Mahavira's Scripture Of Health: [00.02] From The Editor

• The most significant question of life
  How to keep the healthy body
  Healthy thoughts, healthy mind
  Solve the intricate problem of health
  Have health as companion
  For all times.

• Maharshi Caraka's awakening call
  Gives one message to all
  Healthy is he
  Who eats what is good
  Eats but little
  Eats what is ordained
  By law divine
  This is the language of health
  Definition which has
  Body as the centre.

• Mahavira's philosophy of health
  Provides thinking that is new
  Definition of health centred round the soul
  Awakens a new curiosity
  Healthy is he
  And is contained in himself
  Whose endeavour is pure
  And pure the working of the mind
  Which is the receptacle
  Of pure emotions
  Who leshya and ahhavalaya
  Are also as pure.

• This is the grand secret of health
  Life on its own becomes
  As what is ordained
  Purity of the soul is enhanced
  And the purity of endeavour
  And emotions
  Of abhamandal and leshya
  Attainment of happy
  And tranquil mind
  Elimination of disease
  Likely to invade the body
  On-set of health in all respects.

• Presented here with
  Mahaprajna's original creation
  May we find through yoga
  A healthy life
  New concepts
  To treat diseases
  New systems, alternatives new
  Emotional therapy
  And therapy through abhamandal
  Therapy through abhamandal
  Therapy through colours
  And through smell
  Through taste and touch
  Through sound and thought
  If research and investigation
  Are well carried on
  And experiments intensified
  And training too
  These thoughts
  Of spiritual master
  Will open new doors
  For treating diseases.

• The basic formulae
  Laid down in Agamas
  Mahaprajna's intrinsic
  Interpretation
  Ancient context, language modern
  Unprecedented examination
  Of problem of health
  Let as read
  MAHAVIRA 'S SCRIPTURE OF HEALTH
  It would purify life
  And body as well
  Would change the way of thought
  And develop outlook new,
  Would suggest alternative medicine
  And lead to resolve to
  Practice Dhyana-yoga
  And Preksha-Anupreksha
  Would be a prelude
  To new beginning of life
  New assurance
  New faith New aspiration
  Beyond the limits
  Of Body and mind
  The vision of
  Consciousness of health
  Would be able to open
  New horizons in life

Muni Dhananjaya Kumar
June 4, 1997
Terapanth Bhavan
Gangashahar