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Shaktis of the Nakshatras
July 18,2019 / Articles on Vedic Astrology / 0 CommentsEach Nakshatra has its particular power or Shakti. These are also the powers of the Devatas or the deities that rule them. Each of these shaktis has various effects described metaphorically as “above” and “below” and a final effect. The...
Guru Purnima: Spreading the message of India's gurus
July 16,2019 / New Articles by David Frawley On Advaita Vedanta & Ramana Maharshi / 0 CommentsThe Guru has been one of India’s main exports to the world, with many traveling to teach and inspire millions around the globe. Now it is time for India as a country to take a more conscious role as the world Guru spreading its dharmic...
Why Guru Purnima is unique to Hindu dharma
July 14,2019 / Articles on Hinduism / 0 CommentsMany religions honour their founder or great teacher in various ways. Hindu dharma is perhaps unique in honouring the guru or spiritual master as a principle in itself beyond any particular personality, philosophy or revelation.The true guru is a...
Suffering and Awakening
July 11,2019 / Articles on Vedic Counseling New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsIt is not necessarily sad that we suffer, that we experience pain, disease or death, which are part of life. The real sadness is that we have lost consciousness of our true nature in which we can find enduring peace even in the midst of...
Agni Ayurveda
June 25,2019 / Articles on Ayurveda Core Teachings / 0 CommentsThe role of fire is well known in traditional systems of medicine, which use the great elements of nature for healing purposes. However, one system in particular is built around a profound understanding of our biological fires. This is 'Ayurveda',...
Why Lord Shiva is the Ultimate Grandmaster of Yoga
June 20,2019 / Articles on Yoga Hindu Deities / 0 CommentsLord Shiva, among the great deities of Hinduism, most personifies the practice of Yoga. As Yogeshvara, the great lord of Yoga, Adi Natha, Adi Yogi and Mahayogi, he rules over all aspects of Yoga relative to body, mind and consciousness. For those...
The Purusha, the Real Person within You
June 15,2019 / Articles on Yoga New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsThe Complexity of our Physical Existence If you carefully examine your life, you can easily observe that our human existence is complicated, many sided, with numerous subtle connections both within us and around us. We spend most of...
Yoga as a Science of Consciousness
June 14,2019 / Articles on Yoga / 0 CommentsNeed for Higher Consciousness How can we bring a higher consciousness into the world to create peace and harmony, removing all division and conflict? That is the foundation of the practice of Yoga. As long as we are trapped in our usual...
Our Journey through the Lokas: the Many Layers and Dimensions of the Conscious Universe
May 30,2019 / Articles on Yoga New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsVedic knowledge addresses the cosmos as a whole along with the depths of our own psyche, which it regards as one – the unity of macrocosm and microcosm. The individual human being is a model of or manifestation of the entire universe. The entire...
Vedic Light and Tantric Energy Yogas
By Acharya David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) Tantra and Veda: One Tradition A number of writers and teachers, particularly in Western academia, have tried to divide the two great traditions of India of Veda and Tantra as...
The Upanishadic Connection to Neuroscience
May 12,2019 / Articles on Ayurveda Articles on Yoga / 0 CommentsUpanishadic sages thousands of years ago understood the secrets of neuroscience but going beyond the physical body to higher levels of consciousness, ultimately transcending the manifest universe. Vedic Deities (Devatas) can be defined relative to...
The Fifteenfold Non-dualistic Raja Yoga of Shankaracharya
May 10,2019 / Articles on Yoga On Advaita Vedanta & Ramana Maharshi / 0 CommentsShankara, the Great Yogi Shankaracharya, or Adi Shankara the teacher, is one of the greatest spiritual masters in the history of India. Shankara has often been called the greatest philosopher of India, if not of all time and the entire world. His...
