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Hari Om and good morning, everybody. Thank you very much for coming to the lecture which Swamījī announced yesterday. I am very happy to speak about the topic of Āyurveda, and Swāmījī should speak something about doṣas. To jump into the middle of the topic, I think it would be good to explain first in what context doṣa should be mentioned. Doṣa is a part of Āyurvedic physiology. It is called in Sanskrit, Śarīra. The whole physiology has, of course, several topics or parts. It is doṣa first, then agni (the digestive power), then dhātus (the body tissues), mala (the waste products), then the constitution (prakṛti), the vital parts (the marmas), the srotas (the body channels), and pacana (the digestion). It is itself, and also ātmā and mind. This all belongs to Ayurvedic physiology. Now we go to the detail and describe the doṣas. Doshas are the three pillars which make the smooth functioning of the body and mind possible. The names of the doshas are Vāta, Pitta, and Kapha. Honestly said, Vāta, Pitta, and Kapha. They are related to the five elements. At the moment of fertilization, when semen and ovum come together and a child develops, in this moment the prakṛti (the constitution) and the system of the doṣas is determined. This remains lifelong the same. That means our ground constitution, our Prakṛti, is individual. It can be understood clearly if we say that all doṣas are always present in every entity. All three are present, but one or two are always dominant, and this makes the individuality. So it can be a Vāta constitution, Pitta constitution, Kapha constitution, or also mixtures like Vāta-Pitta, Vāta-Kapha, or Tridoṣa. This is a special science which can be determined only by a physician properly, and this is very difficult. But we can understand our own nature better when we know a little bit more about the doṣas. We spoke about elements and the combination of elements. So Vāta is mainly a combination of air and space. If we remember the qualities of air and space, we have a special vision about that. This is also determined in the so-called guṇas, the qualities. So, how is air? How can we describe air? It is light, it is transparent, it is movable, it is dry, and it has special main seats in the body. Vāta is in the physical body, present in special seats and sites. It is in the pelvic column, in the intestine (in the thick part of the intestine), in the whole pelvis, in the lower limbs, in the skin, in the head, and in the ear. If we always live a balanced life according to nature—a regular life, eat food in the correct quantity, in the right amount, as I said, according to the rules of nature, and we have our profession which we like, which we love, where we have our regular rest and our leisure time—one of the main items is also to satisfy the senses. If we live with satisfied senses, then we always stay in balance. But who can do that nowadays? This is the big secret, but we have a solution: Yoga in Daily Life. How can we see if our vāta doṣa is out of balance? It is seen, for instance, in a dry, itching skin. The whole vāta doṣa is also responsible for all types of movements in the body. So the whole metabolism is due to vāta and is possible. Also the delivery, the birth giving, also the speech. It is the seat of the vāta, also the speaking, also the ear, as we said. So if we have problems in the metabolism, we know it can be a problem from the vāta doṣa side. When we suffer from dry and itching skin, it can be vāta. When we suffer from insomnia and cannot sleep well, it can be vāta disturbance. The disturbance is meant in this sense: too much. Because it can also be a disturbance when it’s not enough. So, these symptoms are seen due to too much vāta. One can also see that people who have vāta dominance cannot tolerate noise. So, if these symptoms are seen, one can think, okay, I have to do something to balance my vāta. So, what to do to balance vāta? As we know from the guṇas—dry and cold and all that—it is good to have more liquid food, more oily food. The taste which Vāta likes is sweet, salty, and sour, but sweet in the right sense, of course. Do not avoid sweets completely, because it is said it is not good. The poor sweet taste is there. But we should choose the food items which have the sweet quality, like fresh fruits, ripe fresh fruits, all the grains, all types of grains, rice, milk. Milk is a known topic. Many people think nowadays milk is not good to drink because of the ill-treated animals. This is a true point. This is really difficult, but in general, milk is a very important rejuvenating food item. Milk is also nourishing all the body tissues, but it should be consumed in a very little amount. And if the milk is not digested or tolerated well, then it can be used with spices or diluted with water. But little, little amount only. And the other thing is, how