Vastu Living: Creating a Home for the Soul

Vastu Living: Creating a Home for the Soul

by Kathleen M. Cox
Vastu Living: Creating a Home for the Soul

Vastu Living: Creating a Home for the Soul

by Kathleen M. Cox

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Overview

Feng shui, the ancient Chinese art and science of finding harmony with nature, has become widely adopted in the West. Like Buddhism, which migrated from India eastward, feng shui is recognized by Eastern scholars as having originated not in China but in India, where it is referred to as Vastu Shastra, or the science of architecture. In Vastu Living, Kathleen Cox introduces readers to the art, science, and practice of vastu. Cox explains vastu's origins in the Vedas, its relationship to the Hindu gods, its principles and guidelines, and its traditional uses. Vastu Living shows readers how to practice vastu at home and in the workplace—from understanding its teachings on room layout and furniture placement to bringing the divine into every dimension of one's environment.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781569246443
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 07/03/2000
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

PrefaceXI
AcknowledgmentsXIII
List of IllustrationsXV
To the ReaderXIX
Introduction1
Part 1The Journey15
1The Vedas and Vastu17
2The Vastu Purusha Mandala37
3Vastu in Ancient Temple Design57
4Vastu and the Vedic View of Health79
Part 2Creating a Home for the Soul93
5Getting Started97
Determining Your Needs and Preferences97
Expressing Your Self101
Creating Your Spiritual Blueprints102
6Vastu Living at Home111
The Vastu Home111
Orientation and Shape117
Interior Layout121
Room by Room125
Putting the Divine in the Decor149
7Vastu Living at Work154
Spirituality at Work154
Orientation and Shape157
Interior Layout160
Room by Room165
8The Gift of Nature177
Landscape and Outdoor Gardens178
Celebrating Nature Indoors186
9Appeasing the Gods--Appeasing Your Soul193
Examples of Common Problems194
The Solutions195
Appendix IThe Raga and Vastu217
Appendix IIHarmony Through Diet223
Glossary230
Bibliography234
Quick Reference Chart237
Vastu Purusha Mandalas240
About the Author and the Illustrator247
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