INTRO.
TO VEDIC SCIENCES
Coaching From The Body Vedic Framework For Transformation
VEDAS
Approximately 6,000
to 8,000 years old.
4 Books: g, Yajur,
Sma, Atharva
DHARMA
Truth the culture which lived its principles. Known in contemporary times as
Law of being;
Orderly fulfillment of
inherent nature and
destiny
At 4 levels: universal,
human, social,
personal
KARMA
Lit. Deed or Act;
Universal principle of
cause and effect which
governs all life;
Law of the mind.
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INTRODUCTION
The Vedic culture that we are studying was based on the philosophical
underpinnings of the Vedas. The Vedas have been dated to between 6,000 to
8,000 years old and have been suggested to even older.
The Vedic philosophy is also known as the Santana Dharma which is a family
of religions that accept the authority of the Vedas. The words Santana
Dharma have been translated into a variety of phrases such as: The Eternal
Truth, The Eternal Path etc. It may be more appropriate to call it the
Eternal Faith as this philosophy of the Santana Dharma is inseparable from
Hinduism, this vibrant culture and lofty philosophy is broadly experienced
through one of its four principal denominations.
The essence of the Vedas is that each of us is a divine being having a human
experience.
Our individual soul is the immortal and
spiritual body of light that animates life and
reincarnates again and again until all
necessary karmas are created and resolved
and its essential unity with God is fully
realized. Aum -- Gurudeva. Dancing With
Siva. p.79
VEDAS
The Vedas are a collection of scriptural documents that were transcribed a long
time ago. Current dating technologies suggest the oldest portions may be as
old as 8,000 years. The Vedas are considered to be divinely revealed and
contain lyrical and lofty expositions of lifes sacredness and the purpose of life
on the planet. The Vedas extol and contain invocations to the One Divine and
the multiplicity of Divinities.
The Vedas are broken down into 4 Samhitas, hymn collections known as the
g, Yajur, Sma and Atharva Vedas. These are the oldest and core portions of
the Vedas.
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JYOTIA
Vedic Astrology;
Knowledge of right
timing and future
potentialities
YOGA
Internalized worship
leading to union with
God; 8-fold path
through 1) yama, 2)
niyama 3) sana 4)
prayama 5)
pratyhra 6)
dhraa7) dhyna 8)
samdhi; In the West
mostly sana
(posture) is
emphasized
YURVEDA
Science of longevity;
Prevention and cure of
disease through
balance of doshas, 3
bodily humors
maintained by
dharmic living,
nutritious diet
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VEDGAS
The Vedgas are the Limbs of the Vedas and amplify and support the Vedas.
These texts detail and apply the principles of the Vedas as a comprehensive
system of sacred living through such observations as conduct, astrology,
language and etymology. Furthermore, the Upavedas detail and delineate, for
example, statecraft (arthaveda), health and longevity (yurveda), music and
arts (gandharvaveda), and architecture (sthapatyaveda).
JYOTIA = VEDIC SCIENCE OF KARMA
Karma and dharma are the key teachings of the Vedas. To understand how our
karma unfolds life after life after life, we turn to the science of jyotia.
The Divine Being that each one of us is has taken a specific form at a specific
time on this planet to have very specific experiences. This is how each one of
us evolves until our essential unity with God is realized. Through jyotia, by
looking at the birth chart, the astrologer understand the evolutionary patterns
relative to each of the animating divine forces, the planetary bodies
themselves.
Understanding of astrology is at a level much more fundamental and deeper
than the other sciences of yoga and yurveda. Taken together, these 3 sciences
work very well together to understand the overall picture of the being and its
karma (jyotia), harnessing and molding its energetic nerve system (yoga) as
well as maintaining equilibrium of its physical vehicle (yurveda) all for the
eventual goal of Self Realization.
Lord Vinu has incarnated as the nine planets
to bestow upon the living beings with fruits of
their karma, to defeat the demons and to
restore dharma. Brihat Parashara Hora
Shastra
WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH MOVEMENT?
Simply put, we are in movement! Our bodies move, our blood circulates, out
lungs breathe, our cells move, send biochemical signals. Thats the microcosm.
On the macrocosmic scale, the planet we live in is in movement, the solar
system is in movement and the galaxy is in movement. We are moving. Always.
The aim of this course is to realize the vastness of this movement from the
macro to the micro and apply it, practice it as best as we can in daily living.
Where are you right now? How does this resonate? Where does it show up in
your body?
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