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Vedic Culture:The Difference it can Make in Your LifeEdited by Stephen KnappFrom

the Foreword by David Frawley: The following book, Vedic Culture: The

Difference It Can Make In Your Life, is meant to provide a new view on Vedic

Dharma from those inside the tradition, particularly from westerners who have

made their home and found their true identity in a Vedic vocation. Such first

hand and personal accounts are hard to find and seldom clearly articulated in

available books today. Academic studies of the Vedic tradition are usually done

from the outside, from people who do not have a first hand experience, and who

often come from a world view which prevents them from really understanding the

Vedic approach. They do not take you into the Vedic life but view it with their

own colored glasses at a distance. This book presents statements from a

broad array of individuals active in Vedic culture. It consists of different

chapters by notable individuals in their respective fields, each one of which

has imbibed the true spirit of Vedic Dharma and put it to work in their own

particular life. Such living expressions of Vedic knowledge help us adapt it

today to the circumstances of our own lives. These individuals are pioneers and

prototypes for Vedic careers for the future and for the types of insights that a

Vedic renaissance is likely to foster. Yet the purpose of the book is not

simply to extol the value of Vedic culture, it aims at showing its relevance

for everyone today, including for those who may not have previously considered

it to be important. Vedic culture presents a remarkable array of teachings and

practices that have value for all of us because they address the critical

issues of life from how to eat and breathe, to how to think and feel, to how to

be healthy, happy and responsible citizens of the entire world. Taking these

teachings up is a matter of more conscious living, not of simply following some

ritual or dogma. They only require that one is willing to look deeper into

one’s own nature and into the nature of the universe as a whole.

Please look into these Vedic systems that so many talented writers have

presented with such personal insight. See if this knowledge can work for you,

not in the mere outer sense of affording more personal happiness, but in the

inner sense of giving you more spiritual fulfillment in life, greater

self-knowledge and self-awareness. The Vedic prescription is always practical,

reflecting the wisdom of life, not mere concepts, and can help you in many

ways, including how to deal with the many karmas that all of us have to deal

with. This book also presents the approach of a remarkable new

organization, the Vedic Friends Association (VFA), whose main purpose is to

promote this true Vedic culture in the modern world. VFA is not limited to any

particular guru or sect, nor does it focus on only one branch of Vedic

learning. It offers a doorway to all the resources of Vedic knowledge for the

benefit of all sincere seekers. The book’s editor, Stephen Knapp, also the

director of the VFA, has done a great job and service by organizing this

project and bringing it out to the public. Vedic Culture: The Difference

It Can Make In Your Life can spearhead a new literature on Vedic Dharma and

bring a new view of it to the world as a whole. There is certainly much that

Vedic Dharma has to offer the world today, particularly in this time of

planetary crisis in which we must recognize the greater conscious universe and

can no longer take a species centered view of life. May that wisdom of

the Vedas come to you through these pages, not simply as a lofty philosophy,

but as the profound life experience of these different writers who have so

eloquently embodied it!Ordering Information It is now published as a

paperback book, 6"x9", 312 pages, $22.95. This can be ordered through stores

(ISBN: 0-595-37120-5) or easily ordered directly through

www.iuniverse.com/bookstore. It is also available through

www.Amazon.com, and through www.BarnesandNoble.com. You can simply do a search

of the book title and the page will come up. Full details of the book are also

found at www.stephen-knapp.com/vedic_culture_book.htm, with a photo of the

book cover as well. Book orders for bookstores or catalogs can also be

placed through iUniverse by calling 1-402-323-7800 extension 501, or by

emailing: book.orders (AT) iuniverse (DOT) com. European orders will be shipped out of

England. BOOK CONTENTSForeword by Dr. David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva

