An introduction to the Navagrahas ... Spotlight on Shukra(Venus)

[Guest guest]

Dear All,

Here is the next in the series on the Navagrahas... Shukra or Venus. My

sincere thanks to Ruk for the transcript of the talk with Swamiji...

 

 

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Venus ( Shukra)

Mantra: Om Hrim Srim Shukraaya Namah

 

He is the Guru of the Asuras. He stands for beauty. But more than just

the

physical beauty, Shukra stands for the beauty that has the capacity to

attract us. He is the guru of the Asuras. He attracts us to the various

phenomenons in the Sansaar (world of objects and relationships). He

attracts us to the world. He is like a magnet. Just like iron has the

propensity to follow the magnet.

 

Swamiji said Shukra can be found everywhere! Go to any mall! Walk in the

store and you will want to buy everything on the shelf. All the

merchandising geared to turn our attention to the product. The perfect

expression of Sukracharya's ideal was to make the Asuras remain supreme.

To

attract us to the world. Like Madison Avenue! He further explained that

we

must exercise our discrimination whether we want to accept Shukra as a

teacher in this way and turn our attention to the world.

 

Shukra also means the seed of life and purity. In the Kali Sahasranaam,

some

of Her names are "She dwells in the ocean of purity", "She

is the offering

of purity", "She loves the offering of purity", "She

inspires the offering

of purity", etc.

 

It is up to the individual in what way we accept Shukra in our lives!

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Jai MAA

Nanda

[Guest guest]

Nandaji,

 

a few days ago I said that my practice was still a little 'dry', both

because I had to keep my mind on pronounciation and handpositions and

because I couldn't get a 'feel' for the different energies the planets

represent. But now I have actually started mulling over and digesting

Ruk's transcripts, which you are kind enough to provide us with, I

find the planets are slowly coming alive! It really made a difference

today with Shukra, whom as I now understand I have been very familiar

with in his magnetic capacity, drawing me into the shops more than is

good for me (I must say I always thought of Venus as female..). So now

I pray he'll teach me to just say 'no, thank you' more often, giving

the seed of purity a chance to develop:).

Anyway, thank you Nanda, and thank you Ruk, for wetting my appetite

for planetary japa,

 

veel liefs van

Henny

 

 

, "Nanda" <chandimaakijai

wrote:

>

>

>

> Dear All,

> Here is the next in the series on the Navagrahas... Shukra or

Venus. My

> sincere thanks to Ruk for the transcript of the talk with Swamiji..

..

>

>

> ============================

>

> Venus ( Shukra)

> Mantra: Om Hrim Srim Shukraaya Namah

>

> He is the Guru of the Asuras. He stands for beauty. But more than

just

> the

> physical beauty, Shukra stands for the beauty that has the capacity

to

> attract us. He is the guru of the Asuras. He attracts us to the

various

> phenomenons in the Sansaar (world of objects and relationships). He

> attracts us to the world. He is like a magnet. Just like iron has

the

> propensity to follow the magnet.

>

> Swamiji said Shukra can be found everywhere! Go to any mall! Walk in

the

> store and you will want to buy everything on the shelf. All the

> merchandising geared to turn our attention to the product. The

perfect

> expression of Sukracharya's ideal was to make the Asuras remain

supreme.

> To

> attract us to the world. Like Madison Avenue! He further explained

that

> we

> must exercise our discrimination whether we want to accept Shukra as

a

> teacher in this way and turn our attention to the world.

>

> Shukra also means the seed of life and purity. In the Kali

Sahasranaam,

> some

> of Her names are "She dwells in the ocean of purity", "She

> is the offering

> of purity", "She loves the offering of purity", "She

> inspires the offering

> of purity", etc.

>

> It is up to the individual in what way we accept Shukra in our

lives!

> ==================================================

>

> Jai MAA

> Nanda

>