Vedanta Visarada, Shri Yaaga Vidya Praveena, Adhyatmika Ratna, Sahasradhika Yaaga Karta
Dr P V Sesha Sai Aswamedhayaaji
Camp: Albany, New York, USA
Web http://aswamedhayaaji.com, e mails shodasisai@gmail.com, shodasisai@hotmail.com
4th September 2009
My dear friends and like minded persons
Reg: Sadhana/Practice and related matters
In these days, I have come across mails posted through different groups on ancient Indian Traditional Sadhana. I appreciate the interest of people in accepting and also showing interest on these ancient richest sciences of Indian origin. I appreciate many young people showing interest in ancient Indian Astrological Sciences, perhaps, one reason may be that they wish to know what future would be and how best they can make sure of their future and some such. I desire to share my views on these two topics, though both the topics look like different, they are inter- related.
Fundamentally, aimless sadhana does not take us any where. Let there be a goal for each of us, divided into long range plans and sub divided into small range plans. Almost all sadhanas allure us and catch our eyes with all eagerness to look into what it is and how best fast we can capture it or enjoy the divine subjects. This is surely a very dangerous situation. One should remember that Life is a boon and WE HAVE ALL BEEN GIVEN A LIMITED TIME as such we can not go on touching all types of sadhana and there , waste precious and valuable time. The subject is an ocean and one can not afford to bring the ocean to his home. There are hundreds and thousands of sadhanas and one has to pick and choose the one which is of utmost necessary. One way of choosing is basing on the Interest and the other way is identifying the problem related to each of the individual and to come out of it, is to select one sadhana and practice it to achieving success. One can not afford consuming all types of strength supplementary medicines of all kinds though they are meant basically to support the strength.
We have been in this field for over forty years and we also desire to have young people to catch these sciences and our interest is to carry them to the next generations and keep the sciences alive on-going basis. We go pick and choose basing on the interest of the person, his ability, his nature, his need and mainly his intention to help the society and we do not normally disclose the valuable information where we sense that the sadhak is trying to get the subject from us for his selfish needs or with a destructive intention.
These subjects are meant mainly for constructive purposes and a Sadhak should have balance of mind, not self centered, not with a any ulterior motive and only when we are convinced of the nature of the Sadhak, we normally pass on the clues of sadhana by virtue of which the sadhak remains successful in the easiest way. On most occasions, we face a very delicate situation where we have to deny the information or giving Deeksha when particularly we understand that the sadhak is not yet ready to shoulder the Deeksha. The testing procedures are quite different. Only a Master can understand about his student similarly only a Guru can understand how and in what manner a sadhak is ready to shoulder the powers of Deeksha.
Of course, we are in this material world, we really suffocate ourselves, neither can we disclose the facts which remain unpalatable to the sadhak, nor do we remain capable to gear up the sadhak for different reasons. Such delicate situations, we often come across these days. It is a true heart of a Guru as I experience myself in that position.
People are also after Astrology and are mesmerized by the innumerable ads which are eye catching and which assure that HEAVEN IS JUST A NEIGHBOUR AND NOT FAR OFF. These ads would only make us to waste our money and nothing else that does not mean that I deny the subject matter and conclude them as baseless. At this point of time, one has to remember that the principles of Management works always and when I reduce them into a small sentence, it is like “what to do, when to do and how to do” which means, the goal setting, the time setting, and the approach setting.
One should analyze his goal and should look into the situation practically instead of approaching the astrological sciences very casually.
The doors of these sciences are to be opened only when attempts repeatedly fail, no solution of what so ever nature is found even after human efforts, and all methods to fight out the problem are mostly tried and exhausted.
It must always be remembered that Astrological sciences are a wonderful boon to mankind; they help us solve our problems mostly. When I write this, I have to place my experiences too. When I was blessed with the boon of the knowledge of these sciences, my Master told me that the science is not FOR SALE, and at no point of time this can be sold, and the science should help the society and the less fortunate in times of need and not otherwise. I come across many people who are interested to know their future just like that and it is their fancy to do so. It has to be remembered that it is not a fancy subject.
An astrologer can easily create a psychic fear and plant a seed in the minds of people which can not be removed for any reason in the entire life of a person, when the astrologer identifies and tells that there would a serious problem in due course of time. The receiver of this message is straight down from that minute. It is the duty of an astrologer to put the words in such a manner that the receiver is not let down psychologically, but the message is passed in a quite palatable manner.
The astrological sciences can not be sold for a few thousands and it is such a sacred subject. Many a times, by virtue of the astrological readers capacity, the problems remains solved then and there and the capacity of UPASANA is such, every has to admit it. An astrologer always must be Society-friendly and should use his knowledge to help the people. It has to be remembered that the Astrological Science is brought to us by great sages who looked for the welfare of the society and well being of all of us. They never intend to make money or go for cheap gains out of the sacred science. Thus it remains to be the duty of every astrologer to upkeep and respect the intentions of Great Sages by maintaining purity always and at all times.
Sometimes gem stones are suggested; surely they are of great help. There is hundreds of such stones world wide which are of help to persons. An astrologer should be able to identify such a gem stone which would be a remedial measure to the receiver. I take abundant precaution and initially test the stone by myself and examine to what degree it would be helpful to the receiver. A true astrologer always agitates himself to know the outcome of his reading and his eagerness is beyond description and I can confidently write this as an astrologer.
How many of us turn back and tell our doctor that we are cured, in the similar fashion, an astrologer is not informed of the outcome in most cases. When the patient is alright by the medicine, he does not turn up and say to the doctor that he became alright like wise, a receiver does not tell the astrologer how and to what degree the reading was helpful to him. This feed back would surely help the astrologers to rethink themselves and plug up the holes if any, so that the subject is taken care enough with a second receiver. Sometimes the receivers of the reading repeatedly try many astrologers and ultimately land at no place. This is not proper; an astrologer is also a human being, it should be necessary to give him and his reading some time to take shape. One should not blame the science that none of the astrologers could give a solution, one should give some time for the astrological medicine to act upon and the remedial methods suggested are truly taken shape into.
Overnight results are not possible through any science and any subject. Lack of patience is another problem which makes public loose money and confidence on these subjects.
May Goddess grant all of us Proper vision and proper direction to set goals and strive to achieve them.
Yours affly
HARA HARA MAHADEVA
DR P V SESHA SAI ASWAMEDHAYAAJI
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Mahalaya Paksham - Tarpana Vidhi
I have already mailed this and it appears that the paper is at some places corrupted as such once again I am reproducing the same paper
Dr P V Sesha Sai Aswamedhayaaji
Camp: Albany New York, USA
Web http://aswamedhayaaji.com e mail shodasisai@gmail.com, shodasisai@hotmail.com
Cell Phone 518 368 7956
1st September 2009
My dear friends and likeminded persons
REG : PITHRU PAKSHA – OFFERING AND PRAYING THE DEPARTED SOULS OF THE FAMILY TREE- FORTNIGHT COMMENCING FROM 5TH OF THIS MONTH TO 18TH – WHAT DOES IT INDICATE AND WHAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY
As per Hindu Traditional belief and as supported by several scientists of this subject, I am presenting this information for your reading and taking cognizance of it, if convinced.
The dark days of the month of Bhadrapada Maasa as per Chandramaan calendar and Aswiyuja Maasa as per the Barhaspatya Maan Calendar as followed by most of the North India based people, the fort night till the no moon day or the Amavasya is considered as most sacred in terms of praying the departed souls in the family tree for their peace and taking blessings for the prosperity of our children and grand children. Is it really so? This is being questioned even by many Hindus and gradually these are considered as baseless beliefs and people are giving them up. It is a most unfortunate state. Dr Robert gave a clear and nice presentation on this topic and his presentation is placed in my blog in the name of http://ritualsandprocedures.blogspot.com.
Please refer to the pages where tarpana vidhi is updated. However, for quick reference I am once again presenting the topic for the information of all the readers, and I am only eager that none of us should skip this great opportunity. I am giving many alternatives and the readers can accept any one convenient to them, but I appeal to you all not to miss this opportunity.
A logical presentation is that – this has come from Vedic Order of life and Vedaas never – I repeat – NEVER – misdirect any one of us NOR the great Sages of India who worked on these sciences. May be, we may not get a convincing answer as to how a small offering on this Mother Earth reaches one who is no more in the physical form. It is also difficult to convince at this hour in spite of the fact that scientists like Dr Robert worked on this and give us a clear picture. Surely there is a day, where we all upkeep our eye brows and accept that the Great Sages are right and they gave us proper and right direction. Much before that, let us go by the aforementioned logic and accept the tradition in any manner that suits us as per our place of stay and as per our circumstances.
How this tarpana is to be done and what is the procedure.
1) We need to know the tidhi i.e. the day of the departed soul of the father or mother and on that day Pinda Pradana is to be done which needs the assistance of a Pundit or a Purohit.
2) I do not get a Pundit or a Purohit and what is to be done then? Please take some black sesame seeds and take the sequence as mentioned in the order below and start releasing the water three times between index finger and thumb of right hand and for easy flow of water the hand has to be bent to the right a little. Those who wear Yagnopaveet, the position of this are to be changed to the reverse direction which is called as Apasavyam.
3) I do not know the names of grandfather and the great grandfather or grandmother and great grandmother either mother side or father side, what should I do? In these cases, since names of the parents are known, please insert “Yagnappa” for male or “Yagnamma” for female and continue to do this and do not leave this just because the names are not known.
4) I do not know some of the names in the order, and then what should I do? You can leave water and a sesame seed by just remembering them and that is the only thing we can do. But before this please try from all sources and remember it is essential for us to update the family tree and it is THE GREATNESS OF INDIAN TRADITION.
5) I do not know the Gothra of some of the families and what should I do? I suggest you to say “Shri Mahaa Vishnu Gothra” or “Shri Mahadeva Gothra” in these areas.
6) I do not know whether they are alive or otherwise and what should I do? I suggest skipping this when it is not a certainty. This is to be remembered that THIS has to be given only for a departed soul in the family tree and not otherwise.
7) I do not get sesame seeds what should I do? Please try sincerely and explore all possibilities (this is to be remembered that the parents and grandparents strived very hard for our future and only on account of this we are in a position to reach this stage) and for any reason the sesame seeds are not available, please do not give up this but continue to do this procedure using at least water
8) I get only white sesame seeds what should I do? You can make use of them and get some item prepared in the home so that it can be offered in the names of the departed souls to near and dear. But the procedure has to be followed using water.
9) I do not feel like doing all this and I do not believe all this, what should I do? Please take some food items and clothing and offer them to the aged in any old age homes in the names of the departed souls and this is the least we can do on humanitarian grounds.
10) I do not have money to do anything what should I do? If you believe all this, offering of water does not cost anything, you can do this.
11) I do not have time for all this, what should I do? Please go out during day time, look at the Sun Lord and please remember all the departed souls of the family tree and pray for their peace. You can also offer some food items in the work spot to some of your colleagues in the names of the departed souls.
12) Is there any direction for all this? Yes, one should preferably sit facing south to do this when it is a must to face east while making a sankalpa and this is a basic rule for any sankalpa.
13) I do not wish to do any of the things what I should do? – Please forgive me; I have no answer for this.
14) What is the order in which tarpana or the panda pradana. Firstly - father, grandfather and great grandfather; secondly – mother, grandmother and great grandmother; thirdly – any step mother; fourth –mother side – mothers father, mothers grandfather, mothers great grandfather, then, mothers mother, mothers grandmother, mothers great grandmother; fifth – own wife; sixth – sons and unmarried daughters; seventh – brothers; eighth – fathers brothers; ninth – mothers brothers and his wife; tenth – own sisters; eleventh – grandson; twelfth – sisters son; thirteenth – fathers sisters; fourteenth – mothers sisters; fifteenth – own son-in-law; sixteenth – own brother in laws or wife’s brothers; seventeenth – daughter in law; eighteenth – father in law and mother in law; nineteenth – master and finally to whom so ever knowingly or unknowingly we are indebted – for them.
15) The last one – taking the yagnopaveeta at the knots and putting a drop of water on it and while squeezing, offer the drops to those in the family known and unknown, departed without having any sons or without any lineage.
16) I do not have Yagnopaveeta, what should I do? You can leave a spoon of water remembering all those in the family tree.
Learned people in the groups who may receive this mail may add their suggestions too. It may not be out of order here that we, the HINDUs with all rich tradition is trying to give up these rituals by some pretext or the other. While, it is a matter or real appreciation, in some countries and in some other religions, people give offerings duly observing “Fathers day” “Mothers Day”, “Grand Parents Day” and so on. Unfortunately, some among the Hindus are slipping from the procedures of either in Hindu System or in some system of some other religion. It is not fair.
Let us respect those who strived hard for us, let us consider this as a “thank giving” or the least of it, let us maintain the family tree and remember all those in our family at least by observing this so that we can pass on the similar information to our next generation.
Last, but not least, if we do not remember our family tree, how and in what manner our next generation prefers to remember all of us. For every action, there is a equal and opposite reaction.
Can we afford leaving the next generation without any knowledge of their family tree?
Let us consider these days as “Thanks Giving Days” at least.
Yours affly
HARA HARA MAHADEVA
DR P V SESHA SAI ASWAMEDHAYAAJJI
Dr P V Sesha Sai Aswamedhayaaji
Camp: Albany New York, USA
Web http://aswamedhayaaji.com e mail shodasisai@gmail.com, shodasisai@hotmail.com
Cell Phone 518 368 7956
1st September 2009
My dear friends and likeminded persons
REG : PITHRU PAKSHA – OFFERING AND PRAYING THE DEPARTED SOULS OF THE FAMILY TREE- FORTNIGHT COMMENCING FROM 5TH OF THIS MONTH TO 18TH – WHAT DOES IT INDICATE AND WHAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY
As per Hindu Traditional belief and as supported by several scientists of this subject, I am presenting this information for your reading and taking cognizance of it, if convinced.
The dark days of the month of Bhadrapada Maasa as per Chandramaan calendar and Aswiyuja Maasa as per the Barhaspatya Maan Calendar as followed by most of the North India based people, the fort night till the no moon day or the Amavasya is considered as most sacred in terms of praying the departed souls in the family tree for their peace and taking blessings for the prosperity of our children and grand children. Is it really so? This is being questioned even by many Hindus and gradually these are considered as baseless beliefs and people are giving them up. It is a most unfortunate state. Dr Robert gave a clear and nice presentation on this topic and his presentation is placed in my blog in the name of http://ritualsandprocedures.blogspot.com.
Please refer to the pages where tarpana vidhi is updated. However, for quick reference I am once again presenting the topic for the information of all the readers, and I am only eager that none of us should skip this great opportunity. I am giving many alternatives and the readers can accept any one convenient to them, but I appeal to you all not to miss this opportunity.
A logical presentation is that – this has come from Vedic Order of life and Vedaas never – I repeat – NEVER – misdirect any one of us NOR the great Sages of India who worked on these sciences. May be, we may not get a convincing answer as to how a small offering on this Mother Earth reaches one who is no more in the physical form. It is also difficult to convince at this hour in spite of the fact that scientists like Dr Robert worked on this and give us a clear picture. Surely there is a day, where we all upkeep our eye brows and accept that the Great Sages are right and they gave us proper and right direction. Much before that, let us go by the aforementioned logic and accept the tradition in any manner that suits us as per our place of stay and as per our circumstances.
How this tarpana is to be done and what is the procedure.
1) We need to know the tidhi i.e. the day of the departed soul of the father or mother and on that day Pinda Pradana is to be done which needs the assistance of a Pundit or a Purohit.
2) I do not get a Pundit or a Purohit and what is to be done then? Please take some black sesame seeds and take the sequence as mentioned in the order below and start releasing the water three times between index finger and thumb of right hand and for easy flow of water the hand has to be bent to the right a little. Those who wear Yagnopaveet, the position of this are to be changed to the reverse direction which is called as Apasavyam.
3) I do not know the names of grandfather and the great grandfather or grandmother and great grandmother either mother side or father side, what should I do? In these cases, since names of the parents are known, please insert “Yagnappa” for male or “Yagnamma” for female and continue to do this and do not leave this just because the names are not known.
4) I do not know some of the names in the order, and then what should I do? You can leave water and a sesame seed by just remembering them and that is the only thing we can do. But before this please try from all sources and remember it is essential for us to update the family tree and it is THE GREATNESS OF INDIAN TRADITION.
5) I do not know the Gothra of some of the families and what should I do? I suggest you to say “Shri Mahaa Vishnu Gothra” or “Shri Mahadeva Gothra” in these areas.
6) I do not know whether they are alive or otherwise and what should I do? I suggest skipping this when it is not a certainty. This is to be remembered that THIS has to be given only for a departed soul in the family tree and not otherwise.
7) I do not get sesame seeds what should I do? Please try sincerely and explore all possibilities (this is to be remembered that the parents and grandparents strived very hard for our future and only on account of this we are in a position to reach this stage) and for any reason the sesame seeds are not available, please do not give up this but continue to do this procedure using at least water
8) I get only white sesame seeds what should I do? You can make use of them and get some item prepared in the home so that it can be offered in the names of the departed souls to near and dear. But the procedure has to be followed using water.
9) I do not feel like doing all this and I do not believe all this, what should I do? Please take some food items and clothing and offer them to the aged in any old age homes in the names of the departed souls and this is the least we can do on humanitarian grounds.
10) I do not have money to do anything what should I do? If you believe all this, offering of water does not cost anything, you can do this.
11) I do not have time for all this, what should I do? Please go out during day time, look at the Sun Lord and please remember all the departed souls of the family tree and pray for their peace. You can also offer some food items in the work spot to some of your colleagues in the names of the departed souls.
12) Is there any direction for all this? Yes, one should preferably sit facing south to do this when it is a must to face east while making a sankalpa and this is a basic rule for any sankalpa.
13) I do not wish to do any of the things what I should do? – Please forgive me; I have no answer for this.
