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31.12.2016 मित्रों.... नमस्ते :-) Last micro-post of this great year of "overhauling" for Bharat to remove many of stinking garbages of 7 or more decades! I am not sure if any one in astrology has observed/mentioned/discussed one "Unique" and rarely found curious phenomena in Shri Narendra Modiji's chart. Finally i thought of putting it here for interested readers on this last day of this Year of multiple Surgical Strikes! In NaMo's chart, as many as 4 Grahas, are "Exactly on the very boarders of Rashis". 3 Grahas, namely Sun, Mercury and Mars are on 1st degree of Sign(s) and Shani is on the 30th Degree of a Sign. Following are exact details: Sun - 0 Virgo 33' Merc - 0 Virgo 46' Shani - 29 Leo 40' Mars - 0 Scorpio 56' Refer this picture : This has to be one of the few exceptional astrogical features which, i am sure, have contributed to the phenominal destiny of this unique son of Hiraben and (Swargiya) Damodar

30.12 (My Guru Ramana Maharshi's birth day as per English calendar) A few times over past 4 years, i tried to satiate my curiosity to see the opinions, analysis of various astrologers around the world on Narendra Modi ji's astrological chart. As expected, Vedic Jyotish (Hindu Jyotish Shastra) practitioners have relied upon few different "timings of his birth" available on internet and various other sources. Most are considering 17.09.1950 is the date though. However, what surprised me is that there are a few, who actually considered different dates too (i.e. different day, Month, year or all of them). meaning they considered 'other than' popularly accepted 17.09.1950. We astrologers have an inherent weakness. (This weakness has large share from the enormous complications in this Shaastra of Vedic Jyotish). We can effortlessly justify any chart for any event/personality. To give an idea, we can royally fit a Narendra Modi in a real chart of Manmohan Singh

Salutations to सच्चिदानंद ब्रह्म. Relatively lesser known Ribhu Geetā is the sixth section of Shiva Rahasya - the ancient treaty which carries teachings of Ishwar (Shiva) imparted to his devotee Ribhu. Like Ashtavakra Geetā, Ribhu Geetā too is the purest Advaitic form of teaching which carries the highest and sublimest spiritual knowledge given away by none other than Shiva himself. This treaty was later freely translated into "Tamil verses" by a highly reputed Vedic scholar by name Bhikshu Sastri who was also an accomplished scholar in Tamil. He translated the work under the name of Ulaganatha Swami and the work carries of 1924 verses in total. It is evident from various records that Shri Ramana Maharshi strongly recommended recital of Ribhu Geetā (along with Ashtāvakra Geetā) as a strong support for Spiritual Sadhana. He was of the opinion that recital of 26th chapter (Tamil version) is especially powerful which can lead to spontaneous abidance in the SELF (Aatman/

Namaste, अष्टावक्र गीता documented in 20 chapters, is one of the few crowning glories which describes pinnacle of spiritual development in Vedic culture. This highly popular treaty amongst seekers of various paths, is the discourse between अष्टावक्र ऋषी and जनक राजा covering varieties of spiritual topics such as ways of attaining Liberation, nature of Brahmn (Atmā/Self), nature of Self realized gyāni, internalized experiences of the Gyaani etc... Giving few verses here: The start of the treaty is with King Janak asking a question and reply of Rishi Ashtāvakra. 1) कथंज्ञानमवाप्नोति कथंमुक्तिर्भविष्यति । वैराग्यंचकथंप्राप्त मेतत्ब्रूहि मम प्रभो ॥ [KathamGyānamvāpnoti KathamMuktirBhavishyati  VairāgyamchKathamPrāpt MetatBruhi mam Prabho] ( Janak said- How can knowledge be acquired? How can liberation be attained? How is renunciation possible? Tell me this, O Prabhu.) 2) Rishi Ashtāvakra replies (and with this verse the 1st chapter of AV Geeta begins) मुक्तिमिच्छसिचेत्तात व

