Article - New Age Spirituality: New Age Vs. Vedic Tradition
A critical in-depth analysis of the differences and similarities between the New Age movement and the Vedic traditions by Henry Makow PhD...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedic Science: Encyclopedia - Vedic Science
Vedic science is the term used in modern attempts to systematize ancient scientific thought to be found in early Indian scriptures, espec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedic Science: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedic Science - Types Of Vedic Science
Adherents of Maharishi Vedic science describe it as the science of self (atmavidya). Veda means knowledge; and Vedic science asserts that...   » Read the article

Article - Mayan Calendar And Humanity�s Path Towards Enlightenment
In this article Carl Johan Calleman predicts a unification of the modern expressions of some of the most advanced ancient traditions of t...   » Read the article

Article - What Happened At The Oneness Festival Feb 16-22 2004?
One of the participants at the Oneness Festival share his personal experiences of the Oneness Festival that took place February 16-22 200...   » Read the article

Article - Mayan Calendar And Humanity�s Path Towards Enlightenment (short Version)
This article explore The connection between the Mayan calendar and humanity�s path towards Enlightenment as described by Kalki and others...   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Prayers: Invocatory Kirtans - A Hindu Prayer
Invocatory Kirtans - a Hindu Prayer.   From Hindu Fasts & Festivals by Sri Swami Sivananda.      » Read the article