14) What is the order in which tarpana or the panda pradana. Firstly - father, grandfather and great grandfather; secondly – mother, grandmother and great grandmother; thirdly – any step mother; fourth –mother side – mothers father, mothers grandfather, mothers great grandfather, then, mothers mother, mothers grandmother, mothers great grandmother; fifth – own wife; sixth – sons and unmarried daughters; seventh – brothers; eighth – fathers brothers; ninth – mothers brothers and his wife; tenth – own sisters; eleventh – grandson; twelfth – sisters son; thirteenth – fathers sisters; fourteenth – mothers sisters; fifteenth – own son-in-law; sixteenth – own brother in laws or wife’s brothers; seventeenth – daughter in law; eighteenth – father in law and mother in law; nineteenth – master and finally to whom so ever knowingly or unknowingly we are indebted – for them.
15) The last one – taking the yagnopaveeta at the knots and putting a drop of water on it and while squeezing, offer the drops to those in the family known and unknown, departed without having any sons or without any lineage.
16) I do not have Yagnopaveeta, what should I do? You can leave a spoon of water remembering all those in the family tree.
Learned people in the groups who may receive this mail may add their suggestions too. It may not be out of order here that we, the HINDUs with all rich tradition is trying to give up these rituals by some pretext or the other. While, it is a matter or real appreciation, in some countries and in some other religions, people give offerings duly observing “Fathers day” “Mothers Day”, “Grand Parents Day” and so on. Unfortunately, some among the Hindus are slipping from the procedures of either in Hindu System or in some system of some other religion. It is not fair.
Let us respect those who strived hard for us, let us consider this as a “thank giving” or the least of it, let us maintain the family tree and remember all those in our family at least by observing this so that we can pass on the similar information to our next generation.
Last, but not least, if we do not remember our family tree, how and in what manner our next generation prefers to remember all of us. For every action, there is a equal and opposite reaction.
Can we afford leaving the next generation without any knowledge of their family tree?
Let us consider these days as “Thanks Giving Days” at least.
Yours affly
HARA HARA MAHADEVA
DR P V SESHA SAI ASWAMEDHAYAAJJI
Friday, August 14, 2009
The Gothra and the Pravara
Adhyatmika Ratna, Sri Yaaga Vidya Praveena, Vedanta Visarada, Sahasradhika Yaagakarta
Dr P V Sesha Sai Aswamedhayaaji
Camp LOS ANGELES CA USA
13th August 2009
Phone 518 368 7956
My dear friends and likeminded persons
In the recent past, when I came across people asking me – some Vedic scholars too – what is “Pravara” and most of them knew their Gothra and not their Pravara. It is not a complaint against lack of knowledge of them, but circumstances would not have given opportunity to know what a Gothra is and what a Pravara. It is not that I know much about it, but there are great personalities in the mailing group who can surely enlighten on this subject, but to the extent of my source, I am presenting the topic for the benefit of all. This letter is also being posted to the blog by name http://ritualsandprocedures.blogspot.com for further references.
What is a Gothra? More or less, it is nothing but a blood group, when the modern groups are a few in number, the ancient sages of India arrived at a minutest point and bifurcated the blood group into a number of groups beyond the reach of the so called modern and so called Scientific world. The word "gotra" means "lineage" and this word is of Sanskrit language. Among those of the Brahmins, gotras are reckoned lineally. Each gotra takes the name of a famous Rishi or sage who was the lineal fore bearer of that clan. And each Gotra is addressed by the suffix 'sa' or 'asa' as relevant. The concept of Gothra was the first attempt among Brahmins to classify themselves among different groups. At the beginning, these genetics identified themselves by the names of various Rishis Angirasa, Atri, Gowthama, Kasyapa, Bhrigu, Vasista, and Bhraradwaja - the first seven of these are often enumerated as Saptarishis. It is to be noted that Vishwamitra was initially a Kshatriya king, later chose and rose to become an ascetic Rishi. There is a small confusion about the great sage Agastya also in this regard. Therefore there are nine group origins in the system as seen above. The branches thereafter started percolated down.
Hence the gotra was applied to the grouping stemming from one of these Rishis as descendants. Over the years, the number of gotras increased due to Descendants of original Rishi which also started new family lineage or new gotras.
Pravara is the number of the most excellent Rishis who belonged to that particular gotra to which a person belongs. Gotra is the name of the founding father. In Vedic ritual, the importance of the pravara appears to be in its use by the ritualistic for extolling his ancestry and proclaiming, in a manner as a descendant of worthy ancestors, one is fit and proper person to do the act that he is performing. The sacred thread called as Upavita or Yagnopavita has close connection with the concept of pravaras related to Brahmin gotra system. While tying the knots of sacred thread, an oath is taken in the name of each one of these three or five or seven or nine of the most excellent rishis belonging to one's gotra.
The full affiliation of a Brāhmin consists of Gothra, Pravara, Sutra, and Sakha.
For Example - A Brahmin named: Sastry: introduces himself as follows: I am: Sastry: of Shrivatsa gotra, of Āpastamba sutra, of Taittiriya shākha of Yajurveda, of five pravaras named Bhārgava, Chyāvana, Āpnava, Aurva and Jāmdagnya
While the gotras were classified initially according to nine (?) Rishis, the Pravara was classified under the names of the following seven Rishis namely, Agastya, Angirasa, Atri, Bhrigu, Kashyapa, Vasista, Viswaamitra, According to the listing of authors included in the verses in Vedas, the rishi Jamadagni was a descendant of rishi Bhrigu while the rishis Gautam and Bharadwaja were the descendants of rishi Angirasa.
The pravara identifies the association of a person with three or sometimes five and some times seven and interestingly sometimes nine (as is seen in some places) also of the above-mentioned Rishis.
For example, Kashyapa Gothram has 3 rishis associated with it viz. Kashyapa, Daivala and Aavatsaara
Some of the known Gothras and Pravaras are appended hereunder for the benefit of the readers and this is subject to further modification by the learned scholars in the relevant field. There are, however, innumerable combinations which are not codified at one place due to different reasons, and now I appeal to all the readers to place their comments on this and add the known information in a blog created by me as http:ritualsandprocedures.blogspot.com so that over a period of time, a separate book on this subject may get published for the benefit of future generations, as WE HAVE ALREADY STEPPED INTO AN AREA OF IGNORING ALL THESE RICH TEXTS OF ANCIENT TRADITIONAL SCIENCES OF INDIA. I am also trying to procure information relating to the Gothra in respect of different castes in India and IT IS TO BE NOTICED THAT EACH FAMILY IN INDIA HAS A GOTHRA IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR CASTE.
1. Bharadwaja : Angirasa, Baaryhaspatya,, Bharadwaja
2. Rathitara : Angirasa, Baaryhaspatya, Rathitara
3. Vathula or Vathulasa : Bhargava,Vaitahavya, Saavedasa
4. Srivasta or Srivastasa : Bhargava, Chyaavana, Aapnavaana, Aurva, Jaamadaghneya
5. Salankayana : Viswaamitra, Aghamarshana, Devarata
6. Shatamarshana: Angirasa, Powrukutsa, Traasatasya
7. Atreya: Atreya, Aarchanaasa, Syaavaasva
8. Kowsika: Vishwamitra, Aghamarshana, Kowsika
9. Kalabodhana/Kalabhavasa (3 variations)
1. Kalabodhana: Viswaamitra, Agamarshana, Kalabodhana
2. Kalabodhana: Viswaamitra, Agamarshana, Kalabodhana
3. Kalabhavasa: Viswaamitra, Agamarshana, Kalabhavasa
10. Viswaamitra: Viswaamitra, Devarata, Owtala
11. Kaundinya: Vaasishta, Maitraavaruna, Kaundinya
12. Haritasa: Angirasa, Ambarisha, Yuvanasva, Haritasa
13. Gautamasa : Angirasa, Aayasya, Ausidyasa, Kaakshivata, Vamadeva, Grihadugda, Gautamasa – seven rishis
14. Mowdgalya (3 Variations)
1. Angirasa, Bharmyasva, Mowdgalya
2. Tarkshya, Bharmyasva, Mowdgalya
3. Angirasa, Dhavya, Mowdgalya
15. Sandilya (3 Variations)
1. Kasyapa, Aavatsaara, Daivala
2. Kasyapa, Aavatsaara, Sandilya
3. Kasyapa, Daivala, Asitha
16. Naitruvakaasyapa: Kasyapa, Aavatsara, Naitruva
17. Kutsa: Angirasa, Maandhatra, Kowtsa
18. Kanva (2 Variations)
1. Angirasa, Ajameeda, Kanva
2. Angirasa, Kowra, Kanva
19. Paraasara: Vaasishta, Saaktya, Paraasara
20. Aagastya: Aagastya, Tardhachyuta, Sowmavaha
21. Gargi (2 Variations)
1. Angirasa, Barhaspatya, Bharadwaja, upadhyay
2. Angirasa, Sainya, Gaargya
22. Badarayana: Angirasa, Paarshadaswa, Raatitara
23. Kasyapa (3 Variations)
1. Kasyapa, Aavatsaara, Daivala
2. Kasyapa, Aavatsaara, Naidruva (Naitruva)
3. Kasyapa, Aavatsaara, Naidruva (Naitruva), Rebha, Raibha , Sandila, Saandilya
24. Sunkriti (2 Variations) or Saankritya Gothra
1. Angirasa, Kowravidha, Saankritya
2. Sadhya ,Kowravidha, Saankritya
25. Angirasa, Pourukutsya, Thraasadasya
26. Goutam/Gowtamasa Aangeerasa, Ayasya, Gowtamasa
27. AgniVaiwaswatha: Angirasa, Barhaspthya, Bharadwaja, Srukva, Agnivaiwaswatha
28. Sankhyayana: Vishwamitra, Aghamarshana, Devaratha
29. Vishwamitra, Shraumita, Kaamakayana, Devatarasa, Devaraata,
30. Kapi: Angirsa, Amahaiya, Orukshaya,
This may not be just taken only Brahmin sect, the Vysya or the Agarwal community is still more perfection as they take a bride out of their gothra as well out of the maternal side gothra too.
Perhaps this may be the reason; the Agarwal community is still maintaining their tradition almost nearer to perfection.
The Kshatriya too, more particular of observing Gothra while one among the four caste system in the name of Sudra also rely upon the same system of observing Gothra or identifying themselves to a particular Gothra. Unfortunately the “Sudra” is mistaken as an inferior set of human beings in the society, but they are not so, surely they are the backbone of the entire society. A king should have soldiers, a Brahmin should have students, a Vysya should have demand for their trade and therefore all sects like the so called Brahmin, Kshtriya, Vysya and Sudra are all inter dependant and can never be isolated.
The caste system was solely on their individual professions and there is no superiority or inferiority amongst each of them and this is the basic fact. Unfortunately this concept is misconceived and misinterpreted for the mean individual reasons of a few select individuals which have caused damage to the entire system and to speak further to HINDUISM itself.
Well, the topic is not a point of discussion for this paper, but the learned scholars, who are receiving this mail, may contribute still better on the Gothra system and they can upload their individual comments to the aforementioned blog so that the viewers of future years will have all types of information on this subject.
Thanking you all for your patient reading.
I shall be back again soon.
Yours affly
HARA HARA MAHADEVA
DR P V SESHA SAI ASWAMEDHAYAAJI
Friday, July 3, 2009
Sakti Peethams
Dr P V Sesha Sai
1-9-52/F/3 MCH No 2859
Road No 19, Ramnagar, HYDERABAD 500020
Phones 040 7661613 55581368 Cell: 9440422613
E mail shodasisai@hotmail.com, perisepallipadmasai@rediffmail.com,
aanandaashramam@yahoo.com drseshasai@bharatmail.com
6th May 2004
THE EIGHTEEN SAKTI PEETHAS AND THEIR PLACES
Every Hindu desires to know the places of eighteen sakti peethas and their prominence. Most unfortunate it is neither the Government nor the religious heads and seers give authenticated information either about the jyothirlingaas or about the sakti peethaas.
During my recent visit to Western Indian places I observed a fancy display of JYOTIRLING and SAKTI PEETH even at ordinary temples. It may have to be agreed that whereever a temple exists, there a Lord exists and the Lord in general is powerful but that does not mean that the word JYOTHIRLING AND SAKTI PEETHA are used very casually. There is an utter confusion about the location of Jyothirlingaas and sakti peethaas. Some one in Bihar claims that they have a jyothirling and some one in Gujarat claims that he has renovated the jyothirling temple and this is a practical confusing situation for any Hindu.
I really do not understand why the seers do something in this aspect leaving their claims that Lord Vishnu is greater than others and vice versa. Hindu religion is one and it accepts all Lords with different names as ONE. One should not try to differentiate and introduce a conflict, which may lead a further disaster in future. Particularly the religious heads should not try for their individual supremacy and they should know the religion is supreme. They should feel like protecting the value of the religion first and remain on one platform always without showing publicly their difference of opinion which will dilute the following and plant a seed of hatreds towards the religion.
I am trying to indicate the places of sakti peethas to the extent of my knowledge and I request for reader’s support in the form of suggestions to improve upon if needed.
S.No Name of the Goddess Place State/Country Goddess Sati parts of her body
1 Saankari Trinkomali Srilanka Foot ornaments (Gajjalu)
2 Jogulamba Aalampuram Andhra Pra. Upper line of tooth
3 Kamaakshi Kanchi Tamilnadu Back
4 Srunkhaladevi Pradyumna Gujarat Stomach
Gangaasaagar Bengal (There is a confusion)
5 Chamundi Mysore Karnataka Hair
6 Bramaramba Srisailam Andhra Pra. Neck
7 Mahaalakshmi Kolhapur Maharashtra Eyes
8 Ekaveera Mahu(Nanded) Maharashtra Right Arm
9 Mahaakaali Ujjain M.P Upper lip
10 Puroohootika Pithapuram A.P Left Arm
11 Girijadevi Odhyanam Orissa Naabhi
12 Maanikyaamba Draksharam A.P Left side of the face
13 Kaamarupi Gowhati Assam Yoni staanam
14 Maadhaveeswai Prayag U P Hand fingers
15 Vaishanvi Vaishnodevi Himachal Head
16 Maangalyadevi Gaya Bihar Breasts
17 Visalaakshi Varanasi U.P Manikarnika
18 Saraswathi Srinagar J & K Right side of the face
I am trying to find out some authenticated information and the exact place of Pradyumna for S No 4.
Wishing you all the blessings of the Goddess and the Holy darshan of all the eighteen shortly. Dr P V S Sai
1-9-52/F/3 MCH No 2859
Road No 19, Ramnagar, HYDERABAD 500020
Phones 040 7661613 55581368 Cell: 9440422613
E mail shodasisai@hotmail.com, perisepallipadmasai@rediffmail.com,
aanandaashramam@yahoo.com drseshasai@bharatmail.com
6th May 2004
THE EIGHTEEN SAKTI PEETHAS AND THEIR PLACES
Every Hindu desires to know the places of eighteen sakti peethas and their prominence. Most unfortunate it is neither the Government nor the religious heads and seers give authenticated information either about the jyothirlingaas or about the sakti peethaas.
During my recent visit to Western Indian places I observed a fancy display of JYOTIRLING and SAKTI PEETH even at ordinary temples. It may have to be agreed that whereever a temple exists, there a Lord exists and the Lord in general is powerful but that does not mean that the word JYOTHIRLING AND SAKTI PEETHA are used very casually. There is an utter confusion about the location of Jyothirlingaas and sakti peethaas. Some one in Bihar claims that they have a jyothirling and some one in Gujarat claims that he has renovated the jyothirling temple and this is a practical confusing situation for any Hindu.
I really do not understand why the seers do something in this aspect leaving their claims that Lord Vishnu is greater than others and vice versa. Hindu religion is one and it accepts all Lords with different names as ONE. One should not try to differentiate and introduce a conflict, which may lead a further disaster in future. Particularly the religious heads should not try for their individual supremacy and they should know the religion is supreme. They should feel like protecting the value of the religion first and remain on one platform always without showing publicly their difference of opinion which will dilute the following and plant a seed of hatreds towards the religion.
I am trying to indicate the places of sakti peethas to the extent of my knowledge and I request for reader’s support in the form of suggestions to improve upon if needed.
S.No Name of the Goddess Place State/Country Goddess Sati parts of her body
1 Saankari Trinkomali Srilanka Foot ornaments (Gajjalu)
2 Jogulamba Aalampuram Andhra Pra. Upper line of tooth
3 Kamaakshi Kanchi Tamilnadu Back
4 Srunkhaladevi Pradyumna Gujarat Stomach
Gangaasaagar Bengal (There is a confusion)
5 Chamundi Mysore Karnataka Hair
6 Bramaramba Srisailam Andhra Pra. Neck
7 Mahaalakshmi Kolhapur Maharashtra Eyes
8 Ekaveera Mahu(Nanded) Maharashtra Right Arm
9 Mahaakaali Ujjain M.P Upper lip
10 Puroohootika Pithapuram A.P Left Arm
11 Girijadevi Odhyanam Orissa Naabhi
12 Maanikyaamba Draksharam A.P Left side of the face
13 Kaamarupi Gowhati Assam Yoni staanam
14 Maadhaveeswai Prayag U P Hand fingers
15 Vaishanvi Vaishnodevi Himachal Head
16 Maangalyadevi Gaya Bihar Breasts
17 Visalaakshi Varanasi U.P Manikarnika
18 Saraswathi Srinagar J & K Right side of the face
I am trying to find out some authenticated information and the exact place of Pradyumna for S No 4.
Wishing you all the blessings of the Goddess and the Holy darshan of all the eighteen shortly. Dr P V S Sai
Panchayatanam and its importance
Dr P V Sesha Sai
1-9-52/F/3 MCH No 2859
Road No 19, Ramnagar, HYDERABAD 500020
Phones 040 27661613 55581368 Cell: 9440422613
E mail shodasisai@hotmail.com, shodasisai@yahoo.com, shodasisai@rediffmail.com,
29th October 2004
PANCHAYATANAM AND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT- THE BEST FORMS OF LORDS FOR ALL ROUND PROSPERITY
(An informatory letter)
As per the Vedic texts, five deities are expected to be worshipped and they are 1) Lord Ganapathi, 2) Sri Suryanarayana Murthy – the Sun God, 3) Saligramam – Lord Vishnu, 4) Mother Goddess – Goddess Sakti, and 5) Lord Shiva. Who ever wishes to worship Lord Vishnu, the idol of Lord Vishnu in the form of Saligram is to be kept in the center and the other four deities in the four corners and similarly specific corners are clearly indicated. The deep Red Color stone available in Sone river is used for Lord Ganesh, Crystal form of Sun is used for the Sun God, Saligram available in Gandaki river is used for Lord Vishnu, Sri Yantra (either Meru or Bhuprastaram) is used for Goddess sakti while Ban Ling available in Narmada River is used for Lord Shiva.
