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#11 – Agni and Good Health Agni is great topic and certainly at the core of Ayurveda because it is the digestive fire that transforms the...

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Dakshinamurti Sahasranam – 1008 names of Shiva as Guru

The image above is Dakshinamurti; Shiva as Guru. It was taken during Abishekam, an ancient vedic ritual during which liquid offerings are made to the deity through ritual bathing. These...
Dakshinamurti Mantras

This is the month of Guru Poornima and we honor in particular, the form of Shiva as the original Guru. This form is called Dakshinamurti. The first section of the...
#11 – Agni and Good Health

Agni is great topic and certainly at the core of Ayurveda because it is the digestive fire that transforms the food we eat into the energy that sustains our body,...
A disciple is like a new Moon…

A disciple is like a new moon, in reality no different than the full moon: its apparent imperfection is a sign of gradual increase. Night by night the new moon...
Eczema – Ayurveda and Jyotish working together

A yagya client asked me about a skin condition called eczema; extreme dryness of the skin. Of course, the question was whether or not yagyas could be an effective treatment....
After 3 months of Maha Sponsorship

This is a long overdue thank you for the wonderful yagyas which I enjoyed over the three month period of being a Maha sponsor. I would like you to extend my very...
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Written by my friend Frank Schmidt: The bṛhadaraṇyaka upaniṣad , prᾱjᾱpati brāhmaṇa offers the following wisdom: Upon asking prᾱjᾱpati, the devᾱ-s, manuṣyᾱ-s (humans) , asurᾱs ( gods, men and demons) said ’give us instuction’ . To the devᾱ...
A perspective on death and dying

The following was sent to me and I thought it would be useful to post it here because it is so beautifully written. I am not sure what the origin...
Very risk to swim!

An impressive sign and the english is pretty funny until you read the boxes in the bottom left!