Robert Edwin Svoboda [1] ( born Robert Edwin Svoboda , born 1953 ) is an American writer and Ayurvedic doctor who constantly travels around the world giving lectures on Ayurveda , Jyotish , Tantra and religions of the East. [2] Author of over 11 books, including Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution (1989) and the Aghor Trilogy (1986, 1993, 1997) about your guru Vimalananda and the Aghori sect. [2] [3]
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| Date of Birth | 1953 |
| Place of Birth | Texas , USA |
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| Occupation | Writer, Ayurveda Doctor |
| Site | Official website |
He also conducts private practice, advising clients from the USA , Canada , Europe , Australia and India . Freedom is the first Westerner to graduate from Ayurveda College (in 1980) and obtain a license to practice Ayurveda in India. [4] [5]
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Biography
Childhood. Education
Robert Edwin Freedom was born in Texas in 1953, where he lived for a while in the oil industry, [6] and then moved to Oklahoma , where he studied at school.
In 1972 he graduated from the University of Oklahoma (majors in chemistry , non-majors in French ). In 1973 he moved to India, where he lived for the next 10 years. During this period, he meets his guru Vimalananda and enters the Ayurvedic College Tilak Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya in Pune , which he graduates in 1980 with a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) and the title of Ayurvedacharya . [7] During the training, he earned all but one reward for success in Ayurveda, including the Ram Narayan Sharma gold medal.
During and after his formal college education, he also studied with his mentor Vimalananda Ayurveda, yoga, jyotishu, tantra and related subjects. Freedom also worked for Vimalananda as an “authorized horse racing agent” ( thoroughbreds ) at the Royal Racing Club of Western India in Mumbai and Pune between 1975 and 1985.
Professional Experience
Since 1985, Freedom has traveled the world with lectures, consultations, provides training and writes books. He works at the Ayurveda Institute in Albuquerque , Mexico and at the University of Basseterre, Kenmore, Washington . Freedom is the author of an article on Ayurveda in the Encyclopedia Britannica 2000 edition. [eight]
Ayurveda is not only science, but also religion and philosophy. We use the word religion to denote beliefs and disciplines that promote such states of being in which the doors of perception are open to all aspects of life. In Ayurveda, all sides and stages of the life path are considered sacred. The word "philosophy" means love of truth, and truth in Ayurveda is Being, Pure Existence. Ayurveda is a science of Truth, of how it manifests itself in life. [9]
Selected Bibliography
- In Russian
- Aghora. On the left hand of God. M .: Sattva. ISBN 978-5-85296-014-6 , ISBN 9785903851263
- Aghora II. Kundalini. M .: Sattva, 2003. ISBN 5-85296-055-1 , ISBN 978-5-85296-055-9
- Ayurveda: life, health, longevity. M .: Sattva, 2007. ISBN 978-5-85296-026-9
- Aghora III. The law of karma. M .: Sattva, 2000. ISBN 5-85296-028-4 , ISBN 978-5-85296-028-3
- Tao and Dharma. St. Petersburg: Svyatoslav, 2003. ISBN 5-98012-011-4
- Greatness of Saturn. M .: Sattva, 2003. ISBN 5-85296-052-7 , ISBN 978-5-85296-052-8
- Prakriti: your Ayurvedic constitution. M .: Sattva 2007. ISBN 978-5-85296-043-6 .
- In English
- Aghora: At the Left Hand of God, Brotherhood of Life; 1986. ISBN 0-914732-21-8 .
- Aghora II: Kundalini, Brotherhood of Life; 1993. ISBN 0-914732-31-5 .
- Ayurveda: Life, Health, and Longevity, Penguin; 1993. ISBN 1-883725-09-7 .
- Tao and Dharma: Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda, (co-author: Arnie Lade) Lotus Press; 1st ed edition, 1995. ISBN 0-914955-21-7 .
- Hidden Secret of Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Press; 1996. ISBN 1-883725-04-6 .
- Aghora III: The Law of Karma, Lotus Press; 1997. ISBN 0-914732-37-4 .
- The Greatness of Saturn , Lotus Press; 2nd edition, 1997. ISBN 1-57178-032-7 .
- Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution , Lotus Press; 2nd Rev ed. 1998. ISBN 81-208-1185-2 .
- Ayurveda for Women: A Guide to Vitality and Health, Healing Arts Press; 2000. ISBN 1-899434-14-3 .
- Light on Relationships: The Synastry of Indian Astrology (co-author: Hart de Fouw) Weiser Books; 2000, ISBN 1-57863-148-3 .
- Light on Life: An Introduction to the Astrology of India, (co-author: Hart de Fouw) Lotus Press; New Ed edition, 2003. ISBN 0-14-019507-6 .
- Discography
- Varanasi: The City of Light (Audio CD). Soundwalk / Namarupa, 2005, ISBN 0-9764061-0-1 .
Notes
- ↑ For emphasis, see, for example, Mindrolling - Ep. 218 - Robert Svoboda , Robert Svoboda - Buddha at the Gas Pump Interview
- ↑ 1 2 Meet the Innovators Lifestyle
- ↑ Aggora trilogy
- ↑ Summary of R. Liberty Archive copy of January 16, 2010 on the Wayback Machine (eng.)
- ↑ Freedom of R. Ayurveda: life, health, longevity. M .: Sattva, 2007. ISBN 978-5-85296-026-9
- ↑ Sitting Down With Dr. Robert E. Svoboda May 4, 2010 Archived at Wayback Machine layogamagazine.com, January / February 2003 .
- ↑ Freedom on ayurveda-berkeley.com Archived September 19, 2010 on the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Dagmar Wujastyk, Frederick M. Smith Modern and Global Ayurveda: Pluralism and Paradigms. - State University of New York Press, 2008 .-- P.337 .
- ↑ Freedom R. Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution. M .: Sattva 2007. ISBN 978-5-85296-043-6 . p.7