For Lord Ganesh Coral stone Ganesh is normally used since the deep red color stone of Sone River is not easily available. The Crystal form of Sun Lord is normally available. Similarly Narmada Ban Ling is also available and in the absence of it we have seen people worshipping TIGER-EYE SHIV LINGA for gaining public attraction, MERCURY Shiva Ling for financial prosperity, Pure Crystal Shiva Ling for all round development. Shiva Ling form is available in many dhatus too and people prefer their choice in this matter.
There are varieties of Saligrams and instead of preferring a normal saligram suggest using of Amruth Saligram which is quite transparent and very light in weight. In the absence of this, a few in the Himalayan ranges are found using SRI KURMAM – the great tortoise – one of the avatar of Lord Vishnu with the DHAN KAARAK number based structure on its back denoting this as GODDESS LAKSHMI AND LORD VISHNU. In the recent Fengshui like arts, the tortoise also acquired lot of importance and people are seen preferring these form even as ornamental pieces in their homes.
With regard to Goddess in Sri Yantra, this day’s people prefer the vertical shaped SRI YANTRA compared to the flat bhuprastaram. Sri Yentas made out of crystal – pure crystal are normally available and CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN WHILE SELECTING THE SRI YANTRA THAT ALL THE ANGLES ARE PERFECT and it should be got checked up by an experienced person particularly while referring to the upper triangle.
SRI YANTRAS are also available in rose quartz, which is normally considered the best for financial soundness and acquiring of assets. Sri Yantra in Sun Stone is helpful in regaining the lost health. Similarly Sri Yentas made out of jade are also good for progress in business and financial structure. Sri Yantra made out of pure Mercury are very costly but surely of good help as per the experiences gained by us. During Diwali normally SRI YANTRA or MERCURY LAKSHMI IS WORSHIPPED FOR FINANCIAL GAINS. SIMILARLY one may go for black star Sri Kurmam or Crystal Sri Kurmam with a number plate on its back either in Gold or in Silver. Similarly Sun Stone Sri Kurmam can also be worshipped for job prosperity and career up-liftment PARTICULARLY DURING DIWALI AND IN KARTIK MONTH.
While Panchayatana idol worship is according to the Vedic order of life, the different varieties of idol worship is found in different parts of the country and it is a good and suggested way for a God believer. Be sure to use properly made idols and you may start using them after getting them checked up with an experienced person in these lines.
It is open for all to read the book written on different idols and follow guidelines of the experienced in these matters.
MAY PANCHAYATANA LORDS GRANT YOU ALL THAT YOU RICHLY DESIRE AND DESERVE.
1-9-52/F/3 MCH No 2859
Road No 19, Ramnagar, HYDERABAD 500020
Phones 040 27661613 55581368 Cell: 9440422613
E mail shodasisai@hotmail.com, shodasisai@yahoo.com, shodasisai@rediffmail.com,
29th October 2004
PANCHAYATANAM AND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT- THE BEST FORMS OF LORDS FOR ALL ROUND PROSPERITY
(An informatory letter)
As per the Vedic texts, five deities are expected to be worshipped and they are 1) Lord Ganapathi, 2) Sri Suryanarayana Murthy – the Sun God, 3) Saligramam – Lord Vishnu, 4) Mother Goddess – Goddess Sakti, and 5) Lord Shiva. Who ever wishes to worship Lord Vishnu, the idol of Lord Vishnu in the form of Saligram is to be kept in the center and the other four deities in the four corners and similarly specific corners are clearly indicated. The deep Red Color stone available in Sone river is used for Lord Ganesh, Crystal form of Sun is used for the Sun God, Saligram available in Gandaki river is used for Lord Vishnu, Sri Yantra (either Meru or Bhuprastaram) is used for Goddess sakti while Ban Ling available in Narmada River is used for Lord Shiva.
For Lord Ganesh Coral stone Ganesh is normally used since the deep red color stone of Sone River is not easily available. The Crystal form of Sun Lord is normally available. Similarly Narmada Ban Ling is also available and in the absence of it we have seen people worshipping TIGER-EYE SHIV LINGA for gaining public attraction, MERCURY Shiva Ling for financial prosperity, Pure Crystal Shiva Ling for all round development. Shiva Ling form is available in many dhatus too and people prefer their choice in this matter.
There are varieties of Saligrams and instead of preferring a normal saligram suggest using of Amruth Saligram which is quite transparent and very light in weight. In the absence of this, a few in the Himalayan ranges are found using SRI KURMAM – the great tortoise – one of the avatar of Lord Vishnu with the DHAN KAARAK number based structure on its back denoting this as GODDESS LAKSHMI AND LORD VISHNU. In the recent Fengshui like arts, the tortoise also acquired lot of importance and people are seen preferring these form even as ornamental pieces in their homes.
With regard to Goddess in Sri Yantra, this day’s people prefer the vertical shaped SRI YANTRA compared to the flat bhuprastaram. Sri Yentas made out of crystal – pure crystal are normally available and CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN WHILE SELECTING THE SRI YANTRA THAT ALL THE ANGLES ARE PERFECT and it should be got checked up by an experienced person particularly while referring to the upper triangle.
SRI YANTRAS are also available in rose quartz, which is normally considered the best for financial soundness and acquiring of assets. Sri Yantra in Sun Stone is helpful in regaining the lost health. Similarly Sri Yentas made out of jade are also good for progress in business and financial structure. Sri Yantra made out of pure Mercury are very costly but surely of good help as per the experiences gained by us. During Diwali normally SRI YANTRA or MERCURY LAKSHMI IS WORSHIPPED FOR FINANCIAL GAINS. SIMILARLY one may go for black star Sri Kurmam or Crystal Sri Kurmam with a number plate on its back either in Gold or in Silver. Similarly Sun Stone Sri Kurmam can also be worshipped for job prosperity and career up-liftment PARTICULARLY DURING DIWALI AND IN KARTIK MONTH.
While Panchayatana idol worship is according to the Vedic order of life, the different varieties of idol worship is found in different parts of the country and it is a good and suggested way for a God believer. Be sure to use properly made idols and you may start using them after getting them checked up with an experienced person in these lines.
It is open for all to read the book written on different idols and follow guidelines of the experienced in these matters.
MAY PANCHAYATANA LORDS GRANT YOU ALL THAT YOU RICHLY DESIRE AND DESERVE.
in praise of India
In Praise of India
1. Will Durant, American historian: "India was the motherland of our race, and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother, through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics; mother, through the Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity; mother, through the village community, of self-government and democracy. Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all"
2. Mark Twain, American author: "India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only."
3. Albert Einstein, American scientist: "We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made."
4. Max Mueller, German scholar: If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply pondered on the greatest problems of life, and has found solutions, I should point to India.
5. Romain Rolland, French scholar : "If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India."
6. Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA: "India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border."
7. Mark Twain: "So far as I am able to judge, nothing has been left undone, either by man or nature, to make India the most extraordinary country that the sun visits on his rounds. Nothing seems to have been forgotten, nothing overlooked."
8. Keith Bellows, VP - National Geographic Society : "There are some parts of the world that, once visited, get into your heart and won’t go. For me, India is such a place. When I first visited, I was stunned by the richness of the land, by its lush beauty and exotic architecture, by its ability to overload the senses with the pure, concentrated intensity of its colors, smells, tastes, and sounds... I had been seeing the world in black & white and, when brought face-to-face with India, experienced everything re-rendered in brilliant technicolor."
9. Mark Twain: "India has two million gods, and worships them all. In religion all other countries are paupers; India is the only millionaire."
10. A Rough Guide to India: "It is impossible not to be astonished by India. Nowhere on Earth does humanity present itself in such a dizzying, creative burst of cultures and religions, races and tongues. Enriched by successive waves of migration and marauders from distant lands, every one of them left an indelible imprint which was absorbed into the Indian way of life. Every aspect of the country presents itself on a massive, exaggerated scale, worthy in comparison only to the superlative mountains that overshadow it. It is this variety which provides a breathtaking ensemble for experiences that is uniquely Indian. Perhaps the only thing more difficult than to be indifferent to India would be to describe or understand India completely. There are perhaps very few nations in the world with the enormous variety that India has to offer. Modern day India represents the largest democracy in the world with a seamless picture of unity in diversity unparalleled anywhere else."
http://hinduism.about.com/od/history/p/indiaquotes.htm
Problem with Hindu calenders
Dr P V Sesha Sai
M.Com. B.L., CAIIB.Dip. UNIU., AMIMA., Vedanta Visarada,
(Former Chief Officer, Syndicate Bank)
1-9-52/F/3 MCH No 2859
Road No 19, Ramnagar, HYDERABAD 500020
Phones 040 27661613 55581368 Cell: 9440422613
E mail shodasisai@hotmail.com, perisepallipadmasai@rediffmail.com,
aanandaashramam@yahoo.com drseshasai@bharatmail.com
shodasisai@rediffmail.com, shodasisai@yahoo.com
HINDU RELIGIOUS CALENDARS AND SYSTEMS
It is my desire not to write any thing relating to religion etc. But it has become essential that I felt bad in some of the areas particularly relating to non-maintaining of uniformity in the age-old procedures and systems.
In the recent past I have noticed a lay man- a villager asking straight one of the Jagadgurus of one Sankara Peetham when there was a confusion on the day of observing one of the prominent Hindu Festival. His Holiness could not answer the lay man’s question. What I wonder is that there is no REGULATORY AUTHORITY in the matter of publication of Calendars. There is no system in India as such to judge the suitability and authenticity of publication of Hindu Religious calendars. Any one can claim as the PUNDIT and start publishing any calendar. In other words there is no check system. This has not only led to confusion amongst the followers of the calendars but also defamed the system over a period of time.
No two calendars in the country specify uniform time and days of panchang. Hindu religion is ONLY ONE and there can not be any preaching that only one Lord is supreme and not the other Lord. Some of the Seers or Jagadgurus claim that one Lord is superior to the other and vice versa. They should be informed that there should not be any in-fight between them to dilute the unity and authenticity of the Religion in total. I have seen that some of them in order to establish their supremacy, watering the main theme and nature of the Religion, claim and propagate that one Lord is the only supreme Lord and every one has to follow the same. Already this Religion is facing splits and it is certain over a period of time people migrate to other religions where there are less conflicts and complications in the system.
Any preacher should follow a code of conduct and respect the other branches evenly and the Government has to take steps in this direction. All Religious calendars should be published with a consensus duly depicting uniform dates, time and muhurat as per Indian system followed since centuries. This will help protecting people’s interest and create confidence among the followers that their interest is taken care of.
This may not, however, be possible in the existing polluted political environment since an attempt to correct the system may itself take a different turn. At least the religious head should take some steps towards this and help the Hindus to gain confidence that they ARE ONE.
Cartoons/Jokes
In the recent past I have seen many books and magazines with number of cartoons and jokes on Hindu Religious deities and Heroes of the Hindu Origin. Many pictures too were produced using the deities as laughing stocks. Never there is an occasion on this HOLY GLOBE to use the Lords of other religions for such joyous entertainment. Most unfortunate it is, we have good number of Jagadgurus and Seers but what has been done to arrest this type of trend is clearly visible for all of us. The Government obviously tied up with its limitations on this subject and IT MAY NOT DO ANY THING ON ITS OWN TO ARREST THIS TREND. But it is the duty of the Religious heads to take some corrective steps towards this. If the Lords of the Religion are laughed at, what kind of discipline we can inculcate?
I suggest that there should be a platform that all religious heads join and make an attempt to stop all unwanted things first. It is also time to give up in-fights and move towards uniformity and oneness.
Support to the less fortunate
There are less complications in other religions and it can be observed that the FOTUNATE have started extending their helping hand to the LESS FORTUNATE collectively and with a common motive. In our country, though individuals help the less fortunate with all sympathy, nothing much could be seen at a collective point to eradicate the differences between sects. Material support such as distribution of clothes and food items – the base minimum requirements for any one, free distribution of literature and educative texts relating to the promotion and protection of the religious integrity are to be improved upon. There is some kind of weakness, which has to be gradually cut short, and a kind of oneness should be promoted by all concerned.
Rituals
The rituals and offering of oblations are basically from Sanskrit Texts and they are clear in their approach. There is no possibility of any individual interpretation and modification in the text. In the recent past Kumbh – Pushkar was observed for the Holy River Godavari. I have personally visited the banks of the Holy River in Godavari District of AP in Godavari District of AP and in many parts of Maharashtra too. Each one follow his own systems and some cut short the procedure to ten minutes and some draw the same to hours. Ultimately what has to be done is only one – Offering of oblations to the departed souls. Though money pays a vital part but I have noticed poor knowledge amongst priests and perhaps that was the time for them to make money. Interesting it is, during the same time I also visited some parts in Northern India like Pushkar in Rajastan where I found number of priests sitting on the banks but most of them are not aware of any Sanskrit text. They just do their business in their own style.
The purpose of my writing this is to bring some kind of disciplines in the procedure. Though the Government can not do anything due to various reasons, at least the religious heads like the Peethadhipathis should do something and they should formulate a system where upon each priest is tested and an identification mark to the extent of his qualification be given to him permitting him to undertake the job at various places in the country. Thus certain standards are gradually introduced and this creates confidence amongst the persons and their faith is protected as per the original texts of Vedic Sciences.
All that I wish to mention is to make out a REGULATORY BODY covering these aspects so that the faith of the Hindus is properly protected and the systems are followed in the line expected of them. This also will help strengthening of the religious base for the Hindus and the less fortunate in the religion are taken care of.
M.Com. B.L., CAIIB.Dip. UNIU., AMIMA., Vedanta Visarada,
(Former Chief Officer, Syndicate Bank)
1-9-52/F/3 MCH No 2859
Road No 19, Ramnagar, HYDERABAD 500020
Phones 040 27661613 55581368 Cell: 9440422613
E mail shodasisai@hotmail.com, perisepallipadmasai@rediffmail.com,
aanandaashramam@yahoo.com drseshasai@bharatmail.com
shodasisai@rediffmail.com, shodasisai@yahoo.com
HINDU RELIGIOUS CALENDARS AND SYSTEMS
It is my desire not to write any thing relating to religion etc. But it has become essential that I felt bad in some of the areas particularly relating to non-maintaining of uniformity in the age-old procedures and systems.
In the recent past I have noticed a lay man- a villager asking straight one of the Jagadgurus of one Sankara Peetham when there was a confusion on the day of observing one of the prominent Hindu Festival. His Holiness could not answer the lay man’s question. What I wonder is that there is no REGULATORY AUTHORITY in the matter of publication of Calendars. There is no system in India as such to judge the suitability and authenticity of publication of Hindu Religious calendars. Any one can claim as the PUNDIT and start publishing any calendar. In other words there is no check system. This has not only led to confusion amongst the followers of the calendars but also defamed the system over a period of time.
No two calendars in the country specify uniform time and days of panchang. Hindu religion is ONLY ONE and there can not be any preaching that only one Lord is supreme and not the other Lord. Some of the Seers or Jagadgurus claim that one Lord is superior to the other and vice versa. They should be informed that there should not be any in-fight between them to dilute the unity and authenticity of the Religion in total. I have seen that some of them in order to establish their supremacy, watering the main theme and nature of the Religion, claim and propagate that one Lord is the only supreme Lord and every one has to follow the same. Already this Religion is facing splits and it is certain over a period of time people migrate to other religions where there are less conflicts and complications in the system.
Any preacher should follow a code of conduct and respect the other branches evenly and the Government has to take steps in this direction. All Religious calendars should be published with a consensus duly depicting uniform dates, time and muhurat as per Indian system followed since centuries. This will help protecting people’s interest and create confidence among the followers that their interest is taken care of.
This may not, however, be possible in the existing polluted political environment since an attempt to correct the system may itself take a different turn. At least the religious head should take some steps towards this and help the Hindus to gain confidence that they ARE ONE.
Cartoons/Jokes
In the recent past I have seen many books and magazines with number of cartoons and jokes on Hindu Religious deities and Heroes of the Hindu Origin. Many pictures too were produced using the deities as laughing stocks. Never there is an occasion on this HOLY GLOBE to use the Lords of other religions for such joyous entertainment. Most unfortunate it is, we have good number of Jagadgurus and Seers but what has been done to arrest this type of trend is clearly visible for all of us. The Government obviously tied up with its limitations on this subject and IT MAY NOT DO ANY THING ON ITS OWN TO ARREST THIS TREND. But it is the duty of the Religious heads to take some corrective steps towards this. If the Lords of the Religion are laughed at, what kind of discipline we can inculcate?
I suggest that there should be a platform that all religious heads join and make an attempt to stop all unwanted things first. It is also time to give up in-fights and move towards uniformity and oneness.
Support to the less fortunate
There are less complications in other religions and it can be observed that the FOTUNATE have started extending their helping hand to the LESS FORTUNATE collectively and with a common motive. In our country, though individuals help the less fortunate with all sympathy, nothing much could be seen at a collective point to eradicate the differences between sects. Material support such as distribution of clothes and food items – the base minimum requirements for any one, free distribution of literature and educative texts relating to the promotion and protection of the religious integrity are to be improved upon. There is some kind of weakness, which has to be gradually cut short, and a kind of oneness should be promoted by all concerned.
Rituals
The rituals and offering of oblations are basically from Sanskrit Texts and they are clear in their approach. There is no possibility of any individual interpretation and modification in the text. In the recent past Kumbh – Pushkar was observed for the Holy River Godavari. I have personally visited the banks of the Holy River in Godavari District of AP in Godavari District of AP and in many parts of Maharashtra too. Each one follow his own systems and some cut short the procedure to ten minutes and some draw the same to hours. Ultimately what has to be done is only one – Offering of oblations to the departed souls. Though money pays a vital part but I have noticed poor knowledge amongst priests and perhaps that was the time for them to make money. Interesting it is, during the same time I also visited some parts in Northern India like Pushkar in Rajastan where I found number of priests sitting on the banks but most of them are not aware of any Sanskrit text. They just do their business in their own style.
