How the fasting on a particular day benefits the health ?
Change in daily food gives an opportunity to balance the nutrition requirement of the body. Fasting for few days purify the blood . Deposited fat gets partly decomposed too. If enough water is taken blood purification takes place quickly due to continuous filtration through kidney.
Why ekadasi vratha is followed?
It is mainly for changing the food once in 15 days. This change in food either from rice to wheat or vice versa, gives the opportunity to fill the gap of the nutritional lapses in our day to food intake. Ekadasi word has only one meaning: the 11th day from New moon or full moon day.
Can an achara solve the iron deficiency in our body ?
In Kerala, there is an achara of preparing a semi dried food item ( known in Malayalam as mezhukkupuratti ) on every Saturday, in wrought iron vessel known as Cheena chatty. The iron content of this food will compensate the deficiency of the iron. The iron needed for a week can be stored in our body. Making one food item in this vessel once in a week is enough to meet the iron deficiency
How sareera suddhi is effected through acharas?
There are five types of bathing explained in dharma sastra for the external body cleaning. The Keralites and all those who are living in tropical climate should take water bath. It should be done till their body gets cooled.
Why oil bath is taken ?
Oil bath compensates the natural oil layer on the surface skin of the human body by the oil smeared . This oil protects the lipoprotein layer of our skin.
How blood can be purified ? is there anything mentioned in our acharas?
Very specifically it is mentioned in dharma saastra. Take two or three ( some doctors even advise 6 – 9 glass ) glass water in the morning. This will definitely purify the blood as you know it happens through filtration of blood by the kidneys, during blood circulation.
How can one get more information about this type of acharas?
Think about each and every achara rationally, scientifically and logically. Discus with good doctors and come to a conclusion. Never be biased and never justify the superstitions in any of the achara.
How to understand the acharas practiced for physiological merits?
Think and analyze each and every one of the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly acharas one by one. You will get numerous such acharas which have variety of physiological benefits.
How the acharas strengthen family bondage ?
All the shodasa (sixteen) acharas like, naamakaranam, annapraasanam, nishkramanam, upanayanam, vivaaham,…..etc fall under this category. The concept of maathru devo bhava, pitru devo bhava, etc., the acharas connected with pitrukarma/ anthyeshti, the gruhya acharas to be performed by the (married) couples, ……..etc. are all examples for this type of acharas.
How scientific is the family bondage strengthening acharas?
There is sociology, psychology, etc in performing these acharas which strengthen the family bondage, between wife and husband, children and parents, brothers, sisters, grand parents and children, and so on.
How the wedding rituals strengthen the family relation?
Tying the (knots) thali, putting the garland, holding the right hands (paani grahana), doing the pradakshina and exchanging the rings are all symbolically bringing a man and woman together giving the feeling that we are going to be united from this particular day of marriage onwards.
Can we know more acharas under this category ?
Temple visit of the family members , taking food together, wife serving the food to husband, mother serving food to children, praying together, celebrating the wedding anniversary, celebrating the birth day, parents’ blessing the children, fixing the date for earth breaking ceremony for new building a home, gruha pravesa, etc., are all directly or indirectly connected for strengthening family relations.
How a mother can strengthen family relations
Mother and wife have major roles in strengthening the family bondage by performing their respective maathru dharma and patnee dharma. Try to discuss about this to grand parents and old people. You will get lot of information.
Can we go deep into more of these acharas?
If you are scanning the gruhastha acharas you will know that there are hundreds of such acharas which we were thinking superstitions. These acharas were formulated hundreds of years ago for strengthening the family relations.
How social bondage gets strengthened through acharas?
The acharas which give the opportunity to bring everyone together without ego clashes are classified under this category. These acharas will result in strengthening the social bondage in the society.
Can you site few examples of such acharas?
There are hundreds of social bondage strengthening acharas: Celebrating the festivals, like sivaratri, navaratri, janmashtami, onam, etc. are social acharas. Inviting family members, relatives and friends for attending family ceremonies, etc are the acharas strengthening the social bondage and relationships.
Why do we invite people for the marriage?
This is a very important achara in which the happiness of the family is shared by the members of the society.
Why people gather during the death in a family?
When someone passes away many people come to share the sorrow of the family. Social bondage strengthening takes place when the happiness and sorrow are shared with others. Particularly among the relatives and friends. During the days of happiness and unhappiness the people share the feelings which results in strengthening the social bondage.
How the national integration and acharas are linked?
Any achara which is performed in which the name of our motherland, culture, or part of the nation, like seas, mountains, cities, great men, heroes, etc come that will give a reminder for the national pride. This directly will result in the national integration.
Can you site few examples in which the acharas help national integration?
Acharas for national integration can be narrated like this: Doing prathasmarana by chanting the mantras in which the names of holy mountains, rivers, cities, heroes, etc., are mentioned. Reading Ramayana and Mahabharatha can fetch benefits of National integration because Sri Rama traveled from Ayodhya to Kerala and then to Rameswaram and back. Similarly Pandavas traveled all the way from Hastinapura (present
How can we classify all these acharas for removing the superstition ?
There are three types of acharas. The acharas not relevant for 21st century are known as anacharas. The acharas which produce negative results are duracharas. The acharas which produce good and positive results /effects are sadacharas.
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