Hinduism - Buddhism Namaste

1. Hinduism - BuddhismNamaste Folk Healing

2. Objectives • Describe and discuss the core beliefs behind Hinduism, Buddhism • East Indian Folk healing practices • Explore the health practices of traditional Hindu medicine • Participate in an introduction to Yoga

3. Asian Indians, South Asians • India • Pakistan • Bangladesh • Sri Lanka • Nepal • Cambodia • Thailand • China • 1.678 million people on the 2000 census • Hinduism, Buddhists, Islam,Christian, Zoastrisan

4. Hindu Culture • 4000 to 2500BCE • People have three legitimate goals of life • Health, wealth, self knowledge • Nothing is gained by repressing desires • People strive for joy, knowledge and being

5. Four Goals • Pleasure, seek it intelligently-short vs. Long range results • Worldly success, wealth, fame & power • Social, relationships • Earthly gains, greed • Joy, the opposite of boredom and frustration • If the EGO had no expectations there would be no pain • Beyond self • In as much as you do to the least of these you do to me • Attachment to the whole of creation

6. Religion, Sacred writings Vedas, Upanishads - sutras • Sanskrit - ancient Indo-Aryan (noble) language • From poly theism to monist God • Time, cyclic • Four ages, 4000,3000,2000, 1000, years preceded by dawn and twilight, 12,000 years the world decreases in morality and religion then is recreated • Equals one age 1000 ages equal a day of Brahma the creator

7. Dharma- that which holds • The entire creation is held together and sustained by the All-powerful Laws of God. • Practice of Dharma, therefore, means recognition of this Law and abidance by it. • Dharma is the principle of righteousness. It is the principle of holiness. It is also the principle of unity

8. Brahman represents the Supreme Reality for Hindus • Personal and impersonal • Shiva – god of destruction • Vishnu – preserver god • Sacred triune nature of God

9. Karma • Residue of any action • Two kinds • Current this life • Brought in from a previous life • Family, genetics? • Due unto others, The sins of the fathers • Unfulfilled desire causes rebirth

10. Samsara The Transient World Reality As YouExperience It The Cycle of Birth and Rebirth

11. Rebirth • Reincarnation, you return to the physical world from the spiritual world to work out your collected Karma.

12. Varna (veil, color of human energy • three thousand years this system of determining natural aptitude has degenerated into the caste system • 4 levels of society, r/t spiritual development • Brahmans, teachers • Ksatryas, aristocrats, soldiers • Vaisyas, business, traders • Sudras, servants • Birth groups • Dalit, untouchables

13. There Is a Difference Between Chronological Age and Psychological Age • The aim of life is to pass beyond imperfection. • This cannot happen in one 70 year life span.

14. Four Ashrams – phases to living • In Vedic times, human life was regarded as eighty-four years, consisting of four sections of twenty-one years each. • Youth/learning - discipline, guidance • Householder - have children/family, working and fulfilling duties to society • Hermitage - contemplation and for guiding society • Isolation - elder full of wisdom, renounce all the outer goals of life, teacher of the spiritual knowledge and no longer partakes in social or political concerns

15. Rituals • Man must marry • Ancestors, stage of development • House holder rituals • 5 sacrifices, offerings of food (rice) , prayer, time • Respect to god, ancestors, spirits, outcasts, men • Before birth for procreation, birth of a son, health of fetus • Death Cremation

16. Buddhism • 6th Century India - Scripture • Major Scriptures : The Tripitaka, Anguttra-Nikaya, Dhammapada, Sutta-Nipata, Samyutta-Nikaya • The Awakened one • Siddhartha, Gotama, Buddha

17. Buddha never preached a belief in god • Rejects ritualistic aspects of the Vedas, but does not deny the higher teachings of the Upanishads. Rejects caste system. • Believes in theory of karma and rebirth, but holds that an atman (individual spirit) does not transmigrate from one birth to another. • Holds that Self and World are both illusions • Four Noble Truths, the Twelve Causes, the Three Seals of the Dharma, the Eightfold Path, and the Six Perfections

18. 3 Seals of The law • Everything in the universe related, nothing is isolated • Cause and condition • Primary action + condition = effect , recompense • Impermanent • Only the truth is unchangeable • Harmony – earth around the sun

19. Four holy truths • All mortal existence is evil/imperfect, filled with suffering • Humans want to control the environment (desire) pleasure • Stop desire/seeking stop imperfection/evil, • The way is to follow Buddha's life, 8 fold path

20. Right understanding Right thought Right speech Right bodily action Right livelihood Right moral effort Right Mindfulness Right concentration Faith Wisdom Morality Meditation 8 Fold Path

21. Hinduism and Healing

22. Salvation Vs. Liberation • Devine intervention ? • Liberation • Action • Devotion • Knowledge • Separation of soul from matter • Sick role • Role of the victim • Self Determination

23. Ayurveda To Maintain the Health of Healthy People. To Cure the Diseases of Sick People

24. Ayurveda Teaches That the Source of All Existence Is Spirit, or Absolute Pure Consciousness, Manifested As Male (Purusha or Shiva) and Female (Prakriti or Shakti) Energies.

25. The Literal Meaning of Ayurveda Ayu Means Life and Veda Means Knowledge or Science. http://www.holisticonline.com/ayurveda/ayv-basis-uniqueness.htm

26. VedasAre Ancient Books of Knowledge, or Science, From India. • Vedas are the oldest available classics of the world. 1500-1200 BC written form. • They contain practical and scientific information on various subjects beneficial to the humanity like health, philosophy, engineering, astrology..