The purpose of my writing this is to bring some kind of disciplines in the procedure. Though the Government can not do anything due to various reasons, at least the religious heads like the Peethadhipathis should do something and they should formulate a system where upon each priest is tested and an identification mark to the extent of his qualification be given to him permitting him to undertake the job at various places in the country. Thus certain standards are gradually introduced and this creates confidence amongst the persons and their faith is protected as per the original texts of Vedic Sciences.
All that I wish to mention is to make out a REGULATORY BODY covering these aspects so that the faith of the Hindus is properly protected and the systems are followed in the line expected of them. This also will help strengthening of the religious base for the Hindus and the less fortunate in the religion are taken care of.
Guru and his capacities
Dr P V Sesha Sai
1-9-52/F/3 MCH No 2859
Road No 19, Ramnagar, HYDERABAD 500020
Phones 040 7661613 55581368 Cell: 9440422613
E mail shodasisai@hotmail.com, perisepallipadmasai@rediffmail.com,
aanandaashramam@yahoo.com drseshasai@bharatmail.com
5th June 2004
THE BEST DAYS AHEAD OF YOU – THE GREATNESS OF MASTER –GURU POORNIMA
My dear friends
The best days of the year are just ahead of you. You may be aware, as per the ancient Indian order of life it is said DHYAANA MOOLAM GURONMURTY; POOJAMOOLAM GUROPADAM; MANTRAMOOLAM GUROVAKYAM; MOKSHA MOOLAM GUROKRUPA. It means, for all meditations and centralizing the energy the masters physical features are the roots; for all worships only the Holy Lotus feet of the master; for all the sound commands called as MANTRA the words of the master; and for all elevations only the MASTERS BLESSINGS. Thus the master is considered ALL and he is the only ONE WHO CAN MAKE US TO DO THE THINGS.
Most unfortunate, these days masters are made as a laughing stock and the powerful media – cinemas are mostly responsible for belittling the masters and their capacities. The importance of the master is totally ignored. Something and really something is to be done in this regard lest our next generation has to face the results of the egoistic poisonous seeds which are being planted today by unethical elements for a momentary pleasure.
Had we not cared for what our Guru said in the childhood days quite innocently listening to the teachings and all that WITH A BLIND BELIEF, we might not have reached to this level. The Gnana Netra – the internal eye of wisdom can be opened only with the blessings of Guru. The parents have a very little role in our life – we are all born for a momentary pleasure, but refinement and achievements have all become possible with the blessings of selfless sacrifices of GURU only. PERHAPS YOU WILL AGREE!
Leaving this topic here, I desire to present a wonderful occasion where RAJA YOGA can be achieved quite successfully this year during the time and dates mentioned hereunder.
2nd July 2004 Friday Morning 6.30 to 7.45 – THIS IS THE GURU POORNIMA DAY OF THE YEAR.
30th July Friday 11.00 Am. to 1.00 p.m.; 30th August 2004 Monday Evening time 8.00p.m to 9.30p.m
Friends, I repeat and request you not see a human being in any master. Master can only help us to cross the ocean of sorrow and innocence and he is the ONLY LADDER AVAILABLE FOR OUR SUCCESS. Please do not see the physical shortcomings in the master, only then you will be able to see a mighty man. A person who tries to find faults in Guru can not concentrate to absorb the best qualities from the Master. Thus our own perception and our own inferences remain as great walls for our success. THE MASTER IS ALWAYS A MASTER – WHETHER YOUNG OR OLD; MALE OR FEMALE; HANDSOME OR OTHERWISE; WELL POSITIONED OR NOT.
The great INDIAN ANCIENT CULTURE RESPECTS GURU AND IT IS THE ONLY SECRET OF SUCCESSFUL LIFE.
Let us respect our MASTER – let us remain successful – let us reach the destination fast with HIS blessings.
I shall be back again soon…
1-9-52/F/3 MCH No 2859
Road No 19, Ramnagar, HYDERABAD 500020
Phones 040 7661613 55581368 Cell: 9440422613
E mail shodasisai@hotmail.com, perisepallipadmasai@rediffmail.com,
aanandaashramam@yahoo.com drseshasai@bharatmail.com
5th June 2004
THE BEST DAYS AHEAD OF YOU – THE GREATNESS OF MASTER –GURU POORNIMA
My dear friends
The best days of the year are just ahead of you. You may be aware, as per the ancient Indian order of life it is said DHYAANA MOOLAM GURONMURTY; POOJAMOOLAM GUROPADAM; MANTRAMOOLAM GUROVAKYAM; MOKSHA MOOLAM GUROKRUPA. It means, for all meditations and centralizing the energy the masters physical features are the roots; for all worships only the Holy Lotus feet of the master; for all the sound commands called as MANTRA the words of the master; and for all elevations only the MASTERS BLESSINGS. Thus the master is considered ALL and he is the only ONE WHO CAN MAKE US TO DO THE THINGS.
Most unfortunate, these days masters are made as a laughing stock and the powerful media – cinemas are mostly responsible for belittling the masters and their capacities. The importance of the master is totally ignored. Something and really something is to be done in this regard lest our next generation has to face the results of the egoistic poisonous seeds which are being planted today by unethical elements for a momentary pleasure.
Had we not cared for what our Guru said in the childhood days quite innocently listening to the teachings and all that WITH A BLIND BELIEF, we might not have reached to this level. The Gnana Netra – the internal eye of wisdom can be opened only with the blessings of Guru. The parents have a very little role in our life – we are all born for a momentary pleasure, but refinement and achievements have all become possible with the blessings of selfless sacrifices of GURU only. PERHAPS YOU WILL AGREE!
Leaving this topic here, I desire to present a wonderful occasion where RAJA YOGA can be achieved quite successfully this year during the time and dates mentioned hereunder.
2nd July 2004 Friday Morning 6.30 to 7.45 – THIS IS THE GURU POORNIMA DAY OF THE YEAR.
30th July Friday 11.00 Am. to 1.00 p.m.; 30th August 2004 Monday Evening time 8.00p.m to 9.30p.m
Friends, I repeat and request you not see a human being in any master. Master can only help us to cross the ocean of sorrow and innocence and he is the ONLY LADDER AVAILABLE FOR OUR SUCCESS. Please do not see the physical shortcomings in the master, only then you will be able to see a mighty man. A person who tries to find faults in Guru can not concentrate to absorb the best qualities from the Master. Thus our own perception and our own inferences remain as great walls for our success. THE MASTER IS ALWAYS A MASTER – WHETHER YOUNG OR OLD; MALE OR FEMALE; HANDSOME OR OTHERWISE; WELL POSITIONED OR NOT.
The great INDIAN ANCIENT CULTURE RESPECTS GURU AND IT IS THE ONLY SECRET OF SUCCESSFUL LIFE.
Let us respect our MASTER – let us remain successful – let us reach the destination fast with HIS blessings.
I shall be back again soon…
HARA HARA MAHADEVA
DR P V SESHA SAI
Essence of all Religions
Dr P V Sesha Sai
1-9-52/F/3 MCH No 2859
Road No 19, Ramnagar, HYDERABAD 500020
Phones 040 7661613 55581368 Cell: 9440422613
E mail shodasisai@hotmail.com, perisepallipadmasai@rediffmail.com,
suryakshetra@yahoo.com, shodasisai@rediffmail.com
The Essence of all Religions and teachings
10th Jan 2004
My dear Friends
I am giving you some interesting essence which is the TOTALITY of all religions and that of life.
The Best day Today
The Greatest Sin Fear
The Most Expensive Indulgence Hate
The Greatest Need Common Sense
The Most Reliable Friend Your Own Effort
The Greatest Mistake Time Waste
The Greatest Trouble Maker Talking Too Much
The Meanest Thing Jealousy
The Luckiest Person Who Minds His Business
The Easiest Thing To Do To Find Faults
The Greatest Teacher Experience
The Cleverest One Who Does What He Thinks Right
The Most Hateful Thing To Criticize Others
The Worst Bankrupt The Soul That Has Lost All Enthusiasm
The Most Difficult Thing To Appreciate Quality of Others
The Essence of All Religions Truth, Honesty, and Humbleness
AND THAT IS ALL TO LEARN
HARA HARA MAHADEVA
DR P V SESHASAI
1-9-52/F/3 MCH No 2859
Road No 19, Ramnagar, HYDERABAD 500020
Phones 040 7661613 55581368 Cell: 9440422613
E mail shodasisai@hotmail.com, perisepallipadmasai@rediffmail.com,
suryakshetra@yahoo.com, shodasisai@rediffmail.com
The Essence of all Religions and teachings
10th Jan 2004
My dear Friends
I am giving you some interesting essence which is the TOTALITY of all religions and that of life.
The Best day Today
The Greatest Sin Fear
The Most Expensive Indulgence Hate
The Greatest Need Common Sense
The Most Reliable Friend Your Own Effort
The Greatest Mistake Time Waste
The Greatest Trouble Maker Talking Too Much
The Meanest Thing Jealousy
The Luckiest Person Who Minds His Business
The Easiest Thing To Do To Find Faults
The Greatest Teacher Experience
The Cleverest One Who Does What He Thinks Right
The Most Hateful Thing To Criticize Others
The Worst Bankrupt The Soul That Has Lost All Enthusiasm
The Most Difficult Thing To Appreciate Quality of Others
The Essence of All Religions Truth, Honesty, and Humbleness
AND THAT IS ALL TO LEARN
HARA HARA MAHADEVA
DR P V SESHASAI
Auspicious Time for marriages
Auspicious wedding day selection process has a great significance and effect on the married life of the bride and the bridegroom. The bridal couple can be happy or otherwise too and the time and date of marriage is a vital factor to decide their fate. The Astrological chart analysis of the bride and bridegroom with the directions given in Indian Traditional System and in association with the Indian astrology has profound bearing on the pleasant relationship, good children and a happy old age life.
The Ancient Indian sages found out some ways and means by critically analyzing the astrological aspects and arrived at a conclusion. It is a matter of fact and reality too; some basic academic theory is needed to study the future instead of firing in darkness. Of course, logically it has to be accepted since the sages did not anticipate any reward or remuneration for making out the practicality of theoretical exercise.
The astrological chart analysis gives accurate combination effects on 12 aspects of life, which are the 12 houses in the chart.
Hindu religion is age old and with infinite time of its origin which means one cannot find the starting point or date for this religion. Time has proved and many modern scientists too accepted that it has given the mankind with the right technology and certain clues of future. It gives certain other clues too for any bride or bridegroom to analyze the partner’s characteristics and mutual relationships and all other aspects of human life fulfillment very accurately. Several astrologers have proved even in this modern day that a muhurtha for the wedding has a wonderful effect on their life after analyzing hundreds of married couples.
We have made an attempt here as per the Hindu astrological science the best way to select the muhurtha for the wedding day.
Hindu Sastras have specified around 12 different methods of wedding starting from exchange of rings, … Etc. Unlike in other astrological sciences of other parts of the globe, Indian astrological guidance is quite accurate since the sages found out 27 stars, nine planets and 12 zodiac signs. It is to be noted that there can never be an ideal situation where only 12 kinds of people exists on the earth as is seen in western astrology. Indian astrological guidance differs from person to person; time to time; there upon reaching the accurate conclusion for the future.
To Select specific time (Auspicious time for marriage), first we have to see the stars aspect (A Checklist of table that is compared based on the star power of the bride/bridegroom and the 27 stars like Ashwani, Bharani…. Revathi).
The Auspicious months for marriage are Aries- Mesha-Chaitram, Taurus – Vrishabham -Vyshakm, Gemini -Mithunam-Jyestam, Leo –Simham-Sravanam, Libra - Tula- Ashveejam, Scorpio –Vrischikam-Kartikam-Margasiram, Aquarius – Kumbham- Magham, Pisces – Meenam –Phalgunam. The first one indicate the western name of the zodiac sign, the second one is the name of the zodiac sign as per Indian sciences and the last one is the lunar star month where the fool moon day occurs for the month. The Auspicious days for marriage mostly are Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, though Sunday, Monday are also considered second best. The Auspicious lunar ascending days are the second bright/dark day -Vidiya, the third b/d day- Tadiya, the fifth b/d day - Panchami, the seventh b/d day - Saptami, the tenth b/d day - Dashami, the eleventh b/d day - Ekadasi, the thirteenth b/d day – Triodasi etc.
The Auspicious stars for marriage are Ashwani, Rohini, Mrugasira, Punarvasu, Makha, Uttara, Uttarashada, Uttarabhadra, Hastha, Swathi, Chitta, Anuradha, Moola, Sravanam, Dhanishta, Revathi out of 27 stars.
Shubha Lagnas- Zodiac signs:
Taurus- Vrushabha Lagna, Gemini- Midhuna, Cancer -Karkata, Virgo- Kanya, Libra- Tula, Sagittarius – Dhanus & Pisces- Meenam are considered the best Zodiac signs where marriages are preferred.
To select Zodiac Sign we have to see Lunar Position, then Purification process of eliminating the five poisonous aspects called panchakarahitam, then Zodiac chart with planetary position of the particular day and finally arriving at accurate time called as muhurtam.
In the Zodiac sign chart 7th place should be vacant or aspected by beneficial planets like Jupiter, Mercury or Venus, next only malefic planets should be in 3rd, 6th & 11th positions. Lagna Sagraha Shasta ashtama dwadasa moon should be avoided and Shukra should not be in sixth place. Similarly Kuja (Mars) should not be in 8th place. The Seventh place is the center place for a human being and denotes the conjugal relation place.
Just because the Indian astrological system looks complicated, it can not be avoided for convenient reasons, for the simple reason it has produced perfect results and down to us from centuries. One must salute the great Indian Sages who have done this wonderful research much and much before the telescope/periscope etc are invented. Even today, Indian Pundits-priests sitting at nook and corner of the country accurately say when the lunar/solar eclipse takes place with seconds. The modern scientists with lots of sophisticated equipment now say what the sages said centuries ago is absolute and correct. This becomes a sufficient logical conclusion to accept the theories of the ancient sages.
Different religions have adopted their own methods of selecting the time basing on their experience and knowledge, by and large the Indian astrological guidance appears to be perfect and nearer to the results.
As is seen even in medical sciences, different doctors give different opinion on one particular patient basing on their knowledge and inference/experience, but that does not mean that doctors have lack of knowledge or the medical science is wrong. So to say, different pundits/priests express different opinion on different experiences but that does mean that there is no unified opinion in the science or the science is bad. Some thing can be really done by the Government before it is too late; to consolidate the experts and support the reason oriented sciences of Indian Origin.
The Ancient Indian sages found out some ways and means by critically analyzing the astrological aspects and arrived at a conclusion. It is a matter of fact and reality too; some basic academic theory is needed to study the future instead of firing in darkness. Of course, logically it has to be accepted since the sages did not anticipate any reward or remuneration for making out the practicality of theoretical exercise.
The astrological chart analysis gives accurate combination effects on 12 aspects of life, which are the 12 houses in the chart.
Hindu religion is age old and with infinite time of its origin which means one cannot find the starting point or date for this religion. Time has proved and many modern scientists too accepted that it has given the mankind with the right technology and certain clues of future. It gives certain other clues too for any bride or bridegroom to analyze the partner’s characteristics and mutual relationships and all other aspects of human life fulfillment very accurately. Several astrologers have proved even in this modern day that a muhurtha for the wedding has a wonderful effect on their life after analyzing hundreds of married couples.
We have made an attempt here as per the Hindu astrological science the best way to select the muhurtha for the wedding day.
Hindu Sastras have specified around 12 different methods of wedding starting from exchange of rings, … Etc. Unlike in other astrological sciences of other parts of the globe, Indian astrological guidance is quite accurate since the sages found out 27 stars, nine planets and 12 zodiac signs. It is to be noted that there can never be an ideal situation where only 12 kinds of people exists on the earth as is seen in western astrology. Indian astrological guidance differs from person to person; time to time; there upon reaching the accurate conclusion for the future.
To Select specific time (Auspicious time for marriage), first we have to see the stars aspect (A Checklist of table that is compared based on the star power of the bride/bridegroom and the 27 stars like Ashwani, Bharani…. Revathi).
The Auspicious months for marriage are Aries- Mesha-Chaitram, Taurus – Vrishabham -Vyshakm, Gemini -Mithunam-Jyestam, Leo –Simham-Sravanam, Libra - Tula- Ashveejam, Scorpio –Vrischikam-Kartikam-Margasiram, Aquarius – Kumbham- Magham, Pisces – Meenam –Phalgunam. The first one indicate the western name of the zodiac sign, the second one is the name of the zodiac sign as per Indian sciences and the last one is the lunar star month where the fool moon day occurs for the month. The Auspicious days for marriage mostly are Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, though Sunday, Monday are also considered second best. The Auspicious lunar ascending days are the second bright/dark day -Vidiya, the third b/d day- Tadiya, the fifth b/d day - Panchami, the seventh b/d day - Saptami, the tenth b/d day - Dashami, the eleventh b/d day - Ekadasi, the thirteenth b/d day – Triodasi etc.
The Auspicious stars for marriage are Ashwani, Rohini, Mrugasira, Punarvasu, Makha, Uttara, Uttarashada, Uttarabhadra, Hastha, Swathi, Chitta, Anuradha, Moola, Sravanam, Dhanishta, Revathi out of 27 stars.
Shubha Lagnas- Zodiac signs:
Taurus- Vrushabha Lagna, Gemini- Midhuna, Cancer -Karkata, Virgo- Kanya, Libra- Tula, Sagittarius – Dhanus & Pisces- Meenam are considered the best Zodiac signs where marriages are preferred.
To select Zodiac Sign we have to see Lunar Position, then Purification process of eliminating the five poisonous aspects called panchakarahitam, then Zodiac chart with planetary position of the particular day and finally arriving at accurate time called as muhurtam.
In the Zodiac sign chart 7th place should be vacant or aspected by beneficial planets like Jupiter, Mercury or Venus, next only malefic planets should be in 3rd, 6th & 11th positions. Lagna Sagraha Shasta ashtama dwadasa moon should be avoided and Shukra should not be in sixth place. Similarly Kuja (Mars) should not be in 8th place. The Seventh place is the center place for a human being and denotes the conjugal relation place.
