Devaguru Bṛhaspati Center announces its new program titled “Mantra Śāstra Program”, hereinafter ‘MSP’ to be taught both online and through contact classes in the Himalayas over a period of a few years to attain higher levels of knowledge of Mantra Śāstra and its application in Vedic Remedial in Astrology.
Śrī Jagannāth Center announces its first workshop in the study of Dhana Yoga. This workshop shall lay the foundation for the study of wealth and career directions. There are three pivots to the study of life and these are the three charts – lagna, sūrya and chandra chakra. The role played by each of these charts is to be examined in the first day of this two-day workshop. On the second day, we examine the role of Devaguru Bṛhaspati as the kāraka. It is interesting that all three sattva guṇa planets – Sun, Moon and Jupiter play such an important role in life.
Dates: Weekend 22-23 July, 2017; 9.30am – 6.00pm
Venue: The Alchemical Theatre Laboratory, 104 West 14th Street, between 6th & 7th Ave. New York, NY 10011;
Bookings: One-Day $108 or Complete Workshop $180
Contact: Cyndi Altman cyndi.altman@sagittariuspublications.com
The four spiritual paths of karma-yoga, bhakti-yoga, rāja-yoga, and jñāna-yoga examined through Jyotiṣa. Starting with Puruṣārtha as Jyotiṣa Foundation, we learn how the desires in the soul shall manifest. Pain and suffering is not due to the desire itself, but due to attachment to the desire.
The four spiritual paths of yoga viz. karma, bhakti, raja, and jñāna are those of the chara ātmakāraka with other charakāraka. While all four paths are very desirable, not all are easy for the individual. We examine the formation of these yogas, their obstacles and the soul’s journey through this mundane existence.
| AM | PM | Guest Speaker | |
| Time | 9.30-12.30 | 2.00-5.00 | 5.15-6.00 |
| Saturday | Puruṣārtha Kendra | Four Soul Yogas | Shri Jyoti Star demo |
| Sanjay Rath | Andrew Foss | ||
| Sunday | Kāraka Lagna | Mokṣa Yoga | About DBC |
| Sanjay Rath | Sarbani Rath | ||
Puruṣārtha Kendra: We examine the puruṣārtha directions of a graha based on its kendra in rāśi and navāṁśa as well as its mental directions based on the nakṣatra pada. And to what extent is this in harmony with the mind.
Four Soul Yogas: Study the chara kāraka and the implications of ātmakāraka (soul significator) forming yogas that point to the four puruṣārtha as well as how these influences the four spiritual paths – rāja, karma, bhakti and jñāna yoga.
Kāraka Lagna: Timing the awakening of the soul and how it overcomes its principal desires.
Mokṣa Yoga: Which of these four spiritual paths is best suited for the individual. Parāśara’s Mokṣa Yoga and its application.
About Pt. Sanjay Rath www.SRath.com
Weekend: 8th – 9th July, 2017
Introduction to Vimśottari Daśā; daśā periods; easy calculation; Janma daśā from Moon; four main types of vimśottari daśā – Janma, Utpanna, Kṣema and Ādhana Daśā; Choosing correct vimśottari daśā; although vimśottari daśā is to six levels, only two levels viz. daśā, antara will be taught in this workshop.
① longevity with vimśottari using rāśi and navāṁśa
② health with vimśottari using rāśi, navāṁśa and triṁśāṁśa
③ vimśottari daśā in relationships and marriage using rāśi and navāṁśa.
Various Rules of Judgment, upagraha effects; navamsha bhava effects etc.
④ family events using Vimshottari dasha in rashi, dvadasamsha (parents), saptamsha (children)
Dasha Pravesha Chakra; position of Moon and dasha planet; position of lagna; effects of other graha – this is the gochara chakra for the period
Detailed use of navatara chakra
vimśottari daśā in career events – job changes, promotions and losses; business application using rāśi and dasāṁśa
Special Vimśottari Daśā and applicability – Lagna vimśottari, Kevala vimśottari and Mūlā daśā
About Sanjay RathAbout Komilla SuttonAbout Sarbani Rath14 to 19 April 2016 London, UK.
The Workshops are with Pandit Samavedula, Komilla Sutton, Andrew Foss, Sanjay Rath
B.A.V.A 2016 Conference WebPages
Faculty
Pdt Sanjay Rath, Sarbani Rath, Pdt Samavedula, Dee Lekha, Keiko Ito, Bulbul Barrett, Vijaya Subramanian, Komilla Sutton, Andrew Foss, Geoffrey Pearce, Gordon Brennan, Barry Rosen. A brief biopic is included below.
Venue
Workshops on Thursday, Monday and Tuesday
The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place London W1U 8EA. Nearest tube station Baker Street.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday Programme
11/13 Mandeville Place, London WIU 3AJ, UK. (nearest tube station Bond Street) Google Map
A is for Advanced. B is for beginners.
