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Satya and the Eternal Truth
November 27,2020 / Articles on Vedic Counseling Articles on Yoga / 0 CommentsSatya is one of the most common principles of Vedic thought, extending throughout Yoga and Vedanta, mentioned in texts from Vedas and Upanishads. Yet like many Vedic terms it is misunderstood and hard to translate. Satya is usually rendered as “truth”, which is its closest equivalent, but...
The Flow of Soma
November 25,2020 / Articles on Yoga On the Vedas & their interpretation / 0 CommentsBy David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) In the following article we will discuss the Vedic principle of Soma and its related principle of Agni in order to help us understand the internal alchemy behind the deeper practices of Yoga and Ayurveda. *****Article Reflects our upcoming Webinar on...
Yoga Nidra according to Adi Shankara
November 18,2020 / Articles on Yoga On Advaita Vedanta & Ramana Maharshi / 0 CommentsYoga Nidra is a popular topic today but seldom taken to the depth that it is presented with in the Vedantic teachings. Here we will examine it according to the views of the great teacher, Shankara. Adi Shankara or Shankaracharya is the most lauded exponent of Advaita or non-dualistic...
Diwali and Rama Rajya
November 15,2020 / 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 over darkness and dharma over adharma. It marks the...
Everyone Should Learn Ayurveda
November 12,2020 / Articles on Ayurveda / 0 CommentsAyurveda is a science and yoga of right living that can be widely used by everyone. Everyone can benefit from learning the basics of Ayurveda as part of understanding one’s body and mind, how nature works and the deeper Consciousness behind the universe. Ayurveda has always been an...
Yoga Therapy and Ayurveda: The Meaning of Chikitsa
November 10,2020 / 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 chikitsa as a specific term occurs rarely in traditional...
Yoga-Vedanta: The Highest Teaching of Yoga
November 05,2020 / Articles on Yoga On Advaita Vedanta & Ramana Maharshi / 0 CommentsYoga is defined as the unity of the individual Self or reincarnating consciousness, Jivatman, with the universal or transcendent Self, Paramatman. The nature of this unity is best explained in Vedantic texts like Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita and Mahabharata, as well as in later Vedanta Shastras....
Vedic Astrology as a Way of Self-knowledge
October 31,2020 / 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 what many groups do, which is to use Jyotish to...
Yoga and Ayurveda Practices to Protect our Nervous Systems in the High Tech Era
October 29,2020 / Articles on Ayurveda Articles on Yoga / 0 CommentsToday we are spending large amounts of time daily in front of computer screens, cell phones, other electrical items or an electrified urban environment. In the process we are exposing ourselves to powerful artificial electrical energies on many levels. This may be a necessary...
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October 27,2020 / Webinar / 0 CommentsWhy is criticism important as part of the learning process? Why can it lead to conflict and enmity? How can we use it as a tool for self-improvement, social harmony and higher awareness? Differences of opinion are natural occurrences in life. After all, each person has his or her own mind and...
Vedic Counseling and Ayurvedic Psychology
October 21,2020 / Articles on Vedic Counseling / 0 CommentsVedic Counseling Several Vedic fields of education, counseling and therapy are gaining recognition throughout the world, including in countries where these disciplines are new and easy to confuse. As related Vedic fields, they cross over in different ways. Vedic counseling forms the...
The Meaning of Durga
October 17,2020 / 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 honored in women, the Earth, nature and the transcendent beyond all...
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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...
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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...
Why we must honour the sun and do yoga
July 03,2017 / Articles on Yoga New Articles by David Frawley / 1 CommentsThe following article by Dr David Frawley was first published by DailyO. We certainly need more...
The Goddess Kali and the Spiritual Heart
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