Classical Mung Bean and Rice Story (ayurvedic)

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This is a story many of us have heard about a master whom many people would come

to for healings.. He'd tell them to come back after the had eaten

Kitcheree for 40 days. At the end of that time their problem was solved, be it

physical, emotional or mental (It doesn't work with the IRS,

however)

 

This appears to be the same story. I found it in "Prakruti" by Robert Svoboda

 

Ayurvedic Treatment

 

A Yogi named Chaitanyananda lived about 200 miles from Bombay until his death

not long ago. His cures of serious diseases, extending even to

the first stages of cancer, were well documented, and people flocked from all

over India to receive treatment at his hands.

He would welcome with profuse greetings anyone who came to him, to create in

them a false sense of security. While they rested he would go into

the jungle to collect a certain herb whose juice was then admin-istered to the

unsuspecting patient. About fifteen minutes later the poor sufferer

would begin to vomit and purge. This vigorous purification lasted for up to

three hours. After the nausea and diarrhea died down, the patient

would be served split mung beans and rice cooked together into the preparation

known as khichadi*. Into this porridge Chaitany-ananda would add a

mixture of mineral and metallic oxides in a specific proportion according to the

nature of the disease. After repeating this process for thirty

days, the patient was clean from top to bottom, and the disease had disappeared.

Chaitanyananda never studied classical Ayurveda in a college, but his

treatment followed Ayurvedic lines:

 

1 - Removal of the cause.

 

2 - Purification to eliminate excess Doshas.

 

3 - Balancing the Doshas and rekindling the digestive fire.

 

4 - Rejuvenation to rebuild the organism.

 

Any therapy that does not follow these steps is not Ayurvedic, nor is it likely

to be permanently effective, because it fails to balance the

Doshas. Even when your mind is unbalanced, that imbalance is either due to Dosha

imbalance or is being made worse by it.

Faith was also an important ingredient in Chaitanyananda's cures. People came

to him expecting relief because they had heard tales of all those

whom he had helped, and this faith helped cure them. Remem-ber that one symptom

of diseased Rasa Dhatu is "lack of faith." Faith is the single

most important aspect of cure because it enhances Ahamkara's ability to

self-identify with the body, and actively works to strengthen Rasa Dhatu,

which then nourishes the other Dhatus and Ojas too. Vi-malananda always said

that there are only two ways to cure a disease. You can have faith in

another being-a physician, a deity, your grandmother, or anyone else-and putting

yourself entirely in his or her hands, allow that person to

direct the force of your faith. Otherwise you must have faith in yourself, in

your own powers of self-healing, and heal yourself directly.

If you have no Chaitanyananda to force you to become healthy, you are

responsible for curing yourself. You must decide with all parts of your

being that you are tired of being imbalanced and that you are pre-pared to

undergo whatever discipline may be necessary to heal your-self. Until

you can say to yourself sincerely that you are ready to change your ways healing

cannot occur. A firm decision to heal yourself only happens when

your mind is ready to admit to willfulness and "crimes against wisdom," when it

is willing to admit to its deviousness in blaming the body for its

own excesses. When your mind is truly contrite, and willing to forgive itself

for falling ill, it is sure to cooperate with your body to do the

job right.

Hopelessness or helplessness is dangerous because it deprives your immune

system of support from Ahamkara. If your mind decides that it is fed

up with any body part, that body part is likely to lose its immunity and become

quickly devitalized. Be angry, be hostile, experience any emotion,

which wants to come out, but never fall prey to hopelessness if you want to be

cured.

Moreover, you have to want everyone to be healthy if you want to become

healthy. Nature's Law is that you get back whatever you put out, so you

will get health only if your activities and attitudes promote, or at least do

not interfere with, the health of those around you. Health is a lot

like disease: it is contagious, and can be passed from one per-son to another

over and over again.

The discussions below do not purport to be a guide to self-treatment of serious

diseases. They merely outline some aspects of the Ayurvedic

management of certain conditions. You should always seek expert pro-fessional

guidance for any serious disorder.

 

Elimination of Ama

 

When your tongue is coated, your feces are foul, and your urine is turbid, Ama

is present in your digestive tract and must be first removed before

anything else is done. The best way to do this is to do nothing: allow the body

to expel the Ama itself by fasting.

Fasting is the first and best of all medicines. When possible you should fast

for 24 to 48 hours on as little intake of anything as possible. If

you are acutely ill, as with a fever, this should not be too difficult be-cause

you will probably not want anything. Brew up some weak tea of

dried ginger (to 1 tsp. per quart of water boiled for 20 minutes) and sip it,

just enough to prevent you from becoming dehydrated. Add a few drops

of lemon juice if you like. As soon as your urine, feces, and tongue are clear,

your digestive tract is free of Ama and purification can begin

……………..

 

*also known as Kitchereee or Mung Beans and Rise