| How I Became A Hindu - My
Discovery of Vedic Dharma |
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| Books By David Frawley |
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| SPIRITUAL PATHS AND DISCOVERY OF
THE VEDAS |
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realized that spiritual practices can have side effects and even organized mystical
traditions can have their excesses. At first I found the teacher’s eclectic approach
to be interesting, moving on a weekly basis from one teaching or tradition to another. His
approach was quite dramatic, exciting and novel, with ever-new ideas and bizarre stories.
But after not long I realized such an approach was doomed to be superficial. How could one
learn, much less practice all these teachings that reflected centuries of culture and the
work of diverse people and which could not all be appropriate for you as an individual?
While one should respect a diversity of spiritual paths, life requires choices and we must
eventually follow a specific path, though hopefully one that is broad in nature. At this time I discovered the Upanishads, in which I found great inspiration and
became my favorite book. It led me to various Vedantic texts. I soon studied the works of
Shankaracharya, which I avidly read in translation, particularly his shorter works like
Vivekachudamani. Of the different teachings that I contacted Vedanta struck the deepest
cord. I remember once climbing a hill by Denver with a friend. When we got to the top, I
had the feeling that I was immortal, that the Self in me was not limited by birth and
death and had lived many lives before. Such Vedantic insights seemed natural, but the
friend who was with me at the time didn’t understand what I was talking about. |
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