Asit Kumar Panja, Suman Godara

By Asit Kumar Panja, Suman Godara - Apr 24, 2016

Each age of mankind has had its own ethical sense. In ancient India, the sense of ethics was born out of Dharma, which is not merely religion, but the recognition of a mighty law of Life or a law of Truth, so to say. While much of the modern sense of ethics is based on a rational view of life, the ethics of developed ancient cultures such as India were primarily rooted in a spiritual and psychic vision and understanding of man and the cosmos. This article explores some of these ethical areas as they would apply in the field of medical practice through the eye of Āyurveda.