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In keeping with the spirit of the American Herbalist's Guild Code of Ethics, and in complying with our Articles of Association and Organization (Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute Articles of Association), Medicine Buddha Healing Center is publicly posting a Declaration of Rights and Informed Consent for each of our regular Practitioners:

Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, M.A.H. (Master Ayurvedic Herbalist)
 Jinpa's Public Declaration - click here to view his Declaration and Informed Consent.

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Source: Losang, Jinpa, Ven., D.Ayur, Ph.D., Himalayan Ayurvedic Handbook – Notes from a Six Year Apprenticeship with Dr. Vasant Lad and other Yogic Buddhist Healing Masters, Berkeley, California: Medicine Buddha Healing Center, 2008: Online: Available: www.ayurveda-tcm.com, June 20, 2008.  E-Mail: No E-Mail Available     CALL US at (1) 510-292-6696.

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Homage to Lord Dhanwanthari - Master Ayurvedic Healer - God of Medicine. OM DHANVANTARAYE NAMAHA

 Ayurvedic Medicine in Berkeley and San Francisco Bay Area, East Bay Ayurvedic Practitioners practicing their constitutionally and God-given inalienable right to practice, teach and study Ayurveda, Yoga and Jyotish as their deeply held religious beliefs: Lord Dhanwanthari - Master Ayurvedic Healer - God of Medicine. OM DHANVANTARAYE NAMAHA: Painting by Jaya Rama Dasa (1977) oil on canvas, for illustration in Shrimad Bhagavatam Copyright BBTI. Dhanvantari Lord of Ayurvedic Healing. According to the Puranas this incarnation of Vishnu was a ruler of Benares who originated a universally effective system of traditional herbal medicine. He holds a golden leech (symbolic of blood purification) and a medicinal plant in his right hand, and the conch of wisdom and pot of rejuvenating nectar in his left. The tulsi-seed mala around his neck, plant-wreath halo, and his sometimes blue-tinted skin emphasize his connection to Vishnu the Preserver. The origins of the ancient healing science known as Ayurveda are lost in cosmic antiquity. According to the ancient text Caraka-samhita, this "Science of Life and Longevity" is eternal and is revealed in each universe in each of its infinite cycles of creation and destruction. This healing science is generally revealed by great sages or demigods. Occasionally, the Supreme Lord Himself descends as the avatara (incarnation) Dhanvantari and re-inaugurates the tradition of Ayurveda. This extremely rare appearance of God is recorded in the Vedic literature of ancient India. Dhanvantari's appearance is celebrated each year on the 13th day (trayodasi) of the waxing moon a few days before the Divali festival in October or November of each year. This graphic is either reprinted with permission or is made available under the "fair use" provision (17 USC §107) of the U.S. Copyright Act for research and non-profit educational and religious purposes only. Dhanvantari Ayurveda Center.top

Declarations of Rights

ARTICLE IX, U.S. CONSTITUTION
“The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage other rights retained by the People.” Under the Ninth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, we retain the right to freedom of choice in health lifestyle education services and to pastoral counseling (as defined above). This includes the right to choose our diet, and to obtain, purchase and use any therapy, regimen, modality, remedy or product suggested by a therapist, doctor or any other practitioner, educator, or Pastoral Counselor of our choice. The enumeration in this Declaration of these rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage other rights retained by us, or our right to amend this Declaration at any time.

CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE:
Notice is hereby given to any person(s) or governmental authority who receives a copy of this Declaration and who, acting under the color of the law, intentionally interferes with the free exercise of the rights retained by us under the First, Fourth, Sixth and Ninth Amendments, that they may be in violation of our civil and constitutional rights, Title 42, U.S.C. 1983 et seq. and Title 18, Section 241.

We declare all rights reserved without prejudice.
 

