Nagas: 5 Minutes with Dr. Svoboda

In this episode, Dr. Svoboda talks about the Nagas, ethereal beings that appear to us as snakes, and gives a bit of information about well-known Nagas.

Nagas are traditionally worshiped in India and Nepal on the fifth lunar day (tithi) of the bright half of the lunar month of Shravana. This is said to be the day that the Sarpa Satra (sacrifice of serpents) of King Janamejaya was stopped due to the intervention of the young sage Astika, whose mother was a Naga. Naga Panchami is a good day to salute snakes so that you & they can peacefully co-exist; to expiate the killing of a serpent; to propitiate the Great Serpents like Shesha (Ananta); and/or to alleviate Kala Sarpa Dosha (an unfortunate placement of Rahu and Ketu). A common way to worship is to bathe with milk a living snake or an image of a Naga made of silver, stone or wood. Salutations to Naga Devata!

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.

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