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David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri)
Born
September 21, 1950 (age 62) Wisconsin,, United States of America Wisconsin
Nationality American
Occupation Vedacharya, Ayurvedic teacher, Vedic
astrologer, writer
Website
www.vedanet.com ), b. 1950, is an American an American Hindu teacher ( teacher (acharya acharya)) and ), David Frawley (or Vāmadeva Śāstrī author, who has written more than thirty books on topics such as the Vedas Vedas,, Hinduism Hinduism,, Yoga Yoga,, Ayurveda and Vedic astrology, astrology, published both in India and in the United States. He is the founder and director of the American Institute of Vedic Studies in Santa Fe, Fe, New Mexico, Mexico, which offers educational information on Yoga philosophy, Ayurveda, and Vedic astrology. He works closely with the [1]
magazine Hinduism Today , where he is a frequent contributor .
He is associated with a number of Vedic
organizations in several countries. He is a Vedic teacher (Vedacharya), Vaidya (Ayurvedic doctor), and a Jyotishi (Vedic astrologer). In publications on ancient India such as In Search of the Cradle of Civilization (1995), Frawley along with Georg Feuerstein and Subhash Kak has defended theories of historical revisionism advocating the "Indigenous Aryans" ideology popular in Hindu nationalism and in traditional Yoga.
Contents [hide]
1 Career 2 Reception 3 Partial bibliography 4 Notes 5 See also 6 References 7 External links
Career [edit] In 2000, in his book How I Became a Hindu: My Discovery of Vedic Dharma , Frawley details his move from a Catholic upbringing to embracing Hinduism and Vedic knowledge. He discovered t he Vedas through the work of Sri Aurobindo around 1970 as part of his examination of Yoga andVedanta.[2] His first published translations of hymns from the Rigveda occurred in 1980-1984 in various Sri Aurobindo Ashram journals, under the [3]
auspices of M.P. Pandit.
His article Vedic Mysticism brought me into Hinduism occurs in the book How to
Become a Hindu from the Himalayan Academy.
[4]
In 1991, under the auspices of the Hindu teacher Avadhuta Shastri, he was named Vamadeva Shastri after the Vedic Rishi Vamadeva. In 1996 he was given the title of Pandit along with the Brahmachari Vishwanathji award [5]
in Mumbai, India.
He carries on the work of Kavyakantha Ganapati Muni, the chief disciple of [6]
Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi.
[7]
He is aligned with India Shaivite teacher Sadguru Sivananda Murty.
In 1980, Frawley founded the Vedic Research Center, which he changed into the American Institute of Vedic Studies in 1988, of which he is the director. Through his institute, he offers information, resources, and courses on Yoga philosophy, Vedic astrology (Jyotisha), Ayurveda, and Vedic studies.
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Frawley or Vamadeva Shastri has studied, written and taught extensively in the field of Ayurveda, starting with his work with Vasant Lad in 1983.
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He works with multiple Ayurvedic institutions including: The Chopra Center
University of Deepak Chopra (where he is a Master Educator);
[10]
Kerala Ayurveda Academy (where he is an
[11]
advisor);
The California College of Ayurveda (which he advised Marc Halpern during its formation);
The Kripalu school of Yoga and Ayurveda;
[12]
The National Ayurvedic Medical Association, (where he has been
one of the four main advisors since its inception in 2000); North America (AAPNA, where he is an advisor). western herbology.
[14]
[13]
and the Association of Ayurveda Professionals of
He also previously taught Chinese herbal medicine and
[15]
Frawley’s was closely connected to the noted Indian astrologer Dr. B.V. Raman (Bangalore Venkata [16]
Raman).
He was one of the first Americans to receive the title of "Jyotish Kovid" from the Indian Council of
Astrological Sciences (ICAS) in 1993, followed by “Jyotish Vachaspati” in 1996. He was a founder and first president of the American Council of Vedic Astrology (ACVA) from 1993-2003.
[17]
He uses astrology in his
books on ancient history, following Sri Yukteswar (Yukteswar Giri) and emphasizing a current “Harmonization with the Galactic Center”, linking human events with cosmic time cycles.
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In his Vedic educational work he is associated with the Swaminarayan movement (BAPS, Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha) and their many temples throughout the world.
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In essays and books such as In Search of the Cradle of Civilization (1995), Frawley endorses the "Indigenous [20]
Aryans" scenario propagated in Hindu nationalism during the 1990s.
Reception[edit] In his book American Veda: How Indian Spirituality Changed the West , in the section "Passions for India", Philip Goldberg (2010) mentions David Frawley or Vamadeva Shastri as among three important teachers [21]
or acharyas of the Vedic tradition in the West today, along with Georg Feuerstein and Andrew Harvey.
In its “Meet the Innovators” section, the mag azine Yoga Journal, speaks of David Frawley as “one of the first Americans to bring Ayurvedic Medicine and Vedic Astrology to the West.”
[22]
Rajiv Mehrotra (2003) of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New Delhi, India, interviewed Frawley as one of twenty important spiritual teachers in his book The Mind of the [23]
Guru.