Article - Hindu Prayers: Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra - A Hindu Prayer
The Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra.   From Hindu Fasts & Festivals by Sri Swami Sivananda.      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Fall Of Man: Encyclopedia - The Fall Of Man
The fall refers to the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, as recorded in the biblical book of Genesis, and the consequenc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dravidian People: Encyclopedia - Dravidian People
The terms Dravidians and Dravidian Race are sometimes given to the peoples of southern and central India and northern Sri Lanka who speak...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit: Encyclopedia - Sanskrit
Sanskrit (saṃskṛtam संस्कृतम्) is a classical language of India and a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mantra: Encyclopedia - Mantra
A mantra is a religious syllable or poem, typically from the Sanskrit language. Their use varies according to the school and philosophy a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedic Mythology: Encyclopedia - Vedic Mythology
Vedic mythology that occupies a pivotal position in the history of religions, is a significant aspect of Hindu mythology and has directly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedic Chant: Encyclopedia - Vedic Chant
The term Vedic chant refers to recitation of hymns of the Vedas, the most ancient scriptures of India, and the basis of the many Hindu tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sthapatya Veda: Encyclopedia - Sthapatya Veda
Sthapatya Veda is the Vedic tradition of temple design. Sthapatya Veda - External link. Maharshi Sthapatya Veda ... Including: Sthap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aum Namah Sivaya: Encyclopedia - Aum Namah Sivaya
Aum namah Śivāya (IAST transliteration, refer to Sanskrit for pronunciation) is among the foremost Vedic mantras. Its general translati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demiurge: Encyclopedia - Demiurge
The term Demiurge (or Yaldabaoth, Yao, Ialdabaoth and several other variants, such as Ptahil used in Mandaeanism) refers in some belief s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shiksha: Encyclopedia - Shiksha
Shiksha (IAST śikṣā) is one of the six Vedangas, treating the traditional Hindu science of phonetics and phonology of Sanskrit. Its a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ritu: Encyclopedia - Ritu
There are six ritus (also transliterated rutu) or Indian seasons in the Hindu calendar. The following table gives an overview about the p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sampradaya: Encyclopedia - Sampradaya
In Hinduism, a Sampradaya is a tradition encompassing a common philosophy but embracing many different schools, groups, or guru lineages ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aum: Encyclopedia - Aum
Aum (also Om, ॐ) is the most sacred syllable in Hinduism, first coming to light in the Vedic Tradition. The syllable is sometimes refer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acharya: Encyclopedia - Acharya
An acharya is a prominent guru, teacher and scholar who teaches by his own example (from Sanskrit 'achara', behavior). Often head of a sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit - Grammar
Sanskrit - Grammatical tradition. Sanskrit grammatical tradition (vyākaraṇa, one of the six Vedanga disciplines) begins in late Vedi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahminical Tradition: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Brahminical Tradition
brahminical tradition: The hereditary religious practices of the Vedic brahmins, such as reciting mantras, and personal rules for dail...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dravidian People: Encyclopedia Ii - Dravidian People - Dravidian And Vedic Culture
The Dravidians and South Indians have been in some respects the best preservers of ancient Vedic culture and traditions, especially when ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit - Grammar
Sanskrit - Grammatical tradition. Main article: Sanskrit grammarians Sanskrit grammatical tradition (vyākaraṇa, one of the six Ved...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dravidian People: Encyclopedia Ii - Dravidian People - Kumari Kandam
According to Tamil Tradition, the Dravidians originally came from a submerged island Kumari Kandam in the south of India. The Epics Shila...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demiurge: Encyclopedia Ii - Demiurge - Gnosticism
Like Plato, Gnosticism also presents a distinction between the highest, unknowable "alien God" and the "creator" of the material - the De...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Fall Of Man: Encyclopedia Ii - The Fall Of Man - Accounts Of The Fall
The Fall of Man - Genesis. According to Genesis, God created a garden in the land of Eden, and placed Adam and Eve in the garden. He pl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dravidian People: Encyclopedia Ii - Dravidian People - Ethnology
The term arose from nineteenth century Western scholars assumptions that Dravidian speakers were a distinct group within India, separate ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dravidian People: Encyclopedia Ii - Dravidian People - Dravidian Languages And Dravidian Peoples
The Dravidian languages are grouped into Northern, Central and Southern categories. The Northern is mainly Brahui which is spoken in Sout...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demiurge: Encyclopedia Ii - Demiurge - Comparisons
Demiurge - Christianity. The concept of an evil Demiurge is completely at odds with typical Christian theology, which is often consider...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demiurge: Encyclopedia Ii - Demiurge - Platonism
Plato refers to the Demiurge frequently in the Socratic dialogue Timaeus as the entity who "fashioned and shaped" the material world. Pla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dravidian People: Encyclopedia Ii - Dravidian People - The Eastern Ethiopians
Herodotus, Homer and other Greek authors called the Dravidians the Eastern Ethiopians. Greek writers sometimes identified the "Western Ae...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dravidian People: Encyclopedia Ii - Dravidian People - Dravidian Languages And Dravidian Peoples
The Dravidian languages are grouped into Northern, Central, South-Central, and Southern categories. The Northern consists of Malto and Ku...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit - History
The adjective saṃskṛta- means "refined, consecrated, sanctified". The language referred to as saṃskṛtā vāk "the refined languag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Mantra - Mantra In Buddhism
Buddhism, naturally following from Vedic society, also developed its own system and understanding of mantra, which while similar to that ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit - Influence
Sanskrit - Modern-day India. Sanskrit's greatest influence, presumably, is that which it exerted on languages that grew from its vocabu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit - History
The word saṃskṛta means "refined, consecrated, sanctified". The language referred to as saṃskṛtā vāk "the refined language" has...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit - Influence
Sanskrit - Modern-day India. Sanskrit's greatest influence, presumably, is that which it exerted on languages that grew from its vocabu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Mantra - Mantra In Other Traditions Or Contexts
Transcendental Meditation, also known simply as 'TM', uses simple mantras as a meditative focus. TM was founded by the Maharishi Mahesh Y...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Mantra - Remarks
The following subsections contain remarks on the nature and use of mantras in their context as Hindu religious practice. Mantra - What i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Mantra - Introduction
Mantras have some features in common with spells in general, in that they are a translation of the human will or desire into a form of ac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Mantra - Mantra In Hinduism
Mantras were originally conceived in the great Hindu scriptures known as the Vedas. Within practically all Hindu scriptures, the writing ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Mantra - Mantra In Indo-tibetan Buddhism
Conze distinguishes three periods in the Buddhist use of mantra. Initially, like their fellow Indians, Buddhists used mantra as protectiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedic Mythology - Dimensions
The vedic mythology has several dimensions. Vedic mythology - The deities. Vedic mythologies contain certain elements which are common ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedic Mythology - Background
The Vedic mythology is best recorded in the four Vedas, also called the Vedam, which are part of the Hindu Shruti. In Sanskrit the word m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedanta - Transition From Vedic To Vedantic Religion
While the traditional Vedic 'karma kanda', or ritualistic components of religion, continued to be practiced through the Brahmins as medit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aum: Encyclopedia Ii - Aum - Om In Buddhist Tradition
With Buddhism's evolution and breaking away from Vedic/Hindu tradition, Aum and other symbology/cosmology/philosophies were co-opted from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aum: Encyclopedia Ii - Aum - Om In Buddhist Tradition
With Buddhism's evolution and breaking away from Vedic/Hindu tradition, Aum and other symbology/cosmology/philosophies were co-opted from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atharvaveda: Encyclopedia Ii - Atharvaveda - Status
The Atharvaveda, while undoubtedly belonging to the core Vedic corpus, in some ways represents an independent parallel tradition to that ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aum: Encyclopedia Ii - Aum - Aum In Hindu Tradition
Aum - Origin. Found first in the Vedic scriptures of Hinduism, Aum has been seen as the first manifestation of the unmanifest Brahman (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aum: Encyclopedia Ii - Aum - Aum In Hindu Tradition
Aum - Origin. Found first in the Vedic scriptures of Hinduism, Aum has been seen as the first manifestation of the unmanifest Brahman (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhagavad Gita: Encyclopedia Ii - Bhagavad Gita - Overview
In many ways seemingly a heterogeneous text, the Gita is a reconciliation of many facets and schools of Hindu philosophy of both Brahmani...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uttarakuru: Encyclopedia Ii - Uttarakuru - Buddhist Texts And Uttarakuru
Uttarakuru also finds numerous references in Buddhist literature, some times as a real land while at the other as a mythical region. In D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rigveda: Encyclopedia Ii - Rigveda - Internal Evidence
The Rigveda is far more archaic than any other Indo-Aryan text preserved. For this reason, it has been in the center of attention of west...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhagavad Gita: Encyclopedia Ii - Bhagavad Gita - Overview
In many ways seemingly a heterogeneous text, the Gita is a reconciliation of many facets and schools of Hindu philosophy of both Brahmani...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rigveda: Encyclopedia Ii - Rigveda - Hindu Tradition
According to Indian tradition, the Rig-Vedic hymns were collected by Paila under the guidance of Vyāsa, who formed the Rig-Veda Samhita ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit Literature - Sanskrit Plays
India has a rich tradition of theatrical arts, possibly longer than that of the western world. The theatrical tradition of India was not ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Smartism: Encyclopedia Ii - Smartism - Why They Became Distinguished From Others
The Smartas consider themselves followers and propagators of Smriti or religious texts derived from Vedic scriptures. It is from this tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Smartism: Encyclopedia Ii - Smartism - Distinction From Others
The Smartas consider themselves followers and propagators of Smriti or religious texts derived from Vedic scriptures. It is from this tha...   » Read the article