Declaration of Belief in Divine Spirit and the Religiously Inspired and Divinely Directed Ministerial Path of our Initiates as a Constitutionally Protected Right

 

C2.11:

a.)    We declare that we believe in and recognize the Divine Spirit of the Universe (the Higher Self), for the Spirit makes things live or die, to suffer or to be healed. We believe in devotionally surrendering to God.  In the Healing Arts traditions that we follow, a healer regards herbs and healing substances, ministrations, rituals, ceremonies, modalities, and regimens, as actual religious offerings to all medicine deities such as Sri Dhanvantari, Sri Ganesha and Sri Medicine Buddha.  Sri Vaidya Charaka (one of the Healer-Saint-Sages of our spiritual tradition) affirms, "He who regards kindness to humanity as his supreme religion and treats his patients accordingly, succeeds best in achieving his aims of life and obtains the greatest pleasure."[1]

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b.)    We declare that we believe that the sacerdotal or spiritual administration of, use of, growth of, harvest of, production of, procurement of, import of, export of, development of, refinement of, study of, formulation of, concoction of, decoction of, powdering of, tincture of, herbal wine of, tea-making of, capsulation of, ingestion of, smoking of, gift of, offering of, non-profit sale of, education on, or spiritual recommendation of (pastoral counseling) by our Initiates to any of our congregation and to others who freely seek our healing items, services and publications (or by our congregation members to each other or to others who seek our services) of any Chinese, Tibetan, Native American, Western, and Indian herbs, foods, oils, ghees (clarified herbal butter), vitamins, minerals, and enzymes as spiritual sattvic (“more pure than kosher”) food supplements (see the Food and Drug Administration’s [FDA] DSHEA Act [Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act ][2]) are an integral part of our ancient religious tenets, beliefs, doctrines and are hence, constitutionally protected religious tenets, beliefs, doctrines and practices.  We declare that any governmental (federal, FDA, state, or local) or private attempts to seize, confiscate, appropriate, impound, or commandeer in any way the above declared herbs, foods, oils, ghees (clarified herbal butter), vitamins or minerals (which may be the property of the Ministry, Center, and Temple, its congregation, Initiates, or members) is in violation of our now declared First[3], Fourth, Sixth and Ninth Amendment Constitutional rights.  We declare, all rights reserved without prejudice.  We declare that any governmental (federal, FDA, state or local) or private attempts to monitor, restrict, regulate, police, standardize, enforce licensing of, illegalize, oppress, suppress, limit, curb, check or control the above declared utilization of such herbs, foods, oils, ghees (clarified herbal butter), vitamins or minerals is in violation of our now formally declared First, Fourth, Sixth and Ninth Amendment Constitutional rights[4].  We declare, all rights reserved without prejudice.

