From the river of heaven: Hindu and vedic knowledge for the modern age/
David Frawley
- New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1992.
- 180 p.
1. Hindu and Vedic Knowledge in the Modern Age Veda and Yoga; The Relevance of Vedic Sci ence; East and West; Vedic Knowledge in Western Culture; Towards a Global Culture; Spiritual Science 2. The Eternal Teaching Sanatana Dharma The Dharma; Hinduism; The Culture of Dharma; The Religion of Thith 3. Nature's Medicine Ayurveda Self-healing; Active and Passive Therapies; The Background of Ayurveda; The Biolological Humors; Constitutional Types; Ayurvedic Anatomy and Physiology; The Six Tastes; ' Ayurvedic TVeatment; Important Ayurvedic Foods; Important Ayurvedic Herbs; Rejuvena tion and Immortality (Rasayana) 4. The Science of Light Vedic Astrology Sidereal Astrology; Planetary TVpes; Shadbala — Determination of Planetary Strength; Har- •monic Charts; Planetary Significators; Plane tary Periods; Remedial Measures; Vedic and Western Astrology 5. Vedic Social Science The Spiritual Basis of Culture The Background of Society; The Class Struc ture; The Vedic Social Order; The Structure of Human Society; The Limitations of Democ racy; The Four Stages of Life 6. Sanskrit The Power of Mantra The Form of the Sanskrit Language; Lan guage and the Word as a Spiritual Path; The Importance of Mantra; Primary Mantras; The Use of Mantra; Vedic and Classical Sanskrit 7. Karma and the Science of Rebirth Karma; Cause and Effect; Rebirth; Liberation; Karma in Vedic Science 8. Universal Forms of Worship Temples, Puja and Homa Temples; Devotional Worship, Puja; The Fire Offering, Homa; The Use of Images 9. Vedic Cosmology The Multidimensional Universe The Seven Planes; The Three Bodies; The Seven Chakras; The Nadis 10. Dharmic Philosophies Theories of Truth Sankhya; The Three Gunas; Yoga; Vedanta: Buddhist Systems; Jainism; Synthesis; Philos ophy in the New Age 11. The Paths of Yoga Yoga; The Yoga of Knowledge, Jnana Yoga; Self-inquiry; Teachings of the Yoga of Knowl edge; The Yoga of Devotion, Bhakti Yoga; Forms of the Gods and Goddesses; The THnity; Gods — Shiva, Nataraja, Ganesh, Skanda, Vishnu, The Avatars, Rama, Krishna, Buddha, Kalki; Goddesses — Saraswati, Ganga, Lakshmi, Parvati, Kali, Durga, Lalita, Tara; The Yoga of Service, Karma Yoga; The Yoga of Technique, Kriya Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Prana Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Laya Yoga; Integral Yoga, Raja Yoga; Experience in Yoga; The As tral Plane; Yoga, Channeling and Shamanism, High Tech Yogas 12. The Source Teachings The Vedas, Puranas and Thntras The Book of Mantra, the Vedas; The Rig Veda; The Sama Veda; The Yajur Veda; The Atharva Veda; The Book of Knowledge, the Upanishads; The Book of Ritual, the Brahmanas; The Forest Texts, The Aranyakas; The Book of Myth, the Puranas; The Book of Legend, Itihasas; The Agamas; Tantra; Yantra; Summary of the Source Teachings; Sacred His tory and Cosmology