Lost in Translation The nobility of the thinking of the sages in the ancient times reveal a profound and respectful understanding of life and creation but their wisdom has often been lost in translation through the ages. These days there are many ancient practices that are misunderstood, misinterpreted or dismissed as unscientific. One such example…
The Essence of the Vedas The Gayatri mantra is one the most important and powerful mantras in the Vedic Tradition. It is said to contain the essence of the Vedas, and may lead a faithful practitioner to realize the supreme consciousness (Brahman). It can bestow liberation, and the learning and practice of this mantra prepares…
Distortions of the Vedic Tradition The Shiva lingam is probably one of the best examples of how profound ancient principles and practices of the Vedic tradition have been distorted over time. It often pains me to see how the limited or wrong understanding of the ancient practices and wisdom of Vedic times have resulted in…
Grace – a Quality of Consciousness Blessing is a word that has gained a wide range of meanings throughout the centuries, and across the various continents of our planet. In the Vedic tradition, the word has a very specific, and very beautiful meaning. The Sanskrit word used here is ‘anugraha’ and it is said to…
In today’s world, where yoga and meditation are quickly becoming more and more popular across the globe, more and more people are also becoming familiar with the concepts of chakras and kundalini. But what are ‘chakras’ and ‘kundalini’ actually? In this blog I will give an introduction, and will tell you how different musical instruments…
In an earlier blog I wrote about how different musical instruments affect different chakras. Now we will see another aspect of the 7 chakras in our body: how they correspond to seven holy pilgrimage cities in India. This shows a very interesting connection between the outer pilgrimage or ‘tirtha yatra’ that devotees undertake, and the…
Vedas and Upavedas The word ‘Veda’ comes from the Sanskrit root ‘vid’ which means ‘to know’, and could therefore roughly be translated as ‘knowledge’. It is the knowledge that pervades this Creation, and describes the nature of things from stars to atoms. This knowledge, including all its laws of mathematics, physics, etc. was already present…
Changing Concepts The world is rapidly changing, and so are people and the way they view it. Half a century ago, in the West, yoga was mainly viewed as something odd and intriguing, associated with skinny but very flexible men covered in ashes, residing in the Himalayas or sitting on a bed of nails –…
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