Wisdom of the Ancient Seers: Mantras of the Rig Veda

David Frawley

Lotus Press, May 1, 1992 - Body, Mind & Spirit - 280 pages

"The Rig Veda is not only one of the oldest sacred scriptures of the world, but also one of the most misunderstood. Past scholarship has dismissed the hymns of the Rig Veda as being expressions of a primitive animistic mentality that only rarely rose to true spiritual and philosophical heights. David Frawley's book demonstrates that this judgmental view is ill-founded. His fine renderings of select Vedic hymns bear witness to the fact that their composers were sages and seers--powerful poets who knew the art of symbolic and metaphoric communication. The Vedic hymns give us a unique glimpse not into a primitive mentality but a mentality and culture that revolved around the highest spirtual values and visions. This is an important and riveting book, ushering in a new and sounder tradition of Vedic interpretation and scholarship." Georg Feuerstein

About the author

David Frawley has been a student of Ramana Maharashi's teachings since 1970 and has written for their magazine "The Mountain Path" since 1978. He is a visitng professor at the Sringeri Shankaracharya Math, the oldest vedantic center in India, and has receive the personal blessings of the Shankaracharya. He teaches at Vedantic centers in America and is one of the few Westerns recognized as an authentic Vedantic teacher by the Vishva Hindu Parisha, the largest Hindu religious organization in the world. Frawley directs the American Institute of Vedic Studies in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Wisdom of the Ancient Seers: Mantras of the Rig Veda
• Author: David Frawley
• Publisher: Lotus Press, 1992
• ISBN: 0910261369, 9780910261364
• Length: 280 pages
• Subjects: Body, Mind & Spirit / General; Philosophy / Eastern; Religion / Eastern; Religion / Hinduism / Rituals & Practice; Religion / Hinduism / Sacred Writings