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Mauna: The Yoga of Silence
December 13,2019 / Articles on Yoga Core Teachings / 0 CommentsMauna as the Secret Silent Limb of Yoga Mauna refers to the practice of not-speaking, and one who does this regularly is called a Muni, a sign of great respect in Hindu and yogic thought. While not-speaking is an important part of Mauna, it is much...
Ayurvedic Astrology
December 11,2019 / Articles on Vedic Astrology / 0 CommentsAll great ancient civilizations centered their cultures on profound systems of astrology, connecting conditions and events on the Earth with cosmic influences deriving from the stars. Whether it is India or China, Egypt or Babylonia, or the Mayas...
Bhagavad Gita as India's National Book
December 08,2019 / Articles on Hinduism Articles on India / 0 CommentsDharma is not a matter of dogma, but of doing the best possible in any given situation, however difficult. The Bhagavad Gita remains the book that can be best described as India’s national book. For thousands of years, up to the present, the Gita...
What is Vedic Counseling? Primary Questions and Answers
December 05,2019 / Articles on Vedic Counseling / 0 CommentsWhat is Vedic Counseling? Vedic counseling is life guidance based upon the Vedic tradition of Self- knowledge and cosmic knowledge. Vedic counseling helps us determine our Dharma along with the laws of nature and consciousness that work behind the...
The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac and the Vedic Fire Ritual
December 02,2019 / Articles on Vedic Astrology / 0 CommentsThe following article proposes a Vedic rationale for the nature and sequence of the twelve signs of the zodiac. It shows how the zodiac could have been invented as a form of Vedic sacrifice (Yajna) following the Vedic view of the Gods, the worlds...
Non-Human Gurus and the Forces of Nature
December 01,2019 / Articles on Yoga / 0 CommentsNon-Human Gurus and the Forces of NatureNon-Human Gurus and the Forces of Nature The human guru, though not necessarily physically alive, is the primary guide on the spiritual path of Yoga and Vedanta. He or she is part of a tradition or...
What is Your Real Identity? Going Beyond All Outer Identity to Universal Awareness
November 25,2019 / Articles on Vedic Counseling On Advaita Vedanta & Ramana Maharshi / 0 CommentsBy Dr. David Frawley The Pursuit of Identity Identity and belonging have always been an important part of human life, but are becoming more significant today. We live in an era dominated by the pursuit of identity through the new information...
Shiva and Prana Yoga
November 20,2019 / Articles on Yoga Hindu Deities / 0 CommentsShiva and Prana Yoga Prana Yoga is one of the most important Yoga traditions and an integral part of the worship of Lord Shiva, who represents the highest immortal Prana of pure consciousness beyond time, space and...
Addiction and the Digital Age – The Need for Higher Consciousness
November 14,2019 / Articles on Ayurveda Articles on Vedic Counseling / 1 CommentsThere has been a strong natural healing movement in the world over recent decades. The many natural health practitioners and easy availability of herbs and natural foods indicate this. However, we see an increasing tendency for people to look to...
Yogic Neuroscience: Developing the Soma of the Brain and Beyond
Soma is part of a vast cosmic symbolism in Vedic thought and cannot be reduced to a single form, much less a single plant as some scholars have proposed. For every Agni or form of the cosmic fire there is a corresponding Soma, water or nectar. In...
Why India will be celebrating National Ayurveda Day on Dhanteras
October 25,2019 / Articles on Ayurveda / 0 CommentsAyurveda, India's natural system of healing has spread worldwide as an innovative and comprehensive system of mind-body medicine.Wherever yoga has gone, ayurveda is now following as the essence of yogic healing for both physical and psychological...
Diwali and Rama Rajya
October 25,2019 / Hindu Deities New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsDiwali celebrates the return of Sri Rama to Ayodhya after fourteen years of exile. This follows immediately after Rama’s great victory over Ravana and his recovery of his beloved wife Sita. As such, Rama’s return indicates the triumph of light...
The Expansion of Ayurveda and Yoga: Their Value for India and the World
October 25,2019 / Articles on Ayurveda New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsAyurveda is the natural healing system of India and its civilizational field of influence going back to Vedic times several thousand years ago. Ayurveda is one of the oldest, most intricate, and elaborate forms of traditional medicine in the world,...
Celebrating Ayurveda Day October 25, 2019
October 24,2019 / Articles on Vedic Management / 0 CommentsOctober 25, 2019 marks Ayurveda Day. Traditionally it is called Dhanteras and occurs just before Diwali, India’s famous festival of light. It is said to be the birth or manifestation day of Sri Dhanvantari, the deity of Ayurveda, the ideal...
The Fifteenfold Non-dualistic Raja Yoga of Shankaracharya
October 15,2019 / 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...
Anxiety and its Treatment through Yoga and Ayurveda
October 13,2019 / Articles on Ayurveda New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsAnxiety is almost epidemic in the modern higher tech world, though it is a long standing human problem. Anxiety is largely Vata Dosha disorder in Ayurvedic medicine, a problem that arises from an excess of the air and space elements and lack of...
