AIM OF AYURVEDA

The ultimate aim of Ayurveda is to guide every human being to maintain and promote health, and prevent ailments which is the main hinderance to achieve “dharma”. Acharya Charaka states- “ dharma artha kaama mokshaanam aarogyam moolam utthamam”

Health is the key to achieve “dharma” which is the only dedicated approach to sustain social harmony and cultivate individual role in a national perspective without any prejudice.
Health is one of the prerequisites for attaining “ardha” or wealth, which is required for fulfilling individual or family needs or to help those who are deprived of wealth. The other objective that has to be achived is “kaama” or fulfilling various desires.

The ultimate aim of life is to attain “moksha” or salvation. As fulfillment of sensory desires will not end in the cycle of birth and death, one has to achieve mental maturity and grow beyond the sensory perceptions and desires. The psychosomatic health is the substratum to carry out “sadhana” to achieve “moksha”. This philosophy of life is the ultimate aim of Ayurveda. OR

1)It includes the study of right conduct (dharma), which is necessary for the healthy growth of society in which the man lives.

2) Further it deals with the philosophical aspect of life, the knowledge of which contributes greatly to the comfort and happiness of all human beings.

3)Ayurveda philosophically understands the limitation of human efforts. Still it talks about the means of prolonging life and the methods of invigorating it.