Living with Reality with Dr. Robert Svoboda

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  • Dr. Robert Svoboda is the first Westerner ever to graduate from a college of Ayurveda and be licensed to practice Ayurveda in India. During and after his formal Ayurvedic training he was tutored in Ayurveda, Yoga, Jyotish, Tantra and other forms of classical Indian lore by his mentor, the Aghori Vimalananda. He is the author of over a dozen books and has served as Adjunct Faculty at the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, NM, and at Bastyr University in Kenmore, WA. You can find out more about his work at www.drsvoboda.com and follow him on Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.
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  • Ep. 50 – Bhuta Agni with Paula Crossfield

    Ep. 50 – Bhuta Agni with Paula Crossfield
    Jul 11 2024
    Using an Ayurvedic lens, Paula Crossfield and Dr. Svoboda discuss the element of fire and the concept of Bhuta Agni.This episode was originally published on Paula Crossfield’s The Cosmic Business PodcastThis time on Living with Reality, Paula and Robert :How fire is the reason that humans were able to expandThe fascinating hypnotic effect of fireAgni as an element, personality, and beingTransformation as the key quality of fireDigestion as transformation of energyDigesting emotions, thoughts, and conceptsTending to internal and external firesHow Bhuta Agni is fed by sensory inputsThe importance of being mindful when consumingSlowing down our thoughts so that we can digest what is going onDeveloping a relationship with our own life forceListening to what our organism tells usAbout Dr. Robert Svoboda:Dr. Robert Svoboda is the first Westerner ever to graduate from a college of Ayurveda and be licensed to practice Ayurveda in India. During and after his formal Ayurvedic training he was tutored in Ayurveda, Yoga, Jyotish, Tantra and other forms of classical Indian lore by his mentor, the Aghori Vimalananda. He is the author of twelve books including Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution and the Aghora series, which discusses his experiences with his mentor during the years 1975 – 1983.In the years since 1986, Dr. Svoboda has traveled extensively, spending three months per year on average in India. He often speaks on Ayurveda, Jyotish, Tantra and allied subjects in locales across the world.Join Dr. Svoboda’s courses, watch the latest video in Dr. Svoboda’s 5 Minutes series on Youtube and follow Dr. Svoboda on Facebook and Instagram for updates, events, and new content. You can also check out www.drsvoboda.comAbout Paula Crossfield:Paula Crossfield is Vedic astrologer and Business Coach dedicated to helping a million spirit-led entrepreneurs make more money and impact so they can bankroll the change they want to see in the world. Her insights on astrology and business strategy have helped her clients build sustainable five figure+ per month incomes while still embodying their values.For more information on 1-on-1 opportunities and group coaching programs with Paula, go to www.weaveyourbliss.com, where you can also get the 2023 Astrology Guidebook”Agni is regarded as a personality, as that element, but also that being who is able to release awareness and energy and heat and light from where it is being trapped in the earth and water elements and to release it into the less physical aspects of reality.” – Dr. Robert SvobodaSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    1 hr
  • Ep. 49 – The Chain of Being with Robert Thurman

    Ep. 49 – The Chain of Being with Robert Thurman
    Apr 19 2024
    Robert Thurman joins Dr. Svoboda once again for a vast discussion on his lineage, karma, and the chain of being.Get a free 50-page ebook, Analyzing Karma: Fate or Free Will, by Dr. Svoboda here.In this episode, Dr. Robert Svoboda and Robert Thurman converse about:Robert Thurman’s lineage, upbringing, and young adulthoodRobert’s experience losing his eye and having a spiritual vision while in the hospitalRobert’s journey to and through India and finding home with the TibetansRobert’s instruction to bring Buddhism to those seeking enlightenment through psychedelicsKarma producing an effect of biological evolutionThe danger of solipsism and how we have all been everythingLiving in inter-tangled subjective fieldsAstrology and the ZodiacAbout Robert Thurman:Robert Thurman is the Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in the Department of Religion at Columbia University and President of the Tibet House U.S., and is the President of the American Institute of Buddhist Studies. His new book, Wisdom Is Bliss: Four Friendly Fun Facts That Can Change Your Life, is now available.About Dr. Robert Svoboda:Dr. Robert Svoboda is the first Westerner ever to graduate from a college of Ayurveda and be licensed to practice Ayurveda in India. During and after his formal Ayurvedic training he was tutored in Ayurveda, Yoga, Jyotish, Tantra and other forms of classical Indian lore by his mentor, the Aghori Vimalananda. He is the author of twelve books including Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution and the Aghora series, which discusses his experiences with his mentor during the years 1975 – 1983.In the years since 1986, Dr. Svoboda has traveled extensively, spending three months per year on average in India. He often speaks on Ayurveda, Jyotish, Tantra and allied subjects in locales across the world.Join Dr. Svoboda’s courses, watch the latest video in Dr. Svoboda’s 5 Minutes series on Youtube and follow Dr. Svoboda on Facebook and Instagram for updates, events, and new content. You can also check out www.drsvoboda.comAbout Paula Crossfield:Paula Crossfield is Vedic astrologer and Business Coach dedicated to helping a million spirit-led entrepreneurs make more money and impact so they can bankroll the change they want to see in the world. Her insights on astrology and business strategy have helped her clients build sustainable five figure+ per month incomes while still embodying their values.For more information on 1-on-1 opportunities and group coaching programs with Paula, go to www.weaveyourbliss.com, where you can also get the 2023 Astrology Guidebook“I consider karma to be Buddha’s Darwinian theory.” – Robert ThurmanSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Ep. 48 – Friendships and Runanubandh

    Ep. 48 – Friendships and Runanubandh
    Mar 8 2024

    Focusing on the value of relationships, Robert Svoboda discusses genuine friendship and the concept of Runanubandh.

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    This time on Living with Reality, Dr. Robert Svoboda lectures on:

    • True friendship and a familial connection
    • The root of the Sanskrit word for friend
    • Vimalananda and the quality of friendliness
    • Sangha, Satsang, and what real friendship is all about
    • Being mindful of who we associate with
    • Recognizing when our friendships are beneficial or not
    • Runanubandh and the karmic debts that may bring people together
    • Knowing when to end a relationship
    • Having patience when enduring a disconnection
    • The positive imprints from real friendships

    "In satsang, we should come together and attempt to assist one another to go beyond our limitations. That’s what real friendship should be about. Devoting your attention and your energy, your life force, your prana, to extending yourself out to your friends to attempt to assist them to be able to live their lives better and more satisfactorily, more meaningfully, and investing some of your prana, investing some of your life force in order to do this.” – Dr. Svoboda



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    34 mins

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