Guest guest Posted February 19, 2003 Report Share Posted February 19, 2003 Announcement Monday, February 17, 2003 To, All Jyotiśa Gurus, Speakers and Fellow Astrologers, We are pleased to announce the second Annual SJC-America West Coast Conference to be held in the fall of 2003. Schedule The West Coast conference shall be held between Sunday, 17 August, 2003 to Thursday, 21 August, 2003. The schedule for the conference is attached. Venue Sneha Restaurant Banquet Room, (off Lawrence Exp.) 1214 Apollo Way # 404b Sunnyvale CA 94085, USA Speakers Speakers include Sanjay Rath, Robert Koch, Brendan Feeley, P. V. R. Narasimha Rao, Phyllis Chubb, Shiv Pujan, Visti Larsen, Narayan Iyer, Karen Skoler, Freedom Cole, and Lakshmi Kary. Sanjay Rath Sanjay Rath is a traditional vedic astrologer from Puri, Orissa. His grandfather, Late Pt. Jagannath Rath was the Jyotiśa Ratna of Orissa having authored many books on Jyotiśa. Sanjay Rath has authored five books on vedic astrology, ‘Mahārśi Jaimini’s Upadeśa Sutra’ (1997), Crux of Vedic Astrology- Timing of Events (1998), Vedic Remedies in Astrology (2000), Nārāyana Daśa (2001) Vimśottari and Udu Daśas, (2002), and (ed.) Varga Chakra (2003), as well as authored several papers. He is the founder of Sri Jagannath Center, editor, The Jyotiśa Digest, a quarterly journal devoted to Vedic Astrology and owner of two electronic discussion forums on jyotiśa. Robert Koch Robert Koch was born in San Francisco, CA USA and received his diksha initiation from Sri Śrīmad A.C. Bhaktivedānta Swami Prabhupāda in March 1971. He served as head pujari in several ISKCON temples, from 1972 to 1990. Śrī Śrī Jagannātha, Balabhadradeva, and Subhadra were his first Iśta devatā. He has lived in India for six years from 1977 to 1983, where he studied Jyotiśa in North India. He has been practicing and counseling jyotiśa, and teaching the same, full time since 1990. He received a formal letter and certificate of commendation for spreading Hindu astrology in the USA, from the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, in 1999. He is the guru of SJC-America region. Brendan Feeley Brendan Feeley is a doctor of naturopathy in Washington, DC, where he practices Jyotiśa and Ayurveda. He began his studies in astrology in 1975 and was initiated into the practice of TM that same year. On the full-moon night of April, 1983 he was initiated into the path of Raganuga Bhakti, Rādhā Krśna devotion, by his Guru, H.D. Swami Prakashanand Saraswati, the Founder of the International Society of Divine Love. He began his full-time practice of jyotiśa in 1992, and he is a frequent speaker and teacher at International Conferences. In 2000, he became the jyotiśa śiśya of Pt. Sanjay Rath and being very advanced in jyotiśa knowledge, soon rose to the position of a jyotiśa guru. He is the President of SJC-America. P. V. R. Narasimha Rao Narasimha Rao is a reputed vedic astrologer hailing from Machilipatnam, A. P., India. He is a jyotiśa guru of SJC and has written various articles and research papers for the Astrological Magazine, Express Starteller and the Jyotiśa Digest. He is the moderator of the Vedic-Astrology electronic list at . He has presented papers and taught at various workshops and conferences and is conversant with Sanskrit. Phyllis Chubb Phyllis Chubb began full time study of Western Astrology in 1973 at the Institute of Astrological Studies in Toronto, Canada. After a three-year apprenticeship, her academic career began. Between 1978 and 1986, two degrees, both in Psychology were obtained while maintaining a full time astrological teaching and consulting practice. Richard Houck's book, The Astrology of Death changed her life's direction in 1998. Early the next year she was accepted as a student by Sanjay Rath and on 14 February 2001 was named a jyotiśa guru. She teaches jyotiśa to newcomers at the Acyuta Gurukulam at http://www. and has participated in various international conferences. Shiv Pujan Shiv Pujan has been practicing astrology for more than a decade and has been trained in both Śaiva and Vaiśnava traditions of astrology from Śrī Ganeśa and Pt. Sanjay Rath, respectively. He has written articles and as a jyotiśa guru of SJC, has been teaching advanced students at Delhi. He has participated in various conferences and has done yeoman service by seeing charts during the previous SJC-America conference. Visti Larsen Visti Larsen has had an interest in the mystical