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Rose and ayurveda

A personal reflection on the culinary and medicinal uses of roses in Ayurveda.

"You can add it to salads, drinks, and tea. It can be used on vegetables or baked into bread."

"Utilizing roses is like a kāya kalpa. They are mostly used in summertime, as they have a very nice cooling effect on the body."

The speaker describes the versatile applications of roses, from food to skincare, sharing a personal anecdote about consuming them to regrow hair after a dedication to Gurujī. A traditional summer drink recipe made from rose petals, seeds, honey, and milk is detailed, praised for inducing a state of tṛpti or indescribable contentment.

Recording location: Hungary, Vep, Welcome seminar

This rose is widely used in Ayurvedic medicines. You can add it to salads, drinks, and tea. It can be used on vegetables or baked into bread. It is a pity, but you can also bathe in it. Some people like to do this; I am always sorry for it. I am always sorry for it, but it is something: milk and rose in the bathtub, you know. Surprisingly, the rose is very good for the hair. So I was eating a little bit every day, and my hair grew very quickly again. It is not a joke because there was a problem—perhaps a problem at the border when crossing—after I had shaved my hair as a dedication to Gurujī. It is very good for the skin, too. Every day I ate a little of the rose, and my beard grew very quickly again. This regrowth was necessary, as having a shaved beard and hair could have caused an issue at the border when they checked my passport, since I had shaved in memory of Gurujī. Utilizing roses is like a kāya kalpa. They are mostly used in summertime, as they have a very nice cooling effect on the body. There was a conference—we had many conferences, I will talk about that later—and one man said that in every season we should have different kinds of food, and that is true. So in hot summer, Indians used to drink a preparation of rose petals, pumpkin seeds, sugar melon seeds, a little honey, and a little black pepper. You grind everything very nicely and mix it with milk, drinking it as we drink daytime tea. This has a very beautiful effect on the body; you experience ānanda, a feeling of ānanda. It is called tṛpti; there are no words for tṛpti. A little bit of blackcurrant can also be mixed in and consumed. It has a very good effect on the whole body; you feel at peace. This state is called tṛpti, which cannot be described in words. Recording location: Hungary, Vep, Welcome seminar

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