to come to good milk is maybe to give an input to the farmers, that they can produce healthy milk without all these pharmacies and all these poor treatments of the poor animals. This is the access. We give a sign to the pet owners that they should keep the animals in a different way. They should not be treated in such a way, and they should avoid the merciless way of torture so that they can get closer to this. Also, sugar is allowed, but in small, small quantity. So, how do I find out that I eat in the right amount and with the right quality? It can only happen through regularity. People who suffer from Vāta imbalance should not fast. They should not quit one meal or accept a fasting day of yoga where we quit one meal. And when we eat regularly—have a breakfast, have a small, proper lunch, and have a dinner between 6 and 7—then we don’t come to this greediness, and we can estimate our bowl capacity properly. Because eating is also a conditioning, how we learn it. We can learn not to eat and understand the feeling of hunger as something completely normal. But this is imbalance. So, regular food, well-cooked food, proper food, healthy food from healthy nature, taken as food, the fruits and all that. The second aspect for balancing Vāta is also the behavior. What does it mean to have proper behavior in this sense? Again, follow the laws of nature. Have enough sleep. Go to bed at the right time. Get up in the morning at the right time. Do the exercises in an adjusted manner. So for Vāta people who have come out of balance, yoga is very important. Imbalances of Vāta also lead to restlessness, many thoughts, and jumping here and there. So we have a natural desire also for peace. But due to this conditioning of our previous lifestyle, many do not know what the correct way is. So, we again have to condition. In addition to regular meditation, asanas at the right time, always at the same time. Also, prāṇāyāma has a very strong effect on the nervous system, which is also related to the vāta doṣa. Pacified vāta doṣa, or has a pacifying effect on the digestion. Because stress immediately goes to the liver function. And from there, again, the circle starts with imbalance. Yes, the right behavior, music, because one of the main seats of Vāta is the ear. One can also pacify Vāta Doṣa through peaceful music. And the own voice is one of the best vibrations for the Vāta Doṣa. That means bhajan singing, or any type of classical music. Indian classical music is very much researched in this field because of rāgas and all that; they have a lot of knowledge about healing music. But any music which one likes and which helps to cool down, to pacify, this is good. And of course, the third possibility to pacify imbalance is through medicine. Medicine, herbal medicine, which has the opposite elements of the imbalanced doṣa. So, this is a topic for pharmacists. The second doṣa is Pitta doṣa. Pitta is mainly connected to the fire element and also to water. What is the fire element standing for in our body? For the temperature in our body, and also for the willpower. The seat is also in the skin, in the stomach (because of the digestive fire), and one of the seats is also in the eye. So if there are imbalances of the Pitta doṣa, it can be with the digestion again. In Vāta, it is more constipation, but in Pitta, it is more diarrhea. And it is seen in yellowish skin also. Also, the stools are yellowish. If there is imbalance, then there can be inflammations in the body, and especially in the skin, and all types of burning sensations. This is a sign of, and if you, the eyesight is also related, so if the eyesight becomes little, it can be the reason behind anger. So, how to balance again? Again, yoga and daily life. Because regularity, exercises according to the personal constitution, is always a sattvic thing, and this is always... From sattva we can never get enough. And for pitta people who are imbalanced, they have a strong desire for cool things, cool food items and drinks, cold things. And again, the music. And one of the best remedies for pitta is ghee. Because pitta has fire as a main element. In pitta, fire is the main element. And ghee has, as main elements, earth and water. So it’s the opposite, and this is balancing. The taste which Pitta likes is sweet, and it’s astringent. So sweet, we know, milk, ghee, for instance, and sweet fruits. This is what Pitta likes. Pitta is all types of leafy vegetables and herbs, herbal tea, and all that. And an astringent is, for instance, there is a herb which is called saliva, where you have this feeling, or pomegranate, or quince. There, this is a type of fruit which has the astringent for you. But if one eats pañcopacita, one says everyday food where all the tastes are there, then automatically one balances. So one should not only think, "Eat this, eat that." It’s important to have joy. Food should be well prepared, well