Spiritual Vision
Dreams give rise to luminous thoughts, to intuitions, to those creative and innovative capacities that have characterized so many great people and their works.
Dreaming is similar to faith, whic…
What Is the Meaning of Dharma?
Dharma is the Divine Force that moves, regulates, and sustains everything: the universal Balance, the sacred Law, the eternal Justice, the set of infallible Principles of Religion that govern the eth…
The Meaning of Christmas
Dear Friends,
In the Indo-Vedic culture, as in other traditional civilizations, the temporal cycles marking the passage of time are considered particularly important moments.
In Vedic literature…
Philosophy, Psychology, and Spirituality of Yoga
The discipline of Yoga is not merely — or even primarily — the physical and postural exercise widely portrayed in New Age culture; rather, it has profound cultural roots that are often overlooked or…
Cercare la soluzione, non la giustificazione (2)
Di fronte agli ostacoli che incontriamo, ricordiamoci che il lamento, lo sconforto o l'autocommiserazione sono come droghe che creano consolazioni artificiali e di fatto peggiorano le problematiche…
Harm None to Avoid Harm
If we harm someone, the evil we have inflicted, even unconsciously, falls back on us because the executioner and the victim, though separated and different at the level of the ego, participate in t…
A Glimpse into Dharma
In the Indo-Vedic civilization, "dharma" is the implicit order the Greeks called "kosmos." It is the divine energy that sustains and regulates all that is. Dharma is the cosmo-ethical order, the semp…
Reflections on karmā: nature and functions
The question of karmā, both from eschatological and philosophical perspectives, as well as from psychological and sociological viewpoints, has a series of implications. The concept of "karmā" is po…
ADAyur: a Project of Ayurvedic Didactic Agriculture inspired by Ayurveda
Dear friends, the Institute of Indo-Vedic Studies (Centro Studi Bhaktivedanta APS) and the Fondazione Studi Bhaktivedanta ETS present the “Govardhan Italia” project, realized by the ADAyur (Didacti…