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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...
The Aryan-Dravidian Divide Is A Political Myth
October 13,2019 / Articles on India On Ancient India and Historical Issues / 0 CommentsTraveling throughout India, including much time in the south, I have been trying to make sense of the proposed Aryan-Dravidian divide, and the call for a pure Dravidian culture that one hears in Tamil Nadu. The first thing one notices is that the...
Vedic Origins of the Europeans: the Children of Danu
October 11,2019 / On Ancient India and Historical Issues / 0 CommentsBy David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) This article shows how the early Indo-European language speakers in Europe like the Celts, Germans, Greeks and Scythians, were possibly based upon a Vedic people called the Danavas or Sudanavas (good...
How India can establish Ram Rajya today
October 07,2019 / Articles on India New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsLet us embrace the cause of Dharma on earth and give up the conflict and duality caused by adharma Sri Rama is the ideal ruler whose image has dominated the long history of India from the earliest era. He is the avatar of Dharma, which is right...
The Goddess Kali and the Spiritual Heart
October 05,2019 / Hindu Deities On Advaita Vedanta & Ramana Maharshi / 1 CommentsBy David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri) The Role of the Spiritual Heart and Self-Inquiry Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi's teachings on non-duality emphasize the role of the spiritual heart or hridaya as the seat of the Atman and the place of...
The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi: An Integral View
October 03,2019 / On Advaita Vedanta & Ramana Maharshi / 0 CommentsBhagavan Ramana Maharshi, perhaps modern India's greatest sage, recommended Atma-Vichara or Self-inquiry as the best and most direct approach for Self-realization. However, a careful examination of his teachings reveals that he recommended...
The Meaning Of Durga
September 29,2019 / Hindu Deities New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsNo country in the world demonstrates such enduring reverence for the Great Mother Goddess, as does India. The Goddess is celebrated in every form, aspect and quality, through music, art, ritual, mantra and meditation. She is honoured in women, the...
Who is Goddess Durga and why we celebrate Navratras
September 28,2019 / Articles by Yogini Shambhavi Hindu Deities / 0 CommentsDurga is protective form of Shakti, burning up all ignorance, as her fiery nature energises our highest motivation. The following article is by Yogini Shambhavi Devi The Devi-Mahatmya (Greatness of the Goddess) glorifies the Mother Goddess as the...
Herbs for the Practice of Yoga 1: Introduction
September 23,2019 / Articles on Ayurveda Articles on Yoga / 0 CommentsHerbology for Yogis Traditional Yoga has always rested on a special yogic diet with special yogic herbs to go along with it. Herbs are powerful aids in the practice of yoga, working at both physical and mental levels. They are useful...
Yoga Therapy and Ayurveda: The Meaning of Chikitsa
September 17,2019 / Articles on Ayurveda Articles on Yoga / 0 CommentsYOGA THERAPY OR YOGA CHIKITSA The Sanskrit term for therapy throughout its medical literature is Chikitsa, which literally refers to the application of consciousness (chit) or caring. Yoga Therapy is called Yoga Chikitsa. Yet...
The Devatas (Gods and Goddesses) as Forms of Brahman
September 15,2019 / Hindu Deities / 0 CommentsHindu Gods and Goddesses, more properly called Devatas or Divine principles, are usually treated by modern scholars in a superficial sense as powers of nature or as imaginary spirits of the primitive mind. Or at a psychological level they have...
Meditation in Yoga and Ayurveda
September 13,2019 / Articles on Ayurveda Articles on Yoga / 0 CommentsMeditation is the key practice of traditional Yoga and the prime factor behind an authentic Ayurvedic lifestyle. Meditation goes to the root of our consciousness and prana, connecting us to our higher Self and aligning us with the healing and...
Why Hindu dharma is the world's most profound philosophical tradition
September 03,2019 / Articles on Hinduism On Advaita Vedanta & Ramana Maharshi / 0 CommentsIndia's great gift of higher knowledge to the world that remains at the cutting edge of science, spirituality and psychology today. There has been much discussion about the nature of Hinduism as it is a religion and culture not easy to understand...
The hidden truth behind Sri Ganesha's mystic image
September 01,2019 / Articles on Hinduism Hindu Deities / 0 CommentsGanesha is said to be the remover of obstacles, which he is most energized to accomplish on Ganesh Chaturthi. Lord Ganesha is one of the oldest and most revered Hindu deities, as well as the most distinctive. His head of an elephant, enigmatic...
How to Cope with the Digital Age with Yoga and Ayurveda for the Mind
August 30,2019 / Articles on Ayurveda New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsAre You Addicted to the Digital Drug? Most of us spend several hours on the day relative to a computer, tablet or smart phone. Though often necessary for our work, it creates tension, depletes the mind and can even dull the senses, if we don't know...