Just because the Indian astrological system looks complicated, it can not be avoided for convenient reasons, for the simple reason it has produced perfect results and down to us from centuries. One must salute the great Indian Sages who have done this wonderful research much and much before the telescope/periscope etc are invented. Even today, Indian Pundits-priests sitting at nook and corner of the country accurately say when the lunar/solar eclipse takes place with seconds. The modern scientists with lots of sophisticated equipment now say what the sages said centuries ago is absolute and correct. This becomes a sufficient logical conclusion to accept the theories of the ancient sages.
Different religions have adopted their own methods of selecting the time basing on their experience and knowledge, by and large the Indian astrological guidance appears to be perfect and nearer to the results.
As is seen even in medical sciences, different doctors give different opinion on one particular patient basing on their knowledge and inference/experience, but that does not mean that doctors have lack of knowledge or the medical science is wrong. So to say, different pundits/priests express different opinion on different experiences but that does mean that there is no unified opinion in the science or the science is bad. Some thing can be really done by the Government before it is too late; to consolidate the experts and support the reason oriented sciences of Indian Origin.
Can we live long ?
Adhyatmika Ratna, Vedanta Visarada, Sri Yaaga Vidya Praveena
Dr P V Sesha Sai Aswamedhayaaji
www.ashwamedhayaagam.org e mails shodasisai@hotmail.com, shodasisai@rediffmail.com, shodasisai@gmail.com,
3724, Spencer's Street, # 221, TORRANCE CA 90503 USA Phones Land line 310 921 6138, cell 310 293 9066
16th August 1006
My dear friends and like minded persons,
Some one put me a question whether we can live long. My answer was “yes”. The next immediate question which was put to me carried a lot of curiosity to know, “how? Will it be possible to live for a hundred years or more? What has to be done for a long life? and so on” a good number of questions. It was a coincidence, some one in the Forum too asked me as to why I call many as “Chiranjeevi”. I waited for a right opportunity to answer these questions.
San Francisco – situated in California State of USA. As per geographical conditions, the area is like an island and three sides covered by Pacific Ocean and with many such islands in a close circle. There are many things to know and learn there, but just day before yesterday, I stood in front of Golden Gate Bridge. Several thousands of visitors intentionally visit the bridge. This bridge was simply constructed for the convenience of the residents of the City, duly supporting the needs of thousands of residents in other islands. The bridge was planned by an Engineer around 1932 and it was completed by 1939 or so – in a shorter period of just seven years. The specialty of the bridge is that it has only two pillars and iron wire was taken from one end to the other end and the load of the entire bridge is hold by JUST TWO IRON wires from one end to the other.
The diameter of the wire is just 37 inches and the wire is a composition of 27000+ small wires and the total length of the wire used is approxly 130000 kilometers in length. The height of the bridge is 700 ft and two pillars are bearing the entire load of the bridge which is caught by the wire. The depth of the pillar was just 110 ft in the sea. The length of the bridge is 4600 meters and at any given point of time it can hold 10800 cars on it, in its six track road. If wonders are believed to be created by human beings and if I repeatedly say “Nothing is impossible for a Human Being”, it is really a fact and this bridge is a valid proof physically. It is really an amazing man made wonder. How the Engineer could foresee the need of the State and its people of 2006 and a hundred years later too, way back in 1930s – is an eye opener for all of us. Do you agree that the Engineer is still living even after his physical non existence? This is the way people can live long and forever.
I prefer addressing most of you as Chiranjeevi with only one reason that each one of you must live for ever or at least for a good length of time, by virtue of your good deeds and not by virtue of physical existence. Let us support ourselves and the LESS FORTUNATE IN THE SOCIETY for a purposeful coexistence. Our religion should be HUMAN RELIGION.
Some time ago when I gave a mail that we shall start an organization with a motive of up keeping Human Religion – and start with CLEANLINESS. I suggested for observing every month third Sunday as a CLAENING week. As “Charity Begins at Home”, I suggested for starting cleaning each individual houses and identify unused items which are of some help to some one needy in the Society, so that they can be distributed to them. I also suggested for cleaning the nearby environment or a small portion of the road or educate children on the subject of “Cleanliness” with a view that the seed we are planting now, is expected to give good yield to the Country and Countrymen in the long run. Some one suggested the name as “Sudhi International” for this voluntary organization which will be a home for those retired persons who can be of great support with all their experience and expertise; and those youngsters who can volunteer to brighten the image of the Country. Though the name is having similarity with some other organization, but then, the name is a clear indication of the motive of the organization, I feel that this name would do well. The response to my letter was quite amazing when many children came forward to work on the lines suggested. This gave me lot of faith and I can only say – every beginning is always a small one. We do not have to wait for the mass to gather to give life to this program. EVEN ONE PERSON – JUST ONE VOLUNTEER IS ALSO JUST SUFFICIENT FOR US, we will go with our motto. Please come forward to head a locality of your interest for this purpose and when we remain successful in India, we will also help others and ultimately establish UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD and ONENESS. Clean Atmosphere, Clean Mind, Clean Environment, and Clean Hearts – are all what are needed for us and we NEED TO COMMIT FOR THE PURPOSE. The ensuing 20th August is the day when we are commencing “Clean” or “Sudhi” work on our own and lead the movement.
How dare we can say that a country is under developed when God gifted all of us – all geographical areas, some – something equally unusual richness. Only the leaders are under developed or self centered thus ultimately leading all of us in different countries to remain and struggle in the Jaws of “Under Development”. Any Country’s progress is on the shoulders of its leaders. If the leaders are clean and committed and if they are physically and mentally “Developed”, the country ever remain as ‘DEVELOPED’.
Instead of blaming the past, let us now onwards work for constructive purposes and rebuild the future and thereupon LIVE LONG. If we work for “Cleanliness” – of every home; every street; every locality; every Village; every town; every city; soon we can do something concretely to our Mother Land and give a good ladder to the next generation while all of us living long as CHIRANJEEVIS.
Jai Hind.
Affly HARA HARA MAHADEVA
DR P V SASHAY SAI ASWAMEDHAYAAJI
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Dr P V Sesha Sai Aswamedhayaaji
www.ashwamedhayaagam.org e mails shodasisai@hotmail.com, shodasisai@rediffmail.com, shodasisai@gmail.com,
3724, Spencer's Street, # 221, TORRANCE CA 90503 USA Phones Land line 310 921 6138, cell 310 293 9066
16th August 1006
My dear friends and like minded persons,
Some one put me a question whether we can live long. My answer was “yes”. The next immediate question which was put to me carried a lot of curiosity to know, “how? Will it be possible to live for a hundred years or more? What has to be done for a long life? and so on” a good number of questions. It was a coincidence, some one in the Forum too asked me as to why I call many as “Chiranjeevi”. I waited for a right opportunity to answer these questions.
San Francisco – situated in California State of USA. As per geographical conditions, the area is like an island and three sides covered by Pacific Ocean and with many such islands in a close circle. There are many things to know and learn there, but just day before yesterday, I stood in front of Golden Gate Bridge. Several thousands of visitors intentionally visit the bridge. This bridge was simply constructed for the convenience of the residents of the City, duly supporting the needs of thousands of residents in other islands. The bridge was planned by an Engineer around 1932 and it was completed by 1939 or so – in a shorter period of just seven years. The specialty of the bridge is that it has only two pillars and iron wire was taken from one end to the other end and the load of the entire bridge is hold by JUST TWO IRON wires from one end to the other.
The diameter of the wire is just 37 inches and the wire is a composition of 27000+ small wires and the total length of the wire used is approxly 130000 kilometers in length. The height of the bridge is 700 ft and two pillars are bearing the entire load of the bridge which is caught by the wire. The depth of the pillar was just 110 ft in the sea. The length of the bridge is 4600 meters and at any given point of time it can hold 10800 cars on it, in its six track road. If wonders are believed to be created by human beings and if I repeatedly say “Nothing is impossible for a Human Being”, it is really a fact and this bridge is a valid proof physically. It is really an amazing man made wonder. How the Engineer could foresee the need of the State and its people of 2006 and a hundred years later too, way back in 1930s – is an eye opener for all of us. Do you agree that the Engineer is still living even after his physical non existence? This is the way people can live long and forever.
I prefer addressing most of you as Chiranjeevi with only one reason that each one of you must live for ever or at least for a good length of time, by virtue of your good deeds and not by virtue of physical existence. Let us support ourselves and the LESS FORTUNATE IN THE SOCIETY for a purposeful coexistence. Our religion should be HUMAN RELIGION.
Some time ago when I gave a mail that we shall start an organization with a motive of up keeping Human Religion – and start with CLEANLINESS. I suggested for observing every month third Sunday as a CLAENING week. As “Charity Begins at Home”, I suggested for starting cleaning each individual houses and identify unused items which are of some help to some one needy in the Society, so that they can be distributed to them. I also suggested for cleaning the nearby environment or a small portion of the road or educate children on the subject of “Cleanliness” with a view that the seed we are planting now, is expected to give good yield to the Country and Countrymen in the long run. Some one suggested the name as “Sudhi International” for this voluntary organization which will be a home for those retired persons who can be of great support with all their experience and expertise; and those youngsters who can volunteer to brighten the image of the Country. Though the name is having similarity with some other organization, but then, the name is a clear indication of the motive of the organization, I feel that this name would do well. The response to my letter was quite amazing when many children came forward to work on the lines suggested. This gave me lot of faith and I can only say – every beginning is always a small one. We do not have to wait for the mass to gather to give life to this program. EVEN ONE PERSON – JUST ONE VOLUNTEER IS ALSO JUST SUFFICIENT FOR US, we will go with our motto. Please come forward to head a locality of your interest for this purpose and when we remain successful in India, we will also help others and ultimately establish UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD and ONENESS. Clean Atmosphere, Clean Mind, Clean Environment, and Clean Hearts – are all what are needed for us and we NEED TO COMMIT FOR THE PURPOSE. The ensuing 20th August is the day when we are commencing “Clean” or “Sudhi” work on our own and lead the movement.
How dare we can say that a country is under developed when God gifted all of us – all geographical areas, some – something equally unusual richness. Only the leaders are under developed or self centered thus ultimately leading all of us in different countries to remain and struggle in the Jaws of “Under Development”. Any Country’s progress is on the shoulders of its leaders. If the leaders are clean and committed and if they are physically and mentally “Developed”, the country ever remain as ‘DEVELOPED’.
Instead of blaming the past, let us now onwards work for constructive purposes and rebuild the future and thereupon LIVE LONG. If we work for “Cleanliness” – of every home; every street; every locality; every Village; every town; every city; soon we can do something concretely to our Mother Land and give a good ladder to the next generation while all of us living long as CHIRANJEEVIS.
Jai Hind.
Affly HARA HARA MAHADEVA
DR P V SASHAY SAI ASWAMEDHAYAAJI
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Sankalpam series 4
Adhyatmitka Ratna, Sri Yaaga Vidya Praveena, Vedanta Visarada
Dr P V Sesha Sai Aswamedhayaaji
www.ashwamedhayaagam.org E Mails: shodasisai@hotmail.com, shodasisai@yahoo.com, shodasisai@rediffmail.com
3724, Spencer’s Street, # 221, Torrance, 90503 California, and USA: Phones Mobile: 310 293 9066 Land Line 310 921 6138
1st August 2006
My dear friends and like minded persons
Reg: Sankalpam – Series No 4
Now, the final stage of the series is about the time element of the universe. The text starts as “ Idaaneentana…” where the age of the creator is calculated as 100 years of which 50 years are already over, and the fifty first year is now on wherein, the first month is running in which, the first fortnight and the first day is now progressing, of which, 42 Vighadiyaas are over and we are now in 43rd Vighadiya. The length of this 43rd Vidhadiya is as below.
There are nine Kalpaas in the 43rd Vighadiya and they are: Paardhiva, Anantha, Koorma, Brahma, Varaaha, Swetha Varaha, Pralaya, Padma and Savithri and now we are in SWETHA VARAHA KALPA which is again subdivided as Fourteen Manvantaraas like the below:
Swaayambhuva, Swaaroshicha,Uttama, Taamasa, Raivata, Caakshusha, Vaivaswata,Surya,Agni,Brahma,Rudra,Daksha,Rowcha,Khowchya –Manvantaraas of which we are now in the seventh Manvantaram viz.VAIVASWATHA MANVANTARAM which is subdivided as 10 Avataraas named as below:
The Avataraas of Lord Vishnu as : Mastya, Koorma, Varaaha, Naarasimha, Vaamana, Bhargava, Raama, Balaraama, Krishna and Kalki which is again divided as six Sakaas like Yudhishtira, Vikramarka, Saalivaahana, Vijayaabhinandana, Nagarjuna, Kalkhyaghya of which we are now in SAALIVAAHANA SAKA- the third saka in the range. .
When this is one part of the calculation, the time is subdivided as Mahaa Yugaas and each Mahaa Yug consisting of four Yugaas namely, Krita, Treta, Dwaapara and Kali Yug and of such Mahaayugaas, at present we are in the 28th Mahaayug in which, the following period is already over
Krita Yuga period of 17,28,000 years; Tretaa Yug Period of 12,96,000years ; Dwaapara Yug period of 8,64,000 years and of 4,32,000 years of Kali Yug. We have already passed 5000 years plus a little more in the present Kaliyug, which is said to be the first part of the four parts of the Kali Yug.
The aforementioned is the simple time span – whether we believe it or not – and now remember the geologists confirmed that the arches located on Tirumala Hills is dated back to JUST 150 MILLIONS OF YEARS; when NASA confirmed that the first ever man made bridge between Rameswaram and Sri Lanka dated back to 17.50,000 years matching with the age of Raamayana. And Of course, it is a point of debate and controversy for many of us and we have individually our own beliefs on this point, while some foreigners, besides people of a few Indian origin, say that civilization started elsewhere and they disagree for Indian Mythological History for the reason, they have to disagree, or there might be some other strong reason for all this. I am a lay man; I am just going on the basis on Mahaa Sankalpam of Indian Ancient Sciences only.
While mentioning all this, we also admit in the Sankalpam that the entire universe is filled up with Different usual and unusual bodies which are recycled, and due to some strong reason, we admit we are born and we too admit that the deeds either miss-deeds or good deeds are the resultant efforts of Vak, Pani, Paada, Paayu, Upa, like the words for uttering, hands for deeds, feet for movement, other organs for re-creation and over powered by Twak, Chackshu, Srota, Jiwha, Aghranaam like the five important feeders named as twak – for Skin; Chackshu for Eyes; Srota – Ears; Jiwha for Tongue; Aghranaam for Nose and all deeds are generated out of the creation of the aforementioned sensing organs and make us to do or undo certain deeds due to which knowingly or un-knowingly we commit certain sins and mistakes. :Having admitted all this, we are now expressing our concern and knowledge of the mistake we have committed and expressing where we are, what we are, and how the sins are committed with or without knowledge and to get rid of such sins we salute the great HE and thus with folded hands request HIM TO ELEVATE OUR FORE FATHERS WHO HAVE TAKEN PAINS TO GIVE US A SHAPE OF THE BODY, the GREAT SAGES WHO HAVE GIVEN US AN OPPORTUNITY OF REALISATION AND KNOWLEDGE, and therefore pray for peaceful elevation – or Moksha and taking the names thus, we intend to do some specific act of praying Lord/Kanyaa Daana/ or such sacrifice.
It is just a mind-body presentation.
Just because the text is in Sanskrit, there is no necessity for us to belittle the text and look forward for some other countryman to do research on this and confirm that this is correct or otherwise. Let us not wait to come up for such results to be declared by some one where upon we upkeep our chest up and say our ancestors has done it all. There is no need for us to be proved by some one. We are not doing anything wrong by taking up this Maha Sankalpam, after all this is from our home land and it has been brought from fore fathers.
When We prefer to disrespect our fore fathers, we disown their teachings, we consider that we have nothing to do with all our history and tradition, Of course, what else can be done than waiting for a day of self realization of the traditional richness of our country and greatness of our ancestors, who could able to memorize the history for generations in spite of regional/religious added with multi linguistic clashes and so on--- all along and their struggle for existence all along.
My humble request is to allow this Mahaa Sankalpam to be repeated in all rituals if not by us, at least by the Purohits so that they may not forget. This may help the text to continue till some one make a research and made for next generations to agree or disagree. A danger is already noticed that gradually this is disappearing from the texts of the Vedic Purohits who are forced to reduce all procedures to the liking of the Yajamani. The least what we can do is to follow a good deed if it is not harmful to us; does not put to financial loss; does not cause inconvenience and considered good to remember for future.
Yours affly
Respectfully at the Holy Sri Charan of Great Grand Father Bhagavan Krishna Dwaipaayana Vedavyas & Great sages Holy Agastya Maharishi, Holy Sandeepani Maharishi and Vamsa Rishi Holy Gowthama.
HARA HARA MAHADEVA
Dr P V Sesha Sai Aswamedhayaaji
www.ashwamedhayaagam.org E Mails: shodasisai@hotmail.com, shodasisai@yahoo.com, shodasisai@rediffmail.com
3724, Spencer’s Street, # 221, Torrance, 90503 California, and USA: Phones Mobile: 310 293 9066 Land Line 310 921 6138
1st August 2006
My dear friends and like minded persons
Reg: Sankalpam – Series No 4
Now, the final stage of the series is about the time element of the universe. The text starts as “ Idaaneentana…” where the age of the creator is calculated as 100 years of which 50 years are already over, and the fifty first year is now on wherein, the first month is running in which, the first fortnight and the first day is now progressing, of which, 42 Vighadiyaas are over and we are now in 43rd Vighadiya. The length of this 43rd Vidhadiya is as below.
