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COVER
HRUDGAT
(A Heart to Heart Dialogue)
Dr. Shriniwas Janardan Kashalikar

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INSIDE OF COVER
AS IT IS
LAXMINARAYAN, PARENTS AND
MAHARAJ

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GURURBRAHMA GURURVISHNU:
GURURDEVO MAHESHVARA:
GURU: SAKSHAT PARABRAHMA TASMAI
SHRI GURAVE NAMA:
I salute my Guru, who is Brahma, Vishnu and
Mahesh called Gunamaya i.e. the penultimate
truth; and the Parabrahma; i.e. the ultimate
truth.
HRUDGAT
(A Heart to Heart Dialogue with newly admitted Medical Students)
Dr. Shriniwas J. Kashalikar,
MBBS (POONA), MD (BOM), FICG (BOM), FFFBMS (USA), D Sc
(OIUCM-COLOMBO),
Professor and Head, Department of Physiology,
SMBT Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center,
Nandi Hills, Dhamangaon, Tal. Igatpuri, Dist. Nasik

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
It is gratefully acknowledged that:
1.The appropriate and complete support conducive
to a selfless activity (SWADHARMA); is provided
by my wife Dr. Vibhavari Kashalikar, my daughters
Urjita and Mukta and sons in law Samarth and Salil.
2. The seeds of the work are sown by our (My and
My wife’s) ancestors, parents and families
(Kashalikar and Medhekar).
3. My motivation is strengthened by my readers and
practitioners of NAMASMARAN; but especially
Gondavalekar Maharaj Pariwar, Dr. Suhas Mhetre,
Dr. Pushkar Shikarkhane, and Mr. S. P. Kulkarni.
4. The platform for such a work; is set by the
management and everybody involved in
establishment and development of SMBT Institute
of Medical Sciences.
5. The vital support is provided by Mr. Madhukar
(Nana) Kelkar, Dr. Bhausaheb Jagdale, Dr. Girish
Karmarkar, Dr. Sanjay Nehe, Dr. Kiran Avachar
and; Megharaj Gadhave, of the Department of
Physiology.
7. The production and publication are done with
sincerity by the printer, publisher and their
associates. Like everything else; the
accomplishment of this work is also Gurukrupa and
is offered to the readers with all the best wishes!

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HRUDGAT
(A Heart to Heart Dialogue with newly admitted Medical Students)
Teacher: Dear friends! Hearty welcome to this prestigious
and ambitious institute of medical sciences and research
center! Medical career is crucial to health, happiness and
progress of an individual as well as the society.
Students: Thank you very much sir! Sir, what is your
advice for us; as the beginners in the medical career?
Teacher: The advice is simple! Make the most of life you
may; life is short and wears away! Life is very precious!
Make use of it to the best of your capacity! This is true for
every one of us, but especially for you all, who are young,
full of energy and full of dreams and aspirations! This is a
great opportunity to express your vitality and potentials in a
creative and constructive way and blossom together!
Students: Sir, are there any practical suggestions?
Teacher: Yes! The first and the foremost; is to keep
meeting and interacting with your teachers, other staff
members and colleagues. Ask questions and share your
difficulties and problems! We all are at your service. In
short, help us to help you. Let us all progress happily and
together!
Students: Sir, but we often feel shy!
Teacher: That is natural. But the best way to; overcome
shyness is to begin somewhere to open up and be bold!

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Many of you already seem to be bold! This way; you would
enjoy every moment of your life here; and would never
repent!
Students: Sir, we have apprehension about hostel life!
Teacher: Being away from your family you may be
uncomfortable initially. There could be some problems
regarding the food and day to day requirements also. But
you are sure to get new friends, well wishers and caring
people around; during your hostel life, which would make
you comfortable and there would be improvement on other
fronts also! Everybody here is busy in making your life
better in every way!
Students: We have heard that the medical career is tough!
Teacher: Medical career is not very easy but it is
rewarding in every possible way! Moreover; we all are here
to make it easier and enjoyable! In fact; everybody here is
busy in the mission of blossoming together and to groom
you into excellent medical graduates!
Students: Is there any practical way to make this career
easier?
Teacher: Well! One simple but important thing is to buy a
Medical Dictionary. When you start understanding the
medical terms, the medical subjects become not only easier
but also; more enjoyable. It is essential to also buy English
into Marathi (or your language) dictionary; if you already
don not have one. This makes it further easier as well as

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interesting. This is essential even as the teachers keep
trying to explain everything in your language, besides
English!
Students: What about our daily conduct?
Teacher: You are all cultured and good students. You
know the value of being moderate; in eating, sleeping,
exercise, sports, extracurricular activities; and above all;
respecting yourself and the others! Moreover you need to
be disciplined and punctual so as to improve your
efficiency.
Students: Sir, many of us have fear of failures!
Teacher: It is true that some students take longer time than
others to cope up with the studies. But in case of fear of
failure as well as actual failure; you should seek the
support/guidance without any hesitation; from your
teachers. They are always eager to help you.
Secondly; always remember that irrespective of failure;
there is enormous potential in all of you! You can come out
of even the worst situation and achieve the best! (Of
course; this does not mean that you should be complacent,
reckless or careless)!
Students: Sir, what should be our ideal?
Teacher: I think, our deal should be; individual and
universal blossoming!
Students: Can you elaborate on this?

