Health and Healing Mantras (From Rig Veda and Atharvaveda)

Health and Healing Mantras (From Rig Veda and Atharvaveda)

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Book Specification

Item Code: NAF092
Author: R. L. Kashyap
Publisher: Sri Aurobindo Kapali Sastry Institute of Vedic Culture
Language: English
Edition: 2018
ISBN: 9788177741072
Pages: 118
Cover: Paperback
Other Details 8.5 inch X 5.5 inch
Weight 130 gm

Book Description

About the author

Dr. R.L. Kashyap is Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana in USA. He had his Master’s degree from Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru and obtained Ph.D. from Harvard University. He is the recipient of many International awards. In 2003 he has received ‘Vedanga Vidvan’ award instituted by Maharshi Sandipani Vedavidya Pratishthan (Ujjain), an autonomous body of HRD, Govt. of India. He has received Karnataka State Award for the year 2012.

He has authored more than 350 research articles of which 220 are published in scholarly journals and the rest were presented at conferences. He has guided above 50 doctoral students.

He has written extensively on Veda. Some of his widely read books on Veda are : ‘Rig Veda Samhita’ – (12 Volumes), ‘Yajur Veda’ (4 Volumes), Sama Veda’ (2 Volumes), ‘Atharva Veda’ (6 Volumes), ‘Why Read Rig Veda’, ‘Rudra Mantra-s’, ‘Essential of Rig Veda’, ‘Essentials of Yajur Veda’, ‘Essentials of Sama Veda’, ‘Work, Enjoyment & Progress’.

Note to the Reader

This book gives the mantra-s and the associated healing remedies, available in Rig Veda Samhita and Atharva Veda samhita. This book having 27 chapters is in 4 sections.

Section I having 3 chapters gives the overviews. The first chapter delineates some issues connected with Holistic health. Moderns views health as a condition to be free of diseases which are assumed to originate with microorganisms like virus or bacteria. Since there are billions of virus or bacteria, our natural state is implicitly assumed to be one of disease. The vedic sages assumed that health is our natural state, which can be maintained with some care. Of course they were aware of various types of diseases. They suggested not only herbal remedies but also the sonic therapy, i.e. the chanting and hearing of the mantra-s in the Veda Samhita-s. Of course, the role of faith or shraddha is very important, as described in chapter 3.

The section II having 15 chapters gives the healing mantra-s associated with various cosmic powers such as the Sun, Prana (vata, or wind), Waters, Rudra or Shiva, Soma, Ashvins etc. There are mantra-s useful in specific cases like childbirth, the onset of sleep etc.

Section III having 3 chapters mentions some alternative therapies like the use of mani or amulets, Agni-hotra and the Japanese healing method Reiki, all of which use mantra-s. The extensive uses of Agnihotra to purify the environment in Europe are detailed in books such as ‘Secrets of the Soil’ by Tompkins and Bird.

Section IV having 6 chapters discusses some related topics such as rejuvenation, trees and herbs, the recovery of persons near death and some traditional and nontraditional clues for being healthy. The important point is that miracles can be performed by ordinary persons by having intense faith.

The last chapter gives the goal of all the vedic sages namely all-sided perfection. We should achieve perfection not only with the body and physical things, but also with psychological aspects such as good and cheerful speech and creativity in all aspects of work one does. It is also called as divinizing life.

Life is viewed as an upward journey from one level of perfection to the next higher level of perfection.

The Sakshi book entitled, ‘Rig Veda Samhita’, having only the text of all Rig Veda mantra-s has a section giving the remedies for many problems, suggested in the book ‘Rig Vidhana’. There have been persistent requests for a book on healing with more details. This books is the result.

Contents

i Note to the Reader v
ii Abbreviations vii
I. Overviews
1 How to Maintain Holistic Health 1
2 Mantra and its power 9
3 Faith or Shraddha 12
II. Waters, Sun and Other Healers
4 Sun as the Healer 16
5 Prana (Life-energy) as Healer 19
6 Waters as Healer 23
7 Rudra as Healer 31
8 Maruts 37
9 Soma - The Delight of Existence 39
10 Ashvins - The Lords of Bliss 42
11 Aditya-s - The Divine Protectors 45
12 Agni - The Eradication of Ignorance & Sin 48
13 All-gods as Healers 51
14 Child birth 54
15 Avoiding Miscarriage 56
16 Diseases of the Eye 58
17 Sleep 60
18 Long Life-span and Health Longevity 62
III. Alternative Healing Methods
19 Mani-w for Protection and Prosperity 67
20 Reiki 72
21 Agnihotra 75
IV. Some Related Topics
22 The Lotuses (or chakra-s) 77
23 Persons near death: Recovery 79
24 Rejuvenation 82
25 Healing Herbs and Trees 85
26 Clues for Maintaining Health 87
27 Achieving All-sided Perfection 90
Appendices
1 Transliteration Scheme 98
2 Subject Index 100

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