There are nine Kalpaas in the 43rd Vighadiya and they are: Paardhiva, Anantha, Koorma, Brahma, Varaaha, Swetha Varaha, Pralaya, Padma and Savithri and now we are in SWETHA VARAHA KALPA which is again subdivided as Fourteen Manvantaraas like the below:
Swaayambhuva, Swaaroshicha,Uttama, Taamasa, Raivata, Caakshusha, Vaivaswata,Surya,Agni,Brahma,Rudra,Daksha,Rowcha,Khowchya –Manvantaraas of which we are now in the seventh Manvantaram viz.VAIVASWATHA MANVANTARAM which is subdivided as 10 Avataraas named as below:
The Avataraas of Lord Vishnu as : Mastya, Koorma, Varaaha, Naarasimha, Vaamana, Bhargava, Raama, Balaraama, Krishna and Kalki which is again divided as six Sakaas like Yudhishtira, Vikramarka, Saalivaahana, Vijayaabhinandana, Nagarjuna, Kalkhyaghya of which we are now in SAALIVAAHANA SAKA- the third saka in the range. .
When this is one part of the calculation, the time is subdivided as Mahaa Yugaas and each Mahaa Yug consisting of four Yugaas namely, Krita, Treta, Dwaapara and Kali Yug and of such Mahaayugaas, at present we are in the 28th Mahaayug in which, the following period is already over
Krita Yuga period of 17,28,000 years; Tretaa Yug Period of 12,96,000years ; Dwaapara Yug period of 8,64,000 years and of 4,32,000 years of Kali Yug. We have already passed 5000 years plus a little more in the present Kaliyug, which is said to be the first part of the four parts of the Kali Yug.
The aforementioned is the simple time span – whether we believe it or not – and now remember the geologists confirmed that the arches located on Tirumala Hills is dated back to JUST 150 MILLIONS OF YEARS; when NASA confirmed that the first ever man made bridge between Rameswaram and Sri Lanka dated back to 17.50,000 years matching with the age of Raamayana. And Of course, it is a point of debate and controversy for many of us and we have individually our own beliefs on this point, while some foreigners, besides people of a few Indian origin, say that civilization started elsewhere and they disagree for Indian Mythological History for the reason, they have to disagree, or there might be some other strong reason for all this. I am a lay man; I am just going on the basis on Mahaa Sankalpam of Indian Ancient Sciences only.
While mentioning all this, we also admit in the Sankalpam that the entire universe is filled up with Different usual and unusual bodies which are recycled, and due to some strong reason, we admit we are born and we too admit that the deeds either miss-deeds or good deeds are the resultant efforts of Vak, Pani, Paada, Paayu, Upa, like the words for uttering, hands for deeds, feet for movement, other organs for re-creation and over powered by Twak, Chackshu, Srota, Jiwha, Aghranaam like the five important feeders named as twak – for Skin; Chackshu for Eyes; Srota – Ears; Jiwha for Tongue; Aghranaam for Nose and all deeds are generated out of the creation of the aforementioned sensing organs and make us to do or undo certain deeds due to which knowingly or un-knowingly we commit certain sins and mistakes. :Having admitted all this, we are now expressing our concern and knowledge of the mistake we have committed and expressing where we are, what we are, and how the sins are committed with or without knowledge and to get rid of such sins we salute the great HE and thus with folded hands request HIM TO ELEVATE OUR FORE FATHERS WHO HAVE TAKEN PAINS TO GIVE US A SHAPE OF THE BODY, the GREAT SAGES WHO HAVE GIVEN US AN OPPORTUNITY OF REALISATION AND KNOWLEDGE, and therefore pray for peaceful elevation – or Moksha and taking the names thus, we intend to do some specific act of praying Lord/Kanyaa Daana/ or such sacrifice.
It is just a mind-body presentation.
Just because the text is in Sanskrit, there is no necessity for us to belittle the text and look forward for some other countryman to do research on this and confirm that this is correct or otherwise. Let us not wait to come up for such results to be declared by some one where upon we upkeep our chest up and say our ancestors has done it all. There is no need for us to be proved by some one. We are not doing anything wrong by taking up this Maha Sankalpam, after all this is from our home land and it has been brought from fore fathers.
When We prefer to disrespect our fore fathers, we disown their teachings, we consider that we have nothing to do with all our history and tradition, Of course, what else can be done than waiting for a day of self realization of the traditional richness of our country and greatness of our ancestors, who could able to memorize the history for generations in spite of regional/religious added with multi linguistic clashes and so on--- all along and their struggle for existence all along.
My humble request is to allow this Mahaa Sankalpam to be repeated in all rituals if not by us, at least by the Purohits so that they may not forget. This may help the text to continue till some one make a research and made for next generations to agree or disagree. A danger is already noticed that gradually this is disappearing from the texts of the Vedic Purohits who are forced to reduce all procedures to the liking of the Yajamani. The least what we can do is to follow a good deed if it is not harmful to us; does not put to financial loss; does not cause inconvenience and considered good to remember for future.
Yours affly
Respectfully at the Holy Sri Charan of Great Grand Father Bhagavan Krishna Dwaipaayana Vedavyas & Great sages Holy Agastya Maharishi, Holy Sandeepani Maharishi and Vamsa Rishi Holy Gowthama.
HARA HARA MAHADEVA
DR P V SESHA SAI ASWAMEDHAYAAJI
Sankalpam = series No 3
Adhyatmitka Ratna, Sri Yaaga Vidya Praveena, Vedanta Visarada
Dr P V Sesha Sai Aswamedhayaaji
www.ashwamedhayaagam.org E Mails: shodasisai@hotmail.com, shodasisai@yahoo.com, shodasisai@rediffmail.com
3724, Spencer’s Street, # 221, Torrance, 90503 California, and USA: Phones Mobile: 310 293 9066 Land Line 310 921 6138
1st August 2006
My dear friends and like minded persons
Reg: Sankalpam – Series No 3
I am making my intention clear that I desire to complete the topics taken up as soon as possible and in a manner as short as possible without creating a confusion or disorder. This series comes to an end with the next letter though it is a tough job to handle this major issue in four pages of ¼ sizes. Most of the kings and places referred are cross checked with other Puranic Episodes where the material tallies and given us a confidence on the subject.
“Asya Ananta Veeryasya …..” the starting of the sankalpa mentions that the entire universe is based on the Ananta Veerya – the creative force and this is the beginning of the sankalpa where we identify the Mahaa Kaarana Deha – the great HE. Thus the sookshma Deha without any vikaraas enters the womb and there is some basic foundation which is called Adhara Sakti – Centre of the force; and turning into Sri Kurma – Gathering force; Varaaha – Shaping force; Vaishnava-Pervasive force; Ananta –indestructive force; Nag –poise in movement; Sesha– the divisible force, Takshaka – Etching of shapes in space – and they are totally eight in number.
Thus the sookshma deha is encircled with the five elementary forces and overpowered by MAAYA and AHANKAARA where the GAME OF LIFE STARTS WITH EGOISM AND ALL “ISM’S”. Vyakta – Manifestation; Avyakta –Un-manifestation; Mahat – Volume; Ahankaara – Consciousness; Pridhvi – Solid; Upo-Liquid; Tejo – Heat light; Vayu – Gas; Akaasha – Ether. But again the Sookshma Deha has its own Samskaara – culture brought forward and that makes a lot variation of the degree of Ahankaara and Maaya, though every living being is encircled with these making out a GAME.
Then the placement of the body is described to be on a base where there are seven lower layers and seven upper layers such as – Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Talaatala, Rasaatala, Mahaatala, Paataala being the lower layers, which a geologist will be in a better position to explain and Bhu, Bhuva, Suva, Maha, Jana, Stapa, Satya being the upper layers.
Thereafter “Chakravaala …” Chakravaala – the ring of the Horizon; Meru – the Whirlpool of the Rotation; Naala – Spiral Force; Seshu –Forces of Divisibility; Sahasra Phani – Plurality. And the entire Globe lifted by eight elephant like forces named as Iraavata, Pundarika, Vaamana, Kumud, Anjana, Pushpadanta, Saarvabhowma, Supratika and being ruled by eight sacred places like Amaravati, Ashokavati, Ambhovati, Raivati, Sidhavati, Saadhya vati, Gandharvavati, and Alakaavati and the directional forces named as Indra – East; Agni –South East; Yama – South; Niruta- South West; Varuna – West; Vaayu – North West; Kubera – North; Ishana-North East.
It is further described as possessing seven natural majestic mountains, and five sub regional mountains such as Mahendra, Malaya, Saahyasakti, Himavat, Rukshavat, Vindhya, Paariyaatra and others being Matanga, Hiranyasrunga, Maalyavat, Kishkindha, Rushyasrungaaghya.
A mention is also made about the Majestic Kings as described in the number of sixteen such as Raama, Sibi, Ranti, Gaya, Anga, Suhota, Prudhu, Mandhatru, Yaayati, Marut, Dileepa, Bharat, Ambarisha, Sasibindu, Bhageeratha, Parasuraama and another the Great Kings/Emperors named as Kaarta Veerya, Sagara, Puroorava, Purukusta, Nala, Harischandra. Later the Geographical area and in the later part, the time element is described. Astrology, astronomy are a part of this subject. This means, we are identifying ourselves and our placements duly remembering our position in the geographical area, the time element of the universe, the planetary movement, and what not just before entering into the medicated theories for a comfortable life in the form of Shodasopachara Poojaas or worship of Lord. The great sages of Indian Origin introduced these worshiping methods in a most intelligent manner whereupon we worship ourselves for a comfortable and healthy life and always on a day to day basis recollect where we are and what we are. It is a form of self discipline.
Universal peace and respect to each others on a basis of LIVE AND LET LIVE policy has been an in-built system of the worship in India as per HINDU religious system.
Yours affly
Respectfully at the Holy Sri Charan of Great Grand Father Bhagavan Krishna Dwaipaayana Vedavyas & Great sages Holy Agastya Maharishi, Holy Sandeepani Maharishi and Vamsa Rishi Holy Gowthama.
HARA HARA MAHADEVA
Dr P V Sesha Sai Aswamedhayaaji
www.ashwamedhayaagam.org E Mails: shodasisai@hotmail.com, shodasisai@yahoo.com, shodasisai@rediffmail.com
3724, Spencer’s Street, # 221, Torrance, 90503 California, and USA: Phones Mobile: 310 293 9066 Land Line 310 921 6138
1st August 2006
My dear friends and like minded persons
Reg: Sankalpam – Series No 3
I am making my intention clear that I desire to complete the topics taken up as soon as possible and in a manner as short as possible without creating a confusion or disorder. This series comes to an end with the next letter though it is a tough job to handle this major issue in four pages of ¼ sizes. Most of the kings and places referred are cross checked with other Puranic Episodes where the material tallies and given us a confidence on the subject.
“Asya Ananta Veeryasya …..” the starting of the sankalpa mentions that the entire universe is based on the Ananta Veerya – the creative force and this is the beginning of the sankalpa where we identify the Mahaa Kaarana Deha – the great HE. Thus the sookshma Deha without any vikaraas enters the womb and there is some basic foundation which is called Adhara Sakti – Centre of the force; and turning into Sri Kurma – Gathering force; Varaaha – Shaping force; Vaishnava-Pervasive force; Ananta –indestructive force; Nag –poise in movement; Sesha– the divisible force, Takshaka – Etching of shapes in space – and they are totally eight in number.
Thus the sookshma deha is encircled with the five elementary forces and overpowered by MAAYA and AHANKAARA where the GAME OF LIFE STARTS WITH EGOISM AND ALL “ISM’S”. Vyakta – Manifestation; Avyakta –Un-manifestation; Mahat – Volume; Ahankaara – Consciousness; Pridhvi – Solid; Upo-Liquid; Tejo – Heat light; Vayu – Gas; Akaasha – Ether. But again the Sookshma Deha has its own Samskaara – culture brought forward and that makes a lot variation of the degree of Ahankaara and Maaya, though every living being is encircled with these making out a GAME.
Then the placement of the body is described to be on a base where there are seven lower layers and seven upper layers such as – Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Talaatala, Rasaatala, Mahaatala, Paataala being the lower layers, which a geologist will be in a better position to explain and Bhu, Bhuva, Suva, Maha, Jana, Stapa, Satya being the upper layers.
Thereafter “Chakravaala …” Chakravaala – the ring of the Horizon; Meru – the Whirlpool of the Rotation; Naala – Spiral Force; Seshu –Forces of Divisibility; Sahasra Phani – Plurality. And the entire Globe lifted by eight elephant like forces named as Iraavata, Pundarika, Vaamana, Kumud, Anjana, Pushpadanta, Saarvabhowma, Supratika and being ruled by eight sacred places like Amaravati, Ashokavati, Ambhovati, Raivati, Sidhavati, Saadhya vati, Gandharvavati, and Alakaavati and the directional forces named as Indra – East; Agni –South East; Yama – South; Niruta- South West; Varuna – West; Vaayu – North West; Kubera – North; Ishana-North East.
It is further described as possessing seven natural majestic mountains, and five sub regional mountains such as Mahendra, Malaya, Saahyasakti, Himavat, Rukshavat, Vindhya, Paariyaatra and others being Matanga, Hiranyasrunga, Maalyavat, Kishkindha, Rushyasrungaaghya.
A mention is also made about the Majestic Kings as described in the number of sixteen such as Raama, Sibi, Ranti, Gaya, Anga, Suhota, Prudhu, Mandhatru, Yaayati, Marut, Dileepa, Bharat, Ambarisha, Sasibindu, Bhageeratha, Parasuraama and another the Great Kings/Emperors named as Kaarta Veerya, Sagara, Puroorava, Purukusta, Nala, Harischandra. Later the Geographical area and in the later part, the time element is described. Astrology, astronomy are a part of this subject. This means, we are identifying ourselves and our placements duly remembering our position in the geographical area, the time element of the universe, the planetary movement, and what not just before entering into the medicated theories for a comfortable life in the form of Shodasopachara Poojaas or worship of Lord. The great sages of Indian Origin introduced these worshiping methods in a most intelligent manner whereupon we worship ourselves for a comfortable and healthy life and always on a day to day basis recollect where we are and what we are. It is a form of self discipline.
Universal peace and respect to each others on a basis of LIVE AND LET LIVE policy has been an in-built system of the worship in India as per HINDU religious system.
Yours affly
Respectfully at the Holy Sri Charan of Great Grand Father Bhagavan Krishna Dwaipaayana Vedavyas & Great sages Holy Agastya Maharishi, Holy Sandeepani Maharishi and Vamsa Rishi Holy Gowthama.
HARA HARA MAHADEVA
DR P V SESHA SAI ASWAMEDHAYAAJI
Sankalpam Series 2
Adhyatmika Ratna, Vedanta Visarada, Sri Yaaga Vidya Praveena
Dr P V Sesha Sai Aswamedhayaaji
www.ashwamedhayaagam.org e mails shodasisai@hotmail.com, shodasisai@rediffmail.com, shodasisai@gmail.com, 3724, Spencer's Street, # 221, TORRANCE CA 90503 USA Phones Land line 310 921 6138, cell 310 293 9066
Dr P V Sesha Sai Aswamedhayaaji
www.ashwamedhayaagam.org e mails shodasisai@hotmail.com, shodasisai@rediffmail.com, shodasisai@gmail.com, 3724, Spencer's Street, # 221, TORRANCE CA 90503 USA Phones Land line 310 921 6138, cell 310 293 9066
31st July 2006
My dear friends and like minded persons
Sankalpam – Series No 2
This letter is not intended to create any geographical dispute but to make a mention about the Bharat Varsha/Bharat Khanda duly mentioning the names of kingdoms, rivers, and the great cities.
Thus the Kingdoms which were mentioned in the text are – Anga, Vanga, Kalinga, Kaashmeera,Kambhoja,Sowveera,Sowrashtra,Maharashtra,Magadh, Malava, Nepala, Kerala, Chola, Panchaala, Gowda, Malayaala, Simhala,Dravida,Karnata, Naata, Karvata, Marvata, Paanata, Vaata, Pandya, Pulinda, Andhra, Hoona, Dasaarna, Bhoja, Kukuru, Kuru, Gandhara, Vidarbha, Videha, Bahlika, Barbara, Kekaya, Kosala, Kuntala, Kirata, Soorasena, Sevana, Konkana, Tenkana, Mastya, Madra, Parsva, Ghorjara, Yavana, Jaala, Andhka, Salva, Chedi, Sindhu etc.
THE GREAT RIVERS such as Bhagirathi, Gowthami, Narmada, Yamuna, Saraswathi, Krishnaveni, Bahuda, Bhimaradhi, Tungabhadra, Renuka, Malaapahari, Kaveri, Kritamaala, Tamraparni, Visoka, Kowsiki, Gandaki, Vichitraka, Vasista, Pravara, Kaasyapi,Sarayu, Narva Paapa, Kusaavati, Phaluguni, Reva, Karatoya, Punyataa, Praneetha etc.
It is also mentioned that the land is possessing seven utmost sacred places of the Land of the Universe namely AYODHYA, MATHURA, MAYAA, KAASI, KANCHI, AVANTIKA, DWARAKA.
The islands thus as Jamboo, Plaksha, Shalmala, Kusa, Krouncha, Saaka, Pushkaraakhya and nine sub divisions named as Bharata, Kimpurusha, Ilavrita, Kuru, Bhadrswa, Ramanaka, Hiranyaka, Ketumaala, Haryakhya.
Further described as possessing Ten Dense forests namely DANDAKA, VINDHYAKA, CHAMPAKA, BADARIKA, NAHUSHA, NAIMISHA, DWAITHA, GUHA, DEVADAARU, SWETHAKHYA.
We have taken out the ancient texts and basing on certain descriptions made there in started locating the forests, mountains, islands, rivers and kingdoms so that a comprehensive picture of the land of yester years be brought to the readers just for the purpose of reading and knowing what was all this.
Certain latest evidences through the pictures taken by the Satellite too confirm certain data aforementioned. By and large, I desire to make this clear that none of the People of Indian Origin either grabbed the land of others nor they had such intentions. We may cover all this under a shadow of peace loving nature or repent for a while for lack of unity in the past, at present and mostly likely in the future too.
The recent invasion of Angkor Vot Shri Maha Vishnu Temple in Cambodia thus speaks of some relevance to the Kambhoja of yester years. Now we have taken the global map and started the patch work and trying our best whether we can succeed in matching the area on this basis. Let us See what could be possible done by us in this regard.
Truthfully respecting the Lotus Feet of Great Grand Father Shri Krishna Dwipaayan Veda Vyas, The Great Sage Agasya, Holy Maharishi Sandeepani and Vamsa Rishi Gowthama,
I take leave of you.
