Indeed, Ramdev represents a renewed continuity to the great revival of the ancient Indian spiritual traditions and yoga that took place in the twentieth century and received recognition worldwide. It seeks to locate his philosophy in today’s socio-cultural milieu, while tracing its origins in Indian spiritual history, and the past landmark reformist movements that have been initiated in the country by earlier path-breakers including Sri Aurobindo, Swami Dayananda, Paramhansa Yogananda, Swami Sahajanand Saraswati, Bhagwan Nityananda, J. This work is a study on the making of the Ramdev spectacle with all its inescapable assertiveness, mass enthusiasm and, of course, controversies. The continuing saga of a contemporary mass leader who sought out a vision and a method to amalgamate yoga and health care into the mainstream consciousness Baba Ramdev’s emergence as the new ideologue of a national and global spiritual resurgence is considered by many as a curious phenomenon. We will continue with the research and shall present new facts as they become available. This is our first attempt to present Yoga backed by currently available scientific evidence, the goal is far more ambitious and the task of scientific documentation and research is an ongoing process. This book is the outcome of meticulous work put in by us in order to present various scientific standards used to test and validate this ancient system of Yoga, demographic study and personal experiences of several hundred people along with sufficient supporting proofs and documents. We shall lead the world in finding solutions for complex problems besetting humanity through the fusion of science and spiritualism. We are determined to obtain more scientific evidence and build a science perspective not only for Yoga and Ayurveda but for the entire Vedic knowledge and wisdom. This book is an humble attempt in this direction. It is the inner journey from thoughtfulness to emptiness, subjective to objective concentration, determinate to indeterminate samadhi and extrovertedness to introvertedness and being firm in judgement. Yoga is the spiritual journey from ignorance to knowledge, mortality to immortality, obvious to hidden and peace to ultimate tranquillity. It is the science that inhibits the agitations of the mind and takes it to its highest level. It is a tradition in which sages have attained immeasurable bliss, indescribable happiness and inexplicable peace by entering the supreme consciousness which is present beyond mind.
It is the path to gain eternal wisdom, ultimate truth and to unite the inner soul with the supreme soul through self-realization.
It is a profound philosophical thought process, but it is also about having a simple, easy and balanced life-style. Yoga is not just a physical exercise but a holistic medical science it is a philosophy of life, a spiritual knowledge. Yoga as a complete medical science and philosophy of life and accepts its scientific reasoning and basis.
It is true that Yoga is powerful and contains the solutions for all the global problems. Today, Yoga has acquired global recognition and an exalted status as an ancient health-building system. Informative, thought-provoking and meticulously researched, this book draws on mythology and botany and the ancient religious traditions of India to assemble a detailed and fascinating account of India’s flora. Sacred Plants of India systematically lays out the sociocultural roots of the various plants found in the Indian subcontinent, while also asserting their ecological importance to our survival. Before temples were constructed, trees were open-air shrines sheltering the deity, and many were symbolic of the Buddha himself. There is the pipal, under which the Buddha meditated on the path to enlightenment the banyan, in whose branches hide spirits the ashoka, in a grove of which Sita sheltered when she was Ravana’s prisoner the tulsi, without which no Hindu house is considered complete the bilva, with whose leaves it is possible to inadvertently worship Shiva. In India, we have a whole variety of flora that feature in our myths, our epics, our rituals, our worship and our daily life. Plants personify the divine- The Rig Veda (X.97) Trees and plants have long been held sacred to communities the world over.
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