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The Use of Images and Murti Puja in the Vedas
October 12,2018 / New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsSome scholars say there is no murti puja, image worship or what is sometimes called idol worship in the Rigveda. We beg to differ and explain how the use of images and symbols is an essential part of Vedic worship, the Vedic language, Vedic...
Navaratri: World's longest, most dramatic and direct worship of the Universal Mother
October 11,2018 / New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsIn no other major religion of the world is the Goddess so boldly and colourfully worshipped as the Mother of the Universe, as she is honoured in Hindu Dharma. Durga Devi is first honoured in the famous Vedic Durga Sukta, composed of...
The Upanishads, India's enduring legacy of Self-knowing
September 30,2018 / New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsThe following article by Dr. David Frawley was first published by Zee News Self-knowledge is the foundation of all knowledge. If we don't first know ourselves, how can we claim to truly know anything at all? The Upanishads are...
Our Daily Journey in Consciousness
September 22,2018 / Articles on Yoga New Articles by David Frawley On Advaita Vedanta & Ramana Maharshi / 0 CommentsOur entire lives form an ongoing journey into consciousness that occurs one day at a time. We should treat each day as sacred with its own importance as a doorway into eternity. In this way we can take our practice, whether of Yoga,...
Mantra, Concentration and Meditation
September 16,2018 / Articles on Yoga New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsConcentration and Meditation To reach the meditative state, concentration is required first. A scattered, distracted, and inattentive mind cannot truly meditate, even if one sits silently for long periods of time. As the Yoga...
Sri Ganesha as the Cosmic Guru
September 13,2018 / New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsThe following article by Dr David Frawley was first published by Zee News. India since the time of the Veda, which means knowledge, has always been a knowledge-oriented civilization. This Indic pursuit of knowledge has not been limited to the...
How Swami Vivekananda transformed global spirituality
September 12,2018 / New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsThe following article by Dr David Frawley was first published by MyNation. Swami Vivekananda brought Yoga, Vedanta and Hinduism to the world as part of a global spiritual transformation from outer religious beliefs to inner spiritual...
Why Swami Vivekananda still matters
September 10,2018 / Articles on India On Advaita Vedanta & Ramana Maharshi / 0 CommentsSwami Vivekananda taught us how to realize the universal consciousness beyond the limitations of time and space within our own minds and hearts. Modern India rests upon the inspiration that Swami Vivekananda awakened over a hundred years ago. His...
Articles on Yoga
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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...
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...
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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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...
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...
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...