Affly Yours HARA HARA MAHADEVA DR P V SESHA SAI ASWAMEDHAYAAJI
My dear friends and like minded persons
Sankalpam – Series No 2
This letter is not intended to create any geographical dispute but to make a mention about the Bharat Varsha/Bharat Khanda duly mentioning the names of kingdoms, rivers, and the great cities.
Thus the Kingdoms which were mentioned in the text are – Anga, Vanga, Kalinga, Kaashmeera,Kambhoja,Sowveera,Sowrashtra,Maharashtra,Magadh, Malava, Nepala, Kerala, Chola, Panchaala, Gowda, Malayaala, Simhala,Dravida,Karnata, Naata, Karvata, Marvata, Paanata, Vaata, Pandya, Pulinda, Andhra, Hoona, Dasaarna, Bhoja, Kukuru, Kuru, Gandhara, Vidarbha, Videha, Bahlika, Barbara, Kekaya, Kosala, Kuntala, Kirata, Soorasena, Sevana, Konkana, Tenkana, Mastya, Madra, Parsva, Ghorjara, Yavana, Jaala, Andhka, Salva, Chedi, Sindhu etc.
THE GREAT RIVERS such as Bhagirathi, Gowthami, Narmada, Yamuna, Saraswathi, Krishnaveni, Bahuda, Bhimaradhi, Tungabhadra, Renuka, Malaapahari, Kaveri, Kritamaala, Tamraparni, Visoka, Kowsiki, Gandaki, Vichitraka, Vasista, Pravara, Kaasyapi,Sarayu, Narva Paapa, Kusaavati, Phaluguni, Reva, Karatoya, Punyataa, Praneetha etc.
It is also mentioned that the land is possessing seven utmost sacred places of the Land of the Universe namely AYODHYA, MATHURA, MAYAA, KAASI, KANCHI, AVANTIKA, DWARAKA.
The islands thus as Jamboo, Plaksha, Shalmala, Kusa, Krouncha, Saaka, Pushkaraakhya and nine sub divisions named as Bharata, Kimpurusha, Ilavrita, Kuru, Bhadrswa, Ramanaka, Hiranyaka, Ketumaala, Haryakhya.
Further described as possessing Ten Dense forests namely DANDAKA, VINDHYAKA, CHAMPAKA, BADARIKA, NAHUSHA, NAIMISHA, DWAITHA, GUHA, DEVADAARU, SWETHAKHYA.
We have taken out the ancient texts and basing on certain descriptions made there in started locating the forests, mountains, islands, rivers and kingdoms so that a comprehensive picture of the land of yester years be brought to the readers just for the purpose of reading and knowing what was all this.
Certain latest evidences through the pictures taken by the Satellite too confirm certain data aforementioned. By and large, I desire to make this clear that none of the People of Indian Origin either grabbed the land of others nor they had such intentions. We may cover all this under a shadow of peace loving nature or repent for a while for lack of unity in the past, at present and mostly likely in the future too.
The recent invasion of Angkor Vot Shri Maha Vishnu Temple in Cambodia thus speaks of some relevance to the Kambhoja of yester years. Now we have taken the global map and started the patch work and trying our best whether we can succeed in matching the area on this basis. Let us See what could be possible done by us in this regard.
Truthfully respecting the Lotus Feet of Great Grand Father Shri Krishna Dwipaayan Veda Vyas, The Great Sage Agasya, Holy Maharishi Sandeepani and Vamsa Rishi Gowthama,
I take leave of you.
Affly Yours HARA HARA MAHADEVA DR P V SESHA SAI ASWAMEDHAYAAJI
Sankalpam series 1
Adhyatmitka Ratna, Sri Yaaga Vidya Praveena, Vedanta Visarada
Dr P V Sesha Sai Aswamedhayaaji
www.ashwamedhayaagam.org E Mails: shodasisai@hotmail.com, shodasisai@yahoo.com, shodasisai@rediffmail.com 3724, Spencer’s Street, # 221, Torrance, 90503 California, USA
Phones Mobile: 310 293 9066 Land Line 310 921 6138
Dr P V Sesha Sai Aswamedhayaaji
www.ashwamedhayaagam.org E Mails: shodasisai@hotmail.com, shodasisai@yahoo.com, shodasisai@rediffmail.com 3724, Spencer’s Street, # 221, Torrance, 90503 California, USA
Phones Mobile: 310 293 9066 Land Line 310 921 6138
18th July 2006
My dear friends and like minded persons
Sankalpam-series No 1
This is further to the Tarpan topic which I was discussing some time ago. I have seen people forgetting the Sankalpa Vidhi and creating a short cut of their own. In Management Sciences, when I was teaching, I used to say the student the shortest method of achieving success by reducing the entire subject to just WHAT TO DO, WHEN TO DO AND HOW TO DO. What to do relates to the Goal setting, when to do relate to time setting and how to do relates to approach setting. If these three are properly knitted and planned, perhaps the destination becomes easy to reach. The Sankalpam is equated to WHAT TO DO, in other words we are making our mind clear when we start doing something.
I request readers to take opportunity of reading my book Lakshmi Saadhana-9 where the entire Mahaa Sankalpa is given along with the meaning in English. In the Sankalpam, the geographical area of our Holy Country, the time span of the space, the planetary position, the Holy Rivers, the Mountains, the forests what not….which gives a total picture of what we are and we were. In the normal material life, we take lot of care of our own house and see others do not trespass, and this we do every day almost, but in the case of our Mother land we have our least priority for it. Is it not a painful matter, please examine.
Back to the subject, in the Sankalpam, at one stage we express our desire to the Lord …..Ganga Vaalukaabhi Saptarishi Mandala Paryantam…… to retain our fore fathers to the extent of taking the sand of the Ganges and arranging it bit by bit covering the entire saptarishi mandalam and come back to where we stand, such time – and multiply the same by a thousand and such other time to remove the sand bits again in the similar fashion ….THIS MUCH OF TIME span is requested for retaining the great souls of our departed fore fathers in the Brahma Loka. This means we are praying Lord for retaining the departed souls of the fore fathers more or less permanently – Saaswatha – in the Brahma Loka. Interestingly, another request followed by this, Tilai Surya Mandala Paryantam….. means the same process for Sea Same Seeds for circling the Sowra Mandalam; Yavai Graha Mandala Paryantam………… means the same process for Wheat Grains to circle the entire planets; Vrusha Lomaabhi Nakshatra Mandala Paryantam…… means the same process for the hair bits on the tail of the oxen to circle the entire Nakshatra Mandal. I do not know whether our sophisticated computers will be able to calculate the time span for all this………this is the JUST TIME SPAN ----looks amazing, but it is a fact in the sankalpa vidhi vidhaan we are praying the Lord to keep our fore fathers in the Brahma Loka.
What a wonderful and meaningful prayer this is! When once we come to know the meaning of this, can any one afford to ignore this prayer? This is being done in some parts of the country at the time of Wedding, that too, if the bridegroom party has some patience; the priest knows this; the caterer is not in a hurry; sufficient time gap is available before the Murat; the video grapher has no problem for this, apart from all this if it is not a bore some exercise for both bride and bridegroom, etc etc………
Now, let us know how many of us feel that we are missing this wonderful and most wonderful prayer and what we could just simply do as a token of gratitude. Though in some cases, I have seen people murmuring to know the grand fathers name when in times of need, leave alone great grand father. There are instances I have noticed most painfully where even good scholars try to recollect the Rishis of their Gothra. Are we running for a culture where we may have to observe Grand Fathers day/Fathers day/Mothers day etc when we are unable to recollect who they are actually? Now it is all up to all of us to analyze the situation and arrest the great damage to the system we are intentionally or otherwise causing. A Stitch in time saves nine…………………………………………………………….
Yours affly
Always remembering and respectfully praying the Lotus Feet of Great Grand Father Bhagawan Vedvyas
HARA HARA MAHADEVA DR P V SESHA SAI ASWAMEDHAYAAJI
My dear friends and like minded persons
Sankalpam-series No 1
This is further to the Tarpan topic which I was discussing some time ago. I have seen people forgetting the Sankalpa Vidhi and creating a short cut of their own. In Management Sciences, when I was teaching, I used to say the student the shortest method of achieving success by reducing the entire subject to just WHAT TO DO, WHEN TO DO AND HOW TO DO. What to do relates to the Goal setting, when to do relate to time setting and how to do relates to approach setting. If these three are properly knitted and planned, perhaps the destination becomes easy to reach. The Sankalpam is equated to WHAT TO DO, in other words we are making our mind clear when we start doing something.
I request readers to take opportunity of reading my book Lakshmi Saadhana-9 where the entire Mahaa Sankalpa is given along with the meaning in English. In the Sankalpam, the geographical area of our Holy Country, the time span of the space, the planetary position, the Holy Rivers, the Mountains, the forests what not….which gives a total picture of what we are and we were. In the normal material life, we take lot of care of our own house and see others do not trespass, and this we do every day almost, but in the case of our Mother land we have our least priority for it. Is it not a painful matter, please examine.
Back to the subject, in the Sankalpam, at one stage we express our desire to the Lord …..Ganga Vaalukaabhi Saptarishi Mandala Paryantam…… to retain our fore fathers to the extent of taking the sand of the Ganges and arranging it bit by bit covering the entire saptarishi mandalam and come back to where we stand, such time – and multiply the same by a thousand and such other time to remove the sand bits again in the similar fashion ….THIS MUCH OF TIME span is requested for retaining the great souls of our departed fore fathers in the Brahma Loka. This means we are praying Lord for retaining the departed souls of the fore fathers more or less permanently – Saaswatha – in the Brahma Loka. Interestingly, another request followed by this, Tilai Surya Mandala Paryantam….. means the same process for Sea Same Seeds for circling the Sowra Mandalam; Yavai Graha Mandala Paryantam………… means the same process for Wheat Grains to circle the entire planets; Vrusha Lomaabhi Nakshatra Mandala Paryantam…… means the same process for the hair bits on the tail of the oxen to circle the entire Nakshatra Mandal. I do not know whether our sophisticated computers will be able to calculate the time span for all this………this is the JUST TIME SPAN ----looks amazing, but it is a fact in the sankalpa vidhi vidhaan we are praying the Lord to keep our fore fathers in the Brahma Loka.
What a wonderful and meaningful prayer this is! When once we come to know the meaning of this, can any one afford to ignore this prayer? This is being done in some parts of the country at the time of Wedding, that too, if the bridegroom party has some patience; the priest knows this; the caterer is not in a hurry; sufficient time gap is available before the Murat; the video grapher has no problem for this, apart from all this if it is not a bore some exercise for both bride and bridegroom, etc etc………
Now, let us know how many of us feel that we are missing this wonderful and most wonderful prayer and what we could just simply do as a token of gratitude. Though in some cases, I have seen people murmuring to know the grand fathers name when in times of need, leave alone great grand father. There are instances I have noticed most painfully where even good scholars try to recollect the Rishis of their Gothra. Are we running for a culture where we may have to observe Grand Fathers day/Fathers day/Mothers day etc when we are unable to recollect who they are actually? Now it is all up to all of us to analyze the situation and arrest the great damage to the system we are intentionally or otherwise causing. A Stitch in time saves nine…………………………………………………………….
Yours affly
Always remembering and respectfully praying the Lotus Feet of Great Grand Father Bhagawan Vedvyas
HARA HARA MAHADEVA DR P V SESHA SAI ASWAMEDHAYAAJI
Sagunopaasana
Adhyatmitka Ratna, Sri Yaaga Vidya Praveena, Vedanta Visarada
Dr P V Sesha Sai Aswamedhayaaji
www.ashwamedhayaagam.org E Mails: shodasisai@hotmail.com, shodasisai@yahoo.com, shodasisai@rediffmail.com 3724, Spencer’s Street, # 221, Torrance, 90503 California, USA
Phones Mobile: 310 293 9066 Land Line 310 921 6138
Dr P V Sesha Sai Aswamedhayaaji
www.ashwamedhayaagam.org E Mails: shodasisai@hotmail.com, shodasisai@yahoo.com, shodasisai@rediffmail.com 3724, Spencer’s Street, # 221, Torrance, 90503 California, USA
Phones Mobile: 310 293 9066 Land Line 310 921 6138
19th July 2006
My dear friends and like minded persons
I have been asked by a like minded person to write about Sagunoopaasana. I have been watching the mails and I do not know where exactly I stand to write anything on this subject before the core intellectuals of the group. Any way, as a student, I may have to place before you all what I could understand about the Sagunoo Paasana.
I have seen a mail in the group that everything is SAGUNOOPAASANA, either in the form of idol worship or in the form of prayers or other methods adopted by other religions. It is a fact. There are stages of worship. For example, I did not realize the methods of worship at my childhood time; I was only curiously listening to the stories of Mahaa Bharat and Ramaayan. Bhima and Ravana thrilled me with all their doings in those episodes. Perhaps I would have run away from the story teller had he thought of teaching me Dwaitha and Adwaitha etc at that stage. The stage slightly modified, I started focusing on other brave deeds of Lord Krishna and Lord Hanumaan.
I was imagining them in my dreams and there were some photographs then and those pictures remained in my memory as and when I thought of them. At that time, I liked only black granite Moorthis in the temple and not accepting marble stoned one, at some other stage, I did not accept the posture of Goddess Durga in Assam as the way the saree was tied to her was not appealing to the one in the sourthern part of India.
There was another stage, I do not know whether it is a modified one or not, the soomkshaartha of Ramaayana – Viswa Mithra – Viswa = Universe, Mithra = Friend, i.e. Viswamithra – Varuna (The Holy God of Rain) is the media between Lord Rama – Neela Megha Shyaama to touch the Halya – the desert Land, to make it as Ahalya – a verdure fertile land. Had I not accepted and imagined Lord Hanuman in my earlier days, perhaps I would not have realized the meaning of Raamayana in a different form – totally different from the Story. The Great Sages of Hindu Religion have built up everything in the form of Sagunopasana only and unless one crosses the stages of Sagunopaasana, he will not realize what NIRGUNA PARA BRAHMA TATVAM is.
By and large, I believe Sagunoopaasana is the BASIC STEPPING STONE for attaining advancement. I go little beyond, even these letters of expression are of SAGUNOPAASANA, letter like A B C D – are the forms of the sounds and they are brought a shape by different people in different languages acceptable to them. They are called MAATHRUKAAS. I can not read Kashmiri language even if the same A B C D is written in that language.
This means, we accept language, letters, postures, symbols, idols to which our mind is tuned. The greatness of Hindu Religion is that we accept Lord in all forms – a serpent is worshipped in Tamilnadu so also in Meghalaya. We respect all diversities. Take for example – Lord Shiva Family – Lion and Nandi are enemies; snake and peacock are enemies; and they all coexist.
To sum up, SAGUNOOPPASANA is the stepping stone for Nirgunoopaasana. If a child is not nursed/educated properly at the time of when he needs the support, how any one can expect him to come up and start walking and earning bread of himself. Nirgunoopaasana is an extreme later stage like a Doctoral level which can not be thought of at the stage of 1st Standard. Idol worship is therefore essential for a code of conduct and a kind of discipline.
The idols suggested by the Great Rishis are also not simple stones; they have some meaning and some basic value. This has to be remembered, the HINDU RELIGION/GREAT RISHIS OF INDIAN ORIGIN created an atmosphere – an in built atmosphere for a disciplined and healthy life through varieties of worship and varieties of idols. It is advisable to read my topic earlier pasted on “The Chemistry and Mathematics of Shiv Linga and Sri Chakra”.
As I expressed myself as a student, this is what I learned and I have no hesitation to accept any modification or refined application of the principle.
My dear friends and like minded persons
I have been asked by a like minded person to write about Sagunoopaasana. I have been watching the mails and I do not know where exactly I stand to write anything on this subject before the core intellectuals of the group. Any way, as a student, I may have to place before you all what I could understand about the Sagunoo Paasana.
I have seen a mail in the group that everything is SAGUNOOPAASANA, either in the form of idol worship or in the form of prayers or other methods adopted by other religions. It is a fact. There are stages of worship. For example, I did not realize the methods of worship at my childhood time; I was only curiously listening to the stories of Mahaa Bharat and Ramaayan. Bhima and Ravana thrilled me with all their doings in those episodes. Perhaps I would have run away from the story teller had he thought of teaching me Dwaitha and Adwaitha etc at that stage. The stage slightly modified, I started focusing on other brave deeds of Lord Krishna and Lord Hanumaan.
I was imagining them in my dreams and there were some photographs then and those pictures remained in my memory as and when I thought of them. At that time, I liked only black granite Moorthis in the temple and not accepting marble stoned one, at some other stage, I did not accept the posture of Goddess Durga in Assam as the way the saree was tied to her was not appealing to the one in the sourthern part of India.
There was another stage, I do not know whether it is a modified one or not, the soomkshaartha of Ramaayana – Viswa Mithra – Viswa = Universe, Mithra = Friend, i.e. Viswamithra – Varuna (The Holy God of Rain) is the media between Lord Rama – Neela Megha Shyaama to touch the Halya – the desert Land, to make it as Ahalya – a verdure fertile land. Had I not accepted and imagined Lord Hanuman in my earlier days, perhaps I would not have realized the meaning of Raamayana in a different form – totally different from the Story. The Great Sages of Hindu Religion have built up everything in the form of Sagunopasana only and unless one crosses the stages of Sagunopaasana, he will not realize what NIRGUNA PARA BRAHMA TATVAM is.
By and large, I believe Sagunoopaasana is the BASIC STEPPING STONE for attaining advancement. I go little beyond, even these letters of expression are of SAGUNOPAASANA, letter like A B C D – are the forms of the sounds and they are brought a shape by different people in different languages acceptable to them. They are called MAATHRUKAAS. I can not read Kashmiri language even if the same A B C D is written in that language.
This means, we accept language, letters, postures, symbols, idols to which our mind is tuned. The greatness of Hindu Religion is that we accept Lord in all forms – a serpent is worshipped in Tamilnadu so also in Meghalaya. We respect all diversities. Take for example – Lord Shiva Family – Lion and Nandi are enemies; snake and peacock are enemies; and they all coexist.
