ANCIENT VEDIC WISDOM IN DISEASE PREVENTION - CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC 1

 

The global spread of the novel coronavirus has affected our lives to a great extent. No one anticipated the impact of this pandemic on our day to day lives and our economy. At this time when social media posts are overflowing with advise to practice “social distancing”, I wanted to write about the ancient Vedic wisdom with regards to disease prevention. The practices of our ancestors from the choice of cookware to the practice of “namaste” to greet others was centred around the concept of disease prevention. Social distancing is a must in tropical countries like India where communicable diseases spread like wildfire, but unfortunately, this age-old practice followed by our ancestors was labelled as “untouchability” to suit the divide and rule agenda of the European colonists. Today, even those people who labelled “namaste” as primitive are promoting it as a means to stop the spread of the virus. I came across the above poster in my office in Canada. I request everyone to use this opportunity to re-introduce our age-old practice of greeting others with namaste.

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