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Ayurvedic Implications of Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
February 16,2020 / Articles on Ayurveda Articles on Yoga / 0 CommentsIn the following article, we will explore the extensive relationship and vast interconnections between Yoga and Ayurveda, focusing on the Yoga Sutras. This examination extends to important issues of Yoga sadhana, Yoga therapy and Ayurvedic healing...
What is Self-realization? - Audio
February 07,2020 / Audios / 0 CommentsSelf-realization is the realization of our true nature as Pure Consciousness beyond body and mind, not simply some enhancement of the physical self or the mental self. This is its meaning in Yoga-Vedanta traditions. It is imperative that we know...
The Non-Dual Reality of Lord Shiva
February 06,2020 / Articles on Yoga Hindu Deities / 0 CommentsShiva Mahadeva is ultimately a deity that represents the non-dualistic Absolute beyond all the contraries and oppositions of this dualistic world of time, space, and karma. He is the force of transcendent unity that is more than the combination of...
Marma Points and the Practice of Yoga
February 04,2020 / Articles on Ayurveda Articles on Yoga / 0 CommentsMarmas and Pratyahara: Marmas as Control Points Marmas are prime energy points on the body, in sensitive regions, like joints or around the sensory orifices. They connect to the pranic flows, energy systems and chakras. They have many applications...
The Ayurvedic Effects of Asana Practice
February 01,2020 / Articles on Ayurveda Articles on Yoga / 0 CommentsAccording to the philosophy of Yoga, the physical body is a manifestation of consciousness. It is a crystallization of karmic (behavioral) patterns created by the mind. The key to working with the body, therefore, is to understand the consciousness...
Karma, DNA of Our Soul
January 31,2020 / Articles on Vedic Astrology Articles on Vedic Counseling / 0 CommentsBy Dr David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) Karma, meaning action, is a term in yogic spirituality for explaining the soul's evolution from life to life. Karma is generally portrayed as the effect of our individual actions, extending from past...
The Profound Relevance of Vedic Knowledge Today
January 28,2020 / Core Teachings New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsThe ultimate technology is not that of external machines and computers but arises through mastering the powers of our own awareness and prana, such as the great Yogis and Rishis have been able to achieve. When people today learn...
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...
