Heaven's Banquet
Vegetarian Cooking for Lifelong Health the Ayurveda Way
The intention of every other piece of prose may be discussed and
even mistrusted; but the purpose of a cookery book is one and
unmistakable. Its object can conceivably be no other than to
increase the happiness of mankind.
—Joseph Conrad
Chapter One
Nourishing the Mind and
Body: Maharishi Ayur-Veda
for Perfect Health
But what avail the largest gifts of Heaven,
When drooping health and spirits go amiss?
How tasteless then whatever can be given!
Health is the vital principle of bliss.
—James Thomson
The name Ayurveda comes from two Sanskrit words, ayus, or
"life," and ved, meaning "knowledge" or "science." Ayurveda is
translated as "the science of life" or, more precisely, "the ... read full excerpt from: Heaven's Banquet ebook
