Tea and Krishna Devotees

Tea and Krishna Devotees

Hare Krishna,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Do we need an agitated, distracted and uncontrolled mind to progress in Krishna consciousness or we need a calm, peaceful and controlled mind?

It is a frequent argument that tea and coffee are obtained from plants. They have a vegetarian source. So why do you ask us to stop these for progressing in Krishna consciousness.

Conventional black tea has both caffeine and tannin in it. Arguably, neither is all that good for the body, both are addictive. If you don't think you are hooked on black tea, stop drinking it for a couple of days - you will experience headaches, weariness, and cravings. You may find you want to sleep all the time.

If you continually take caffeine into the body you don't produce adrenaline. This can increase blood pressure and stress, lead to sleeplessness and general poor health. Black tea can stain the teeth. Though on the plus side, there are things in tea that help your body deal with toxins from other sources, but there are other ways also to obtain this effect.

If you take sweetened butter milk (Lassi, Chhacha) you will feel sleepy because of a neuro-inhibitory chemical, gaba-amino butyric acid and on the contrary taking a cup of tea or coffee makes you awake because of neuro-excitatory chemicals caffeine, tannin.

Everything you put into your body affects your chemical balance and can affect your mind - teas especially so. It pays to be aware of what is influencing you. And, while you think about that, you shall potter off and put the kettle on....

It is thus clear that any thing, which stimulates mind, has to be avoided for controlling the mind and senses. Tea and coffee are proven stimulants.

I am a Medical graduate from MAMC Delhi (1973) and also a Congregational preacher with ISKCON Delhi and NCR and do internet preaching also.

People interested in Krishna Consciousness are willing to follow four regulative principles but find it difficult to leave Black Tea.

So what is the solution?

Keeping in view of this utmost need to progress in Krishna Consciousness I being a doctor studied Ayurveda and developed an Herbal Tea Infusion (Tisane) in 2002, which does not contain Tulasi Leaves or Black/Green Tea
and is free from Caffeine and Tannin.

I used to prepare a little quantity and distribute to congregation devotees who were getting ready for initiation (diksha) and could not leave black tea and it helped.

Apart from being a delightful, revitalizing, refreshing tea (tisane) with delicious taste and exotic flavor it is a superb alternative to black tea
and its body rejuvenating effect and health benefits are excellent.

I have plans to make it available worldwide on the counters and have selected the name "GOVIND MADHAV HERBAL TEA".

Ganga(dd) IDS (CIS SysOp)
9th March 2005

Need for Herbal Tea

Thank you for visiting www.herbalteaindia.net! My name is Dr. Satish Gosain. I am a graduate in medicine from Delhi University passed in 1973. I had worked in different capacities in various hospitals in Delhi. Presently I am running Dr. Bharti Nursing Home in Hari Nagar New Delhi India.

Being a doctor I have started this website about tea because I wanted to share my knowledge and passion for Herbal Teas, as well as impart the health benefits derived from this special beverage that has been revered for centuries.

I grew up in Delhi, India and have enjoyed different types of teas and tisanes my entire life till I joined ISKCON.

Tea Brewing At My Home

I used to keep a variety of loose leaf teas and herbals on hand because right from my college days I enjoyed different fruit blends, chai and flavored decaffeinated teas. For myself, I liked to "mix-it-up" a bit each day and brew several different types of tea.

I usually used to sip black tea in the morning and make green tea during the day. Then, I often brew a cup of herbal tea in the evening. And my wife Dr. Bharti Gosain was very fond of Black Tea.

By far, the most flavorful and satisfying cups of herbal tea are those that are properly brewed using quality loose teas. While tea bags are convenient, there is no comparison to the taste and aroma of loose teas.

My journey to Herbal Tea

Then I came to Krishna consciousness in 1985 where I was taught that Austerity (Tapah) is 3^rd pillar of Dharma and it is necessary to safeguard it to progress in Krishna consciousness where it is required to avoid intoxicants of any kind.

We know many arguments against the use of intoxicants. It is not a very difficult thing to understand because anyone with a sane mind will accept that taking intoxicants is physically, mentally and spiritually detrimental. It destroys the principle of austerity because the reason people take to drugs is that they want to avoid their suffering in the material world - they do not want to face that austerity.

Drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, as well as any drink or food containing caffeine, cloud the mind, over-stimulate the senses, and make it impossible to follow the principles of bhakti-yoga.

Harmful effects of Black Tea:

When indulged into excess it affects the heart, vasomotor center and motor nerves causes pallor and feeble pulse.

Strong tea affects nervous system causing tremulousness of the limbs, supra-orbital headache, nervousness, hallucinations and nightmare, disorder of the mental faculties, which amounts nearly to insanity. It has a degenerative effect on the nervous system analogue to what follows with the moderate dose of alcohol.

