Bhagavad Gita and Meditation: Immunity in times of pandemic
Bhagavad Gita and Meditation: Immunity in times of pandemic
Bhagavad Gita offers practical tips on boosting internal immunity through meditation to handle pandemics
COVID-19 jolted the entire humanity on an unprecedented scale. Every family on earth suffered irreparable losses. Not only in monetary terms but also loss of near and dear ones. The world is still grappling with the pandemic while it learns to co-exist with the virus. We had discussed earlier that by April-2022 the World would have an upper hand over the virus. But it will continue to affect us seasonally. An excerpt of the conclusion in the article -
Going by the Antonine, Justinian and Spanish Flu incidents, we may also take caution that the virus probably would never get extinct. However, it would probably be like the regular flu viruses that continue to affect us seasonally but is no more a threat to humanity.
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The biggest protection against COVID or any other virus is immunity🛡️
Humanity has understood that if we have to tackle any virus or future diseases, we need high IMMUNITY. The term ‘immunity’ became a house-hold name during the pandemic. Scientists say that covid infected vaccinated persons developed long lasting immunity to COVID. This means that those surviving the virus has been able to give a strong immune response to it. For life to remain sturdy, physical, spiritual and mental health of humans need to be robust. The Bhagavad Gita thus becomes important in areas of Spirituality and Mental health.
Bhagavad Geeta on managing stress 🛡️
The Bhagavad Gita talks about meditation, sleep, diet, and stress management. All these are powerful immunity boosters. The practical application of Bhagavad Gita provides hope to humanity during crisis. The teachings of Bhagavad Gita benefits everyone irrespective of person's faith or belief.
Proper Stress management is one of the important factors in boosting immunity. The essence of Bhagavad Gita is all about managing stress. The stress results from the dilemmas and distresses of everyday material existence. In Gita, there are specific slokas that talk about meditation, sleep and diet.
Meditation in Bhagavad Gita 🛡️
The Bhagavad Gita speaks of Meditation in detail. A complete chapter is dedicated to the Dhyana Yoga. Gita prescribes Meditation in Chapter-5, Karma-Yoga, Sloka 27-28, where the Lord says:-
स्पर्शान् कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवो: ।
प्राणापानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ ।।२७।।
यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिर्मुनिर्मोक्षपरायण: ।
विमतेच्छाभयक्रोधो य: सदा मुक्त एव स: ।।२८।।
Shutting out all external sense objects, keeping the eyes and vision concentrated between the two eyebrows, suspending the inward and outward breaths within the nostrils, and thus controlling the mind, senses, and intelligence, the transcendentalist aiming at liberation becomes free from desire, fear, and anger. One who is always in this state is certainly liberated. {Source: Krishnakosh}
Meditation and Immunity are related 🛡️
Meditation and immunity seem to have a causative relationship. A scientific study was conducted on Mindfulness Meditation. The study suggest possible effects of mindfulness meditation on specific markers of inflammation, cell-mediated immunity, and biological aging. This shows that meditation is effective in dealing with everyday stress and anxiety.
Mantra-Meditation is powerful and easy to do. Let’s meditate a few minutes on the divine chant of Shri Maha Vishnu Mukti Mantra-
