Robert E. Svoboda, B.A.M.S. is the first Westerner ever to graduate from a college of Ayurveda and be licensed to practice Ayurveda in India. He graduated in 1980 from Tilak Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya in Pune, where world-renowned author and Ayurvedic Physician, Dr. Vasant Lad, B.A.M.S., M.A.Sc., was one of his professors. Since that time he has traveled extensively around the world, lecturing and conducting workshops on Ayurveda. Dr. Svoboda has traveled to more than fifty countries in the world, understands six languages and has authored several books. Dr. Svoboda consults with people privately. He usually presents one or two seminars each year at Dr. Lad's Ayurvedic Institute, which is where the Medicine Buddha Healing Center's Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur was able to learn from Dr. Svoboda's numerous yearly seminars since 1995.
During and after Dr. Svoboda's formal Ayurvedic College
training his mentor, the Aghori Vimalananda, tutored him in Ayurveda,
Yoga, Jyotish, Tantra, and other forms of classical Indian lore.
Vimalananda was also one of Dr. Lad's teachers as well. After moving
to India in 1973, Dr. Svoboda lived there for more than a decade. Since
1985 he has continued to spend many months of each year there and in other
lands. The author of a dozen books, he serves as Adjunct Faculty for the
Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque and for Bastyr University in Seattle.
Dr. Svoboda's website address is www.drsvoboda.com.
Ven. Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, has completed more than 72 hours of Ayurvedic Medicine classroom study with Dr. Svoboda's in New Mexico at the Ayurvedic Institute (diverse weekend seminars from 1995 to 2002) in New Mexico.
Detailed Resume of Dr. Robert Svoboda, B.A.M.S.
Born: Corpus Christi, Texas, USA in 1953
Education
B.S., University of Oklahoma, 1972
(Major: Chemistry, Minor: French)
Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (Ayurvedacharya), Poona University, 1980
During and after his formal Ayurvedic training we was tutored in Ayurveda, Yoga, Jyotisha, Tantra and allied subjects by his mentor, the Aghori Vimalananda.
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Grants and Awards
"National Merit Scholarship, 1970; U. of Oklahoma Merit Scholarship, 1970;
U.S. Office of Education Scholarship, 1973; National Endowment for the
Humanities Youthgrant, 1975; Marsden Foundation Grant 1978
1975 - 1980: Won all but one of the University of Poona awards for
academic excellence in Ayurveda, including the Ram Narayan Sharma Gold
Medal
Ritually initiated into the Pokot tribe of northern Kenya in June 1973 as
its first white member."
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Professional Experience
The first Westerner ever to graduate from a college of Ayurveda (in 1980) and be licensed to practice Ayurveda in India. Lived in India 1973-80 and 1982-86. Since 1985 he travels the world lecturing, consulting, teaching and writing. He serves as Adjunct Faculty at the Ayurvedic Institute, Albuquerque, NM, and Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA.
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Dr. Svoboda's Books on Ayurveda
The Hidden Secret of Ayurveda, 1st Edition Bombay 1980, 2nd Edition
The Ayurvedic Press, Albuquerque, 1994
Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution, 1st Edition Geocom,
Albuquerque, 1988, 2nd Edition Sadhana Publications, 1999
Ayurveda: Life, Health and Longevity, Penguin Books, London, 1992
Tao and Dharma, Lotus Press, 1995
Ayurveda for Women, David & Charles Publishers, Newton Abbot, 1999
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Other Books
Aghora: At the Left Hand of God, Brotherhood of Life, Albuquerque,
1986
Aghora II: Kundalini, Brotherhood of Life, Albuquerque, 1994
Aghora III: The Law of Karma, Brotherhood of Life, Albuquerque, and
Sadhana Publications (a co- production), December 1997
Light on Life: An Introduction to the Astrology of India, Penguin
Books, London, 1996
The Greatness of Saturn: A Therapeutic Myth, Sadhana Publications,
1997
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Other Publications
The Ayurvedic Home Study Course, The Ayurvedic Institute, Albuquerque,
1985
Contributions include:
Enlightened Sexuality: Essays on Body-Positive Spirituality, ed. Georg
Feuerstein, The Crossing Press, Freedom, CA 1989
Oriental Medicine: An Illustrated Guide to the Asian Arts of Healing, eds.
Jan Van Alphen and Anthony Aris, Serindia Publications, London, 1995
All of Us: Americans Talk About the Meaning of Death, Patricia Anderson,
Delacorte, 1996
The new entry on Ayurveda for Encyclopedia Britannica, 2000
The chapter on Ayurveda for Awakening Body, Mind, Spirit, Aperture
Foundation, in preparation