1) Holistic medicine emerges from the realization that different medical disciplines are interconnected rather than separate. It views the human body and health in a unified, comprehensive way. 2) Those who integrate or are open to dialogue between medical disciplines exhibit satvika gnana or enlightened knowledge, while those who adhere rigidly to one discipline alone and oppose holistic medicine exhibit tamasa gnana or ignorance. 3) Holistic medicine is trans-religious, trans-national, trans-cultural, and trans-ideological. It aims to understand life's multi-dimensional complexity and the continuity between concepts from different medical disciplines like allopathy and Ayurveda.