and occult since a young age, and began studying Western Astrology at the age of 16, through which he met with many psychics, and likewise interested people and also learnt various meditation techniques. Two years later, he began learning Vedic Astrology, and attracted to the wealth of knowledge portrayed on online Email-lists, by the likes of Sanjay Rath, J. Sarat Chander and Narasimha Rao, he joined SJC in January 2001. With the blessings of guru and faithful Mantra, he was appointed jyotiśa guru at Sunrise of Monday 12th of August 2002 - Galway, Ireland. He is currently finishing college education and spending a lot of time with online chats with other jyotiśa students. He has written articles for the Jyotiśa Digest and presented papers in conferences in Galway, Ireland and Hyderabad, India. Narayan Iyer Narayan Iyer took an early interest in Vedic Astrology (at the age of 17) due to the influence of father and grandfather. His life took an interesting turn only after meeting his Guru Shri Narasimha Rao in 1998 at Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, PA in front of the Dakśināmürti idol. Subsequently, he was accepted as śiśya by Narasimha Rao and gained entrance to Sri Jagannath Center. He was made a jyotiśa guru of SJC on August 23rd 2002. He has taught at our workshop in New Jersey, USA in January, 2003. Karen Skoler Karen is a registered yoga teacher trained in a style of yoga called Prāna Yoga, which was taught to her by Dr. Jeff Migdow MD in the lineage of Swami Kripalvananda. In Prāna Yoga, the student is taught to hold postures for a longer duration with the simultaneous use of prānayama and mantra as a method of accessing the prāna of the seven cakras. Karen teaches Prāna Yoga on Long Island, New York and is available for group and private lessons. Freedom Cole Freedom Cole is a yoga teacher and conducts annual yoga camps in New Jersey, USA. Donation As usual, we have kept the minimum donation at a reasonable level of US$ 200/- to encourage participation by all fellow astrologers. In view of the limited seats available, you are requested to book for the conference at the earliest. For this purpose, an advance payment of US$ 50/- can be made immediately and the balance can be paid on or before 17 July 2003. For delayed payments after 17 July 2003, please add US$ 25/-. Mode of Payment 1) Electronic transfer and Credit card payments can be made through Pay Pal and is payable to "Vedic Arts.usa" with e-mail address laksmi_k (AT) neteze (DOT) com https://www.paypal.com/ Click here to pay advance Click here to pay full amount 2) Bank drafts, personal checks should be made out to "Vedic Arts-SJC account" payable at Redwood Valley, CA, USA. International bank draft/Cheque please add US$ 5/- towards transfer charges. Please mail the Draft/Cheque to Lakshmi (Lynn) Kary, P.O.Box: 144, Redwood Valley, CA, 95470, USA 3) Western Union can be made out to "Lynne Kary" phone number 707-485-7012 Western Union Agent location/Address Little Bakers Market6951 East RD STE A PO Box 177Redwood Valley, CA 95470Tel: (707) 485-0445 4) Please do not send cash in envelopes. About SJC Please visit http://.org Thanking you, Yours truly, For Śrī Jagannath Center Sd/- Sd/- Sd/- Sanjay Rath Robert Koch Brendan Feeley Guru SJC Guru SJC-America President & Jyotiśa Guru Table 1: Schedule Upāsana Session I Session II Session III Session IV Session V Date 0800-0900 0900 - 1030 1030-1200 0130-0300 0300-0400 0400-0500 17-Aug-03 Invocation & Prayers Ātmakāraka definition Ātmakāraka in Rāśi/amśa Karaka Kendrādi daśā Class work Robert Koch, Narasimha Rao Sanjay Rath Sanjay Rath Visti Larsen SJC Gurus 18-Aug-03 Asana Karma & Self realization Drig daśā Case studies Class work Karen Skoler Robert Koch Robert Koch Robert Koch Robert Koch SJC Gurus 19-Aug-03 Prānayama Shadripu, Trimśamśa and obstacles to spirituality Bādhaka Kauluka Class work Karen Skoler P.V.R.Narasimha Rao Sanjay Rath Narayan Iyer SJC Gurus 20-Aug-03 Dhyāna Tatva, Dośa- Ayur Jyotiśa foundation Disease: Cause & Manifestation Sapta Loka & Tala The Kundalinī Class work Freedom Cole Brendan Feeley Brendan Feeley Sanjay Rath Robert Koch SJC Gurus 21-Aug-03 Japa Counseling & Spiritual Sensitivity Past Birth: Śaśtyāmśa Vimsāmśa Navamśa Future Agenda Robert Koch Phyllis Chubb Narasimha Rao Robert Koch Shiv Pujan Sanjay Rath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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