Science of Holistic Living and Its Global Applications

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Science of Holistic Living and Its Global
Applications

• Dev Sanskriti VishwaVidyalaya,
• Gaytrikunj, Shantikunj,
• UttaraKhand

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Indian Philosophy Holistic Living.

• Holistic truth of life universe and is
  reflected in the Vedic Mantra Purna Madah,
  Purna Midam..
• Emanated from this seed, every bit of the Indian
  Philosophy and Culture deals with Holistic
  Living.

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Yoga

• A life lived in consonance with the holistic
  system of Nature is a life lived with yoga.

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Holistic Living encompasses

• harmonious welfare,
• development,
• collective management and
• progress of the individual, family and society.
  (Vyakti Nirman, Pariwar Nirman and Samaj Nirman)

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Holistic science

• Integrated science of matter and consciousness.
• Science of spirituality combined with social,
  economic, intellectual life and Nature.

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Holistic Science the Yagya Philosophy

• Science of co-existence, cooperation, giving and
  expanding the good.
• In short, it is the science derived from the
  principles of Yagya. (Sangatikaran, Bahulikaran,
  Devpoojan and Daan).

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Holistic Science of evolution

• Pertains to
• Social,
• Ethical and
• Intellectual elevation

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Holistic Education

• Constructive integration of Shiksha and Vidya

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Shiksha and Vidya

• Shiksha - Practical training of literacy, worldly
  knowledge and development of specific skills or
  talents which make one self-dependent and enable
  him or her earn respectable means of living.
• Vidya, inculcates virtuous tendencies,
  independent thinking with intellectual and moral
  illumination of the mind and the heart and helps
  perfect refinement of character and development
  of personality.

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University of Indian Culture
Dev Sanskriti University at Haridwar
An Institution dedicated to dissemination of
Indian Culture all over the Globe
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Courses offered

• Yogic Science Human Consciousness
• Clinical Psychology
• Indian Culture and Tourism
• Dharma Vigyan Temple Management
• Holistic Health, Health Management
• Self-Reliance and Rural Management

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University of Indian Culture
Building up of new generation and new faculties
of management MJMC Thought Management,
Emotional Management, Temple Management
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University of Indian Culture
Being developed as on the lines of Nalanda
Taxila
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University of Indian Culture

• Without any Govt. aid construction of nearly Rs.
  50 Crore has been done so far out of an estimated
  budget of Rs.200 Crore.

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Holistic approach on professional fronts

• Integration of IQ and EQ with
• knowledge,
• skill and
• self management
• project-management

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Corporate Excellence

• Can spirituality and ethics integrated in
  business bring cutting edge?
• Is it possible to maximize ethics and profits
  together in business by adopting spirituality?
• How to eliminate stress associated with the
  modern lifestyle and promote wellbeing at
  physical, mental and spiritual levels?

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Spirituality

• Spiritual principals are universal and pertain
  to pure consciousness and harnessing of inner
  potential.
• In fact spirituality forms the core of all
  religions and offers holistic approach towards
  solution of all problems.

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Holistic Healthcare

• Physical,
• Psychological and
• Spiritual Well being

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Root Cause of Problems

• Our deviation from the holistic path,
• Adoption of a single-tracked approach of
  comfort-driven progress

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The Path Adopted by Rishis

• The saints of our times, Mahatma Gandhi, Acharya
  Vinoba have shown us the ways of revival of
  holistic approach on the socio-economic and
  political fronts.
• The Vichar Kranti and Yug Nirman missions of
  yug-rishi Pt. Shriram Sharma Acharya expand it
  further at the mental and spiritual dimensions as
  well.

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Holistic Science of Health

• Integrative Approach
• Naturopathy incorporates balancing the five basic
  elements
• Ayurveda deals with total health of mind-body
  system and emotional core
• Homoeopathy derives from holistic activity and
  effects at atomic levels

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Opinion of Scientific Community

• Many CAM approaches to health care are
  scientifically in advance of those based on
  current Western biology and medicine.
• Such theories may well constitute the next steps
  in our scientific understanding of biology (
  physiology) itself.
• - Dr. Alex Hankey of Harvard University

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Opinion of Scientific Community

• The keynote article of eCAM_2005 cites
  Considering that regulation processes are
  necessarily independent of each other the
  reductionist perspective (i.e. the modern medical
  theory) is therefore a fundamental error when
  considering the regulation of complex biological
  systems.

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Opinion of Scientific Community

• In his paper on Biological Coherence in Response
  to External Stimulai in the book on Th. Physics
  Medicine, 1988 Springer-Verlag Dr. Frohlich
  presents concrete evidence for coherent behavior
  in biological systems.