arranged, tasty, in the right amount, and you should enjoy your meal. Then, in an easy state of imbalance, it easily comes again into balance. And if you have more problems in the Pitta doṣa, which must be determined by a doctor, he will give you the special medicine for that, in the form of pills. So, and Kapha is remaining? Kapha is strong. So, what are the elements? Earth and water. These are the qualities, or the guṇas: steady, stable, oily, moist. How to balance now? So the symptoms for imbalanced kapha are cold skin, weak and poor digestion, obesity, and more fat tissues. This is imbalance. A strong person who has a kapha constitution is a healthy person, but when it’s imbalanced, then it’s too much, and then comes the fat. And again, we balance with our system, yoga, and daily life. Eleven kāṭupranāms every day will definitely help. And also, meditation for the motivation to overcome the dullness, the laziness. So to increase sattva guṇa. In all constitutions, increase sattva guṇa. I would like to, at the end of my lecture, to speak about water drinking. Because there’s one special, very easy remedy: this is hot water drinking. And it’s for two doshas very important: for the vāta doṣa and for the kapha doṣa. Because the qualities of these doṣas are cold. And they like drinking hot water. And there are some easy remedies, how, if you really want, if you have time and take for a certain period of time the rules of that water drinking, it will help for your special doṣa. That means one takes one liter of water, boils it, until one quarter liter is evaporated. And the remaining three quarters of water should be filled in a thermos and drunk during the whole day in small sips or small cups. This is the best remedy for vāta doṣa, for imbalanced vāta doṣa. It helps the digestion again, removes the constipation, and removes also the impurities in the bladder, in the urine bladder. And it brings the whole vāta, which is always jumping here and there, in the right direction, in one direction, in peace. Also, Pitta has a remedy from water. You take one liter of water and evaporate half of it. You boil it as long as it is evaporated. And the remaining half liter is also drunk in the same way. It also helps, as they suffer more often from diarrhea, and it helps to remove this problem. And also for kapha. Then you take one liter and let it evaporate three quarters, so it’s very concentrated. And this is the medicated water for kapha. They often suffer also from cold because of weak digestive power. And it also helps the digestion and removes all the obese tissues, for instance. Then there are some nice remedies. If you take one quarter of water and put a piece of ginger, and boil it for a while and drink this, it’s good against cough and cold. It removes all the slime for the throat. Then, one quarter and one teaspoon of Ajwain, boiled, make a tea out of it. This can be taken in case of indigestion, ingestion, and against flatulence. And when there is too much heat in the body, or you have burning feelings during urination or for the whole urinary tract, it is good to soak one teaspoon of coriander and one teaspoon of cumin, and let it soak for 24 hours. We also prepare it in the night, and in the afternoon. Then press the seeds a little bit and drink this water in which they were soaked. This is helpful for all disturbances in the urinary tract. So this is all I wanted to say this morning. Thank you very much that you were interested and gave me the opportunity. Hari Om. Thank you. I think now is an excellent time for singing bhajana and waiting for Swamiji. Hari Om. Hari Om. Now we hear a really nice lecture about the three doṣas. And you hear that for balancing doshas, also excellent music. And especially bhajans, because during the singing of bhajans, we completely change the energy in the space, in the whole, and also in our mind. And now we will have bhajans. But during the singing of bhajans, also if you watch a webcast, try not to listen to bhajans like a radio. Try to be active during the singing of bhajans. Not only be listeners with closed eyes, but try to sing all together. If you don’t know bhajans, it’s not a matter. If you don’t know, we will sing, or just give a rhythm. If you don’t give exactly the perfect rhythm, what will be? Nothing. We just speak and make sound to the glory of God. Yes. And now bhajans. One minute more. Now it’s finished. I don’t know what to say. Okay, just prepare your bhajan book. And I think the best thing is to start with Gaṇeśa. Because Gaṇeśa always removes all obstacles from our life, okay. God bless you. Dharamsamrat Paramhaṁśrī Svāmī Madhavānand Jī Sattagurudeva Kī Jai. Vishvaguru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Paramhaṁśrī Svāmī Maheśvarānand Jī Sattagurudeva Kī Jai. Henatā Abhato. Oṁ Bole Śrī Deep Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai. Sata Gurudeva Kī Jai.