Jyotish, Vedic Astrology not based on 'fate'

[Guest guest]

The implacable cosmic law of Karm may at first

seem to be based on fate (fate is a

Judeo-Christian-Islamic concept). However, the

manifested and realized effects of Karm are quite

modifiable by thought, speech and action by the

individual. This is the very foundation of Vedic

astrology as well as of the accompanying

specialization -- Jyotish Upaaye Shastr or

remedial astrology.

 

" As the burning fire reduces fuel to ashes,

So does wisdom reduce Karm to ashes. "

- Shrimadbhagavad Geeta

 

Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi

http://www.mantra.com/jyotish

Om Shanti

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Shri Jyotishiji,

Namaskar!

" udyoginam pursha simham upaiti lakshmee, daiven deyam iti ka-pursha

vadanti " -- Panchatantra (perhaps)

 

" kalvidbirvinirneetam yasyasti chira jeevitam, samchhina shirashched

jeevati tad daivam uttamama " Yogavasishtha Maharamayana

 

" kalvidbir vinirneetam yasya pandityam avikhanditam, anadheeta

vidyash-ched vidvan, tad daivam uttamama " Yogavasishtha Maharamayana

 

" tasmat sarveshu kaleshu mam anusmara yudhya cha... " The Gita

 

" klaibyam ma sma gamah partha naitat tvayi upapadyate, kshyudram

hriday daurbalyam, tyektvotishtha parantapa " The Gita

 

The " wisdom " referred to in the Gita is the jnyana of Para-brahma,

and not the " knowledge " conferred by a soothsayer, as you are trying

to prove! The actual shloka reads

" yathaindamsi samiddo agnir-basmasat kurute arjuna, jnyan agnih

sarva karmani bhasma sat kurute tatha " .

In the same context, the same Gita has said:

" tadviddhi pranipatena pariprashnena sevaya, upadekshyanti te

jnyanam, jnyanis-tatva darshinah " soothsayers are anything but

tatvadarshis and they impart anythign but tatvajnyana!

 

There are hundreds of similar sholkas from our shastras as admonish

us from consulting soothsayers! I have yet to see any shastra which

advises us to consult a jyotishi before embarking on any work! Of

coruse, Varahamihra's Brihat Samhita etc. are exceptions. But then

he was the greatest charlatan of all times since he could make

correct predictions from incorrect data! Witness his

statemenet " spashta taro savitrah " -- when that is the most

inaccurate astronomical work!

Dhanyavad

AKK

, Jyotishi

<jyotish2000 wrote:

>

> The implacable cosmic law of Karm may at first

> seem to be based on fate (fate is a

> Judeo-Christian-Islamic concept). However, the

> manifested and realized effects of Karm are quite

> modifiable by thought, speech and action by the

> individual. This is the very foundation of Vedic

> astrology as well as of the accompanying

> specialization -- Jyotish Upaaye Shastr or

> remedial astrology.

>

> " As the burning fire reduces fuel to ashes,

> So does wisdom reduce Karm to ashes. "

> - Shrimadbhagavad Geeta

>

> Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi

> http://www.mantra.com/jyotish

> Om Shanti

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Well said! Astrology is not based on fate. That is my belief

too.

 

The following quote, by Swami Sri Yukteswar, gives the best

summary of the question of karma, fate and free will that I’ve

seen:

 

" A child is born on that day and at that hour when the celestial

rays are in mathematical harmony with one's individual karma.

His horoscope is a challenging portrait, revealing his

unalterable past and it's probable future results…The message

boldly blazoned across the heavens at the moment of birth is not

meant to emphasize fate – the result of past good and evil - but

to arouse man's will to escape from his universal thralldom.

What he has done he can undo. None other than himself was the

instigator of the causes of whatever effects are now prevalent

in his life. He can overcome any limitation, because he created

it by his own actions in the first place and because he

possesses spiritual resources that are not subject to planetary

pressure. "

 

– Swami Sri Yukteswar, guru of Paramahansa Yogananda, author of

Autobiography of a Yogi.

 

Regards,

Krishna

 

--- Jyotishi <jyotish2000 wrote:

 

> The implacable cosmic law of Karm may at first

> seem to be based on fate (fate is a

> Judeo-Christian-Islamic concept). However, the

> manifested and realized effects of Karm are quite

> modifiable by thought, speech and action by the

> individual. This is the very foundation of Vedic

> astrology as well as of the accompanying

> specialization -- Jyotish Upaaye Shastr or

> remedial astrology.

>

> " As the burning fire reduces fuel to ashes,

> So does wisdom reduce Karm to ashes. "

> - Shrimadbhagavad Geeta

>

> Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi

> http://www.mantra.com/jyotish

> Om Shanti

>

>

>

>

>

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