁ dṛgviparyayam&lt;br /&gt;pāpaṁkarmeti daśadhā kāyavāṅmānasaistyajet 22&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adică: violenţa (hiṁsā), furtul (steya), activitatea sexuală nenaturală (anyathākāma), vorbirea aspră, calomnioasă (paiśunya), vorbirea abuzivă (paruṣa), vorbirea neadevărată (anṛta), vorba lungă, fără relevanţă (saṁbhinnālāpa), intenţia de a produce rău (vyāpāda), ura faţă de binele celuilalt (abhidhyā), viziunea perversă, credinţa greşită (dṛg viparyaya), aceste zece păcate (acţiuni păcătoase), care se desfăşoară prin corp, vorbire şi minte, trebuie evitate!&lt;div 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păcate fundamentale!'/><author><name>Dr. Eugen Ştefan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10377933939450312016</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891730184346725430.post-6047665624055619114</id><published>2008-05-17T23:53:00.004+03:00</published><updated>2008-05-18T10:35:53.524+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Creşterea lui majja</title><content type='html'>Probabil că ar fi trebuit să încep cu un post în care să spun ce este ayurveda ... etc., dar poate că am să reiau asta cu altă ocazie ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Căutând ceva prin anumite texte ayurvedice, mi-au picat ochii pe un pasaj din Aṣṭāṅga hṛdayam, din prima secţiune (sūtrasthāna) din capitolul 11 (doṣādi vijñanīyam), respectiv:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;मज्जा नेत्राङ्गगौरवम्॥११॥&lt;br /&gt;पर्वसु स्थूलमूलानि कुर्यात्कृच्छ्राण्यरूंषि च।&lt;br /&gt;majjā netrāṅgagauravam11&lt;br /&gt;parvasu sthūlamūlāni kuryātkṛcchrāṇyarūṁṣi ca&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;care într-o traducere aproximativă si adaptată ar suna cam aşa: „Majja (măduva) [atunci când creşte] produce greutate în ochi şi părţile (corpului?), creşterea mărimii articulaţiilor şi ulcere (răni, escare) care sunt dificil de vindecat.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;deci ... s-o luăm cu începutul: netrāṅga se traduce prin „părţile ochilor” sau „ochi şi (alte) părţi (ale corpului)”?&lt;br /&gt;„sthūlamūlāni” se referă doar la articulaţiile mari, cele care unesc membrele de trunchi?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oare cum e corect?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3891730184346725430-6047665624055619114?l=medicayurvedic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/feeds/6047665624055619114/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3891730184346725430&amp;postID=6047665624055619114&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/6047665624055619114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/6047665624055619114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/2008/05/creterea-lui-majja.html' title='Creşterea lui majja'/><author><name>Dr. Eugen Ştefan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10377933939450312016</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891730184346725430.post-6756608621199219182</id><published>2008-05-17T12:17:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2008-05-17T12:24:46.140+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Surprize .... surprize ...</title><content type='html'>Da ... pot spune asta ...&lt;br /&gt;Am avut surpriza să găsesc printre CD-urile (şi DVD-urile) mele, la o căutare de rutină a altceva, unul pe care scria SANSKRIT!&lt;br /&gt;Probabil că mi-l dăruise cineva cu o anumită ocazie! Acum l-am pus în unitate şi ... surpriză: o întreagă colecţie de lucrări de sanscrită, astrologie, chiromanţie şi medicină indiană. Programe de jyotish şi lucrări de sanscrită, atât texte, cât şi manuale şi gramatici!&lt;br /&gt;Stau şi mă tot întreb de unde l-am primit? Am câţiva potenţiali prieteni care ar fi putut să mi-l facă cadou ... dar nu am identificat încă cine este!&lt;br /&gt;Mulţumesc pentru acest cadou, mai ales că el vine exact a doua zi după crearea acestui blog!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3891730184346725430-6756608621199219182?l=medicayurvedic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/feeds/6756608621199219182/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3891730184346725430&amp;postID=6756608621199219182&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/6756608621199219182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/6756608621199219182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/2008/05/surprize-surprize.html' title='Surprize .... surprize ...'/><author><name>Dr. Eugen Ştefan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10377933939450312016</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891730184346725430.post-4175467813861297582</id><published>2008-05-16T22:00:00.005+03:00</published><updated>2008-05-16T22:47:51.457+03:00</updated><title type='text'>De ce acest blog?</title><content type='html'>Chiar aşa! De ce  acest blog?&lt;br /&gt;Pentru că am vizualizat alte câteva bloguri ale unor sanscritologi şi tibetologi (de la Oxford) care au fost inspiratoare şi pentru că aveam nevoie de un alt fel de comunicare şi împărtăşire a ideilor. Am stat chiar şi pe gânduri dacă limba română este cea mai potrivită pentru acest blog. Voi alege pe parcurs dacă anumite gânduri să le scriu în engleză sau chiar şi în alte limbi. &lt;br /&gt;Ce intentionez să apară pe acest blog?&lt;br /&gt;Dincolo de a fi un jurnal care să înregistreze unele dintre activităţile pe care le desfăşor, aş dori să fie preambulul unor texte care să fie discutate şi apoi aduse într-o formă inspiratoare pentru cei interesaţi! Desigur că mă refer la texte ayurvedice! &lt;br /&gt;De altfel acest blog va fi centrat pe ayurveda atât ca teorie, cât şi ca practică.&lt;br /&gt;Sper să fie util tuturor celor care accesează şi citesc acest blog!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3891730184346725430-4175467813861297582?l=medicayurvedic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/feeds/4175467813861297582/comments/default' title='Postare comentarii'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3891730184346725430&amp;postID=4175467813861297582&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 comentarii'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/4175467813861297582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3891730184346725430/posts/default/4175467813861297582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medicayurvedic.blogspot.com/2008/05/de-ce-un-blog.html' title='De ce acest blog?'/><author><name>Dr. Eugen Ştefan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10377933939450312016</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