Article - Dream Symbols: Dream Symbols And Their Meanings
Dream-Symbols And Their Meanings. A spiritual view on dreams and the meaning of dreams by Sri Swami Sivananda, an authority in the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ayurveda: Alternative Health Dictionary On Ayurveda
Ayurveda (Ayurveda Medicine, Ayurvedic healing, Ayurvedic healthcare, Ayurvedic medicine, ayurvedism, Indian medicine, Science of Long...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedic-agamic: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vedic-agamic
Vedic-Agamic: Simultaneously drawing from and complying with both of Hinduism's revealed scriptures (shruti), Vedas and Agamas, which ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedic-agamic: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vedic-agamic
Vedic-Agamic: Simultaneously drawing from and complying with both of Hinduism's revealed scriptures (shruti), Vedas and Agamas, which ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aryaman: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Aryaman
Aryaman: (Sanskrit) "Close friend; matchmaker; Sun God." A Vedic Deity who personifies hospitality, the household and grihas...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aryaman: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Aryaman
Aryaman: (Sanskrit) "Close friend; matchmaker; Sun God." A Vedic Deity who personifies hospitality, the household and grihasth...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Dictionary: Dream Dictionary, Symbols And Their Meanings
A dream dictionary with dream-symbols and their meanings. A spiritual view on dreams and the meaning of dreams by Sri Swami Sivanan...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams: Songs Of Dream
Dream poetry. A spiritual view on dreams and the meaning of dreams by Sri Swami Sivananda, an authority in the vedic sciences and ...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams Xii: Waking Experience Has Relative Reality
Dream Poetry. A spiritual view on dreams and the meaning of dreams by Sri Swami Sivananda, an authority in the vedic sciences and ...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams Xiv: Waking Experience Is As False As Dream Experience
Poetry on dreams. A spiritual view on dreams and the meaning of dreams by Sri Swami Sivananda, an authority in the vedic sciences ...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams Iii: Study Of Dream-state
Once a disciple approached his Guru, prostrated at His Lotus Feet and with folded hands put the question: O My Revered Guru! Please tell ...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams Iv: Dream Philosophy - Karma
Certain Karmas are worked out in dreams also. A King experienced a dream in which he acts the part of a beggar and suffers the pangs of s...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams Vii: Lord Creates Dream Objects
Some Indian philosophers hold that the creation of chariots etc. in the dream is verily by the Lord and not by the human self. The dream ...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams Xv: Jagarat Is As Unreal As Dream
For the Ajnanis or the worldly-minded persons the sensual objects are quite real. For the sages or those who are endowed with discriminat...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams: Introduction To Philosophy Of Dreams By Sri Swami Sivananda
The analysis of dreams and their cause by psychoanalysts are defective. They maintain that the cause of dream creation lies in the suppre...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams Iv: Spiritual Enlightenment Through Dreams
The dream consciousness is superior to the waking consciousness in many respects. Many puzzles of life are solved through hints from drea...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams Xi: The Unreality Of Imagination
Through the play of the mind in dreams and deliriums nearness appears as a great distance and a great distance appears as proximity. Thro...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams Xii: Why Jagrat Is A Dream?
The mind creates the dream-world out of the experience and Samskaras of the waking consciousness. Dream is a reproduction of the expe...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams Xvi: Remove The Colouring Of The Mind
In days of yore there were very able dyers in Marwar or Rajputana. They would give seven colours to the sari or clothes of ladies. After ...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams Xx: The Story Of A Dreamer Subhoda
Subodha was born in a Brahmin family in the ancient capital of Indraprastha. He was leading a pure life. He was second to none in learnin...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams Xxi: Raja Janaka�s Dream
Raja Janaka ruled over the country of Videha. He was once reclining on a sofa. It was the middle of the day in the hot month of June. He ...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams Xiii: Sri Nimbarkacharya On Dreams
As some dreams are indicative of future good or bad fortunes, it is impossible for the individual to dream a good or a bad dream accordin...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams Xxv: Dream Hints
Dreams and Death are rock foundations of all philosophy. Dream world is totally different from the waking world. But some facts are strik...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams Ii: Dream � What Is A Dream?
Svapna is the dreaming state in which man enjoys the five objects of senses and all the senses are at rest and the mind alone works. Mind...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams V: Philosophy Of Dream
Doctors say, �Do not wake him up suddenly or violently�, because they see that in dreams the self goes out of the body of the waking stat...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams Vii: Who Is It That Dreams?
If you ask any man in this world, �Who is it that wakes up? Who is it that dreams? And who is it that sleeps?� He will answer, �It is I t...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams Iiv: Prophetic Dreams
Sometimes dreams are prophetic of future good and bad fortune. The scripture teaches, �When a man engaged in some work undertakes for a s...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams X: Waking As A Dream
In both states�waking and dreaming�objects are �Perceived�, i.e., are associated with subject-object relationship. This is the similarity...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams Xvii: Upanishads And Dreams
�The Purusha has only two abodes, this and the next world. The dream state, which is the third is at the junction of the two. Abiding at ...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams Xviii:. Prasna-upanishad On Dreams
Then Gargya the grandson of Surya questioned Pippalada: �O Bhagavan! What are they that sleep in man? What wake in him? Which is t...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams Xxiv: Dream Of Chuang Tze
Chuang Tze, a Chinese Philosopher, once dreamt that he was a butterfly. On waking, he said to himself, �Now, am I a man dreaming that I...   » Read the article

