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Ayurvedic Medicine in 1985 and later became the
director of the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center for
Stress Management.
Chopra’s 1989 book Quantum Healing promoted Hindu
concepts, and his book Perfect Health (1991) was “the
first widely read book on Ayurveda” (Wikipedia). His
1993 book Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, which quotes
“ancient Indian rishis” and claims that man does not have
to experience aging, went into the stratosphere of book
sales after it was recommended by Oprah Winfrey. In one
day 130,000 copies moved off the shelves.
Chopra says that Ayurveda not only holds the key to
personal healing but to planetary rejuvination, as well:
“Ayurveda is the science of life and it has a very
basic, simple kind of approach, which is that we are
part of the universe and the universe is intelligent
and the human body is part of the cosmic body, and
the human mind is part of the cosmic mind, and the
atom and the universe are exactly the same thing
but with different form, and the more we are in touch
with this deeper reality, from where everything
comes, the more we will be able to heal ourselves
and at the same time heal our planet” (interview with
Veronica Hay, InTouch magazine, http://
www.intouchmag.com/chopra.html).
In India, Ayurveda is a recognized medical health system
governed under the Central Council of Indian Medicine.
Practitioners undergo five and a half years of training to
earn the Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery,
and higher degrees are available.
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