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Ayurveda

• Ayurveda presents the holistic structure of
  regulation in any given organism.
• Showing how to classify the regulatory systems
  that can go wrong, i.e. any failure of natural
  regulation processes must be an imbalance in the
  doshas

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Ayurveda

• Tridosha constitutes the most compact, holistic
  account of organism regulation ever proposed,
• Ancient Ayurvedic texts identify key properties
  of living organisms, more precisely and
  economically than modern medical text books

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Ayurveda

• A unique feature of Ayurvedic Treatment is use of
  whole natural herb/plant medicines thus enabling
  holistic effects.

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Yagyopathy or Yagya-Therapy

• The most practical and thorough example of
  Holistic Medication.
• This inhalation therapy of Ayurveda makes
  synergistic use of Herbal/Plant Medicines

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Yagyopathy or Yagya-Therapy

• The notable feature of yagya-therapy is that it
  helps simultaneous purification of the
  environment (which is utmost desired today even
  for the great benefits of pranayam-based yoga!)
  and balancing of eco-system.

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The Integrated Science of Yagya

• Yagya makes holistic use of foundation energies
  
• Sound (by rhythmic chanting of mantra),
• Heat (of the fire of medicinal wood in a
  specially designed kunda) and
• Electricity (of ionic decomposition of the
  phytochemicals of herbal/plant medicinal
  preparation processed and sublimated in the
  yagya-fire)

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Research Outcome

• Recent scientific investigations at Brahmvarchas
  Research Centre and DSVV, Hardwar show
  feasibility and remarkable of Yagya-Therapy.

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Research Outcome

• Statistical Modelling and Assessment of yagya
  effect on Air-Water Pollution in Delhi.
• Significant Effects of Yagya in reduction of
  bacteria, pathogens, microflora, etc.
• No significant effect of mere burning of wood
  and ghee under similar condition.
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• PhD of Mamta Saxena at DSVV, Hardwar in
  collaboration with CPCB, Delhi. (2006)

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Research Outcome Psychological Effects

• Experiments Conducted at Brahmvarchas
• Research Center, Shantikunj Hardwar
• Study on Patients suffering from Anxiety /
  Stress / Depression / Regression / Guilt
• Source Akhand Jyoti, Nov. 2001, pp 30-32.
  (part of PhD of Hemadri Sao, Gurukul Kangadi
  Univ. Hardwar) 2005.

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Research Outcome Psychological Effects

• Control Group No Yagya, Only lived in the Pure,
  Peaceful, Spiritual Ambience of Shantikunj,
  Hardwar.
• Experimental Group Lived in Shantikunj and also
  Performed Yagya of 108 Ahutis with Chanting of
  Gayatri Mantra Every Morning.

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Research Outcome Psychological Effects

• Thorough Psychometric Analysis of Both Groups
  Before and After 20 Days by Expert Psychologists.
• Overall Psychometry Showed Average 66Improvement
  in Control Group and 86 in Experimental Group.

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Summary of Results ( of Subjects Cured)
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Yagyopathic Herbal Treatment of Pulmonary
Tuberculosis Symptoms

• Clinical Trials. our paper in ACT(2004) Vol
  10(2) pp 101-105
• Results in Expr. Gr. Show excellent effects on
  AFB, X-ray, ESR, TLL, Pulmonary Functions,
  Appetite, Wt, etc.
• (Statistical Clinical Significance)
• Control Gr. Results Inconclusive. (No
• clinical or statistical significance).
• ___________________________________________
• PhD of Meenakshi Raghuvanshi, at DSVV,
  Hardwar in collaboration with IIT Bombay. (2006)

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In-vitro Experiments on Mycobacterium Control
Sample

• Cultures grown in solid Lowerstein Jensen medium
  slant and Liquid Kirchnar Medium
• Incubation for 8 weeks at 35O C
• Result High growth

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In-vitro Experiment on Mycobacterium Growth
Experimental Sample Treated only by Fumes of
Burning Wood.

• Cultures grown in solid Lowerstein Jensen medium
  slant and Liquid Kirchnar Medium
• Treated for 40 min. using SKC 2000 air-check
  sampler pump
• Incubation for 8 weeks at 35O C
• Result Growth reduced only by 15

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In-vitro Experiment on Mycobacterium Growth
Experimental Sample Treated only by output of
Yagya

• Cultures grown in solid Lowerstein Jensen medium
  slant and Liquid Kirchnar Medium
• Treated for 40 min. using SKC 2000 air-check
  sampler pump
• Incubation for 8 weeks at 35O C
• Result Significant reduction in growth (by
  75)

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Present Crisis

• Man of today, generally feels more lonely, more
  reserved, more deprived, more dissatisfied, more
  insecure, more worried, more tensed and weaker
  than his great grand parents.

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Present Crisis

• The human society today is facing negative
  evolution of bodily health, mental stability
  and peace, moral development, familial amity,
  financial security and satisfaction, social
  goodwill and cooperation, inner bliss and
  enlightenment.

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Holistic Way of Living offers the solution

• Holistic living under the philosophy of Yagya, as
  guided by the rishis the holistic scientists of
  spirituality, consciousness and Nature promises
  a viable solution.