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Discovering the Secret Power of Hanuman
April 18,2019 / Hindu Deities New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsHanuman endows us with the Atma-Shakti or self-power to realize our highest potential and accomplish what is magical. Hanuman is the great hero of the Ramayana, the wonderful story's most fascinating character. Though having the form of a...
Vedic Counseling and Ayurvedic Psychology
April 16,2019 / Articles on Vedic Counseling / 0 CommentsThis article is written for students of Yoga and Ayurveda Psychology, Vedanta and Vedic Counseling, who wish to know more how these fields are connected. Vedic Counseling Several Vedic fields of education, counseling and therapy are gaining...
Vedic Astrology as a Way of Self-knowledge
April 12,2019 / Articles on Vedic Astrology Articles on Vedic Counseling / 0 CommentsVedic Astrology and Self-knowledge Vedic astrology or Jyotish is an integral part of all Vedic teachings as it is one of the most important aspects of Vedic knowledge. Yet we approach Vedic astrology in a way that may be different from...
HAMSA RAHASYA: The Secret of Hamsa
By Acharya David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) Shiva Yoga and Hamsa The Hamsa is one of the key concepts in Vedic, Yogic and Tantric thought. Along with the Kundalini, it holds many secrets of deeper Yoga practices. Indeed without...
The Meaning Of Durga
April 06,2019 / 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...
Shiva and Prana Yoga
April 01,2019 / 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...
Your true self, Vedanta and modern psychology
March 22,2019 / New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsThe following article by Dr David Frawley was first published by Zee News Modern psychology suffers from gaps, which the teachings of Vedanta address at a fundamental level. We live in an age of psychoanalysis. Since Freud a century...
Vedic Yoga and the Three Gunas
March 15,2019 / Articles on Ayurveda Articles on Yoga Core Teachings On the Vedas & their interpretation / 0 CommentsIn the philosophy of Yoga, derived from the Samkhya system, all matter in the universe is reducible to one primary substance called Prakriti. Prakriti literally means the original power of action. It does not refer to substance in the physical sense...
Shiva and Shakti Yogas
March 11,2019 / Articles on Tantra Articles on Yoga Core Teachings New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsYoga means unification, which is first the unity of all the dualities and contraries that constitute the energies of life. Yoga philosophy teaches us to understand and transcend duality, but this rests upon harmonizing the dualities within us in a...
Shiva Ratri: Waking Up to your Immortal Self
March 04,2019 / Hindu Deities New Articles by David Frawley / 1 CommentsLook to your true Self beyond body and mind that are but your instruments of expression in the manifest worlds. Whatever you see is but a reflection of the power of Shiva! Lord Shiva is the supreme deity of ever-wakeful awareness, the veritable...
The Fifteenfold Non-dualistic Raja Yoga of Shankaracharya
February 26,2019 / Articles on Yoga On Advaita Vedanta & Ramana Maharshi / 0 CommentsShankara, the Great Yogi Shankaracharya, or 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 of the entire world. His...
The Space Within the Heart
February 20,2019 / Articles on Vedic Counseling New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsThere is a space within ourselves, the space within the heart. It is not a physical space but the space of consciousness itself, the very presence of the Divine. We seldom dwell in this inner space, except in deep sleep, when we return to it...
Tantra and its Misconceptions: Reclaiming the Essence from the Illusions
February 08,2019 / Articles on Tantra / 0 CommentsThe best way to understand real Tantra is as an expanded form of Raja Yoga. Like the Yoga Sutras and in more detail Tantra teaches asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana and samadhi, but providing many more specific forms and...
The Original Teachings of Yoga: From Patanjali Back to Hiranyagarbha
February 01,2019 / Articles on Yoga / 0 CommentsMany people today look to Patanjali, the compiler of the Yoga Sutras, as the father or founder of the greater system of Yoga. While Patanjali's work is very important and worthy of profound examination, a study of the ancient literature on Yoga...
Ayurveda and Vedic Counseling: What is the Relationship?
January 24,2019 / Articles on Ayurveda New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsIn this article we will discuss the relationship between Clinical Ayurveda and Ayurvedic Counseling on one hand, and between Ayurvedic Counseling and Vedic Counseling on the other. Our goal is to make it clear to the reader what Vedic Counseling is...
The Ancient Yoga of the Sun
January 14,2019 / Articles on Yoga / 0 CommentsWhat 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 not merely as an outer but as an inner energy source, reflects the supreme light of...
Secrets of the Five Pranas
January 09,2019 / Articles on Ayurveda Articles on Yoga / 0 CommentsAll that exists in the three heavens rests in the control of Prana. As a mother her children, oh Prana, protect us and give us splendor and wisdom. Prashna Upanishad II.13 To change something we must alter the energy which creates it. This...
Rishi Tales 2: Foreword by Dr David Frawley
January 09,2019 / New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsThe following foreword was written by Dr. David Frawley to U. Mahesh Prabhu’s book RISHI TALES 2. The book is available on Amazon.com | Amazon Kindle | Google Play BOOKS Wisdom is best conveyed in stories as it is experiential in...
