David Frawley

David Frawley

David Frawley (born September 21, 1950 ) is an American author on Ayurveda and Hindu philosophy. He is the founder of the American Institute of Vedic Studies in Santa Fe , New Mexico.

David Frawley founded the "Vedic Research Center" in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1980. He converted to Hinduism in a ritual in 1991.

In 2015 he was awarded the Padma Bhushan .

Works

• 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 978-0-9406-7650-3
• Universal Hinduism: Towards a New Vision of Sanatana Dharma , Voice of India, New Delhi, India ISBN 978-81-85990-89-7

• 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 0-914955-95-0
• 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 0-914955-36-5
• Astrology of the Seers: A Guide to Vedic (Hindu) Astrology , Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-914955-89-6
• Ayurvedic Astrology: Self-Healing Through the Stars , Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-940985-88-8
• Hidden Horizons: Unearthing 10,000 Years of Indian Culture , Swaminarayan Aksharpith, Amdavad, India ISBN 978-8175263314

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Adelheid Herrmann-Pfandt: "Hindutva between 'Decolonization' and Nationalism: On Western Participation in the Development of New Hindu Self-Consciousness in India", Religious Studies in the Context of Asian Studies: 99 Years of Religious Studies Teaching and Research in Bonn, ed. Manfred Hutter, Berlin: Lit Verlag Dr. W. Hopf, 2009 (Religions in the plural world: Religious studies studies. 8.), 233-248.

further reading

• Adelheid Herrmann-Pfandt: "Hindutva between 'Decolonization' and Nationalism: On Western Participation in the Development of New Hindu Self-Consciousness in India", Religious Studies in the Context of Asian Studies: 99 Years of Religious Studies Teaching and Research in Bonn, ed. Manfred Hutter, Berlin: Lit Verlag Dr. W. Hopf, 2009 (Religions in the plural world: Religious studies studies. 8.), 233–248.