Writer: Suveni Kaul ‘Kashmir’, as this word flash across the mind, what comes alive is my very vivid childhood. So vivid, that even after 25 years, I can still feel the warmth of the winter sunshine, smell those bright roses of spring and hear the rustling of the autumn gold….Everything, after the winter of 1990 in my life is like a blur. Life just went on fast-forward and years have gone by like days yet Kashmir is tha place where time for me has eternally stopped.... Life in Kashmir for me, oscillated around the banks of the river, ironically called, ‘Doodh Ganga’ (milky Ganga). It was anything but ‘milky’. It was always muddy, yet very much a living, breathing river. Over the ‘Doodh Ganga’, hung a rickety old wooden bridge, which sometimes gave away during heavy rains. On one side of this river, was my unassuming home, which my father had built with scant resources, at the young age of 25 to put a roof over the head of his family and his ageing parents. And on the other

Written on Guru Pournima day. (19th July 2016) Last time there was this article written ( http://punyaprakop.blogspot.ae/2016/06/satsang-3-dreams-real-purpose.html ) wherein we rationalized the fact, by scrutinizing the dream phenomena, that the mind contains power of creating an unreal world (thought world) from within and delude itself by its own creation and play inside as if it were an integral part of that world. Today, on this highly auspicious day of Guru Pournima, inspiration came to conclude the previous thread as an offering to my Guru Ramana Maharshi and Bhagavan Shiv. There are three states of Ego-consciousness (Ahamkaar/ Ego-mind/i-feeling) in our day to day experiences. They are 1) Wakeful 2) Dream and 3) Deep Sleep (Gaadh Nindra/Sushupti). Our Ego consciousness experiences these 3 states by turns and almost on daily basis.   Let’s try to scrutinize all these 3 states. For convenience, let me use “i” (small i) representing Ego-consciousness or Ego-Mind or

Last year i did write a small post on the occassion of 1st ever "International Day of Yoga" (IDY 2015) which can be read here. http://punyaprakop.blogspot.ae/2015/06/its-yogasana.html?m=1 Thought of just adding a few lines. Think of opposite word of योग. I.e. वियोग (Viyoga). Viyoga means to seperate/part/move away/loose. So its basically separation. On this 2nd योग दिवस (IDY 2016), besides yogāsans (physical postures), it would be highly appropriate & beneficial to ponder as to what is that from which we have been separated? What is that highly likely source of our individuality from which we have seemingly lost contact? From whom, we terribly suffer वियोग at deeper levels of our subconscious? Is there really any source in existance? Is there really any Viyoga we suffer? Or on the contrary, we possibly may have lost a definite source of infinite bliss (आनंद) & peace which we now,at every level of our existence, try to search in infinite objects & events...

Who is Bhootnath? Shiva is the lord of Bhoots.. Who is Bhoot? Ego is the Bhoot! Ego (Ahamkaar) is the Bhoot. The one who is *not* but still appears to be.. Bhoot-nath = Lord of all Bhoots = Lord of all Egos Consciousness = Bhootnath = Lord of Bhoot (Ego) in Puranas, Shiva is shown as Bhootnath and those Bhoots are shown as Ghosts. In reality it must be an objectified way of presenting the eternal truth of the Upnishads....as consciousness being the master of what is not but appears to be (Bhoot/Ego) Shiva being in the 'Smashan' with 'Bhasm' (sacrifice of Ego) and wearing 'munds' (ultimate surrender) is also symbolic representation of the same truth...Shiva as consciousness adorns ITself with the 'sacrifice' of the 'false-self (ego) '.   THAT Shiva of Smashan is clearly the depiction of complete surrender and the  Shiva self reveling in it. The beautiful symbolism done by the great story tellers! Eventually meaning gets lost t

4th June 2016 - शनी जयंती - वैशाख अमावस्या Dreams, which we commonly experience in sleep almost every night throughout our lives, are truly mesmerizing phenomenon.  The fascinating yet highly baffling state surely seems to have appealed many throughout the history of humankind. Eventually many texts have been written on it, spiritual giants have tried to decode it so also the commoners and philosophers alike, few popular beliefs are prevailing in societies and it must have been a hot topic of interest for the modern day psychiatrists as well. On few occasions, I sincerely ventured into decoding this dream thing with my own analytical faculty (Budhdhi) keeping aside any biases I may have had. The summary goes like this – [ There is this creation along with its infinite varieties, experienced by this particular body and mind in wakeful world. There is this constant “I” feeling within, which integrates this body & mind and works as a homogeneous whole (personality) of