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Teacher: This ideal is incorporated in the following
Sanskrit verse from the great text book of Ayurvedic
Medicine; Ashtanga Hridaya (The core of the eight aspects
of Ayurveda); by the great genius Wagbhat.
BHISHAJAM SADHUVRUTTANAM
BHADRAM AGAMSHALINAM
ABHYASTA KARMANAM BHADRAM
BHADRAM BHADRABHILASHINAM
Roughly; this means:
Blessed be the doctor/healer, who is well behaved, who is
well versed with complete science of healing, who has
achieved expertise and skills in clinical practice and
research; and above all; who yearns individual and
universal blossoming!
Students: This is really inspiring! Can you elaborate
further; sir?
Teacher: In short, BHISHAJA: SADHUVRUTTANAM
BHADRAM AGAMSHALINAM means; blessed be
he/she, who studies human life, suffering and the
preventive, curative and rehabilitative ways; from different
angles and varied approaches.
Students: Do you mean that we have to study Ayurveda,
Homoeopathy etc also?

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Teacher: All the systems of Medicine are not included in
the present curriculum Further, in a limited time frame; it
may not be possible to study different systems of Medicine.
But it is good to keep mind open; and get introduced to the
principles of different systems as an extracurricular
activity; and try to appreciate the interdisciplinary
complementarity in healing and the health promotion. For
this, it is important to get rid of our subjectivity, sectarian
attitude and prejudices; and be as much objective as
possible. The unbiased, unprejudiced and impartial nature
and purity and innocence of heart are essential for accurate
learning and appropriate decision making in medical
career, even though this is true for other fields also.
Students: How to be objective?
Teacher: The best way to be objective; is to practice
NAMASMARAN, more about which you can find in my
books and articles available for free download on internet.
Students: What is ABHYASTA KARMANAM
BHADRAM?
Teacher: Blessed be the one, who undergoes necessary
training in techniques of prevention, examinations,
investigations, treatment, rehabilitation and research.
Students: This is easy to understand. What is the meaning
of BHADRAM BHADRABHILASHINAM?

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Teacher: BHADRAM BHADRABHILASHINAM means;
blessed be he/she, who yearns for individual and universal
blossoming!
Students: Thank you sir! We appreciate this. But don’t you
think that in this world of cut throat competition; we would
be failures if we pursue such “noble” and probably
“unrealistic and impractical” ideals?
Teacher: This is really an honest and frank question!
Actually, we are trapped in cut throat competition and
chaotic, confused and illusory pursuit of mirages! It is
deceptive! Hence whether successful or otherwise, most of
us are unhappy and hence add to the unhappiness of others!
Most of us are disturbed and add to the disturbance of
others! Most of us are under stress and add to the stress of
others! This is a vicious cycle!
On the other hand; the pursuit “individual and universal
blossoming” sets in a wellness cycle! It is like nurturing
roots of the “life tree” of which we are a part. It is full
proof and infallible!
In the present rat race; whether we succeed or fail, we land
up becoming maniac or failures or suicidal; respectively.
This is detrimental to us and/or others!
In the pursuit of individual and universal blossoming; we
are sure to be in “win win” situation and increasingly
fulfilled and never repent!

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Students: Please elaborate; how this pursuit would be
beneficial to us as well as the society.
Teacher: This pursuit embodies the natural principle of
homeostasis, in which every constituent part nurtures the
whole system and vice versa. Thus it involves contribution
of every individual from different fields of life; to the
health and happiness of the society as a whole, which in
turn ensures the blossoming of different fields and the
individuals therein!
Today; this happens to some extent; as a consequence of
ongoing holistic evolution (and not merely biological
evolution) by virtue of the spiritual legacy of our great
and enlightened ancestors! But this would happen far
more extensively if, we, the would be doctors, doctors,
industrialists, agriculturists, engineers, artists, scientists,
bureaucrats, politicians and so on; are increasingly freed;
from tubularity of vision, sectarian attitude, fragmented
thinking, fanatic tendencies, bigotry, prejudices, rigid
biases, petty selfishness, and vested interests.
Students: But how to get freed from these?
Teacher: As I said earlier the simplest and universally
accepted way (which I know) to conquer the subjectivity
and pettiness of every kind; and be increasingly objective
and broad, is the practice of NAMASMARAN.
Students: What is the meaning of NAMASMARAN? Can
you please tell more?

