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PANJIM: Governor Dr Mridula Sinha has extended her greetings on the occasion of International Day of Yoga.
In her message, the Governor has said ‘Since time immemorial, the world has recognised and acknowledged the prowess of India in various subjects, including health and well-being of mankind. It is a matter of great satisfaction for us that the United Nations declared June 21 as the ‘International Yoga Day’ and our great country enthusiastically celebrated this day in the year 2015 in a befitting manner. Our esteemed Prime Minister, Narendra Modiji, led the nation in this historic movement. With this development, Yoga has entered the global health arena. We can be proud of it.
The Governor further said that Indian sages, saints and seers meditated in solitude and deduced the ground Vedantic philosophy. Indian philosophy attaches greatest relevance and reverence for all forms of life, which aims at removing the sufferings of human beings and of all other living beings. This is eminently reflected in the art of healing as we recall the great names of Charaka, Dhanwantari and Susruta, whom we remember to this day for their path-breaking and pioneering contribution to our medical system. They laid great stress on adherence to good habits and deep-rooted values that can sustain life. Indian traditional medical systems aim at securing a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being of the total person. Here, Yogic exercises and such valuable sadacharas have great relevance. The Vedas are our most ancient scriptures which contact unfathomable all-round knowledge and wisdom that can make life worth living and wholesome. The holistic approaches to human life, heath and, well-being through traditional indigenous medical systems like Yoga, Ayurveda, Homeopathy, etc. have played a vital role in the healthcare of mankind. Yoga has been a way of life in India for centuries which aims at harmonising the body, mind and spirit. It not only helps to alleviate physical sufferings, but also to remove psychological and mental sufferings. In the present-day fast changing conditions of life when people are suffering from increasing amount of stress and strain, disturbed thoughts and emotions upsetting internal equilibrium, nervous, respiratory and digestive systems, and when people are increasingly taking drugs and tranquilisers, Yoga as dharmic approach, with its efficacy and simplicity, offers a positive way which can help in preventing many a problem and restore and improve their internal vigour and vitality, both mental and physical, and thus enable them to lead a more meaningful, wholesome and healthy life. The Gita tells us: asantasya kutah sukham-meaning that there cannot be any happiness to those who have no peace or tranquility of mind. Happiness can be achieved only by adhering to discipline, orderly life and good habits. Let us also remember the valuable principle which Charaka propounded i.e “All sufferings which afflict the mind or the body has ignorance for its cause and all happiness has its basis in clear scientific knowledge”, she added.
Let us try to understand the value and worth of Yoga, and practice it with renewed enthusiasm, as an integral part of our life in the interest of our own health and well-being. I would like to appeal to the young generation not to fall on the wrong track of alcoholism, drugs and other pernicious practices, instead they can adopt Yoga and other good habits that can make their lives happier, healthier and prosperous, she concluded.