It affects stomach giving rise to nausea, vomiting and flatulent dyspepsia.

Herbal Tea for Krishna Conscious devotees

My initiated name is Sri Krishna Hari Das and I had Joined ISKCON in 1985 as congregational Life member & had 1st & 2nd initiation from H.H. Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj.

I am Preaching & giving discourses on Bhagavad-gita & Srimad Bhagavatam in ISKCON Sant Nagar, Punjabi Bagh, Rohini, Wazirabad, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Bahadurgarh, Gurgaon & Congregational preaching programs in Hari Nagar, Janakpuri, Paschim Vihar and Pitampura, since 1997. I have lectured at ISKCON centers in Allahabad, Lucknow, Kanpur, Chandigarh, Belgaum, Goa.

I have been facing a practical problem during preaching. That people interested in Krishna Consciousness are willing to follow four regulative principles but find it difficult to leave Black Tea.

So what is the solution?

Keeping in view of this utmost need to progress in Krishna Consciousness I studied Ayurveda and developed an Herbal Tea Infusion in 2002. I used to prepare a little quantity and distribute to congregation devotees who were getting ready for initiation (diksha) and could not leave black tea and it helped.

So now I am planning to make it available on the counters and have selected the name “GOVIND MADHAV HERBAL TEA”.

Is it only for Krishna Conscious devotees?

Then I realized that this delightful, revitalizing, refreshing herbal tea with delicious taste and exotic flavor is not only helpful to Krishna Conscious devotees but it is a superb alternative to black tea and its body rejuvenating effect and health benefits are excellent. It is the tea for all ages.

It does not contain Black/Green Tea or Tulasi Leaves and is free from Caffeine and Tannin

Why I Built This Website Govind Madhav Herbal Tea

What has really captured my interest in recent years is the growing number of research studies that point to the impressive array of health benefits from tea consumption. And loose leaf teas have proven to have significantly more health benefits than bagged or bottled teas.

So a couple of days ago on the suggestion from a friend, I decided it was time to create a website about tea to share my knowledge and help people learn about tea.

Yet, I didn’t know where to begin and had no website-building expertise. I only knew that I wanted to create an online herbal tea guide that would provide easy-to-find information on all aspects of loose leaf tea.

Sri Krishna Hari Das

Dr. Satish Gosain

M.B., B. S., D.N.B.(i) Med

Govind Madhav Herbal Tea

B-29-30, Hari Nagar,

New Delhi, India - 110064

Phone: +91-11-2512 5595, +91-11-2512 8754

Mobile: +91-97170-55006, +91-98913 86194

E-mail – info@herbalteaindia.net

Sri.Krishna.Hari.gkg@ herbalteaindia.net

Dr. Bharti Nursing Home

B-30, Hari Nagar, New Delhi - 110064

Phones: +91-11-2512 5595, +91-11-2512 8754

Mobile +91-97170-55006, +91-98913 86194

Sri.Krishna.Hari.@gmail.com, Sri.Krishna.Hari.GKG@pamho.net

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rasika abhijit acharya July 27, 2013 at 7:13pm

hare krishna pranam pls make it available fast mataji so that we can stop our habit
satish jaiswal July 27, 2013 at 8:42am

thanku for plz distribute fast as u can so i can get it
Sri Krishna Hari Das June 11, 2011 at 9:29am

Need for Herbal Tea

Thank you for visiting www.herbalteaindia.net! My name is Dr. Satish Gosain. I am a graduate in medicine from Delhi University passed in 1973. I had worked in different capacities in various hospitals in Delhi. Presently I am running Dr. Bharti Nursing Home in Hari Nagar New Delhi India.

Being a doctor I have started this website about tea because I wanted to share my knowledge and passion for Herbal Teas, as well as impart the health benefits derived from this special beverage that has been revered for centuries.

I grew up in Delhi, India and have enjoyed different types of teas and tisanes my entire life till I joined ISKCON.

Tea Brewing At My Home

I used to keep a variety of loose leaf teas and herbals on hand because right from my college days I enjoyed different fruit blends, chai and flavored decaffeinated teas. For myself, I liked to "mix-it-up" a bit each day and brew several different types of tea.

I usually used to sip black tea in the morning and make green tea during the day. Then, I often brew a cup of herbal tea in the evening. And my wife Dr. Bharti Gosain was very fond of Black Tea.

By far, the most flavorful and satisfying cups of herbal tea are those that are properly brewed using quality loose teas. While tea bags are convenient, there is no comparison to the taste and aroma of loose teas.

My journey to Herbal Tea

Then I came to Krishna consciousness in 1985 where I was taught that Austerity (Tapah) is 3^rd pillar of Dharma and it is necessary to safeguard it to progress in Krishna consciousness where it is required to avoid intoxicants of any kind.

