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Review ------ Dr. Vasant Lad is a true Vaidya, a knower of reality. His latest work, The Textbook of Ayurveda, attests to his indisputable role as the foremost expert in this ancient healing science. --Deepak Chopra, MD and David Simon, MD Founders, The Chopra Center for Well Being Dr. Vasant Lad is bringing out what are probably the most definitive textbooks on Ayurveda yet published in English, starting with this first volume on Basic Principles. The series is bound to revolutionize the study and practice of Ayurveda worldwide. All students of Ayurveda should seriously examine it. --Dr. David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) author Yoga and Ayurveda, Yoga for Your Type, Healing, etc. Read more ( javascript:void(0) ) From the Author --------------- For the last twenty years, I have traveled extensively teaching the various aspects of ¢yurveda. The great three texts—Charaka, Sushruta and Vagbhata—Samhitas are quite authentic and contain several layers of meaning for the serious student. However, they are rather difficult for the beginner to follow and understand. I took an extract of these Three Greats and created a practical Studies Program that I teach at The Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I love my students. They are sincere, hardworking and study Ayurveda in both the Studies Program and in the more advanced Gurukula Program. Over the years, the students have repeatedly requested a textbook for our classes. The entire curriculum is taught in an eight-month period and all of its material cannot be put together in a single volume. Hence, I have decided to write three volumes of a general textbook of Ayurveda covering the basic principles and philosophies of Ayurveda, the clinical assessment of and disease, and the management of disease. It gives me a great joy to write this preface for Volume I of the Textbook of Ayurveda. This book contains authentic teachings of the basic principles and philosophies of Ayurveda. I am quite sure that it will be a practical guide to all students of Ayurveda. Love and light, Dr. Vasant Lad Albuquerque, New Mexico March 2002 Read more ( javascript:void(0) ) See all Editorial Reviews ( /dp/product-description/1883725070/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books&isInIframe=0 )