Upaya is both a repentance and a penance / schoolfriends

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Dear Aaditya ji, Let me quote from our Guru ji : Upaya : is a prayashchit and tapasya Let’s understand the nature and the spirit of upaya. Whether the upaya are like mant, jaap, pooja, havan, daan, fasting, pilgrimage, of the Vedic astrology or simple ethnic upaya of the Lal Kitab ; the purpose is the same .It is both a repentance and a penance . Doing an upaya is doing a prayashchit ---a repentance . We through our own actions turn benefic planets into malefic; may be even through an inadvertent action. By doing an upaya we repent for having done those deeds. For example: Saturn might be very well placed, but we might make it

manda or malefic by drinking liquor or maltreating our servants; The moon might be well placed but we might make it ashubh by harassing our mother and so on. Therefore one of the major purpose of the upaya is to repent; by feeding the fish or touching the feet of our mother and seek her blessings. Doing an upaya is also doing a tapasya , a penance : throwing a coin each day into a river for 43 days regularly or carrying 8 haldi ganth to a temple for 8 days regularly. Its no joke to go miles to throw a coin into a river, not just once, but for 43 days or driving for a couple of

hours to reach a temple eight days in a row. These upaya test our patience and that’s what the tapasya is all about. If we want some thing from some one we have to appease him. If we have to appease some one, in this case a planet, we have to do the tapasya : the penance . A penance is never easy; it is hard, grueling and tough. Tougher the penance is , the sweeter are the fruits. Therefore the upaya have to be done in the spirit of prayishchit and tapasya : repentance and penance. There are no short cuts to either of them. You have to do both

with religious piety and rigor. If the upaya are done in this spirit and faith, I do not see any reason why they should not be effective. Having quoted the philosophy of doing upaya this is what I have to add : In some cases it

is advised that the river water can be brought home in an appropriate container and the upaya can be done at home for the duration. Finally the water is immersed back in the river. This upaya can be done if the item to be immersed is such which will not rot in water during those days, like a copper coin etc. Also that, this upaya can be done only if the astrologer feels that the native does not have to go through a severe penance. How an astrologer decides whether someone need going through a penance or not is very subjective and depends on his intuition. Sincerely, Chandra Prakash

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