Introduction and Overview In all Vedic texts the term yajña is used, translated as a “sacrifice”. The performance of yajña is the means by which one advances spiritually. For most people, yajña is seen as a fire lit in a pot into which food grains are offered with a mantra. […]
Psychology / Religion
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The Freudian vs. the Vedic Unconscious
Two Descriptions of the Unconscious The initial thesis of Freudian psychoanalysis and that of Vedic philosophy are similar—that our surface behaviors are the result of a deeper “unconscious” reality. The person in both cases is described hierarchically—e.g. as an iceberg, with only the tip visible, while most of its reality […]
Education
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Vedic Knowledge and Modern Education
Introduction and Overview Vedic knowledge was previously imparted in a systematic manner, covering the nature of spirit and transcendence, social duties and moral responsibilities, as well as vocational education based upon a person’s role in society. For example, Mahabharata describes how the Pāndava and the Kaurava were sent for education […]
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Men Are From Sun, Women Are From Moon
Introduction and Overview “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus,” says that bestseller book from John Gray. This book has become a classic, although it stereotypes both men and women, disregarding the fact that each person has both masculine and feminine tendencies in them to varying degrees. We can […]
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The Philosophy of Masculine and Feminine
Introduction and Overview A soul has three tendencies called sat (consciousness), chit (meaning), and ananda (pleasure), and its choices draw a compromise between meaning and pleasure. The original sat-chit-ananda Absolute Truth creates five forms—Kṛṣṇa, Rāma, Hara, Ramā, and Jīvā, called the pañca-tattva or five categories. Two of these are masculine […]
Philosophy / Physics
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Sāńkhya and Modern Atomism
Introduction and Overview Sāńkhya has a theory of atomism, which is quite different than the theory of modern atomism. The modern description of atoms is based on the distinction between matter and force whereas the Sāńkhya description is based on the distinction between words and meanings. The key question is: […]
Economics / Management
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The Balanced Organization
Introduction and Overview Vedic philosophy describes the body as a universe and the universe as a body. Since the world is intended for life, there is no fundamental divide between “physical sciences”, “life sciences”, and “social sciences”. The cosmic structure, the social structure, the biological structure, and the psychological structure […]