To sum up, SAGUNOOPPASANA is the stepping stone for Nirgunoopaasana. If a child is not nursed/educated properly at the time of when he needs the support, how any one can expect him to come up and start walking and earning bread of himself. Nirgunoopaasana is an extreme later stage like a Doctoral level which can not be thought of at the stage of 1st Standard. Idol worship is therefore essential for a code of conduct and a kind of discipline.
The idols suggested by the Great Rishis are also not simple stones; they have some meaning and some basic value. This has to be remembered, the HINDU RELIGION/GREAT RISHIS OF INDIAN ORIGIN created an atmosphere – an in built atmosphere for a disciplined and healthy life through varieties of worship and varieties of idols. It is advisable to read my topic earlier pasted on “The Chemistry and Mathematics of Shiv Linga and Sri Chakra”.
As I expressed myself as a student, this is what I learned and I have no hesitation to accept any modification or refined application of the principle.
Yours affly
Respectfully at the Holy Sri Charan of Great Grand Father Bhagavan Krishna Dwaipaayana Vedavyas & Great sages Holy Agastya Maharishi, Holy Sandeepani Maharishi and Vamsa Rishi Holy Gowthama.
HARA HARA MAHADEVA DR P V SESHA SAI ASWAMEDHAYAAJI
Respectfully at the Holy Sri Charan of Great Grand Father Bhagavan Krishna Dwaipaayana Vedavyas & Great sages Holy Agastya Maharishi, Holy Sandeepani Maharishi and Vamsa Rishi Holy Gowthama.
HARA HARA MAHADEVA DR P V SESHA SAI ASWAMEDHAYAAJI
Sri Devi Khadgamaala
SRI DEVI KHADGAMAALA
(AIM HREEM SREEM, AIM KLEEM SOW)
1) NAMAH TRIPURA SUNDARI, HRUDAYA DEVI, SIRODEVI, SHIKHA DEVI, KAVACHA DEVI, NETRA DEVI, ASTRA DEVI,
2) KAAMESWARI, BHAGAMAALINI, NITYAKLIMNE, BHERUNDE, VAHNIVAASINI, MAHAVAJRESHWARI, SIVADOOTI, TWARITE, KULASUNDARI, NITYE, NEELAPATAKE, VIJAYE, SARVAMANGALE, JWAALAMAALINI, VICHITRE, SRIVIDYE,
3) SRI MEDHADAKSHINAMURTIMAYEE, SRI NARAYANAMAYEE, SRI BRAHMAMAYEE, SRI SANAKAMAYEE, SRI SANANDANAMAYEE, SRI SANAATANAMAYEE, SRI SANTKUMARAMAYEE, SRI SANATSUJAATAMAYEE, SRI VASISHTAMAYEE, SRI SHAKTIMAYEE, SRI PARASARAMAYEE, SRI KRUSHNADWIPAAYANAMAYEE, SRI SAILAMAYEE, SRI VAISAMPAAYANAMAYEE, SRI JAIMINIMAYEE, SRI SUMANTUMAYEE, SRI SUKAMAYEE, SRI GAUDAPAADAMAYEE, SRI GOVINDAMAYEE, SRIVIDYASANKARAMAYEE, SRI BHAGAVADPAADAMAYEE, SRI PADMAPAADAMAYEE, SRI HASTAMALAKAMAYEE, SRI TROTAKAMAYEE, SRI SURESWARAMAYEE, SRI VIDYARANYAMAYEE, SRI BODHANANDAMAYEE, SRI KALYANAANANDAMAYEE, SRI GANESHANANDAMAYEE, SRI ANANTANANDANATHAMAYEE, SRI GURUTRATRAYAMAYEE,
4) SRI SWATMARAAMAMAYEE, SRI MAHALAKSHMI GANAPATIMAYEE, SRI HIRANYAGARBHAMAYEE, SRI MAHAVISHNUMAYEE, SRI SADASIVAMAYEE, SRI MAHAKAMESWARYAMBAMAYEE,
5) SRI VIDYA KOSAMBA, SRI PARAMJYOTIH KOSAMBA, SRI PARANISHKALA KOSAMBA, SRI AJAPA KOSAMBA, SRI MATRUKA KOSAMBA,
6) SRI VIDYAKALPALATAMBA, SRI PANCHAKAMESWARI KALPALATAAMBA, SRI PARIJATESWARI KALPALATAMBA, SRI KUMARI KALPALATAMBA, SRI PANCHABANESWARI KALPALATAAMBA,
7) SRI VIDYAKAAMADUSHAMBA, SRI AMRUTAMATHESWARI KAAMADUSHAMBA, SRI SUDHA SRI KAAMADUSHAMBA, SRI AMRUTESWARI KAAMADUSHAMBA, SRI ARNAPURNAKAAMADUSHAMBA,
8) SRI VIDYARATNAMBA, SRI SIDDHALAKSHMI RATNAMBA, SRI RAJAMATANGESWARI RATNAMBA, SRI BHUVANESWARI RATNAMBA, SRI VAARAHI RATNAMBA,
9) SRI CHATURVEDAMAYEE, SRI SIKSHAADIVEDANGAMAYEE, SRI BRAHMAKALAAMAYEE,
10) TRILOKYAMOHANA CHAKRASWAMINI PRAKATAYOGINI, ANIMA SIDDHE, LAGHIMA SIDDHE, MAHIMA SIDDHE, EESITVA SIDDHE, VASITVA SIDDHE, PRAKAMYA SIDDHE, BHUKTI SIDDHE, PRAAPTI SIDDHE, SARVAKAMA SIDDHE,
11) BRAHMI, MAHESWARI, KAUMARI, VAISHNAVI, VAARAHI, MAHENDRI, CHAAMUNDI, MAHALAKSHMI,
12) SARVA SANGSHOBHINI, SARVA VIDRAVINI, SARVA AKARSHINI, SARVA VASANKARI, SARVA ONMAADINI, SARVA MAHANKUSE, SARVA KHECHARI, SARVA BEEJE, SARVA YONE, SARVA TRIKHANDE, TRIPURE,
13) SARVAASAPURAKA CHAKRASWAMINI, GUPTAYOGINI, KAAM AKARSHINI, BUDHYA AKARSHINI, AHANKA ARAKARSHINI, SABDA AKARSHINI, SPARSA AKARSHINI, ROOPA AKARSHINI, RASA AKARSHINI, GANDHA AKARSHINI, CHITTA AKARSHINI, DHAIRYA AKARSHINI, SMRITRYA AKARSHINI, NAAMA AKARSHINI, BEEJA AKARSHINI, AATMA AKARSHINI, AMRUTA AKARSHINI, SAREERA AKARSHINI, TRIPURESI –
14) SARVA SANGSHOBHANA CHAKARASWAMINI, GUPTA TARAYOGINI, ANANGA KUSUME, ANANGA MEKHALE, ANANGA MADANE, ANANGA MADANATURE, ANANGA REKHE, ANAGA VEGINE, ANANGA ANKUSE, ANANGA MAALINI, TRIPURASUNDARI,
15) SARVA SAUBHAGYAPRADA CHATRASWAMINI, SAMPRADAAYA YOGINI, SARVA SANGSHOBHINI, SARVA VIDRAVINI, SARVA AKARSHINI, SARVA AHALADINI, SARVA SAMMOHINI, SARVA STAMBHINI, SARVA JHRUMBINI, SARVA VASANKARI, SARVA RANJANI, SARVA ONMAADINI, SARVA ARDHASAADHINI, SARVA SAMPATTIPOORANI, SARVA MANTRAMAYEE, SARVA DWANDAKSHAYANKARI, TRIPURAVAASINI –
16) SARVA ARDHA SAADHAKA CHAKRA SWAMINI, KULAYOGINI, SARVA SIDDHIPADE, SARVA SAMPATRAPADE, SARVA PRIYANKARI, SARVA MANGALAKAARINI, SARVA KAAMAPRADE, SARVA DUKKHAVIMOCHINI, SARVA MRUTYUPRASAMANI, SARVA VIGHNANIVAARINI, SARVA ANGASUNDARI, SARVA SAUBHAGYADAAYINI, TRIPURASRIH,
17) SARVA RAKSHAKARA CHAKRASWAMINI, NIGARBHAYOGINI, SARVA GYNE, SARVA SAKHTE, SARVA ISWARYAPRADAAYINI, SARVA GYAANAMAYEE, SARVA VYADHIVINAASINI, SARVA ADHAARASWARUPE, SARVA PAAPAHARE, SARVA ANANDAMAYEE, SARVA RAKSHASWAROOPINI, SARVA EPSITA ARDHAPRADE, TRIPURAMAALINI –
18) SARVA ROGAHARA CHAKRASWAMINE, RAHASYA YOGINI, VASINI, KAAMESWARI, MODINI, VMALE, ARUNE, JAYINI, SARVESWARI, KAULINI, TRIPURASIDDHE,
19) SARVA SIDDHIPRADA CHAKRASWAMINI, ATI RAHASYAYOGINI, BAANINI, CHAAPINI, PAASINI, ANKUSINI, MAHA KAAMESWARI, MAHA VAJRESWARI, MAHA BHAGAMAALINI, TRIPURAMBIKE –
20) SARVA ANANDAMAYEE CHAKRASWAMINI, PARAPARA RAHASYAYOGINI, MAHAMAHA KAAMESWARI, MAHA SRI CHAKRA NAGARA SAMRAGnYI, MARA RAAJA RAAJESWARI, PRATAAPA BHARATI, PARABRAHMA SWAROOPINI, NAMASTE NAMASTE NAMASTE NAMAHA
21) (SOWH KLEEM AIM SREEM HREEM AIM).
-:Compiled and presented :-
I desire to place before you all the details of this secret vidya of sanatana Hindu Dharma in a separate letter so that the Khadgamaala can be easily understood
Sri Yaaga Vidya Praveena, Adhyatmika Ratna, Sahasraadhika Yaaga Karta
Dr P V Sesha Sai Aswamedhayaaji
http://aswamedhayaaji.com
(AIM HREEM SREEM, AIM KLEEM SOW)
1) NAMAH TRIPURA SUNDARI, HRUDAYA DEVI, SIRODEVI, SHIKHA DEVI, KAVACHA DEVI, NETRA DEVI, ASTRA DEVI,
2) KAAMESWARI, BHAGAMAALINI, NITYAKLIMNE, BHERUNDE, VAHNIVAASINI, MAHAVAJRESHWARI, SIVADOOTI, TWARITE, KULASUNDARI, NITYE, NEELAPATAKE, VIJAYE, SARVAMANGALE, JWAALAMAALINI, VICHITRE, SRIVIDYE,
3) SRI MEDHADAKSHINAMURTIMAYEE, SRI NARAYANAMAYEE, SRI BRAHMAMAYEE, SRI SANAKAMAYEE, SRI SANANDANAMAYEE, SRI SANAATANAMAYEE, SRI SANTKUMARAMAYEE, SRI SANATSUJAATAMAYEE, SRI VASISHTAMAYEE, SRI SHAKTIMAYEE, SRI PARASARAMAYEE, SRI KRUSHNADWIPAAYANAMAYEE, SRI SAILAMAYEE, SRI VAISAMPAAYANAMAYEE, SRI JAIMINIMAYEE, SRI SUMANTUMAYEE, SRI SUKAMAYEE, SRI GAUDAPAADAMAYEE, SRI GOVINDAMAYEE, SRIVIDYASANKARAMAYEE, SRI BHAGAVADPAADAMAYEE, SRI PADMAPAADAMAYEE, SRI HASTAMALAKAMAYEE, SRI TROTAKAMAYEE, SRI SURESWARAMAYEE, SRI VIDYARANYAMAYEE, SRI BODHANANDAMAYEE, SRI KALYANAANANDAMAYEE, SRI GANESHANANDAMAYEE, SRI ANANTANANDANATHAMAYEE, SRI GURUTRATRAYAMAYEE,
4) SRI SWATMARAAMAMAYEE, SRI MAHALAKSHMI GANAPATIMAYEE, SRI HIRANYAGARBHAMAYEE, SRI MAHAVISHNUMAYEE, SRI SADASIVAMAYEE, SRI MAHAKAMESWARYAMBAMAYEE,
5) SRI VIDYA KOSAMBA, SRI PARAMJYOTIH KOSAMBA, SRI PARANISHKALA KOSAMBA, SRI AJAPA KOSAMBA, SRI MATRUKA KOSAMBA,
6) SRI VIDYAKALPALATAMBA, SRI PANCHAKAMESWARI KALPALATAAMBA, SRI PARIJATESWARI KALPALATAMBA, SRI KUMARI KALPALATAMBA, SRI PANCHABANESWARI KALPALATAAMBA,
7) SRI VIDYAKAAMADUSHAMBA, SRI AMRUTAMATHESWARI KAAMADUSHAMBA, SRI SUDHA SRI KAAMADUSHAMBA, SRI AMRUTESWARI KAAMADUSHAMBA, SRI ARNAPURNAKAAMADUSHAMBA,
8) SRI VIDYARATNAMBA, SRI SIDDHALAKSHMI RATNAMBA, SRI RAJAMATANGESWARI RATNAMBA, SRI BHUVANESWARI RATNAMBA, SRI VAARAHI RATNAMBA,
9) SRI CHATURVEDAMAYEE, SRI SIKSHAADIVEDANGAMAYEE, SRI BRAHMAKALAAMAYEE,
10) TRILOKYAMOHANA CHAKRASWAMINI PRAKATAYOGINI, ANIMA SIDDHE, LAGHIMA SIDDHE, MAHIMA SIDDHE, EESITVA SIDDHE, VASITVA SIDDHE, PRAKAMYA SIDDHE, BHUKTI SIDDHE, PRAAPTI SIDDHE, SARVAKAMA SIDDHE,
11) BRAHMI, MAHESWARI, KAUMARI, VAISHNAVI, VAARAHI, MAHENDRI, CHAAMUNDI, MAHALAKSHMI,
12) SARVA SANGSHOBHINI, SARVA VIDRAVINI, SARVA AKARSHINI, SARVA VASANKARI, SARVA ONMAADINI, SARVA MAHANKUSE, SARVA KHECHARI, SARVA BEEJE, SARVA YONE, SARVA TRIKHANDE, TRIPURE,
13) SARVAASAPURAKA CHAKRASWAMINI, GUPTAYOGINI, KAAM AKARSHINI, BUDHYA AKARSHINI, AHANKA ARAKARSHINI, SABDA AKARSHINI, SPARSA AKARSHINI, ROOPA AKARSHINI, RASA AKARSHINI, GANDHA AKARSHINI, CHITTA AKARSHINI, DHAIRYA AKARSHINI, SMRITRYA AKARSHINI, NAAMA AKARSHINI, BEEJA AKARSHINI, AATMA AKARSHINI, AMRUTA AKARSHINI, SAREERA AKARSHINI, TRIPURESI –
14) SARVA SANGSHOBHANA CHAKARASWAMINI, GUPTA TARAYOGINI, ANANGA KUSUME, ANANGA MEKHALE, ANANGA MADANE, ANANGA MADANATURE, ANANGA REKHE, ANAGA VEGINE, ANANGA ANKUSE, ANANGA MAALINI, TRIPURASUNDARI,
15) SARVA SAUBHAGYAPRADA CHATRASWAMINI, SAMPRADAAYA YOGINI, SARVA SANGSHOBHINI, SARVA VIDRAVINI, SARVA AKARSHINI, SARVA AHALADINI, SARVA SAMMOHINI, SARVA STAMBHINI, SARVA JHRUMBINI, SARVA VASANKARI, SARVA RANJANI, SARVA ONMAADINI, SARVA ARDHASAADHINI, SARVA SAMPATTIPOORANI, SARVA MANTRAMAYEE, SARVA DWANDAKSHAYANKARI, TRIPURAVAASINI –
16) SARVA ARDHA SAADHAKA CHAKRA SWAMINI, KULAYOGINI, SARVA SIDDHIPADE, SARVA SAMPATRAPADE, SARVA PRIYANKARI, SARVA MANGALAKAARINI, SARVA KAAMAPRADE, SARVA DUKKHAVIMOCHINI, SARVA MRUTYUPRASAMANI, SARVA VIGHNANIVAARINI, SARVA ANGASUNDARI, SARVA SAUBHAGYADAAYINI, TRIPURASRIH,
17) SARVA RAKSHAKARA CHAKRASWAMINI, NIGARBHAYOGINI, SARVA GYNE, SARVA SAKHTE, SARVA ISWARYAPRADAAYINI, SARVA GYAANAMAYEE, SARVA VYADHIVINAASINI, SARVA ADHAARASWARUPE, SARVA PAAPAHARE, SARVA ANANDAMAYEE, SARVA RAKSHASWAROOPINI, SARVA EPSITA ARDHAPRADE, TRIPURAMAALINI –
18) SARVA ROGAHARA CHAKRASWAMINE, RAHASYA YOGINI, VASINI, KAAMESWARI, MODINI, VMALE, ARUNE, JAYINI, SARVESWARI, KAULINI, TRIPURASIDDHE,
19) SARVA SIDDHIPRADA CHAKRASWAMINI, ATI RAHASYAYOGINI, BAANINI, CHAAPINI, PAASINI, ANKUSINI, MAHA KAAMESWARI, MAHA VAJRESWARI, MAHA BHAGAMAALINI, TRIPURAMBIKE –
20) SARVA ANANDAMAYEE CHAKRASWAMINI, PARAPARA RAHASYAYOGINI, MAHAMAHA KAAMESWARI, MAHA SRI CHAKRA NAGARA SAMRAGnYI, MARA RAAJA RAAJESWARI, PRATAAPA BHARATI, PARABRAHMA SWAROOPINI, NAMASTE NAMASTE NAMASTE NAMAHA
21) (SOWH KLEEM AIM SREEM HREEM AIM).
-:Compiled and presented :-
I desire to place before you all the details of this secret vidya of sanatana Hindu Dharma in a separate letter so that the Khadgamaala can be easily understood
Sri Yaaga Vidya Praveena, Adhyatmika Ratna, Sahasraadhika Yaaga Karta
Dr P V Sesha Sai Aswamedhayaaji
http://aswamedhayaaji.com
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