Constituents of food - Vedically speaking Delivered at meVeg Congress Dubai - Nov 2015

1. Krishnan Subramaniam
ASPECTS OF
F O O D

2. Who all present in this room now,
is a YOGI?

3. WHAT IS
COMMON?

5. Familiar scene?
Come and EAT!
Aren’t you
HUNGRY???

6. Who When How
How often? Where

7. ? ? ?

8. What is food?
aahriyate manasaa budhyaa
indriyairvaa iti aahaarah.
That which is consumed, collected by us
through the senses, mind and intellect is
called Food or aahaara.

9. PANCHA PRANA
5 LIFE FORCES
RESPIRATION
REVERSAL
IMMUNITY
CIRCULATION
DIGESTION
EXCRETION

10. PANCHA BHOOTA
5 ELEMENTS

11. PANCHEEKARANAM
GROSSIFICATION
e.g. formation of Gross Earth
½
SUBTLE
EARTH
1/8 SUBTLE SPACE
1/8 SUBTLE AIR
1/8 SUBTLE FIRE
1/8 SUBTLE WATER

12. TRI GUNA
3 ATTRIBUTES
CALM
ACTIVE
DULL

13. PANCHA JNANA INDRIYA
5 SENSE ORGANS
INTERNAL
FACULTY

14. PANCHA KARAMA INDRIYA
5 ORGANS OF ACTION
EXCRETION

15. GROSS BODY

16. AVASTHA TRAYAM
3 STATES

17. SATVA RAJAS TAMAS
AKASA
SPACE
VAYU
AIR
AGNI
FIRE
APAHA
WATER
PRITHVI
EARTH
(SUBTLE
COMPONENT)
15
COMPONENTS
OF FOOD

18. SATVA RAJAS TAMAS
AKASA
SPACE
SABDA
HEARING
VAYU
AIR
SPARSA
TOUCH
AGNI
FIRE
ROOPA
FORM
APAHA
WATER
RASA
TASTE
PRITHVI
EARTH
GANDHA
SMELL
(SUBTLE
COMPONENT)
SENSE
ORGANS

19. SATVA RAJAS TAMAS
AKASA
SPACE
VAAK
SPEECH
VAYU
AIR
PAANI
HOLDING
AGNI
FIRE
PAADA
MOVING
APAHA
WATER
PAAYU
EXCRETION
PRITHVI
EARTH
UPASTHA
PROCREATION
(SUBTLE
COMPONENT)
ORGANS OF
ACTION

20. SATVA RAJAS TAMAS
AKASA
SPACE
AKASA
SPACE
VAYU
AIR
VAYU
AIR
AGNI
FIRE
AGNI
FIRE
APAHA
WATER
APAHA
WATER
PRITHVI
EARTH
PRITHVI
EARTH
(SUBTLE
COMPONENT)
GROSS
BODY

21. SATVA RAJAS TAMAS
AKASA
SPACE
SABDA
HEARING
VAAK
SPEECH
AKASA
SPACE
VAYU
AIR
SPARSA
TOUCH
PAANI
HOLDING
VAYU
AIR
AGNI
FIRE
ROOPA
FORM
PAADA
MOVING
AGNI
FIRE
APAHA
WATER
RASA
TASTE
PAAYU
EXCRETION
APAHA
WATER
PRITHVI
EARTH
GANDHA
SMELL
UPASTHA
PROCREATION
PRITHVI
EARTH
(SUBTLE
COMPONENT)
SENSE
ORGANS
ORGANS OF
ACTION
GROSS
BODY

22. SUMMARY
LIFE FORCE - PRANA
PRIMARY SOURCE - AIR
SECONDARY SOURCE - WATER
TERTIARY SOURCE – OTHER INPUTS
BY-PRODUCTS
EXCESSIVE ACTION
ADDITION / IMBALANCE
IN GROSS BODY

23. Who all present in this room now,
is a YOGI?

24. Sources

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