The kinds of health

The editor reports the author's two kinds of health: ultimate (pāramārthika) health, the imperishable, supra-sensory bliss of the soul that comes from destroying the eight karmas, and practical (vyāvahārika) health, the balance of the seven dhātus, agni and the doṣas with clear senses, a joyful mind and a body free of disease. The author names the karma that brings pain (asātāvedanīya) as the main cause of ill health and doṣa imbalance as the outer cause, and gives inner and outer causes of recovery.