Purification of Air by Lakshaharidraadi Yoga and Some Measures to Reverse the Impact of Polluted Air

Abstract

Environment plays a very significant role in human civilization. Human beings have close relations with the bio- sphere in which they live. The whole environment and ecology consisting of earth, air, water, plants and animals provide the necessary and sufficient conditions for sustaining human life. In Yajurveda and Vedic sages pure wa- ter, air etc. are the roots to good health and happiness and hence they considered all these as gods. The Vedic peo- ple desired to live a life of hundred years and this wish can be fulfilled only when the environment will be unpol- luted, clean, and peaceful. Today, the environmental crisis is a tremendous problem for the whole world as it is suffering from environmental pollution. Therefore, today environmental problems have been the object of discus- sion everywhere from village to parliament. Air Pollution is by far the most rapidly growing problem of modern technological society. Although the world has already addressed this issue and has also taken steps to minimize it a lot more than this is needed. The damage which our hunger for ease of living had already caused is irreparable by just making laws, rules & regulations. We need strong implementation of it as well as general awareness and contribution from everyone. Ayurveda can play a vital role in fighting this battle for cleaning the air and minimiz- ing air pollution; it could even emerge as ‘SanjeevaniBooti’. There's no need of proving the worth of Vedic science to our society as it is now worldwide accepted and part of everyone’s life. Recent Ayurveda studies have shown positive results in dealing effectively with the evil of air pollution.