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Yoga and Ayurveda (योगः आयुर्वेदश्च) (view source)
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Definition of mind by Daniel Siegel in his book Mindsight also includes four of the five sheaths of the panchakosha framework. He defines mind as <blockquote>''“a relational and embodied process that regulates the flow of energy and information”.''<ref>Seigel D (2010), Mindsight, London: Bloomsbury. </ref> </blockquote>Here embodied process corresponds to annamaya kosha, the flow of energy to pranamaya kosha, and information to manomaya kosha, and relational and embodied process that regulates the flow of energy and information corresponds to vignanamaya kosha.<ref name=":5" />
Definition of mind by Daniel Siegel in his book Mindsight also includes four of the five sheaths of the panchakosha framework. He defines mind as <blockquote>''“a relational and embodied process that regulates the flow of energy and information”.''<ref>Seigel D (2010), Mindsight, London: Bloomsbury. </ref> </blockquote>Here embodied process corresponds to annamaya kosha, the flow of energy to pranamaya kosha, and information to manomaya kosha, and relational and embodied process that regulates the flow of energy and information corresponds to vignanamaya kosha.<ref name=":5" />
== Significance of the Common Concepts<ref name=":0" /> ==
Frawley<ref name=":1" /> discusses the significance of the concepts mentioned above in Yoga and Ayurveda.
*Both Yoga and Ayurveda use the three gunas for determining an individual’s mental and spiritual nature. With an emphasis on sattva guna, Yoga aims at the development of sattva for purification of mind and body and transcendence of sattva to realize our true Self that is beyond manifestation. Sattva is important in Ayurveda as it assists healing and promotes the fight against diseases.
*As per Ayurveda, doshas form the basis of creation (substance) of the physical body, and predomination of one of the doshas determines one’s mind-body (psychophysiological) constitution. In Yoga, it is the doshas that help ascertain the effects of Yogic practices on the gross and subtle bodies and, further, define the practices needed in line with a specific mind-body constitution.
*In a nutshell, gunas and doshas represent two axes, vertical and horizontal, of an individual’s nature comprising of psycho-spiritual and psychophysiological aspects.
*Related to the three doshas are the three vital essences, prana, tejas and ojas, which are master forms<ref>Rao AV (2002), Mind in ayurveda, Indian J Psychiatry 44(3):201–211.</ref> of the biological humors. For both, Yoga and Ayurveda, in contrast to the doshas where an excess of biological humors causes pathology, an increase in the essences promotes positive health.
*Both Yoga and Ayurveda address a human being as someone greater than the three bodies (gross, subtle, and causal) where the three bodies serve as bridges to this higher Self.
*Both Yoga and Ayurveda work to purify the sheaths (panchakoshas) at the different levels to regenerate the physical body and spiritualize the subtle body with an aim to integrate all the faculties, gain balance, harmony, and realization of true Self.
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