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Healing From Within: An Interview with David Frawley with the Dalai Lama...

Not a new article or by Vamadeva, but bringing back an important book interview, perhaps the most important interview that Vamadeva has done. From the book, “The Mind of the Guru, Conversations with...

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Practice Pranayama to Access Higher Energies

By Acharya David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri), Published in Tathaastu Magazine and Yoga Aktuel Germany Pranayama is a very deep but often misunderstood aspect of Yoga. From ordinary breathing...

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Sarva Dharma Sambhav (Are all Religions the Same ?) – Dr. David Frawley –...

In this talk, Dr. David Frawley raises very fundamental questions related to religious traditions across the world. He begins his talk by scrutinizing basic assumption that state – Are all Religions...

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Shiva and Shakti Yogas

From Shiva, the Lord of Yoga By Dr. David Frawley, published by Lotus Press, now available Yoga means unification, which is first the unity of all the dualities and contraries that constitute the...

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Vedic Origins of Yoga

Dr. David Frawley’s Full Text of Talk For International Conference on Yoga for Holistic Health June 21-22, 2015, Vigyan Bhavan Ministry of AYUSH, government of India Yoga is not a new phenomenon but...

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Vedic Origins of Yoga

In today’s world of asana and exercise based yoga, it is easy to forget the spiritual and meditation basis of the Yoga tradition. Dr. David Frawley explains the ancient foundation of the Yoga Sutras...

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Veda and Yoga are One: Veda is knowledge and Yoga is its practice

Veda 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...

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From Darkness To Light: An Ancient Vedic Prayer To Illumine Our Lives!

The following article by Dr David Frawley was first published by Swarajya.  Deepavali as a festival of lights is connected to the most ancient symbolism of India, the movement from darkness to light as...

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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...

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Consciousness, the Key to All Vedic Disciplines

By David Frawley Modern physics is looking for a unitary field of consciousness to explain the coherence of the laws of nature. Such a universal consciousness is proposed behind and beyond all time,...

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Shiva, the Supreme Lord of Yoga

Shiva as the Great Unknown We live in a magical and mysterious universe pervaded by an unseen intelligence and subtle energies, which reach far beyond the merely human concerns that dominate our minds...

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Secrets of the Five Pranas

The following article by Dr. David Frawley adopted from his book Yoga and Ayurveda: Self-Healing and Self-realization All that exists in the three heavens rests in the control of Prana. As a mother her...

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Agni Ayurveda

The role of fire is well known in traditional systems of medicine, which use the great elements of nature for healing purposes. However, one system in particular is built around a profound...

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Vedic Yoga and the Three Gunas

By David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri) Vedic Deities The Vedas present a vast pantheon of deities (devatas) on many different levels, often said to be innumerable or infinite in number. For a specific...

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Vedic Origins of Yoga

Dr. David Frawley’s Full Text of Talk For International Conference on Yoga for Holistic Health June 21-22, 2015, Vigyan Bhavan Ministry of AYUSH, government of India Yoga is not a new phenomenon but...

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Mauna: The Yoga of Silence

Mauna as the Secret Silent Limb of Yoga Mauna refers to the practice of not-speaking, and one who does this regularly is called a Muni, a sign of great respect in Hindu and yogic thought. While...

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Vedantic Meditation

From darkness lead us to light, from non-being lead us to being, from death lead us to immortality. Brihadaranyaka UpanishadI.3.28 I laud the flame of awareness that is placed before all things, the...

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The Profound Relevance of Vedic Knowledge Today

The ultimate technology is not that of external machines and computers but arises through mastering the powers of our own awareness and prana, such as the great Yogis and Rishis have been able to...

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Yogini, the Enlightened Woman

“Aham Prema” I am Divine Love In the Bhavani-nama-sahasra (the Thousand Names of the Goddess Bhavani) as beautifully explained by Pandit Jankinath Kaul, “A Yogini is one who is possessed of magical...

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Guru Purnima: Spreading the Message of India’s gurus

The Guru has been one of India’s main exports to the world, with many traveling to teach and inspire millions around the globe. Now it is time for India as a country to take a more conscious role as...

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