Article - Meaning Of Dreams: Astrological Perspective On Dreams
Dreams play a very important part of our subconscious guidance and will often bring messages even important warnings to us. - You shoul...   » Read the article

Article - Meaning Of Dreams: Do Dreams Have Meaning? Part I
In a series of articles by Richard Wilkerson we will get a great insight in dreams and their meaning. Richard Wilkerson is behind the Dre...   » Read the article

Article - Meaning Of Dreams: Do Dreams Have Meaning? Part Ii
In a series of articles by Richard Wilkerson we will get a great insight in dreams and their meaning. Richard Wilkerson is behind the Dre...   » Read the article

Article - Meaning Of Dreams: Do Dreams Have Meaning? Part Iii
In a series of articles by Richard Wilkerson we will get a great insight in dreams and their meaning. Richard Wilkerson is behind the Dre...   » Read the article

Article - Meaning Of Dreams: Telling And Re-telling The Dream
Here is a technique for working with your dreams that is so simple and obvious that it hardly counts as a technique and is so powerful th...   » Read the article

Article - Meaning Of Dreams: A Three Step Process For Working With Your Dreams
Dreams are a powerful tool in developing deep insight about yourself and your life purpose. They are a priceless source of inspiration an...   » Read the article

Article - Philosophy Of Dreams Ixx: The Mind And Dreaming
During dream, the mind creates various kinds of objects out of the impressions produced by the experiences of the waking state. The mind ...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Iii - V
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages III - V . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article