Ayurveda: Art of Being

Kino International | Release Date: July 17, 2002

8.0	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Ratings

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SSJan 27, 2005

Great Movie and great subject - go see it. Ignore some of the biased comments posted the likes of DR tao. DR tao , your criticism of the movie(what a mess , what a shame) applies best to your own posting.

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ShyamarupaD.Jun 8, 2006

Whether or not this film was able to "convert" others into believing in Ayurveda or not, is irrelevent and yet, seems to be the focus of a few cranks reviewing this film. This is a beautifully presented piece that gives insight into the Whether or not this film was able to "convert" others into believing in Ayurveda or not, is irrelevent and yet, seems to be the focus of a few cranks reviewing this film. This is a beautifully presented piece that gives insight into the culture and philosophy of the Hindu religion and how this translates into Indias public health system. For those looking for objective and scientific proof as to whether Ayurveda works or not, don't waste your time with this film. That does not seem to be its objective and yet that is what both critics and few users on this site seem to be harping on. One of the lines in this movie that resonated with me is that an Ayurvedic physician stated that he "treats people, not diseases" As one who has become increasingly disappointed with our American medical system and its "MacPatients" push em through, prescribe a med, ship 'em out approach to health care, no wonder holistic alternatives seem more and more appealing to the general public. The essential point of Ayurveda does not rest on a mechanistic, impersonal, and clinical analysis of chemicals and atoms, rather, Ayurveda takes a disciplined approach to understanding a human being's subjective, cognative and symbiotic nature and how our environment, emotions, and body all interact with, and effect one another. One point that would be interesting to follow up with is how India's official public health system is actually comprised of both modern western "allopathic" medicine as well as the traditional system of Ayurveda, which has led to a system known as "Mishra Ayurveda" or mixed Ayurveda. What seemed to be presented was more along the lines of "Shuddha Ayurveda" or pure Ayurveda. Most popular exponents of Ayurveda, such as Deepak Chopra and Dr Vasant Lad, come from the mixed, or Mishra, school. Overall I found this film to be very enlightening and very interesting to see this discipline in action. Especially it seems that Ayurveda is very effective in dealing with diabedes and illnesses stemming from diabedes.… Expand

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