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ISKCON Minister for Health and Welfare, posted December 2008: Srimad-Bhagavatam, an ancient Vedic scripture, mentions that in Kali-yuga, the present age, people have but short lives. One reason for this reduced life span is that people do not follow the authorized scriptural restrictions that regulate diet and sexual activity and that prescribe abstinence from intoxication. Another reason is irregularity in daily activities such as waking up, sleeping, and eating. In Kali-yuga, the duration of life is shortened not so much because of insufficient food but because of irregular habits. By keeping regular habits and eating simple food, any man can maintain his health. Overeating, over-sense gratification, overdependence on another’s mercy, and artificial standards of living sap the very vitality of human energy. Therefore the duration of life is shortened (Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.1.10, purp.). In Bhagavad-gita Lord Krishna recommends the following: He who is regulated in his habits of eating, sleeping, recreation and work can mitigate all material pains by practicing the yoga system (Bhagavad-gita 16.17).
Lord Krishna also prescribes how we can further reduce stress by purifying the activities of the mind: And satisfaction, simplicity, gravity, self-control and purification of one’s existence are the austerities of the mind (Bhagavad-gita 17.16).
Although the ancient Vedic scriptures offer us the deepest insights into self-realization and God realization, they also give us a simple, yet most profound, understanding of how to live peacefully and happily within this world.
In the service of Srila Prabhupada,
Prahladananda Swami
ISKCON Minister for Health and Welfare
ISKCON Health and Welfare Ministry
c/o ISKCON Radhadesh
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