Mumbai ISKCON ChowpattyMumbai ISKCON ChowpattyJuly 2010July 2010

We kindly WELCOME We kindly WELCOME Krishna’s Beloved Devotees Krishna’s Beloved Devotees on on

the open discussions aboutthe open discussions about

Brahmacari Eating – Sleeping – Brahmacari Eating – Sleeping – Working habitsWorking habits

Background of our activatesBackground of our activates

His Holiness Radhanath SwamiHis Holiness Radhanath Swami and andSri Sri Radha Gopinath temple LeadersSri Sri Radha Gopinath temple Leaders by There causeless mercy and genuine by There causeless mercy and genuine

care of Devotees, right now wish to care of Devotees, right now wish to deepen our care for Krishna’s Devotees deepen our care for Krishna’s Devotees

in aspect of in aspect of Preventive Health Preventive Health EducationEducation

and Health Managementand Health Management

Genuinely serving Krishna’s Devotees in Genuinely serving Krishna’s Devotees in minute details by helping and encouraging minute details by helping and encouraging

for Sincere, Undivided and Unalloyed for Sincere, Undivided and Unalloyed Prema Bhakti. By means of healthy life Prema Bhakti. By means of healthy life style education and holistic treatment to style education and holistic treatment to help Devotees fully Surrender to Guru/ help Devotees fully Surrender to Guru/

Sadhu / Shastra – Counsellors and Sadhu / Shastra – Counsellors and Devotional Service LeaderDevotional Service Leader

Our missionOur mission

Prof., Dr.(Ayu) Shivakumar at Udupi Clinic Prof., Dr.(Ayu) Shivakumar at Udupi Clinic from 2001 already treated about 1200 -from 2001 already treated about 1200 -1500 ISKCON Devotees and many 1500 ISKCON Devotees and many Maharajs, and share his experiences, Maharajs, and share his experiences, pains and finally thoughts about needful pains and finally thoughts about needful preventive health aspects in ISKCONpreventive health aspects in ISKCON

For now, by carelessness and neglect-For now, by carelessness and neglect-fullness we are developing unbalanced fullness we are developing unbalanced three pillars of healthy life stile:three pillars of healthy life stile: Eating – Sleeping – WorkingEating – Sleeping – Working

Eating – Sleeping – Working Eating – Sleeping – Working three initial points for healththree initial points for health

Same point stress Krishna to us in BG Same point stress Krishna to us in BG “There is no possibility of one's becoming “There is no possibility of one's becoming a yogī, O Arjuna, a yogī, O Arjuna, if one eats too much or if one eats too much or eats too little, sleeps too much or does not eats too little, sleeps too much or does not sleep enough.sleep enough. He who is He who is regulated in his regulated in his habits of eating, sleeping, recreation and habits of eating, sleeping, recreation and workwork can mitigate all material pains by can mitigate all material pains by practicing the yoga system.”practicing the yoga system.” BG 6.16-17 BG 6.16-17

EatingEating – – SleepingSleeping – – WorkingWorking habitshabits: three main point for health: three main point for health

lack of water; lack of water; regularly overeating; eating at wrong regularly overeating; eating at wrong

time; fast, passionate eating; time; fast, passionate eating; following wrong, whimsical diet without following wrong, whimsical diet without

counting individual unique nature - vata, counting individual unique nature - vata, pita, kapha; unhealthy eating snacks pita, kapha; unhealthy eating snacks between general meals etc.between general meals etc.

time by time unhealthy, unnecessary time by time unhealthy, unnecessary fasting; fasting;

Our general Our general EatingEating habitshabitsseen by Prof., Dr. Shivakumarseen by Prof., Dr. Shivakumar

lack of night sleep in general; lack of night sleep in general; lack of health night sleep; lack of health night sleep; unhealthy and unnecessary day sleep;unhealthy and unnecessary day sleep;

Our general Our general SleepingSleeping habitshabits seen by Prof., Dr. Shivakumarseen by Prof., Dr. Shivakumar

unhealthy over work in mental and unhealthy over work in mental and physical aspects physical aspects

lack of regular daily exercises – at least lack of regular daily exercises – at least daily 30-40 min of yoga, pranayama, daily 30-40 min of yoga, pranayama, exercises; exercises;

time by time wrong, whimsical over time by time wrong, whimsical over exercises or far too much physical exercises or far too much physical activities;activities;

lack of sun bath and fresh ear etc.lack of sun bath and fresh ear etc.

Our general Our general WorkingWorking habitshabits seen seen by Prof., Dr. Shivakumarby Prof., Dr. Shivakumar

Dr. Shivakumar cry, when He again and Dr. Shivakumar cry, when He again and again and again receiving for treatment again and again receiving for treatment young Krishna’s Devotees practically young Krishna’s Devotees practically laying down on stretures to there laying down on stretures to there weaknessweakness

That is due to our present That is due to our present Eating – Eating – Sleeping – Working habitsSleeping – Working habits

Heartbreaking examples Heartbreaking examples

In BG 15.14. Krishna sad: “In BG 15.14. Krishna sad: “I am the fire of I am the fire of digestiondigestion in the bodies of all living entities, in the bodies of all living entities, and I join with the air of life, outgoing and and I join with the air of life, outgoing and incoming, to digest the four kinds of incoming, to digest the four kinds of foodstuff.” By our unhealthy life style foodstuff.” By our unhealthy life style fire of fire of digestion go weakdigestion go weak, we voluntary reject, push , we voluntary reject, push away Krishna from our stomach, from our away Krishna from our stomach, from our consciousness, from our life. consciousness, from our life.

