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Robert E. Svoboda

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Værker af Robert E. Svoboda

Aghora: At the Left Hand of God (1986) 234 eksemplarer
Aghora III: The Law of Karma (1997) 105 eksemplarer
The Hidden Secret of Ayurveda (1980) 25 eksemplarer
Vastu: Breathing Life into Space (2013) 16 eksemplarer
Varanasi: The City of Light (2005) 5 eksemplarer
Handbook of legal information retrieval (1984) — Redaktør — 3 eksemplarer

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Oriental Medicine (1995) — Bidragyder — 31 eksemplarer

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Juridisk navn
Svoboda, Robert Edwin
Fødselsdato
1953
Køn
male
Nationalitet
USA
Bopæl
Texas, USA
Oklahoma, USA
India
Uddannelse
University of Oklahoma, USA (B.S. - Major in Chemistry, Minor in French).
University of Pune, India (Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS))
Erhverv
Author
Ayurvedic doctor
Relationer
Vimalananda (guru)
Priser og hædersbevisninger
Ram Narayan Sharma Gold Medal (Ayurveda), University of Pune, India (1975-1980)
Kort biografi
Robert Edwin Svoboda (1953–) is an American author and ayurvedic doctor who gives lectures and courses around the world, related to the subjects of ayurveda, jyotish, tantra and Eastern religion. He is author of eleven books, including Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution (1989), and the Aghora trilogy (1986, 1993, 1997) about his guru, Vimalananda, and the Aghori sect.

He also maintains a private consulting practice with clients in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and India. Svoboda is the first Westerner to graduate from a college of ayurveda (in 1980) and be licensed to practice ayurveda in India.

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Not you average book on yoga. It follows the life of the aghori Vimalananda. Aghora is a left form of tantra involving spirts, spells, the dead and kali worship. I really enjoyed reading this. It was good to read something different.
 
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Self-Study-Yoga | 3 andre anmeldelser | Mar 7, 2023 |
My rating: 3.5, it was better than ok. I liked the book but it might never appeal me enough for a re-read, hence the rating. I still am planning to read the next in the series, Kundalini, as it is yet another intriguing & misunderstood topic.

Back to this book: imagine the weirdest thing you can, ramp the strangeness to 10 to 20 levels higher & yet you might not grasp the weirdness in this book. I have read few books on Yogis but this was way different than, yet, quite similar to them. Am sure that doesn't make sense but that's how this book was. I went in knowing this book will be different but had no idea I'll fail at even my attempt to summarise it. 1 thing is for sure. This isn't for everybody, am not sure who this is for but... Not for everybody. Read this book with an open mind & make your own conclusions. I'll post a detailed review on this soon.

Ps: why on earth doesn't Goodreads have 1/2 star ratings??

For a detailed review on this book, check out @ https://reshtechwriter.wordpress.com/2019/11/25/aghora-i-at-the-left-hand-of-god...
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rrkreads | 3 andre anmeldelser | Jun 15, 2020 |
> Amazon : https://www.amazon.fr/Aghora-voie-main-gauche-1/dp/2909698289

> AGHORA I, La voie de la main gauche, de Robert E. Svoboda. — Nous trouvons dans cet ouvrage l’histoire de l’Aghori Vimalananda, adepte de la discipline spirituelle appelée Aghora, apothéose du Tantra, l’art érotique spirituel. Le Tantra a été divisé en deux voies : celle de la Main Gauche et celle de la Main Droite. La Voie de la Main Gauche, l’Aghora, est, selon l’enseignement de Vimalananda, la transformation énergique de l’obscurité en lumière.
« La sexualité est un élément central du Tantra : l’union sexuelle cosmique des dualités universelles. Le but du Tantra est le retour du chercheur à l’état d’existence non différenciée. » La sexualité, pratiquée consciemment et non dans l’identification au désir, peut constituer une voie pour transformer l’énergie sexuelle en énergie spirituelle (voir 3e millénaire n°14 : Énergie et sexualité). Ce livre, constitué principalement d’anecdotes tirées de la vie de Vimalananda, et contées à sa manière (avec souvent une emphase toute "orientale"), invite à la recherche d’une relation entre l’homme et la femme plus harmonieuse, où ces deux pôles s’unissent pour la croissance intérieure de chacun. Ed. du Relié, 1997. 370 p.
3e millénaire, (47), Printemps 1998
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Joop-le-philosophe | 3 andre anmeldelser | Mar 13, 2019 |
doshas, tastes, constitution, food, vata, pitta, kapha, nutrition, dhatus, obesity, weight, routine, lifestyle, balance, disease, rejuvenation, seasons
 
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IyengarYogaSF | Jul 28, 2014 |

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