The dark richness of roasted chicory root, the sweet coffee notes of roasted date seed, and the earthy, nutty flavor of roasted burdock root make up the base of these blends, while the adaptogenic herbs add further roundness, sweetness, and herbal notes. I’m excited to see us enabling more use occasions, and these two new mixes open new channels of distribution and opportunity for everyone to drink Rasa,” said Rasa CEO and Founder, Lopa van der Mersch.Ĭlassic Rasa is robust, roasty, and rich. “We believe Classic Rasa is the most coffee-like coffee alternative out there. (Dr Satish K Kapoor, a former British Council Scholar, is a noted educationist, historian and spiritualist based in Jalandhar City.BOULDER, Colo.-( BUSINESS WIRE)- Rasa today introduced Classic and Café Rasa®, two groundbreaking adaptogen and mushroom beverage mixes, encouraging coffee-alternative and coffee drinkers alike to enjoy a functional beverage anywhere, anytime, instantly.
RASA DRINK MANUAL
The Hatha Yoga Pradipika, a 15th century Sanskrit manual on Hatha Yoga by Yogi Swatmarama, does not regard Soma-rasa (juice of soma) as a man-made, intoxicating beverage but as the exudation of nectar which a yogi partakes after mastering the khechari mudra in which the tongue is turned backwards into the hollow of the skull and the mind focused on ajna cakra, between the eyebrows.Īll this goes to prove that Soma-rasa, in its metaphysical aspect, is not an alcoholic drink, but the divine elixir, which a yogi or a highly evolved soul, can savour by surrendering his mind and ego to the divine self, conquering his lower nature and conserving his energy by undergoing specific hatha-yoga practices. The Sura is untruth (anrita), misery (papma) and darkness (tamas). The Soma is truth (satya), prosperity (shri) and light (jyotih). ‘While both are exhilarating at the first experience, the former is vitalizing, the latter is stupefying – alcohol or Sura weakens the man physically, morally and intellectually. Swami Satya Prakasha Saraswati and Satyakam Vidyalankaar observe in the Introduction to the Samaveda that Soma and Sura cannot be equated. May you be filled with spiritual vigour as the sun fills the sky with its rays.’ ‘Come O strong and courageous resplendent self, spiritual elixir has been pressed out for you.
Says the Samaveda (purvarchika : prapathaka IV : ardha II, khanda XII dashati 6 :347) : asavi soma indra te shavishtha dhrishnava gahia tva prinaktvindriyam rajah suryo na rashmibhih. The ambrosia of Soma is fermented and distilled in the inner consciousness of one’s self. As an oblation (havih) in yajna it goes to Indra who, in the metaphysical sense, is the resplendent Self, ‘the soul who drinks Soma’ shooting forth from anandamaya and vijnanmaya sheaths, in the subtle human body. For use in sacrificial rites, Soma is pounded with stones or in a mortar, and then cleaned and processed. 1.3.10), Soma is ‘the conceptual beverage of gods.’ It is a vehicle of immortality, a drop of life, a supreme medicine, and so on. According to the Shatapatha Brahmana (VI.
In the sense of moon, it nurtures plants and herbs.Īs a plant par excellence, Soma is classified into 24 species, and is said to grow on the Mujavat, Arbuda, Sahya, Mahendra, the Himalaya and other mountains. The word ‘soma’ is also equated with friend, fame, ecstasy and affluence. Agni, Apah, Indra, Brihaspati, Pushan, Aditi, Rudra, Varuna and Prajapati. It stands for all the deities (somah sarva devata) viz. It has a number of connotations, sometime based on analogies, as one may discern in the 9th book of the Rigveda and in the Samaveda. Soma is a key concept in the Vedic literature. But there is much more to it, in a spiritual sense. It is commonly believed that Soma-rasa is an alcoholic beverage that was used by the Aryans in ancient times.
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