{"id":1280,"date":"2023-12-18T00:18:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T00:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taochip.com\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2023-12-18T00:18:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T00:18:08","slug":"how-i-became-a-hindu-my-discovery-of-vedic-dharma-by-david-frawely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/taochip.com\/?p=1280","title":{"rendered":"“How I Became a Hindu: My Discovery of Vedic Dharma” by\u00a0David Frawely"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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by DAVID FRAWLEY (VAMADEVA SHASTRI)<\/strong>
VOICE OF INDIA, New Delhi, First published, 2000, First Reprint, 2000, Second Reprint, 2007<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CONTENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foreword <\/strong>by Subhash Kak 1
Preface <\/strong>6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Introduction: Encountering Hindu Dharma <\/strong>9
    The Hindu Tradition
    Discovering Hinduism through the Vedas
    Overcoming Anti-Hindu Stereotypes
    The Question of Becoming a Hindu<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Early Years: Growing Up Out of Catholicism<\/strong> 20
    Science and History\/Leaving the Church
    Intellectual Awakening and the Counterculture
    Mystical Poetry and Discovery of Eastern Spirituality
    The Anti-War Movement<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Spiritual Paths and Discovery of the Vedas<\/strong> 38
    Discovery of the Inner Paths
    First Yoga Practices
    Buddhism and Vedanta: Becoming a Vedantin
    Ramana Maharshi, the Ultimate Sage
    Sufism
    Discovery of the Vedas\/Sri Aurobindo
    Anandamayi Ma
    Writing on the Vedas
    M.P. Pandit
    J. Krishnamurti and the Question of Tradition
    Into the Vedic Work \u2014 Ayurveda and Vedic Astrology<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. India and Hinduism, the Spiritual Traditions<\/strong> 56
    Sri Aurobindo and Pondicherry
    The Ramanashram: Encounter with Lord Skanda
    The Goddess
    Sadhu on the Hill
    Ganapati Muni and Sri Natesan
    The Goddesses and Bhakti Yoga
    Brahmarshi Daivarata
    The Himalayas
    Shankaracharyas
    Alandi – Swami Ram Das<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Discovery of Social and Political Hinduism<\/strong> 69
    Encounter with Dr. B.L. Vashta
    Anti-Hindu Media
    RSS and the Propaganda Against It
    Dealing with Caste
    Royal Asiatic Society
    Reimportation
    Not so Good Hindus
    Becoming Vamadeva Shastri
    Vedantic, Vedic, Hindu<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Journalistic Work <\/strong>90
    Voice of India: Ram Swamp and Sita Ram Goel
    Writing for Voice of India
    Ashok Chowgule \u2014 Hindu Vivek Kendra
    Hinduism Today
    Prajna Bharati
    Bharatiya Janata Party
    An Intellectual Kshatriya
    Karma Yoga\/Hindu Activism
    Becoming a Pandit<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Ancient India: Myth of the Aryan Invasion<\/strong> 104
    The Myth of the Aryan Invasion
    Subhash Kak
    N.S. Rajaram
    The Birla Science Conference
    World Association for Vedic Scholars (WAVES)
    Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
    Gaining the Ire of Academia
    The Vedic Yoga
    The Vedic Samaj<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Hindu Groups in the West <\/strong>115
    Hindu Students Council
    Global Vision 2000
    The Swami Narayan Order
    Tour of UK
    Trinidad<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Additional Studies of Christianity and Islam<\/strong> 121
    Islam and the Sufis
    Anwar Shaikh
    Visit to Israel
    Vedic Pluralism and Biblical Monotheism
    Religion and Superstition<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Return of the Pagans <\/strong>137
    Hinduism and Native Traditions
    Christian Oppression of Pagans
    Becoming a Pagan<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Debate with the Archbishop of Hyderabad<\/strong> 144
    Speech at Prajna Bharati<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. The Debate Goes On<\/strong> 157
    Rediff Interview
    A Hindu Response to the Pope\u2019s Call for Evangelization<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. Systems of Vedic Knowledge<\/strong> 169
    Ayurveda
    Vedic Astrology
    Dr. B.V. Raman
    Vedic Physics
    Sanskrit, the Language of the Gods
    Yajnas, Pujas and Temples
    Vedic Ecology
    Yoga<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. Towards a New Western Hinduism<\/strong> 178
    Western Yoga Teachers and Yoga Groups
    The New Age Movement
    American Hinduism<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. Conclusion <\/strong>183
    The Importance of Culture
    The Future of the Planet
    Appendix: The Meaning of the Term Hindu<\/strong> 188
    Index<\/strong> 190<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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