Shastri)The Conscious Universe * The True Meaning of Culture * Vedic Teachings

and the West * This BookIntroduction by Stephen Knapp Part One: The Vedic

Spiritual Paths1. Vedic Culture: The Last Bastion of Deep Spiritual Truth, By

Stephen Knapp2. The King of Knowledge, By Robert TaylorDiscovering the Divine

Self3. Vishnu, the Wish for Sustainability, By Jeffrey Armstrong4. Introduction

to the Roots of Kundalinin and Kundalini Yoga, By Yogi Harinam Baba Prem Tom

Beal (Vedakovid)Roots of Kundalini * Is the Kundalini Sleeping * Illusory

Kundalini Awakening * Challenges of Kundalini Awakening * Kundalini

Manifestation in Other Cultures * Conclusion5. Transcendence Through Story In

the Age of Kaliyuga, By Andy Fraenkel6. Yoga and Cooking, By George

VutetakisThe Roots of Civilization * Effecting Change With Food * Principals of

Culinary Yoga * Sensuality and Indulgence * The Magic of Food & Cooking *

Cooking as Yoga * Perspective * Saddhana * Breath * Cooking Meditation *

Cleanliness * Taste & Touch * Sound & Light * Aroma * The Sixth Sense *

Spirituality * Love and Yoga * Applying Bhakti-Yoga * Charity * Accepting

Charity * Revealing One’s Mind * Inquiring Confidentiality * Accepting and

Offering Prasada7. The Main Vedic Spiritual Paths: Something for Everyone, By

Stephen KnappThe Purpose of Religion * Hatha-Yoga * Karma-Yoga * Jnana-Yoga *

Yoga * Raja-Yoga * Bhakti-Yoga * Mantra-Yoga * Conclusion8. Vedic Sociology: An

Arrangement for Everyone’s Highest Potential, By Parama Karuna DeviSociety as

the Body of God * The Central Points of a Vedic Society * The Four Purposes of

Human Existence * The Four Social Categories * The Four Ashramas of Society *

The Function of the King * The Function of the Guru * Conclusion9. The One

World Religion, By Stephen Knapp10. The Vedic Process for World Peace, By

Stephen KnappOur Real Identity * Being Free of All Designations * Seeing the

Divinity in Each of UsPart Two: The Vedic Arts and Sciences11. The Scientific

Worldview—Truth or Consequences? By Dhan RousséFinding the Truth With

Science * The Scientific Method * Science as a Legitimizing Tool * The Failure

and Transgressions of Modern Cosmology * Are Chemicals the Origin of Life? *

Scientific Make-Believe * Botany * Linguistics * Indology * Archeology *

Connecting the Dots * Establishment Denial and Control * Failure of Modern

Science * Controlling the Debate—To What End? * What is Matter and What is

Life? * What Path Will We Take to the Future?12. How I Discovered Vedic

Science, By Subhash KakSurprising Ideas in the Vedic Texts * Vedanta and

Physics * Evolution and Religioin * Driving Forces in Evolution * Alienation

and Health13. Human Devolution: A Vedic Account of Human Origins, By Michael A.

Cremo14. Ayurveda: The Living Tradition of Vedic Medicine, By Pratichi Mathur15.

How Vedic Astrology Can Assist Us, By Chakrapani Ullal16. The Use of Gems in

Vedic Astrology (Jyotish) and Ayurveda, By Howard BeckmanGems Transmit

Vibrational Energy * The Seven Rays * Planetary Gemology * Medicine for the New

Millennium17. Vastu Shastra: The Divine School of Architecture, By Arun NaikThe

Definitions and Purpose of Vastu Shastra * Vastu Shastras and Vedas * The Vastu

Literature * The Vastu Mandala * A Symbol of Cosmos * Marma * Theory of Shapes *

The Deities of Vastumandal * East * South-East * South * South-West * West *

North-West * North * North-East * The System of Measurement in Vastu Shastra *

Manushyapramana * The Calculations in Vastu * Ayadi Calculations for the

Owner’s Suitability to the Plot * Yoni Calculation: Direction of Energy Flow

* Conclusion18. Divine Nature: Practical Application of Vedic Ethical

Principles in Resolving the Environmental Crisis, By Michael A.

CremoConclusion: by Stephen KnappGlossary / Index / The Writers

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>

> Vedic Culture:

> The Difference it can Make in Your Life

> Edited by Stephen Knapp

>

>

> From the Foreword by David Frawley:

> The following book, Vedic Culture: The Difference It Can Make In

Your Life,

> is meant to provide a new view on Vedic Dharma from those inside

the

> tradition, particularly from westerners who have made their home

and found their true

> identity in a Vedic vocation. Such first hand and personal

accounts are hard

> to find and seldom clearly articulated in available books today.

