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224. Robert Svoboda
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- Buddha at the Gas Pump
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- Apr 2, 2014
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Summary
Robert E. Svoboda is the first white member of Kenya's Pokot tribe, and the first non-Indian ever to graduate from a college of Ayurveda and be licensed to practice Ayurveda in India, where he lived for more than a decade. 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. For a decade he was involved with thoroughbred horses as Vimalananda's Authorized Racing Agent. The author of more than a dozen books, since 1985 he divides his time between India and other lands. Website: drsvoboda.com Books: AGHORA, At the Left Hand of God (Aghora) (v. I) AGHORA II: Kundalini (Aghora) (Vol II) Aghora III: The Law of Karma The Greatness of Saturn: A Therapeutic Myth Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution Ayurveda: Life, Health, and Longevity Prakriti Vastu: Breathing Life into Space Ayurveda for Women: A Guide to Vitality and Health Tao and Dharma: Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda Interview recorded 3/29/2014 Interview transcript YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Robert Svoboda 00:06:18 - The Quest for the Soma 00:12:44 - The Appeal of Alcohol and Possession in Indian Religion 00:19:59 - Possession and Worship in India 00:25:55 - Possession and Disembodied Entities 00:31:51 - The Story of the Billiken 00:37:31 - Growing Up in Different Cultures 00:43:17 - The Battle of Positive and Negative Forces 00:49:37 - Potential Pathological and Bizarre Results of the Singularity and Transcendence 00:55:28 - The Concept of Her-ness and Femininity in Kundalini 01:02:14 - The Complexity of Human Organisms 01:08:11 - The Nature of Shakti and its Search for Supreme Reality 01:14:52 - The Supreme External and Internal 01:21:01 - The Meaning of Moksha and Enligh…