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Durga signifies the innermost power of consciousness
September 20,2017 / New Articles by David Frawley / 1 CommentsThe following article by Dr David Frawley was first published by DailyO The goddess is forever taking shape within and around us as the creative and transformative force that is the essence of the cosmic life. Ma Durga is one of the oldest, most...
The Essence of India's Boundless Creativity
September 16,2017 / New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsThe yogic and rishi vision of rasa and Ananda as one’s own true Self pervading all space is perhaps the secret of India’s boundless creativity. India is perhaps the most creative civilization in the history of the world and has been...
Yoga Psychology and the Yoga Sutras: The Sovereign Remedy to Go Beyond All Sorrow
September 10,2017 / Articles on Vedic Management / 0 CommentsThe Yoga Sutras of Rishi Patanjali portrays a psychological view of Yoga, not a physical Yoga, which is only mentioned in passing. The Yoga Sutras first of all defines Yoga as Samadhi or the state of Self-realization, the natural state of...
Vedic Astrology as a Way of Self-knowledge
September 04,2017 / Articles on Vedic Astrology New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsVedic Astrology and Self-knowledge Vedic astrology is an integral part of our Vedic teachings as one of the most important aspects of Vedic knowledge. Yet we approach Vedic astrology in a way that may be different from what many people...
Ayurveda and Vedic Counseling: What is the Relationship?
September 02,2017 / Articles on Ayurveda New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsAyurvedic Counseling There are two primary models of Ayurvedic practice available. The first is a clinical model aimed at the treatment of disease, much like other primary health care practices and the work of doctors of various types....
The Wonderful Healing and Rejuvenating Power of Ayurvedic Oils
September 02,2017 / Articles on Ayurveda New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsAyurvedic Oils Ayurveda has the most sophisticated, complex and powerful herbal and massage oils of any natural healing tradition in the world. In Ayurvedic pharmacology, numerous herbs are specially cooked in an oil base, usually sesame,...
Reawakening Indic Thought
September 02,2017 / Articles on India New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsIndia achieved its political independence in 1947, but did not establish the necessary intellectual independence to go along with it and effectively take the country forward. It is not that t India’s Independence Movement had not...
Understanding the Secret Meaning of Ganesha
September 01,2017 / Articles on Yoga New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsWho is Ganesha? Ganesha is a figure of great mystery, power, and paradox. We sense in his unusual figure something of the unknown, unlimited and mysterious, far beyond our human considerations. What are the secrets that he holds and what...
Articles on Yoga
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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 CommentsThe following article by Dr David Frawley was first published by India Facts: Veda, from the...
Yogic Neuroscience: Developing the Soma of the Brain
This is a Vedanet.com exclusive article by Dr. David Frawley The brain is capable of secreting...
Shiva and Prana Yoga
April 22,2016 / Articles on Yoga Hindu Deities / 0 CommentsShiva and Prana Yoga from Shiva, the Lord of Yoga, by David Frawley Prana Yoga is one of the...
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.vedicinstitution.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...
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. The following article by Dr David Frawley was first published by DailyO Ayurveda, India's natural system of healing has spread worldwide as an...
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 (vedicinstitution.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...
Nakshatras and Upanakshatras
June 13,2012 / Articles on Vedic Astrology / 0 CommentsDr David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) The Vedas show a division of the zodiac into 27 Nakshatras or lunar mansions. That they 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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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 CommentsThe following article by Dr David Frawley was first published by India Facts: Veda, from the root “vid” to know, refers to Knowledge in the highest sense as direct perception of the Eternal and Infinite Consciousness called Brahman. Brahman...
Yogic Neuroscience: Developing the Soma of the Brain
This is a Vedanet.com exclusive article by Dr. David Frawley The brain is capable of secreting powerful chemicals that can bring about extraordinary changes in body and mind. While drugs can be used to stimulate or substitute for these, there is...
Shiva and Prana Yoga
April 22,2016 / Articles on Yoga Hindu Deities / 0 CommentsShiva and Prana Yoga from Shiva, the Lord of Yoga, by David Frawley 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...
Articles on Hinduism
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Why Bhagavad Gita is best described as India’s national book
Dharma is not a matter of dogma, but of adapting our principles to a situation. 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 has been the most popular,...
We need to embrace Shri Krishna now more than ever
August 24,2016 / Articles on Hinduism Hindu Deities / 0 CommentsThe following article by Dr David Frawley was first published by DailyO For 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...
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...
