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Shri Krishna’s Childhood Pastimes Reveal His Divinity: How His Astonishing Childhood Acts Revealed Him as the Supreme Being Decolonized and retold by Jeffrey Armstrong (Kavindra Rishi)  A Summary of Śrīla Vyāsadeva’s Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Tenth Canto   ---Without fully understanding the divine identity and limitless opulences of Shri Krishna—the Supreme Being incarnate—the simple and innocent cowherd men and boys of Vṛndāvana began to marvel at His extraordinary deeds. Though unaware of His cosmic...

Witness the Miracle of Krishna in Every Palace – Through Narada’s Eyes The story is retold and decolonized by Jeffrey Armstrong Kavindra Rishi Download the decolonized PDF: HERE  free Listen to the full audio class here:  nominal donation Narada Muni's Visit to Dvārakā: A Glimpse into Divine Multiplicity In this captivating episode from the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (10.69), Narada Muni visits Dvārakā and is astonished to see Shri Krishna simultaneously present in all...

Press Release Dec 4, 2021: World Renowned Scholars of the Hindu Vedic Sanatan Dharma Celebrate Author Jeffrey Armstrong Turning 75 As He Forecasts His Spiritual Teaching Focus for the Next Decade Turning 75 typically signals your best days are long past, but not for devoted Yogi Jeffrey Armstrong (Kavindra Rishi) who was recently celebrated by Yoga Legends Dr. David Frawley Pandit Vamadeva Shastri (Padma Bhushan), Professor Ved P. Nanda (Padma...

NEWS RELEASE: Indic Dialogue April 16, 2024   We are pleased to share an article released today on the auspicious occasion of Ram Navami, made more special this year, as we bring you  Shri Jeffrey Armstrong's very knowledgeable article:  The Return of the Ram Janma Bhumi Mandir and its “RAM-ifications”  

Celebrating the Appearance Day Shri Bhagavan Sept 6, 2023 "This was my most ambitious poetic endeavor to date, centered around the grand theme of Bhagavan Shri Krishna's Vraja lila. I unveiled it in celebration of the Shri Krishna Janmashtami Festivity of 2018, which coincided with the auspicious influence of the Moon in the Rohini Nakshatra, marking the divine moment of Govinda's earthly appearance. My aspiration is for this devotional poetry...

Studying yoga philosophy can offer numerous benefits for individuals interested in the practice of yoga, or those seeking a deeper understanding of life and self. Ultimately, studying yoga philosophy is a personal journey that can lead to self-discovery, personal growth, and a deeper connection with oneself and the world. It can provide a framework for living a more conscious, meaningful, and fulfilling life. Here are several reasons why someone might...

By Jeffrey Armstrong (Kavindra Rishi) 2022 Revised & updated   During the months of December and January, much of the world observes the transition from one year to another. It is no accident that Christmas and the New Year Holiday celebration takes place in the last days of December and on the first day of January. In our modern times, many of the original reasons for these seasonal observations have...

By Jeffrey Armstrong (Kavindra Rishi) Jeffrey illuminates the Gita in 4 seasons of video classes, each season going deeper. More info: https://gitacomesalive.com/pages/membership USE the Discount code FIRST-50 on www.GitaComesAlive.com to get 10% off The Bhagavad Gita is the tip of a transcendental iceberg, the peak of a mountain called the Mahabharata in the great epic history of India. Set in the mysterious and opulent Asia of 7500 years ago, the 100,000...

Watch the video here   The Yoga Sutras Of Patanjali, in its second verse, explains that the effect of living in the realm of matter is literally that we get our "knickers in a twist" what to speak of our DNA (a double helix) and of course all of organic life is twisted via the Fibonacci sequence, into a distorted but necessary "pretzel" form of our self, based on combined...

"AyurVedic Astrology Simplified" Master astrologer Jeffrey Armstrong takes you step by step thru the process of “seeing” the Vedic charts. By the end of the course you will have a deeper understanding of people’s characteristics, an ability to hear, see and feel the energetic qualities that the planets bestow a person and the analytical capabilities to read a chart from scratch. Of course, Vedic astrology takes years to master… but learning these...

I am asked all the time…What is the difference between Vedic Astrology and Western so I thought I’d post a chapter that explains it …. Jeffrey Armstrong ~ Jyotish Visharada, CVA and Jyotish Kovid, CVA, Founder of VASA – Vedic Academy of Science & Arts, has been a Vedic astrologer for over 45 years and is one of the pioneers of AyurVedic astrology in the West. Excerpted from “God/Goddess the...

 Excerpt from the Last Chapter in The Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar A Vow of Love Within the word Avatar is another secret Sanskrit word that guides us to the next level of our development. The word is vrata, made from the same letters as Avatar. Vrata means “a vow or commitment”—a giving of our word that then governs and directs our behavior. This is the healing medicine for...

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, in its second verse, explains that the effect of living in the realm of matter is literally that we get our "knickers in a twist" what to speak of our DNA (a double helix) and of course all of organic life is twisted via the Fibonacci sequence, into a distorted but necessary "pretzel" form of our self, based on combined opposites. . Which is to...

Q. What are the “Vedas” and Vedic values? Jeffrey Armstrong: The word Veda means ‘to see’, and gave us our modern word, video. Its root is ‘vid’, and from that comes, wit, meaning ‘knowledge’ or ‘what we know,’ so Veda, first of all means the knowledge that we need in order to exist and fulfill our purpose for existing. That knowledge is considered to be eternal and to co-exist with...

The cosmology of India describes our universe as having fourteen parallel realities on multiple levels, all existing and intersecting within the material realm in which we are currently living. One of those levels is called the Deva realm. The Deva realm is supposedly the home of the beings who actually conduct the laws of nature to which we are subject. This view of Divine helpers is much misunderstood as the...

Uttarayana-the Northern Gate Today the Northern Gate to the Deva Realm is wide open for the last time until the Winter Solstice. This is the day of peak solar manifestation, when the masculine Divine in His most noble and brilliant form, is shining forth to empower all atmas who are willing to fill their being with sunshine as the direct link to the immortal realms of Brahman. Drink this amrita...

Jyotish, India’s Ancient Science of the Stars Except from “God (Goddess) the Astrologer - Soul Karma and Reincarnation  How We Continually Create Our Own Destiny” Vedic astrology is also called Jyotish, or the Science of Light. Just as astronomy studies the stars and planets through analyzing their light to discover their position and nature, Vedic astrology tries to understand the relationships between cosmic light and the unfolding of cause and...

2020 Astrological update… Since, April 30, 2019, Shani or Saturn has been in backwards or retrograde motion in the sign of Sagittarius, which it entered back in Jan 27, 2017, since then it then went backward April 6 2017, on June 22 it backed up into Scorpio, on August 25, 2017 it went direct in Scorpio and on October 27, 2017 moved forward into Sagittarius again, on April 18, 2018,...

World Hindu Youth (WHY) association hosted a seminar on “Reframing Bharat” followed by another on a “New vocabulary to describe Vedic dharma” recently at the Chinmaya Mission Badri campus Chicago USA . Presented by best-selling author Jeffrey Armstrong, also known as Kavindra Rishi, from Vancouver, the seminars aim to teach the younger generation how to speak confidently about Hindu dharma especially to its detractors. Vidya Naha of WHY presented Armstrong as a...