Yoga research reply from Dr Kaviraja Uduppa, SR JIPMER

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hello Anand Bhai

 

namasthe

 

the question raised by ur student is absolutely correct. even after 3-

4 years of research in yoga under Dr. Madanmohanji & u, i feel v need

lots of retrospection of our works based on these questions

 

yoga, the cultural heritage of our country definitely has more stuff

in it than to be proved its authenticity by using modern science. the

major differnce i find between modern medicine & yoga is the

humanitarian approach in yoga. modern medicine completely lacks it,

it sees a person as a machine with different systems, organs,

tissues...Human values, ethics, social support...are lacking not only

in medicine but present day world which is resulting in stressful

modern world, terrorism & whole lot of evils...this is a vicious

cycle in turn resulting in all other pervading problems..

 

then where is the solution? i feel its the combination of true modern

scientific knowledge & yoga as way of life. all limbs of Ashtanga

yoga should be given its due importance & it should be implemented in

all walks of life. yoga teachers, researchers, differnt schools of

yoga should work together & show the common man the yogic way of life

than fighting against each other. In addition to giving yoga training

to normal persons (to whom yam & niyam practice to be given

properly),patient population should be taken care of(give them the

specific asanas & pranayamas which are complement to allopathic

treatment and provide them the psychological support to take care of

psychosomatic involvement). i feel just talking to the patient for

half an hour each will solve most of his/her problem rather than

treating them as spoiled machinery.

 

about ur student, i strongly feel he should continue his studies. get

proper knowledge of one system of medicine which is highly advanced

in treating emergencies & also give fairly good amount of knowledge

about human life. he can study more about yoga simultaneously,

adopting its lifestyle himself now & propogate it for the betterment

of whole mankind in days to come. i wish him all the best

 

these r all my views, i hope v'll get a time to discuss all again &

come to a conclusion in d presence of our boss " AUM "

 

bye

urs

kavi

 

Note from Dr Ananda:the AUM code is--- A stands for Dr Ananda, U for

DrUdupa (Kaviraja)and M for Prof Dr Madanmohan