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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...
Articles on Yoga
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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...
Yogic Neuroscience: Developing the Soma of the Brain and Beyond
This is a Vedanet.com exclusive article by Dr. David Frawley Soma is part of a vast cosmic...
This is why Shiva is so relevant
He is a deity of the eons, not just a historical or cultural image. Shiva is relevant to all of us...
Veda and Yoga are One: Veda is knowledge and Yoga is its practice
September 21,2016 / Articles on Yoga Core Teachings New Articles by David Frawley 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...
Articles on Ayurveda
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The Expansion of Ayurveda and Yoga: Their Value for India and the World
December 19,2016 / Articles on Ayurveda New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsBy Dr. David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri, www.vedanet.com) Ayurveda is the natural healing system of India and its civilizational field of influence going back to Vedic times several thousand years ago. Ayurveda is one of the oldest, most intricate,...
Why India will be celebrating National Ayurveda Day on Dhanteras
October 26,2016 / Articles on Ayurveda / 0 CommentsOn Lord Dhanvantari's birth anniversary, let us open ourselves to the power of healing within us. Ayurveda, India's natural system of healing has spread worldwide as an innovative and comprehensive system of mind-body medicine. Wherever yoga has...
Yoga and Ayurveda: The Sciences of Self-Realization and Self-Healing
October 12,2016 / Articles on Ayurveda Excerpts from Books / 0 CommentsFrom Dr. David Frawley’s Classic book on the subject Life (Ayu) is the combination (samyoga) of body, senses, mind and reincarnating soul. Ayurveda is the most sacred science of life, beneficial to humans both in this world and the world...
AYURVEDIC LIFE REGIMENS: Your Key to Complete Well-being
October 11,2016 / Articles on Ayurveda Excerpts from Books / 0 CommentsFrom Dr. David Frawley’s Classic text AYURVEDIC HEALING Sattvic Living All human beings should follow a sattvic or pure life‑style that gives peace and clarity of mind. The remedial measures in Ayurveda are generally of a sattvic...
Articles on Vedic Astrology
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Astrology as a Spiritual Science
October 13,2016 / Articles on Vedic Astrology Excerpts from Books / 0 CommentsFrom the Classic Text “Astrology of the Seers” by Dr. David Frawley Astrology should be a spiritual science. Our birth chart is a mirror of our soul and its particular incarnation. In our stars we see the growth and evolution of our inner being...
Vedic Origins of the Zodiac: The Hymns of Dirghatamas in the Rig Veda
June 13,2012 / Articles on Vedic Astrology On the Vedas & their interpretation / 0 Comments(one of a series of articles by David Frawley on Astrology in the Vedas) The Zodiac and Dirghatamas Some scholars have claimed that the Babylonians invented the zodiac of 360 degrees around 700 BCE, perhaps even earlier. Many claim that India...
The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac and the Vedic Fire Ritual
June 13,2012 / Articles on Vedic Astrology / 0 CommentsBy David Frawley (vedanet.com) written 2003, posted Dec. 2008 The 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...
Nakshatras and Upanakshatras
June 13,2012 / Articles on Vedic Astrology / 1 CommentsDr David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) The Vedas show a division of the zodiac into 27 Nakshatras or lunar mansions. That the Vedas might have more subtle divisions of the zodiac than 27 should not surprise us. A twentysevenfold division would...
Articles on Yoga
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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...
Yogic Neuroscience: Developing the Soma of the Brain and Beyond
This is a Vedanet.com exclusive article by Dr. David Frawley Soma is part of a vast cosmic symbolism in Vedic thought. For every Agni or form of the cosmic fire there is a corresponding Soma or nectar. In the human being we have access to special...
This is why Shiva is so relevant
He is a deity of the eons, not just a historical or cultural image. Shiva is relevant to all of us as a formulation of the highest truth and consciousness, the spiritual power behind nature, and the deeper self-awareness beyond the known...
Veda and Yoga are One: Veda is knowledge and Yoga is its practice
September 21,2016 / Articles on Yoga Core Teachings New Articles by David Frawley 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...
Articles on Hinduism
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Bhagavad Gita as India's National Book
Dharma is not a matter of dogma, but of doing the best possible in any given situation, however difficult. The Bhagavad Gita remains the book that can be best described as India’s national book. For thousands of years, up to the present, the Gita...
We need to embrace Shri Krishna now more than ever
August 24,2016 / Articles on Hinduism Hindu Deities / 0 CommentsFor the practice of yoga, Krishna is the Yogavatara, the incarnation of yoga in all its aspects of knowledge, devotion and action. If there is any single figure who represents India, its yogic spirituality, vibrant culture and great history, it is...
Why Guru Purnima is unique to Hindu dharma
July 19,2016 / Articles on Hinduism / 0 CommentsThe following article by Dr David Frawley was first published by DailyO Many religions honour their founder or great teacher in various ways. Hindu dharma is perhaps unique in honouring the guru or spiritual master as a principle in itself beyond...
India owes its tolerance to Hindu dharma
January 05,2016 / Articles on Hinduism Articles on India / 0 CommentsThis article by Dr David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) was first published by DailyO. India has been primarily Hindu in terms of culture and religion for many centuries, extending to thousands of years. Hinduism has endured remarkably through...
