Understanding Atma (Soul) from the Ayurvedic perspective
Various concepts regarding Atma (Soul) were popular even in the time of Mahabharata. Lord Krishna said in Srimad Bhagavad Gita – Aashcharyavat pashyati kashchid enam Aashcharyavad vadati tathaiva chaanyah; Aashcharyavacchainam anyah shrinoti Shrutwaapyenam veda na chaiva kashchit. ~ Chapter 2 (Samkhya Yoga) / Sloka 29 (Some look on the Atma (Soul) as amazing, some describe it as amazing, and some hear of it as amazing, while others, even after hearing about it, cannot understand it at all.) So knowing it to be an improbable task to describe the Atma (Soul), I am still making an attempt on this regard with the help of Ayurveda – the Wisdom of Life. WHAT IS AYURVEDA AND WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT ATMA ? Ayurveda is the wisdom of life which is as old as the Vedas and is scientific in nature. In the process of evolution, according to modern science, man evolved much later. But Ayurveda existed since the beginning of time. It is described as Shaswata (eternal) a