Academic

> studies of the Vedic tradition are usually done from the outside,

from people

> who do not have a first hand experience, and who often come from

a world view

> which prevents them from really understanding the Vedic approach.

They do not

> take you into the Vedic life but view it with their own colored

glasses at a

> distance.

> This book presents statements from a broad array of individuals

active in

> Vedic culture. It consists of different chapters by notable

individuals in their

> respective fields, each one of which has imbibed the true spirit

of Vedic

> Dharma and put it to work in their own particular life. Such

living expressions

> of Vedic knowledge help us adapt it today to the circumstances of

our own

> lives. These individuals are pioneers and prototypes for Vedic

careers for the

> future and for the types of insights that a Vedic renaissance is

likely to

> foster.

> Yet the purpose of the book is not simply to extol the value of

Vedic

> culture, it aims at showing its relevance for everyone today,

including for those

> who may not have previously considered it to be important. Vedic

culture

> presents a remarkable array of teachings and practices that have

value for all of

> us because they address the critical issues of life from how to

eat and

> breathe, to how to think and feel, to how to be healthy, happy

and responsible

> citizens of the entire world. Taking these teachings up is a

matter of more

> conscious living, not of simply following some ritual or dogma.

They only require

> that one is willing to look deeper into one’s own nature and

into the nature

> of the universe as a whole.

> Please look into these Vedic systems that so many talented

writers have

> presented with such personal insight. See if this knowledge can

work for you, not

> in the mere outer sense of affording more personal happiness, but

in the

> inner sense of giving you more spiritual fulfillment in life,

greater

> self-knowledge and self-awareness. The Vedic prescription is

always practical,

> reflecting the wisdom of life, not mere concepts, and can help

you in many ways,

> including how to deal with the many karmas that all of us have to

deal with.

> This book also presents the approach of a remarkable new

organization, the

> Vedic Friends Association (VFA), whose main purpose is to promote

this true

> Vedic culture in the modern world. VFA is not limited to any

particular guru or

> sect, nor does it focus on only one branch of Vedic learning. It

offers a

> doorway to all the resources of Vedic knowledge for the benefit

of all sincere

> seekers. The book’s editor, Stephen Knapp, also the director of

the VFA, has

> done a great job and service by organizing this project and

bringing it out

> to the public.

> Vedic Culture: The Difference It Can Make In Your Life can

spearhead a new

> literature on Vedic Dharma and bring a new view of it to the

world as a whole.

> There is certainly much that Vedic Dharma has to offer the world

today,

> particularly in this time of planetary crisis in which we must

recognize the

> greater conscious universe and can no longer take a species

centered view of

> life.

> May that wisdom of the Vedas come to you through these pages, not

simply as

> a lofty philosophy, but as the profound life experience of these

different

> writers who have so eloquently embodied it!

>

>

> Ordering Information

>

> It is now published as a paperback book, 6"x9", 312 pages,

$22.95. This can

> be ordered through stores (ISBN: 0-595-37120-5) or easily ordered

directly

> through www.iuniverse.com/bookstore.

> It is also available through _www.Amazon.com_

(http://www.Amazon.com) , and

> through www.BarnesandNoble.com. You can simply do a search of the

book title

> and the page will come up.

> Full details of the book are also found at

> _www.stephen-knapp.com/vedic_culture_book.htm_ (http://www.stephen-

knapp.com/vedic_culture_book.htm) , with a

> photo of the book cover as well.

> Book orders for bookstores or catalogs can also be placed through

iUniverse

> by calling 1-402-323-7800 extension 501, or by emailing:

> book.orders European orders will be shipped out of England.

