Appraisal of Swabhavparamvada in the light of the Buddha's teaching

Ayurved Samhita
2018 International Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine  
Ayurveda is an ancient science of life and based on different school of philosophies. The aim of Ayurveda to maintain the health of the healthy person and to cure the disease of the diseased person but the ultimate aim of Ayurveda to attain the emancipation that is free from rebirth. Pali literature is an ancient literature and ocean of knowledge. Swabhavparamavada is an important concept described in Ayurveda which is based on Pali literature. Swabhava means natural and uparam means
more » ... this concept is contributed by charaka. Lord Buddha explained the law of impermance means nothing is permanent. Mind matter everything is changing and changing. Change is inherent in all phenomenal existence. There is nothing animate or inanimate, organic or inorganic that we can label as permanent, since even as we affix that label on something it is undergoing metamorphosis. Realizing this central fact of life by direct experience within him the Buddha declared "whether a fully enlightened one has arisen in the world or not it still remains a firm condition an immutable fact and fixed law that all formations are imperment, subject to suffering and devoid of substance". Anicca (Impermance) Dukkha (Suffering) and anatta (Insubstantiality) are the three characteristics common to all sentient existence.
doi:10.15406/ijcam.2018.11.00411 fatcat:5m4uvqshg5extlde7vfoo3jnfi