Frawley’s “Swami Vivekananda: The Maker of a New Era in Global Spirituality” occurs in a Ramakrishna Mission book anthology in honor of the one hundred and fiftieth birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.
[24]
Bryant (2001) commented that Frawley's historical work is more successful in the popular arena, to which it is directed and where its impact "is by no means insignificant", rather than in academic study
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and that
"(Frawley) is committed to channeling a symbolic spiritual paradigm through a critical empirico rational one".
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Alternative archaeologist Graham Hancock (2002) quotes Frawley’s historical work extensively for the proposal of highly evolved ancient civilizations prior to our current estimate of history, including in India. note Kreisburg 2012, for Frawley’s “The Vedic Literature and Its Many Secrets”.
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In addition,
In a series of exchanges published in The Hindu, Michael Witzel rejects Frawley's linking of Vedic literature with the Harappan civilisation and a claimed lost city in the Gulf of Cambay, as misreading Vedic texts, ignoring or misunderstanding other evidence and motivated by antiquity frenzy. Witzel argues that Frawley's proposed "ecological approach" and "innovative theories" of the history of ancient India amount to propagating currently popular indigenist ideas.
[29]
Bruce Lincoln attributes autochthonous ideas such as Frawley's to "parochial nationalism", terming them "exercises in scholarship ( = myth + footnotes)", where ar chaeological data spanning several millennia is selectively invoked, with no textual sources to control the inquiry, in support of the theorists' desired [30]
narrative.
Partial bibliography[edit]
Yoga: the Greater Tradition , Mandala Publishing, San Rafael, California ISBN 978-1-60109-016-4
Vedantic Meditation: Lighting the Flame of Awareness , North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, California ISBN 978-1-55643-334-4
Mantra Yoga and Primal Sound: Secrets of Seed (Bija) Mantras, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 978-0-9102-6194-4
Soma in Yoga and Ayurveda: The Power of Rejuvenation and Immortality , Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 978-0-9406-7621-3
Inner Tantric Yoga: Working with the Universal Shakti , Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin. ISBN 978-09406-7650-3
Universal Hinduism: Towards a New Vision of Sanatana Dharma , Voice of India, New Delhi, India ISBN 978-81-85990-89-7
Arise Arjuna: Hinduism and the Modern World , Voice of India. New Delhi, India ISBN 978-81-85990-27-9
Awaken Bharata: A Call For India’s Rebirth, Voice of India. New Delhi, India ISBN 81-85990-51-4
Gods, Sages, and Kings: Vedic Secrets of Ancient Civilization, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-910261-37-7
From the River of Heaven: Hindu and Vedic Knowledge for the Modern Age , Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-910261-38-5
Hinduism: The Eternal Tradition (Sanatana Dharma) , Voice of India, New Delhi, India ISBN 81-85990-29-8
The Myth of the Aryan Invasion of India , Voice of India, New Delhi, India ISBN 81-85990-20-4 online book, article
In Search of the Cradle of Civilization , (with Georg Feuerstein and Subhash Kak), Quest Books, Wheaton, Illinois ISBN 0-8356-0720-8
How I Became a Hindu: My Discovery of Vedic Dharma , Voice of India, New Delhi, India ISBN 978-8185990-60-6
The Rig Veda and the History of India , Aditya Prakashan, New Delhi, India ISBN 81-7742-039-9
Hinduism and the Clash of Civilizations, Voice of India, New Delhi, India ISBN 81-85990-72-7
Yoga and Ayurveda: Self-healing and Self-realization, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0914955-81-0
Tantric Yoga and the Wisdom Goddesses: Spiritual Secrets of Ayurveda , Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-910261-39-3
Wisdom of the Ancient Seers: Selected Mantras from the Rigveda , Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-910261-36-9
Oracle of Rama, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-910261-35-0
Yoga and the Sacred Fire: Self-Realization and Planetary Transformation , Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-940985-75-6
Ayurvedic Healing: A Comprehensive Guide, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-914955-97-7
Ayurveda and Marma Therapy: Energy Points in Yogic Healing , (with Ranade and Lele), Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-940985-59-4
Yoga for Your Type: An Ayurvedic Guide to Your Asana Practice , (with Summerfield-Kozak), Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 978-0-9102-6130-2
Ayurveda: Nature's Medicine, (with Subhash Ranade), Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0914955-95-0
Yoga of Herbs: An Ayurvedic Guide to Herbal Medicine , (with Vasant Lad), Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-941524-24-8
Ayurveda and the Mind: the Healing of Consciousness , Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0914955-36-5
Astrology of the Seers: A Guide to Vedic (Hindu) Astrology , Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0914955-89-6
Ayurvedic Astrology: Self-Healing Through the Stars, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-94098588-8
Hidden Horizons: Unearthing 10,000 Years of Indian Culture , Swaminarayan Aksharpith, Amdavad, India ISBN 978-8175263314
Notes[edit] 1. ^ "Vamadeva Shastri and Shambhavi" . Hinduism Today.
