Veda is a Sanskrit word meaning “knowledge.” There are numerous ways we acquire knowledge about the world around us. Broadly speaking, there are two categories of knowledge: knowledge we discover for ourselves, and knowledge we re…
Continue reading WHAT IS VEDIC SCIENCE? →According to the Vedas, time unfolds in an eternal cycle. In this way, cosmic time follows the way of nature — we rotate through four seasons every year, the moon waxes and wanes in its repeating revolution of the earth, and the s…
Continue reading A COMPLETE GUIDE TO KALA: VEDIC TIME →Question Sam Harris, a famous atheist, asks why God is concerned with your behavior, especially when you are naked. Answer Before answering this question, we must agree on a definition of God. The classical definition of God is a …
Continue reading WHY IS GOD CONCERNED WITH YOUR BEHAVIOR ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE NAKED? →Dharma is regarded as duty, especially our duty as souls in a human body. But this meaning is based on a deeper sense of the word. Ultimately, dharma is the essential nature of something, or that which holds it together. This arti…
Continue reading MEDITATIONS ON DHARMA →Greed is one of the six material qualities (shad-guna) which affect our minds, and can interfere with yoga practice. They are: kama — selfish desire (lust) krodha — anger lobha — greed moha — bewilderment mada — irrational frenzy …
Continue reading GREED ACCORDING TO YOGA PHILOSOPHY →Yoga philosophy culminates in enlightenment: A state in which perfect yogis are 100% free from uncertainty and confusion. What about the rest of us though? Yoga, a robust learning system, can help us manage these states of mind, a…
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