27. Cosmic Energy of Creation Is Called Prana • All living things carry energy signatures • Animals • People • Actions • Foods • Experiences • Ideas

28. Cakras or Chakras • 6-9 centers in the body from head to toe • Energy is stimulated with various activities • Food to support, stimulate charka • Color to stimulate various charka

29. Chakras • Chakra 1, Sacral = RedThis chakra is the grounding force that allows us to connect to the earth energies. • Chakra 2, Sacral = OrangeA well-functioning second chakra helps one to maintain a healthy yin-yang existence. • Chakra 3, Solar Plexus = YellowThis intuitive chakra is where we get our "gut instincts" that signal us to do or not to do something.

30. Chakra 4, Heart = GreenPhysical illnesses brought about by heartbreak require that an emotional healing occur along with the physical healing. • Chakra 5, Throat = Sky BlueThe healthfulness of the fifth chakra is in relation to how honestly one expresses himself/herself. • Chakra 6, Third Eye = IndigoAchieving the art of detachment beyond"small mindedness" is accomplished through developing impersonal intuitive reasoning. • Chakra 7, Crown = Violet/WhiteThis chakra is often pictured as a lotus flower opening to allow spiritual awakening in an individual

31.                                .                               . Concept of Tridosha • 5 elements • Space or Akasha • Air or Vayu • Fire or Tejas • Water or Apa • Earth or Prithvi • Three humors - doshas • Elements Composing The Tridosha Vata: Space (Akasha) and Air (Vayu)Pitta: Fire (Tejas) and Water (Apa)Kapha: Water (Apa) and Earth (Prithvi)

32. The physical body • 7 dhatus(tissues), blood, plasma, fat, muscle, bone, nerve, and reproductive • 3 malas(wastes), feces, urine and sweat; and agni, the energy of metabolism.

33. Ether-mind, sound, emotion Air- breath, touch, intellect Fire-digestion, form, mind Water-excretion, taste, prana Earth-reproduction, smell, body Symbols of the Five Elements

34. Mixing Energy Signatures • The five elements are in dynamic motion • Mind changed by thoughts that can effect the body • Body effected by food and movement • Spirit effected by spiritual practice

35. Personal Health • Determine one’s elemental constitution • Dosha, Keep it in balance • Learn the causes of illness for your dosha • Apply therapeutic elements to return balance to dosha • http://ayurvedahc.com/aytest.htm • http://www.internethealthlibrary.com/sq/ayurvedic-assess.htm

36. Physical Health • A balance of the doshas according to the type of person (genetics) • Each of us is born with a unique nature or Prakriti • Ojas is life energy

37. Evolution of an illness, Four disease conditions • Easily Healed- recent onset, one dosha • Difficult but possible- surgery, two dosha • Controllable- can effect symptoms only • Unable to heal – fatal signs, loss of a sensory organ

38. Three Kinds of Disease • Present life – can correct • Past life – treat symptoms, may not be able to cure • Combination

39. Ojas can be depleted through mental and physical factors. • Emotional; anger, fear, sorrow and worry • physical ; loss of nourishment, intake of unsuitable foods, old age and excessive physical activity

40. Physical States: • Excess Vata -dry skin, constipation, insomnia • Excess Pitta - heart burn, acne, ulcers • Excess Kapha -obesity, respiratory congestion

41. Causes of Disease • Loss of faith in the Devine • When we do not see god in all things including themselves we create a gap • The gap results in longing and suffering spiritual, mental then physical. • External aspects of health include • Time of day, seasons, diet, karma, and lifestyle

42. Illness • All causative factors of disease internal or external directly or indirectly create an imbalance [ increase or decrease ] in these doshas first and only then do the symptoms of the disease manifest. The causative factors can be the food, life style or other activities. All these factors are affecting one, two or all the three doshas.

43. Imbalance in Emotional States • Excessive: caused by • Vata humor - excessive fears and anxieties • Pitta dosha - anger and aggression • Kapha humor- emotional clinging or possessiveness and general lethargic attitudes

44. Daily Cycles • Two peaks per day • Kapha -6-10 am/pm • Pitta - 10-2 am/pm • Vata - 2-6 am/pm • Best times to eat • Pitta - digestion: 10-2pm

45. Diagnosis • Pulse Diagnosis • Tongue Diagnosis • Facial Diagnosis • Lip Diagnosis (OSTHA) • Nail Diagnosis • Eye Diagnosis

46. Treatments • Mind, body or spiritual practice to return dosha balance. • Ayurveda uses life style, diet, herbs, aroma therapy, color therapy, cleansing techniques, hatha yoga and meditation to balance the three doshas according to our individual constitution.

47. Eight Branches Of Ayurveda • Internal medicine • Ear nose throat • Toxicology • Pediatrics • Surgery • Psychiatry • Aphrodisiacs • Rejuvenation

48. Eight Branches Internal medicine ENT Toxicology Pediatrics Psychiatry Aphrodisiacs Rejuvenation Two schools. Physicians. Anatomy, physiology, etiology, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, prescription and prevention. Surgeons. Trauma, wounds, infections, amputation, repair. Fundamentals

49. Ayurveda Therapies • Pancha Karma • Herbology • Nutrition • Abyanga- massage • Aromotherapy • Yogas- Hatha • Sound • Color, gems • Lifestyle • Psychology, ethics, Spiritual counseling

50. Pancha Karma – Remove Toxins • Deeply seeded disease causes toxins that need to be added or removed by diffusion from the body • All have a basis in the use of herbs • Reducing: Sweating, drying, exfoliating, fasting, washing, purgatives, enemas • Nourishing: nutrition, oil massage