[Jagannath] Varahamihira Astrology Class

[Guest guest]

Jaya Jagannath

Dear Beatrice,

You have also seen the further exchanges on that initial letter of

Goravani that I had with Rolf. Just because I quoted a sloka does not mean

that I supported all that stuff Raghu wrote. I was just telling him that it

is good to have faith in Krishna, but with the real objective of cleansing

oneself " Samasta Paapa Khandanam... " . Many people in the west have

visualised this as destruction of bad people whereas Paapa refers to one's

own sins. In fact I also told Rolf about how much I admire Maharishi and TM,

and mentioned some very fine people associated with TM with whom I have had

a great time. Tapani is no representative of the TM Movement, at least at

present and he needs to personally evolve.

Education cannot be a business. This business/barter concept is

basically western.

Commitment is completely personal. Commitment can be to some cause, to

the knowledge, to the teacher or to anything that the individual symbolises

as an aspect of the ideal goal. Most Diksha Guru's in the west demand a

personal commitment. This is not correct. Surrender must be to God and not

to any individual. The Atma is independant and must remain so till Yoga with

the Paramatma. Guru, whether Siksha or Diksha is a medium for this Yoga.

Thus, the individual is symbolised by the Beejakshara " Hrim " , the Guru by

" Shrim " and Isa by " Kleem " , giving the vital mantra " Hrim Shrim Kleem " .

Expectation can be different from reality and I do not expect anything.

That is the only way that there can be no sorrow in the relationship. Sorrow

comes due to misplaced expectations. That is the difference between the two

types of learning Para-Vidya and Apara-Vidya.

There is no point in any relationship of teacher & taught till the

primary thinking is changed from the business/barter system to one of

Universal expansion. That is the only way to get and give Para-Vidya (True

spiritual knowledge-Jyotish is a Vedanga), else the transfer of knowledge &

its growth, if done by means of money or any other form of exchange is

largely in a warped or obstructed form. That is why the donation given by

the student is in the form of Guru Dakshina and the Guru receives it in the

form of DakshinaMurti or the Holy fire that burns the sins (Dakshinamurti is

the form of Lord Shiva holding the holy fire to burn the sins). If you go to

the SJVC site www.sjvc.net you will see how the two flames are burning on

the sides of Sri Jagannath for burning sins and giving the light of

knowledge. If the Guru is a female, then she is akin to Dakshina Kali. " Isa "

is different as He recieves the prayers and sacrifices and is Narayana or

the destiny or Goal of the individual.

The " Dakshina " can be anything from money to some work or prayer or

teaching others etc. It must come from within the individual and not from

outside. Thus, Narasimha gave his Dakshina in the form of a computer

program, Yasomati Nandana in the form of translating the Jaimini Sutra into

Russian Language, Sarat in the form of Editing the Jyotish News. The giving

is not at all important and whether they do so or not does not matter atall

to me. What matters is that SJVC should be a vehicle to re-establish true

Jyotish.

I am sending a copy of this to the classroom for the benefit of all my

students.

Om Tat Sat

Best Wishes

Sanjay Rath