>

>

>

> BOOK CONTENTS

>

> Foreword by Dr. David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri)

> The Conscious Universe * The True Meaning of Culture * Vedic

Teachings and

> the West * This Book

>

> Introduction by Stephen Knapp

>

> Part One: The Vedic Spiritual Paths

>

> 1. Vedic Culture: The Last Bastion of Deep Spiritual Truth, By

Stephen Knapp

>

> 2. The King of Knowledge, By Robert Taylor

> Discovering the Divine Self

>

> 3. Vishnu, the Wish for Sustainability, By Jeffrey Armstrong

>

> 4. Introduction to the Roots of Kundalinin and Kundalini Yoga, By

Yogi

> Harinam Baba Prem Tom Beal (Vedakovid)

> Roots of Kundalini * Is the Kundalini Sleeping * Illusory

Kundalini

> Awakening * Challenges of Kundalini Awakening * Kundalini

Manifestation in Other

> Cultures * Conclusion

>

> 5. Transcendence Through Story In the Age of Kaliyuga, By Andy

Fraenkel

>

> 6. Yoga and Cooking, By George Vutetakis

> The Roots of Civilization * Effecting Change With Food *

Principals of

> Culinary Yoga * Sensuality and Indulgence * The Magic of Food &

Cooking * Cooking

> as Yoga * Perspective * Saddhana * Breath * Cooking Meditation *

Cleanliness

> * Taste & Touch * Sound & Light * Aroma * The Sixth Sense *

Spirituality *

> Love and Yoga * Applying Bhakti-Yoga * Charity * Accepting

Charity * Revealing

> One’s Mind * Inquiring Confidentiality * Accepting and Offering

Prasada

>

> 7. The Main Vedic Spiritual Paths: Something for Everyone, By

Stephen Knapp

> The Purpose of Religion * Hatha-Yoga * Karma-Yoga * Jnana-Yoga *

Yoga *

> Raja-Yoga * Bhakti-Yoga * Mantra-Yoga * Conclusion

>

> 8. Vedic Sociology: An Arrangement for Everyone’s Highest

Potential, By

> Parama Karuna Devi

> Society as the Body of God * The Central Points of a Vedic

Society * The

> Four Purposes of Human Existence * The Four Social Categories *

The Four

> Ashramas of Society * The Function of the King * The Function of

the Guru *

> Conclusion

>

> 9. The One World Religion, By Stephen Knapp

>

> 10. The Vedic Process for World Peace, By Stephen Knapp

> Our Real Identity * Being Free of All Designations * Seeing the

Divinity in

> Each of Us

>

>

> Part Two: The Vedic Arts and Sciences

>

> 11. The Scientific Worldviewâ€"Truth or Consequences? By Dhan

Roussé

> Finding the Truth With Science * The Scientific Method * Science

as a

> Legitimizing Tool * The Failure and Transgressions of Modern

Cosmology * Are

> Chemicals the Origin of Life? * Scientific Make-Believe * Botany *

Linguistics *

> Indology * Archeology * Connecting the Dots * Establishment Denial

and Control *

> Failure of Modern Science * Controlling the Debateâ€"To What End?

* What is

> Matter and What is Life? * What Path Will We Take to the Future?

>

> 12. How I Discovered Vedic Science, By Subhash Kak

> Surprising Ideas in the Vedic Texts * Vedanta and Physics *

Evolution and

> Religioin * Driving Forces in Evolution * Alienation and Health

>

> 13. Human Devolution: A Vedic Account of Human Origins, By

Michael A. Cremo

>

> 14. Ayurveda: The Living Tradition of Vedic Medicine, By Pratichi

Mathur

>

> 15. How Vedic Astrology Can Assist Us, By Chakrapani Ullal

>

> 16. The Use of Gems in Vedic Astrology (Jyotish) and Ayurveda, By

Howard

> Beckman

> Gems Transmit Vibrational Energy * The Seven Rays * Planetary

Gemology *

> Medicine for the New Millennium

>

> 17. Vastu Shastra: The Divine School of Architecture, By Arun Naik

> The Definitions and Purpose of Vastu Shastra * Vastu Shastras and

Vedas *

> The Vastu Literature * The Vastu Mandala * A Symbol of Cosmos *

Marma * Theory

> of Shapes * The Deities of Vastumandal * East * South-East *

South *

> South-West * West * North-West * North * North-East * The System

of Measurement in

> Vastu Shastra * Manushyapramana * The Calculations in Vastu *

Ayadi

> Calculations for the Owner’s Suitability to the Plot * Yoni

Calculation: Direction of

> Energy Flow * Conclusion

>

> 18. Divine Nature: Practical Application of Vedic Ethical

Principles in

> Resolving the Environmental Crisis, By Michael A. Cremo

>

> Conclusion: by Stephen Knapp

>

> Glossary / Index / The Writers

>