The Pancha Tattva
People are their own best healers - Ayurveda believes that educating everyone adequately can help people to control their own health. No one can exactly understand subtle imbalance better than one’s own perception. Ayurveda tracks from unusual recognitions to deep into the fundamental constituents balancing which will help to heal and prevent illness. The fundamental constituents that make up our ultimate really are called the “ Panch tatva ” or the “ Panch Mahabuta ” – the five great gross elements of life. “Panch” means five and “tatva” or “Mahabuta” means element or reality. Building blocks of life: The panch mahabutas are - Ether, Air, Fire, Water, and Earth. These have come together in different proportions to bring the whole universe. These elements are the most basic aspect of anything existing- living or non living, visible or invisible. Ether (Akash) - Ether symbolizes the space. The emptiness within represents ether element. Some of the...
