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Ayurvedic Approach to Sustainable Development - Yogendra Bhardwaj, Hari Ram Mishra, Bal Ram Singh
Sustainability is the crux of Ayurvedic life principles, which as the first principle of practice, considers balance among the vāta, pitta, and kapha tridośa-s. The key to this balance is triguṇa-s – the sattva, rajas, and tamas- features of mind or psyche, which connects life to jñānendriya-s (sense organs), karmendriya-s (organs of actions), and tanmātra-s (primary elements). The fundamental basis of jñānendriya-s, karmendriya-s, and tanmātra-s rests with pañcamahābhūtas (ākāśa, vāyu, agni, āpah, and pṛthivĩ) or five elements (ether, air, fire, water, and earth). These five elements are also the origin of the entire cosmos, which.....