And by And by consequences of weak fire of digestion,consequences of weak fire of digestion, our body starts accumulate toxins or ama; our body starts accumulate toxins or ama; then immune system go weak; then sterns go then immune system go weak; then sterns go weak; then we get over or under weight etc.weak; then we get over or under weight etc.

Consequences of our Consequences of our Eating – Sleeping – Working habitsEating – Sleeping – Working habits

We We voluntaryvoluntary start new disorders, then start new disorders, then diseasesdiseases

And make worse existing four types of And make worse existing four types of disorders and diseases:disorders and diseases:SSpiritualpiritual - “I am Ishvara, I am God, I do what - “I am Ishvara, I am God, I do what

I want in a way, how I like!”I want in a way, how I like!”MentalMentalSensualSensualPhysicalPhysical::

Consequences of Consequences of toxins or toxins or ama in over bodyama in over body

Loosing ability wisely and healthy use our Loosing ability wisely and healthy use our three subtle senses, namely mind, three subtle senses, namely mind, intelligence and ego intelligence and ego

In our health care habits, and later in many In our health care habits, and later in many others areas of our life we doubt, “we do others areas of our life we doubt, “we do not know what is to be done and what is not know what is to be done and what is not to be done. Neither cleanliness nor not to be done. Neither cleanliness nor proper behavior nor truth is found in us.” proper behavior nor truth is found in us.” BG 16.7BG 16.7

Our unhealthy life style Our unhealthy life style consequences - consequences - Mental disordersMental disorders

By indulging in sense gratification we By indulging in sense gratification we loosing ability use five perceptive senses loosing ability use five perceptive senses of hearing, touch, sight, taste and smell of hearing, touch, sight, taste and smell which are owned and given by Krishna for which are owned and given by Krishna for Devotional services and no meant for our Devotional services and no meant for our senses gratificationsenses gratification

Our unhealthy life stile Our unhealthy life stile consequences - consequences - SensualSensual disordersdisorders

Our unhealthy life style Our unhealthy life style consequences - consequences - PhysicalPhysical disordersdisorders

By misusing our spiritual, mental and By misusing our spiritual, mental and sensual ability, we misuse Krishna’s five sensual ability, we misuse Krishna’s five senses of action, namely hands, legs, senses of action, namely hands, legs, speech, evacuation organs and speech, evacuation organs and reproductive organs, with Krishna kindly reproductive organs, with Krishna kindly give to as in our care forgive to as in our care forDevotional servicesDevotional services

In short, consequences of our In short, consequences of our unhealthy, unbonafide, unhealthy, unbonafide,

whimsically manufactured whimsically manufactured Eating – Sleeping – WorkingEating – Sleeping – Working

habits are: habits are:

Mental disorders and diseases:Mental disorders and diseases: inattentiveness, carelessness, inattentiveness, carelessness, negligence, forgetfulness (loss of negligence, forgetfulness (loss of memory); harshness, irritability; memory); harshness, irritability; depression, anxiety; thought and depression, anxiety; thought and tendency about spiritual and physical tendency about spiritual and physical suicide etc. suicide etc.

Sensual disorders and diseases:Sensual disorders and diseases: all kind all kind off loosing ability to hearing, touch, sight, off loosing ability to hearing, touch, sight, taste and smelltaste and smell

Mental and Sensual Mental and Sensual disorders and diseasesdisorders and diseases

low immunity; cholesterol disorders, low immunity; cholesterol disorders, hypertension (blood pressure), heart hypertension (blood pressure), heart attack; arthritis (endless joint pain); attack; arthritis (endless joint pain); fatigue syndrome (endless weakness); fatigue syndrome (endless weakness); migraine (endless headache), all kind of migraine (endless headache), all kind of skin diseases, acidity (APD), early hair skin diseases, acidity (APD), early hair fall (greying); piles (fissure); constipation, fall (greying); piles (fissure); constipation, obesity (overweight), diabetes mellitus; obesity (overweight), diabetes mellitus; Asthma (cough recurrent), tuberculosis; Asthma (cough recurrent), tuberculosis; stones: urine, kidney etc. stones: urine, kidney etc.

Physical disorders diseasesPhysical disorders diseases

These are just few physical disorders These are just few physical disorders diseases, which are common for our diseases, which are common for our Bramacharies ashram and congregation Bramacharies ashram and congregation Devotees, witch generally starts simply Devotees, witch generally starts simply from our from our Eating – Sleeping – Working Eating – Sleeping – Working too too much or too little, without proper much or too little, without proper preventive health consciousness, which preventive health consciousness, which is so important in our Sadhana Bhakti is so important in our Sadhana Bhakti stage to Please Guru, to Please Krishnastage to Please Guru, to Please Krishna

Disorders and diseasesDisorders and diseases

Throughout PREMA BHAKTI activities we Throughout PREMA BHAKTI activities we wish to give experience of real Love and wish to give experience of real Love and

hope in KRISHNA PREMA to all hope in KRISHNA PREMA to all Devotees, who are worried, feeling Devotees, who are worried, feeling

neglected, rejected etc. neglected, rejected etc.

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Genuinely serving Krishna’s Devotees in Genuinely serving Krishna’s Devotees in minute details by helping and encouraging minute details by helping and encouraging

for Sincere, Undivided and Unalloyed for Sincere, Undivided and Unalloyed Prema Bhakti. By means of healthy life Prema Bhakti. By means of healthy life style education and holistic treatment to style education and holistic treatment to help Devotees fully Surrender to Guru/ help Devotees fully Surrender to Guru/

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