We know many arguments against the use of intoxicants. It is not a very difficult thing to understand because anyone with a sane mind will accept that taking intoxicants is physically, mentally and spiritually detrimental. It destroys the principle of austerity because the reason people take to drugs is that they want to avoid their suffering in the material world - they do not want to face that austerity.

Drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, as well as any drink or food containing caffeine, cloud the mind, over-stimulate the senses, and make it impossible to follow the principles of bhakti-yoga.

Harmful effects of Black Tea:

When indulged into excess it affects the heart, vasomotor center and motor nerves causes pallor and feeble pulse.

Strong tea affects nervous system causing tremulousness of the limbs, supra-orbital headache, nervousness, hallucinations and nightmare, disorder of the mental faculties, which amounts nearly to insanity. It has a degenerative effect on the nervous system analogue to what follows with the moderate dose of alcohol.

It affects stomach giving rise to nausea, vomiting and flatulent dyspepsia.

Herbal Tea for Krishna Conscious devotees

My initiated name is Sri Krishna Hari Das and I had Joined ISKCON in 1985 as congregational Life member & had 1st & 2nd initiation from H.H. Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj.

I am Preaching & giving discourses on Bhagavad-gita & Srimad Bhagavatam in ISKCON Sant Nagar, Punjabi Bagh, Rohini, Wazirabad, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Bahadurgarh, Gurgaon & Congregational preaching programs in Hari Nagar, Janakpuri, Paschim Vihar and Pitampura, since 1997. I have lectured at ISKCON centers in Allahabad, Lucknow, Kanpur, Chandigarh, Belgaum, Goa.

I have been facing a practical problem during preaching. That people interested in Krishna Consciousness are willing to follow four regulative principles but find it difficult to leave Black Tea.

So what is the solution?

Keeping in view of this utmost need to progress in Krishna Consciousness I studied Ayurveda and developed an Herbal Tea Infusion in 2002. I used to prepare a little quantity and distribute to congregation devotees who were getting ready for initiation (diksha) and could not leave black tea and it helped.

So now I am planning to make it available on the counters and have selected the name “GOVIND MADHAV HERBAL TEA”.

Is it only for Krishna Conscious devotees?

Then I realized that this delightful, revitalizing, refreshing herbal tea with delicious taste and exotic flavor is not only helpful to Krishna Conscious devotees but it is a superb alternative to black tea and its body rejuvenating effect and health benefits are excellent. It is the tea for all ages.

It does not contain Black/Green Tea or Tulasi Leaves and is free from Caffeine and Tannin

Why I Built This Website Govind Madhav Herbal Tea

What has really captured my interest in recent years is the growing number of research studies that point to the impressive array of health benefits from tea consumption. And loose leaf teas have proven to have significantly more health benefits than bagged or bottled teas.

So a couple of days ago on the suggestion from a friend, I decided it was time to create a website about tea to share my knowledge and help people learn about tea.

Yet, I didn’t know where to begin and had no website-building expertise. I only knew that I wanted to create an online herbal tea guide that would provide easy-to-find information on all aspects of loose leaf tea.

Sri Krishna Hari Das

Dr. Satish Gosain

M.B., B. S., D.N.B.(i) Med

Govind Madhav Herbal Tea

B-29-30, Hari Nagar,

New Delhi, India - 110064

Phone: +91-11-2512 5595, +91-11-2512 8754

Mobile: +91-97170-55006, +91-98913 86194

E-mail – info@herbalteaindia.net

Sri.Krishna.Hari.gkg@ herbalteaindia.net

Dr. Bharti Nursing Home

B-30, Hari Nagar, New Delhi - 110064

Phones: +91-11-2512 5595, +91-11-2512 8754

Mobile +91-97170-55006, +91-98913 86194

Sri.Krishna.Hari.@gmail.com, Sri.Krishna.Hari.GKG@pamho.net
Pradip Pandit June 2, 2011 at 7:27am

hare krsna, PAMHO,AGTSP

very very wonderful for beginners and coffee and tea addicts like me.

We would be waiting for it

hari hari bool
Sivaguna Krishna das June 1, 2011 at 3:11pm

Hare Krishna..

Welcome & Best wishes for the Good Idea.
saraswathi venkat raghavan June 1, 2011 at 11:49am

HARE KRISHNA MATHAJI

DANDAVAT PRANAM!!!

VRY NICE MATHAJI HARI HARIBOL!!!

WITH BEST KRISHNA CONSCIOUS WISHES

SARASWATHI
Ravi Pati Damodar Das June 1, 2011 at 11:09am

Can we Drink Green tea made by Liptom

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