Conceptual Adaptation across Traditions: Al-Bīrūnī’s Rendering of Nidrā as Ruʾyā
Introduction
While translating and annotating Bātanjal al-Hindī fī al-Khalāṣ min al-Irtibāk by Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī into Persian (2011), I encountered a number of interpretive challenges, some of which have gradually become…
A Reflection on Al-Bīrūnī’s Approach to Patañjali’s Sūtras
INTRODUCTION
The present study aims to reconstruct the meticulous effort and intellectual precision of Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī in presenting a significant part of Indian mystical literature, which facilitated an encounter between…
The Examination of the Causes of Interest in Complementary Medicine in Recent Decades
Borzou Ghaderi
Introduction
For many people, the astounding growth of complementary therapies, the establishment of related clinics, the cultivation of medicinal herbs, and even the acknowledgment of these methods by doctors, researchers,…
Devotional Speech (Molana’s birth chart) Borzou Ghaderi
Borzou Ghaderi
Night and day, I seek you my god, my eyes were closed while praying, as I opened my eyes, I found out that you are the seeker.
(Molana, D.S. gh* #3209)
The birth chart can be considered as a mirror to reflect all dimensions…
Liberation Now: A novel Perspective on Understanding Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras
This book offers a unique approach to comprehending the Yoga-Sutras of Patanjali, delving into the core themes discussed in these ancient texts. It explores concepts such as the meaning of life, suffering and pain, the spurious and true self,…
Love’s Story in Puranas
Borzou Ghaderi
puranas are folk encyclopedias, which include myths, stories and battle stories, that keep vedas’ wisdom in a mythological, and symbolic language. Literally purana means old and ancient and this ancient story is about…
Magnificence of Vedic Trinity
Borzou Ghaderi
1) Based on vedic wisdom, the heart and origin of cosmos is pure consciousness or “Purusha”. To analyze the essence of purusha is meaningless because understanding the vedic approach is not accessible unless through…
Unraveling the Philosophy of Life: Insights from Eastern Wisdom
Borzou Ghaderi
Abstract: This article presents a comprehensive exploration of the structure of suffering and the quest for liberation within the context of Eastern philosophy. Drawing from the profound insights of Samkhya and Yoga traditions,…
The Enigma of Rahu-Ketu and their dispositors
(Part two)
Vinay Aditya & Borzou Ghaderi
Vedic astrology is really huge and seems a world of contradictory ideas, but it can be understood little by little when we find some keys for seeing the horoscope and we think Rahu and Ketu…