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Vedic Knowledge
The ideas underneath the practice.
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Vedic Knowledge
Dharma, Plainly
Dharma is often translated as religion or duty, and both miss something. A plain account of what the word means and how it is used.
MyAstro7 Editorial · 3 min
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Vedic Knowledge
Vastu Shastra: Principles, Not Superstitions
Vastu is at its best as a sensible way of thinking about light, air, water and use of space. How to keep the principles and drop the fear.
Pandit Krishnamurthy Rao · 3 min
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Vedic Knowledge
What Are Mantras, and Why Is Pronunciation Guarded?
Mantras are not magic words, but their sound has been protected with extraordinary care. A practitioner explains why accuracy matters.
Acharya Vishwanath Iyer · 3 min
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Vedic Knowledge
Agni: Why Fire Sits at the Centre of Vedic Ritual
The Rigveda opens with a hymn to fire. Why Agni became the messenger, the witness and the mouth of the gods in Vedic ritual.
Pandit Naveen Trivedi · 3 min
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Vedic Knowledge
Puranas and Itihasas: How the Stories Teach
The Mahabharata does not tell you what to do. It shows you people who had to decide. That is the method, and it is a deliberate one.
MyAstro7 Editorial · 3 min
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Vedic Knowledge
Ayurveda and Jyotish: Shared Roots
Both sciences think in rhythms, constitutions and time. Where they genuinely meet, where they part, and why neither replaces your doctor.
MyAstro7 Editorial · 3 min
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Vedic Knowledge
The Yugas and Cyclical Time
Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali: what the yuga scheme actually describes, and why it is better read as moral reflection than as a countdown.
MyAstro7 Editorial · 3 min
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Vedic Knowledge
Sacred Rivers: The Ganga in Ritual Life
From a few drops in the sankalpa to the last rites at Haridwar, the Ganga runs through Hindu ritual. A priest on her banks explains why.
Pandit Suresh Tripathi · 3 min
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Vedic Knowledge
The Gayatri Mantra: Meaning and Practice
Twenty-four syllables asking for one thing: that our understanding be illumined. A careful reading of the Gayatri, and how it is traditionally practised.
Pandit Shivkumar Iyer · 3 min
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Vedic Knowledge
The Guru–Shishya Tradition
For three thousand years the Vedas were carried in memory, from one teacher to one student. What that relationship was, and what it was never meant to be.
Pandit Shivkumar Iyer · 3 min
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Vedic Knowledge
Karma Without Fatalism
Karma is often heard as a sentence already passed. The tradition describes it very differently: as action, and as the freedom to act well now.
Jyotish Kavita Sharma · 3 min
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Vedic Knowledge
The Lunar Months and Their Festivals
Why Janmashtami falls in Shravana for one family and Bhadrapada for another, and what the twelve lunar months actually measure.
Acharya Ramesh Shastri · 3 min