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c.)     We declare that we believe that the sacerdotal or spiritual administration of, use of, growth of, harvest of, production of, procurement of, import of, export of, development of, refinement of, study of, formulation of, concoction of, decoction of, powdering of, tincture of, tea-making of, capsulation of, rendering of, gift of, offering of, non-profit sale of, education on, teaching of, or spiritual recommendation of (pastoral counseling) by our Initiates to any of our congregation and to others who freely seek our healing items, services and publications (or by our congregation members to each other or to others who seek our services) any gentle means of healing which may include but are not limited to spiritual use of ancient holy herbs (food supplements [see the FDA’s DSHEA Act] (see section C2.11.b. entitled: “Declaration of Belief in Divine Spirit and the Religiously Inspired and Divinely Directed Ministerial Path of our Initiates as a Constitutionally Protected Right”), aromas, healing foods, ancient spiritual practices (including but not limited to astrological upaya, yoga cikitsa, kayachikitsa [Tibetan lus], bala-tantra [Tibetan byis], matr-roga [Tibetan mo nad], agada-tantra [Tibetan dug or visa], bhuta-vidya [Tibetan gdon], rasayana tantra [Tibetan bcud len], vajikarna tantra [Tibetan ro tsa], darshana, sparshan, prasna, rugna patrakam, nadi pariksha [Tibetan rtsa], jhiva pariksha, mala pariksha, mutra pariksha [Tibetan chu], shabda pariksha, akriti pariksha, drig pariksha, chikitsa, rasayana, shodana [Tibetan rtsa sbyon], pancha karma, snehana [Tibetan snum-chos], abhyanga [Tibetan byug pa], gandusha, karna  purana, pada snehan, svedana [Tibetan dugs], tapa svedan, upanaha swedan, ushma swedan, drava sweda, anagni sweda, nadi swedan, vamana, virechan [Tibetan bsal], anuvasana basti [Tibetan jam rtsi], niruha basti [Tibetan ni ru ha], matra basti, nasya, rakta moksha [Tibetan gtar], shamana, deepan, pachan, ksut nigraha, trut nigraha, atapa, chandra seva, anjana, dhumana, netra basti, shiro dhara, ratna chikitsa [Tibetan rin po che], asavaarista [Tibetan Sman chan], Ghana sara [Tibetan kha nda], bhasma [Tibetan thal sman], aushadha ghrta-taila [Tibetan sman mar], avaleha [Tibetan lde gu], vatika or bati [Tibetan ril bu], churna [Tibetan phye], kvatha [Tibetan than], pastoral counseling, laying of the hands (based on Indian, Chinese and Tibetan Buddhist-Taoist-Hindu theories of foot, hand, ear, head reflexology, qi [chi] and meridian or srotas theories along with dhumana, anointing [Tibetan byugs pa, Sanskrit lepa], color work, turiya polarity, marma [gnad in Tibetan] point pressure, reflexology, steam, mineral and herbal baths [Tibetan lums, Sanskrit avagaha], prayer practice, chanting practice, meditation practice, Yoga practice, astrological consultations, vastu shastra, spiritual journeys, channeling, ritual food consumption, Indian ghati yantra, Chinese ba huo guan practice [Tibetan bum pa], Indian agni karma [Tibetan bsreg or Chinese jianjie jiu] practice, Tai Qi practice, Chinese dian ce fa practice, Qi Gong practice) and any other non-invasive, positive means of pastoral caring are an integral part of our ancient religious tenets, beliefs, doctrines, and practices and are hence, constitutionally protected religious tenets, beliefs, doctrines and practices.  We declare, all rights reserved without prejudice. 

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d.)    We declare that any governmental (federal, FDA, state, or local) or private attempts to seize, confiscate, appropriate, impound, or commandeer in any way the healing items, products, foods, herbs, oils, books, publications and literature, computers, software, programs, written, audio, visual or electronic computer documents, files, records, or any paraphernalia and equipment (which may be the property of the Ministry, Center and Temple, its congregation, Initiates, or members or of those who freely seek our healing items, services and publications) which may be required by us for any or all of the above declared gentle means of healing is in violation of our now declared First, Fourth, Sixth and Ninth Amendment Constitutional rights.  We declare, all rights reserved without prejudice.  We declare that any governmental (federal, FDA, state or local) or private attempts to monitor, restrict, regulate, police, standardize, enforce licensing of, illegalize, oppress, suppress, limit, curb, check or control any or all of the above declared gentle means of healing is in violation of our now declared First, Fourth, Sixth and Ninth Amendment Constitutional rights.  We declare, all rights reserved without prejudice. See section C2.12.3.c. titled “Initiate’s Declaration of First, Fourth, Sixth and Ninth Amendment Constitutional Rights and Rights Conferred by Article I, Section X of the U.S. Constitution (Part of the Informed Consent and Full Disclosure Form)

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[1] Charaka Samhita  VI. 1.4.62.

 

[2] We cite Rubin vs. Coors, 1995 – see P.2 of http://www.healthy.net/herbalists/practice.htm).

 

[3] “The First Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”  Handbook 7.8.2 Exempt Organizations Technical Guidelines Handbook, Chap. 3, Religious, Charitable, Educational, Etc., Organizations, Tax Professional’s Corner of the Digital Daily of the Internal Revenue Service, Internet web site URL: http://www.irs.gov/prod/bus_info/tax_pro/irm-part/section/36070a.html, Section [7.8.2] 3.6.1 (02-23-1999) “Constitutional Considerations”: p. 37.

 

[4] We cite State of Colorado v. Kroger – see P.2 of http://www.healthy.net/herbalists/practice.htm).  Our Pastoral Counselors do not charge fees for services but do request charitable contributions (donations).

 

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