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Vedic Counseling and Karmic Counseling
January 19,2020 / Articles on Vedic Counseling New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsKarmic Reckoning: Taking Control of Your Life Counseling revolves around examining what we are doing in life and learning to make our actions more effective. To improve our efficiency we may observe what other people are doing according to...
Yoga and Buddhism: Similarities and Differences
January 09,2020 / Articles on Yoga On Advaita Vedanta & Ramana Maharshi / 0 CommentsHindu Yoga and Buddhism are sister traditions which evolved in the same dharmic culture of ancient India. The Dalai Lama calls them "twin brothers". They use many of the same terms and follow many of the same principles and practices. For this...
Why Ayurvedic Students Should Study Vedanta
January 05,2020 / Articles on Ayurveda On Advaita Vedanta & Ramana Maharshi / 0 CommentsAll Vedic knowledge, which Ayurveda is part of, aims at Self-realization - the recognition of our true nature (Atman or Purusha) as pure consciousness beyond body and mind. This is the highest goal of human life and grants us liberation from the...
2020 and its Dangers for Humanity
December 31,2019 / Articles on Vedic Astrology New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsMany of us are looking with deep concern about the current state of the world and what 2020 will bring. The division and conflict on every continent is easy to see, but how to reduce it remains problematical. While we should not give in to the usual...
Veda and Yoga are One: Veda is knowledge and Yoga is its practice
December 30,2019 / Articles on Yoga On the Vedas & their interpretation / 0 CommentsVeda is knowledge and Yoga is its practice. It is that simple. They are two sides of the same truth. Yoga not only leads us to Veda, but also expresses it. Veda embodies itself through Yoga as its manifestation. Veda, from the root “vid” to...
What is Samadhi and How to Achieve It?
December 26,2019 / Articles on Yoga / 1 CommentsSamadhi is one of the key words of deeper Yoga practice, if not the most important. Yet few Yoga teachers or practitioners know what Samadhi is, how to define it or how to approach it. But without understanding Samadhi it is difficult to understand...
Vedantic Meditation
December 23,2019 / Core Teachings On Advaita Vedanta & Ramana Maharshi / 0 CommentsFrom darkness lead us to light, from non-being lead us to being, from death lead us to immortality. Brihadaranyaka UpanishadI.3.28 I laud the flame of awareness that is placed before all things, the deity of the sacred...
The Ancient Yoga of the Sun
December 19,2019 / Articles on Yoga / 0 CommentsLet us Honor Surya, the Solar Godhead at the Winter Solstice and for the Entire Year What if the most powerful force for energizing all Yoga practices were as obvious and visible as the Sun? The fact is that it is. The Sun, properly understood...
Secrets of the Five Pranas
December 17,2019 / Articles on Ayurveda Articles on Yoga / 0 CommentsWhile the subject of Prana is common in Yogic thought and while different forms of Prana may be introduced, the subject of Prana and its different subtypes is seldom examined in depth. For this reason the entire science of Prana, which is vast and...
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...
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...