2. ^ David Frawley (2000). How I Became a Hindu: My Discovery of Vedic Dharma . Voice of India. pp. 44 –47. ISBN 81-85990-60-3. 3. ^ David Frawley (2000). How I Became a Hindu: My Discovery of Vedic Dharma . Voice of India. pp. 51 –53. ISBN 81-85990-60-3. 4. ^ Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (2000). How to Become a Hindu: A Guide for Seekers and Born Hindus . Himalayan Academy. pp. 92 –101. ISBN 0-
945497-82-2. 5. ^ David Frawley (2004). Yoga and the Sacred Fire: Self-realization and Planetary Transformation . Lotus Press. p. 8. ISBN 0-940985-75-6.
6. ^ David Frawley (1994). Tantric Yoga and the Wisdom Goddesses . Lotus Press. pp. 16 –17. ISBN 0-910261 –39-3. 7. ^ Sivananda Murty (2009). Katha Yoga. Aditya Prakashan. pp. x –xvii. ISBN 97881-7742-091-3. 8. ^ "About American Institute of Vedic Studies" . American Institute of Vedic Studies. 9. ^ David Frawley, Vasant Lad (1986). Yoga of Herbs: An Ayurvedic Guide to Herbal Medicine. Lotus Press. ISBN 978-0-9415-2424-7 .
10. ^ "Chopra Center University Advisors" . Chopra Center. 11. ^ "Kerala Ayurveda Academy Advisors" . Kerala Ayurveda. 12. ^ "Kripalu Yoga and Ayurveda" . Kripalu. 13. ^ "NAMA (Advisors)". National Ayurvedic Medical Association . 14. ^ "AAPNA board". Association of Ayurveda Professionals of North America. 15. ^ Michael Tierra (1988). David Frawley, ed. Planetary Herbology . Lotus Press. ISBN 978-0941524278. 16. ^ David Frawley (2000). Astrology of the Seers: A Guide to Vedic (Hindu) Astrology, second edition . Lotus Press. pp. iii, vii –viii, xi –xii. ISBN 0-914955 –89-
6. 17. ^ "CVA testimonials". Council of Vedic Astrology. 18. ^ David Frawley (2000). Astrology of the Seers: A Guide to Vedic (Hindu) Astrology, second edition . Lotus Press. pp. 35 –43. ISBN 0-914955 –89-6.
19. ^ Frawley, David (2007). Hidden Horizons: Unearthing 10,000 Years of Indian Culture. Amdavad, India: Swaminarayan Aksharpith. p. xi-xiv. ISBN 978-81-
7526-331-4.
20. ^ Arvidsson 2006:298 Arvidsson, Stefan (2006), Aryan Idols: Indo-European Mythology as Ideology and Science, translated by Sonia Wichmann, Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press. 21. ^ Philip Goldberg (2010). American Veda: How Indian Spirituality Changed the West . Harmony Books. p. 222-224. ISBN 978-0-385-52134-5 .
22. ^ Journal, Yoga. "Yoga Journal". Yoga Journal. Retrieved 12 April 2013. 23. ^ Mehrotra, Rajiv (2003). The Mind of the Guru: Conversations with Spiritual Masters. New Delhi, India: Penguin Books. pp. 91 –104. ISBN 0-67-004951-4.
24. ^ Ramakrishna Mission (2013). Swami Vivekananda: New Perspectives . Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture. pp. 544 –551. ISBN 978-93-81325-230. 25. ^ Edwin Bryant (2001). The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture: The Indo Aryan Migration Debate . Oxford University Press. p. 291. ISBN 0-19-513777-9.
26. ^ Edwin Bryant (2001). The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture: The Indo Aryan Migration Debate . Oxford University Press. p. 347. ISBN 0-19-513777-9.
27. ^ Graham Hancock (2002). Underworld: Flooded Kingdoms of the Ice Age . Penguin books. pp. 137, 147 –8, 157, 158, 166 –7, 181, 182. ISBN 0-718-144007. 28. ^ Glenn Kreisburg (2012). Mysteries of the Ancient Past: A Graham Hancock Reader . Bear and Company. pp. 22 –38. ISBN 978-159143155-8.
29. ^ David Frawley (June 18, 2002). Vedic literature and the Gulf of Cambay [dead link ] ; M. Witzel (June 25, 2002). A maritime Rigveda? — discovery . The Hindu
How not to read ancient texts . The Hindu[dead link ]; David Frawley (July 16,
2002). Witzel's vanishing ocean . The Hindu[dead link ]; Michael Witzel (August 6, 2002). Philology vanished: Frawley's Rigveda — I . The Hindu[dead link ];Michael Witzel (August 13, 2002). Philology vanished: Frawley's Rigveda — II . The Hindu[dead link ];David Frawley (August 20, 2002). Witzel's philology . The Hindu[dead link ]
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30. ^ Bruce Lincoln (1999). Theorizing Myth: Narrative, Ideology, and Scholarship . University of Chicago Press. p. 215. ISBN 0-226-48201-4.
