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Frank Morales is a contemporary philosopher, Hindu Reconstructionist, Dharma teacher, and author.

Frank Morales was born in Brooklyn, New York in August 1963.

He first read the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita, at the age of ten. Influenced by this work, he began to practice yoga and meditation. At the of 14, he visited a Hindu temple for the first time. This so impressed him that, on the spot, he decided to devote his life to the path of Hindu spirituality.

After living as a celibate monk (brahmachari) for six years, Morales was ordained as a Brahmana - a spiritual teacher and priest - in 1986. His Sanskrit name is Dharma Pravartaka ("He Who Sets Dharma in Motion").

With a Philosophy major and a Theology minor, Dr. Morales earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from Loyola University Chicago in 1994. While there, he studied the intellectual

Morales is currently recognized as one of the nation’s leading authorities on Hindu philosophy and religion, as well as South Asian studies. His fields of expertise include Philosophy of Religion, Hindu Studies, Sanskrit, History of Religion, Comparative Theology, Contemporary South Asian Politics, and the interface between Hinduism and modernity. In addition to directing his own institute (The Center for the Study of Religion and Civilization), Morales works in conjunction with several educational institutes and think tanks globally. Morales maintains a very demanding schedule consisting of lecturing, consulting and writing. Morales has been a guest lecturer at over two dozen major universities throughout the USA, including Cornell, Northwestern, Rutgers, Illinois Institute of Technology, and University of Virginia. In addition, Morales has served as a South Asian affairs consultant for such corporations as Ford Motor Company, Lucent Technologies, Goodwin Procter Law Firm, and the Global Health Corporation. His first book, “Experiencing Truth: The Vedic Way of Knowing God”, is scheduled for publication in 2006.

He is the founder of several organizations, including the American Institute for Yoga Studies (AIYS), an educational institute dedicated to teaching the world about the benefits of Hindu spirituality, meditation and Yoga. He is also the founder of the the Yoga Students Association (YSA) at the University of Wisconsin. He is the President of the American Hindu Association.

Collaborations

Morales has worked in collaboration with such scholars and writers as: David Frawley, Subhash Kak, Koenraad Elst, Swami Dayananda Sarasvati, Troy Southgate, Mark Defillo, Alain de Benoist, Keith Yandell and Klaus Klostermaier. In addition to being

Vedic Reconstructionism

Morales counts himself as one of the growing number of “Vedic Reconstructionists”. Indeed, Morales originated the term. Morales maintains that contemporary Hinduism has been heavily influenced and negatively transformed by several non-Hindu religio-cultural forces, including Islam, Christianity, Western Liberalism, as well as many New Age concepts. He has called for a complete reconstruction of the original Vedic ideal by Hindu scholars and religious leaders in order to more firmly base contemporary Hinduism on its orthodox scriptural and philosophical foundations. Morales juxtaposes “Traditional” Hinduism with Neo-Hinduism. Neo-Hinduism was a 19th century Indian intellectual and cultural phenomenon that was heavily influenced by Western ideals and that radically altered the course of Traditional Hinduism, creating a Hinduism arguably more to the liking of India’s then colonial administrators.

The Dharma/Abrahamic Divide

Morales divides the global history of religious and philosophical thought into two distinct categories. The first is the Dharma world-view. Dharma teaches that there are natural laws that are inherent in the structure of the universe. It also teaches the immanence of God in nature. Dharma was the general outlook shared by the vast majority of ancient, pre-Christian civilizations, including ancient India, Persia, Egyptian, China, Greece, Rome, Celtic, Mayan, Aztec, etc. The Dharma world-view is juxtaposed to the Abrahamic world-view, which generally upholds a dualistic metaphysics, and which views nature as being thoroughly separate from God. The Abrahamic religions are Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Morales teaches that the history of the last two-thousand years chronicles nothing less that a two-thousand year, ongoing war between the Abrahamic and Dharmic forces of the world, with the Abrahamic forces on the ascendancy for the duration of this time. Morales has thus called repeatedly for a global Dharma-Hindu- Pagan alliance to defend the ancient ways against the continued growth of the newer Abrahamic religions. Such an alliance would include all non-Abrahamic religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shintoism, all Indigenous religions (for example Native American religions), as well as all the reconstructed European Pagan movements (Celtic Druidism, Asatru, etc.).

Vedic Preservation

In 2000, Morales presented a pivotal “Resolution on the Preservation of Vedic Peoples” at the conference of the World Association for Vedic Studies. The 300 scholars and professors unanimously approved this groundbreaking resolution.

Radical Universalism vs. Hindu Universalism

Morales is the author of a work that has created a dramatic impact on Hindu intellectuals and leaders globally since its publication. In it he attacks the concept of what he defines as "Radical Universalism", that is, that "all religions are one" or that "all religions lead to the same end". This long work is known by two separate titles: and "Radical Universalism". The work has been read by over 250,000 readers since its release January 7th, 2005.

It was read by multiple thousands within just days of release, has been featured in an issue of "Hinduism Today", and is causing a thorough reassessment of the idea of Radical Universalism throughout the global Hindu community. In addition to dealing with the question of the equality of religions, the paper also discusses such important questions as: A) What is a Hindu?, B) What is authentic Sanatana Dharma versus Neo-Hinduism?, C) The challenges Hindu youth face today, D) The conversion issue, E) The Nature of God in Sanatana Dharma, F) What makes Sanatana Dharma unique and different from all other religions, G) and much more.

It is now considered by many Hindu leaders to be the definitive statement on the true nature of authentic and traditional Hinduism.

The "Radical Universalism" which Morales defines and attacks seems to be similar to the Universalist heresy denounced by mainstream Christian churches.

See also

• David Frawley
• Dharma
• Hinduism
• Pagan Reconstructionism
• Subhash Kak
• Traditionalism
• Universalism