Published in Tathaastu Magazine and Yoga Aktuel Pranayama is a very deep but often misunderstood aspect of Yoga. From ordinary breathing practices to yogic mastery of the vital force and promoting the higher energy of consciousness, it is all pranayama at various levels. In the following article, we will explore the deeper aspects of Prana [...]

The article was originally published at Kerala Ayurveda Academy and Kerala Ayurveda India. By Vamadeva Shastri (David Frawley) Yoga and Ayurveda are vast topics, particularly when one considers both their traditional and modern developments, and the great variety of topics and practices that each can cover. Yoga is not just asanas and Ayurveda is not just herbs, however [...]

Not a new article or by Vamadeva, but bringing back an important book interview, perhaps the most important interview that Vamadeva has done. From the book, “The Mind of the Guru, Conversations with Spiritual Masters” by Rajiv Mehrotra of the Dalai Lama Foundation in India (Viking, India, 2003). Foreword by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. [...]

By David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri, www.vedanet.com) One of the two keynote talks given at the close of the International Conference on Dharma-Dhamma, Bhopal, India, Sept. 23, 2012, which was attended by several hundred scholars from throughout the world. It followed the groundbreaking ceremony for a new university for Buddhist and Indic Studies at Sanchi, Madhya [...]

By David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) The proposed Aryan Invasion or Migration into India that most history books present as a fact so far has not yet yielded any solid evidence to support it. There is no archaeological, genetic, or literary evidence that shows it to be the case. On the contrary, existing evidence is [...]

Adapted from Hinduism and the Clash of Civilizations by David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri) History is Always Being Rewritten In recent years, the government of India and several state governments have decided to revise history books, particularly relative to the ancient period, bringing up recent data that calls into question the Aryan invasion and the many [...]

Abstract: Modern western examination of the Vedas, and through the Vedas the ancient history of India, has been colored by the search for an original European identity, the so-called Aryans. This has led to Indian history and tradition being subordinated to a proposed Indo-European people and culture placed in Europe or nearby Central Asia. The [...]

First published in the Hindu, one of India’s main national newspapers. History and Ecology Ecology is beginning to define how we look at the world and how we look at ourselves. Each geographical region in the world constitutes a special ecosystem – an interrelated habitat for plants and animals shaped by climate and terrain. These [...]

Preface to 2001 Edition of Myth of the Aryan Invasion by David Frawley and Update Note on-line and video editions of original book at our on-line books section Since the first publication of this book (Myth of the Aryan Invasion) in 1994, there have been many new discoveries in the field that uphold its basic [...]

Note on-line and video editions of original book at our on-line books section The Myth of the Aryan Invasion was first written in 1994 in order to summarize important new information on the ancient history of India that refutes commonly held views on the subject inherited from the nineteenth century. It was a condensation of [...]