Annonuncement to my Shishyas (Present and Future)

December 18, 2002

Dear Jyotisha,

Namaste.

I have been acting as a Jyotish guru of SJVC (nonw SJC) since Sanjayji asked me to do so in the year 2000. During that time more than twenty aspiring Jyotishas approached me with the request to guide them in their studies, which duty I accepted in most of the cases. Since that time most of these astrologers unfortunately disappeared from my sight, i.e. no substantial communication is going on between us, although I guess some of them are still members of these lists. So my following statement refers to those who still consider them to be my shishyas or anyone who is considering to approach me in this capacity in the future. If anyone ha ssome personal thoughts that he would like to share with me in this connection, please write me in private. The guidelines below are not official guidelines of SJC, hence they will refer to my shishyas only. As a Jyotish Guru I feel I have the right to do this.

From now on all my Jyotish shishyas are requested to follow the following instructions in their daily life:

1. Refrain from eating meat, fish, eggs, mushrooms, garlic and onion.

2. Refrain from smoking, drinking tea, coffee, chewing betel etc. including al kinds of drugs and narcotics.

3. Refrain from any form of gambling and speculation.

4. Refrain from illicit sex, i.e. sex outside marriage and not for procreation fo children.

5. Every shishya should chant at least four malas (4x108) of the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra (Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare) on a tulasi mala.

6. Eevryone should offer yearly a minimum amount of $25 dakshina directly to Sri Sanjay Rath, Pradhan Guru of SJC. Donations should be sent to the following address: Sanjay Rath, SJC, 71 Vasant Apartments, Mayur Vihar Phase-1, New Delhi 110091. I think that we should be very thankful for all knowledge revealed to us by Sanjayji, of which I have understood only a spark. Therefore the amount of donations is not limited in quantity. Also any other list members, who are not my shishyas are welcome to send donations, if we want to see Sanjay's brilliant commentary on BPHS manifest. He is ready to write, but soem funding would be appreciated.

Although my time to answer emails or participate in the email lists is highly limited, I will answer any emails directed to my personal email address, even if it takes some time. I will also try ot participate in the discussions especially on the VA list. I also have a plan to publish more Jyotish lessons on my website, in additions to those published in Jyotish Digest os far. This will be absloutely freely available to everyone. I intend to cover all of Jataka, Prashna and other angas of Jyotisha in due course of time, for which any help or collection of material especially from classics is highly appreciated.

I also have plans for writing books, the entire income from which will go to Sanjay and SJC. If any one of my shishyas have some difficulty with this, please contact me in a personal email and we will try to sort thighs out.

Your servant, Gauranga Das

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