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Teacher: NAMASMARAN (From Sanskrit: Name = a
(divine) name; smaran = remembrance); means
remembering the name of God, which implies the true self,
either loudly or silently. This is called jaap, jap, jikra in
Hindi and Urdu respectively. It is also called simaran and
sumiran.
NAMASMARAN; by virtue of its almost universal
acceptability, simplicity, non-technicality and
inexpensiveness; is the key to individual and universal
blossoming i.e. Total Stress Management, irrespective of
age, sex, occupation, socioeconomic stratum, race, religion,
culture, ideology, nationality and other variables! This is
especially so, because; NAMASMARAN does not involve
any stringent rules, coercive regulations or crippling
bindings. It does not interfere with the customs or belief
systems.
NAMASMARAN, which is focusing on NAMA, gradually
frees us from our individualistic and selfish shackles and
reorients us to our own true selves. It revitalizes and
rejuvenates us and catalyzes the evolution and
implementation of holistic perspective, policies, plans,
programs and achieve individual and universal blossoming!
This embodies SATPRERANA, SADDHARANA,
SADVICHAR, SADBHAVANA, SATPRAVRUTTI,
SADVASANA, , SADICCHA, SATSHAKTI,
SATSANKALP AND SATKARMA or SADACHAR.

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Students: Will you please explain these terms further?
Teacher: Yes! It is interesting as well as essential to
understand them! PRERANA is the inspiration and
SATPRERANA is the inspiration to realize truth.
DHARANA is the conviction and SATDHARANA implies
the conviction in the truth. VICHAR is thinking and
SADVICHAR means thinking that enables us to realize the
truth. BHAVANA is feeling and SADBHAVANA is the
totality of our feelings, which lifts us to reach the truth!
PRAVRUTTI is convergence of our inclinations, aptitudes,
fixations; and SATPRAVRUTTI is; this bent of our mind
to realize truth. VASANA means instincts. SADVASANA
means the evolving and directing the array of our passions,
to merge with truth! ICCHHA means desire and
SADICCHHAA is a convergence of all desires in realizing
truth. SHAKTI means power and SATSHAKTI is the
power - the might involved in SADACHAR. SANKALP
means synthesis and crystallization of our perspective,
thoughts, feelings and instincts into a specific well defined
pursuit and SATSANKALP means directing this towards
individual and universal blossoming inherent to the
realization of truth! KARMA means action and
SATKARMA reorienting every different activity reaching
us to to truth. ACHAR means transactions and
SADACHAR means the transactions in different fields; at
personal, family and social level, conducive to merging
with truth (called NAMA by the practitioners of
NAMASMARAN)!

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Students: This appears promising!
Teacher: The practice of NAMASMARAN is a life line in
every circumstance and forever! The best of everything in
the world and of course; in the medical world; springs from
the blissful enlightenment inherent to NAMASMARAN
and in turn; culminates into it as well!
For example, in the pursuit of this ideal; if you become a
health minister, then the whole nation would be healthier
and happier; by virtue of your holistic perspective, policies,
plans, programs and their implementation! The healthier
and happier nation in turn, would provide all the needs to
every individual in different fields of life; including you,
for healthier and happier life. In such a case; won’t the
parents, teachers and alma mater be satisfied and proud of
you? Won’t they cherish your legendary association with
them? Hence this HRUDGAT is the best gift we can offer
you; on this memorable occasion! I would however request
you not to accept or reject this HRUDGAT casually; but
verify it for yourself!
Before ending; it may be noted that, over 45 books, 600
articles and 200 videos in English, Hindi and Marathi on
physiology, health, stress management and
NAMASMARAN; written and demonstrated by Dr.
Shriniwas Janardan Kashalikar are available for free
download on internet on; over 300 free sharing
international websites including
www.youtube.com/superliving08.

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Prayer
SARVETRA: SUKHIN: SANTU
SARVE SANTU NIRAMAYA:
SARVE BHADRANI PASHYANTU
MA KASHCHIT DU:KHAMAPNUYAT
(ESSENCE IN ENGLISH)
Let all of us be happy through
empowerment for universal perspective,
vision, thinking, feeling and working for
simultaneous individual and universal
blossoming through freedom from
suffocating superficiality and petrifying
pettiness

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SHRIRAM JAY RAM JAY JAY RAM

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