Thursday 14 April at 50 Gloucester Place
10am-12:30pm – Workshop and Puja. Pandit Samavedula. Lakshmi Sadhana – Participatory Lakshmi Puja and talk
2pm-5pm Workshop – Komilla Sutton. Wealth, finances and Sade Sati
Friday 15 April at 11/13 Mandeville Place
9:30am-12:30pm Workshop – Andrew Foss. Using the SarvatoBhadraChakra for finances.
2:15pm Opening of Conference
2:30pm Plenary Sanjay Rath. Jupiter as the Karaka of wealth
4:30pm B Dee Lekha. Marketing astrology to the business community
4:30pm A Keiko Ito. Dhana Yogas
6:30pm Visit to Murugan Temple (shared travel cost)
Saturday 16 April at 11/13 Mandeville Place
9.00am B Pandit Samavedula. Kubera mantras and other mantras for prosperity
9.00am A Bulbul Barrett. Mercury retrograde and its effect on financial markets
11.00pm Plenary Sanjay Rath. Sun as Primary Controller of Wealth
1.00pm Lunch
2.00pm Plenary. Sarbani Rath. Srimanta – the Mark of Achievers
4.00pm A Vijaya Subramanian. The D4 for fortune and the D12 for inheritance
4.00pm B Komilla Sutton. Dhana and Labha Bhavas – wealth and income
6pm Shri Jyoti Software Presentation with Andrew Foss
7.15pm Dinner
Sunday 17 April at 11/13 Mandeville Place
9am Faculty panel plenary. Hot topics of the moment
11.00am B Gordon Brennan. How to spot a financial disaster before it happens
11.00am A Andrew Foss. AmatyaKaraka and career
1.00pm Lunch
2.00pm Plenary Sarbani Rath. The very auspicious Sri Lagna
4.00pm B Barry Rosen. Trading and Investing from Your Chart: Using Transits, Dashas and Tarabala and Yogi Points
4.00pm A Geoffrey Pearce. Using the Symbolism of the Drekkanas
Monday 18th & Tuesday 19th April at 50 Gloucester Place
Two Day Workshop with Sanjay Rath at 50 Gloucester Place
10am-5.00pm Sanjay Rath. Foundations of financial astrology
Critical bhavas for wealth in rāśi (D1), navāṁśa (D9) and ṣaṣṭiāṁśa (D60).
Understanding the principles behind formation of dhana yogas, sthira-rāśi and paṇapara.
Initiation of wealth and income; Role of Moon and Society.
Some Dhana Yogas of BPHS.
Also Daridra Yoga; Understanding Kemadruma; People (relationship) as harbinger of fortune (wealth); Śrīmanta Yoga of Jaimini; Derivation of other dhana yoga from Śrīmanta Yoga.
About Sanjay Rath
About Komilla Sutton
About Andrew Foss PhD
About Pandit Samavedula
About Gordon Brennan
About Geoffrey Pearce
About Sarbani Rath
About Barry Rosen
About Bulbul Barrett
The Parāśara Jyotiṣa Course (PJC) is to be taught in the tradition of Puri, India and includes spiritual instructions to develop the mind in order to grasp the entire subject. The student is to develop a keen understanding of Vedic astrology and will master all the śloka of Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra (BPHS).
This is the fourth batch of PJC Students, the first being mentored by Pt. Sanjay Rath, second by Dr. Andrew Foss and third by Sarbani Rath.
The syllabus primarily includes the jyotiṣa classic Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra as available today. The various chapters are grouped into 28 topics to be covered in four years for the certification as Jyotiṣa Paṇḍita.
The course for each academic year of the Parāśara Jyotiṣa Course shall formally commence from Meṣa saṅkrānti (about 16 April) and shall be taught online. Based on their convenience the mentors may decide to have monthly webinars and/or contact classes for some parts of the course.
DBC offers a choice of two mentors for this PJC Batch – SatSiri Khalsa for the Americas and Visti Larsen for Eurasia. Australians and New Zealanders are free to choose either.
More Information: The website for the PJC 2016 batch is at http://devaguru.com/pjc
| Date | Morning 9:30AM – 12:30PM | Afternoon 2:30PM – 5:30PM |
| 2nd October 2015 Friday |
SANJAY RATH Marriage Destiny: Vivāha sukha easy, difficult or denied; Marriage Karma |
SANJAY RATH Neṣṭā Graha; Impact and Remedy |
| 3rd October 2015 Saturday |
KOMILLA SUTTON Examining children in Rāśi and Navāṁśa |
SANJAY RATH Upapada and Marriage destiny; Dārāpada and good fortune Vedic remedies for marriage fortune |
| 4th October 2015 Sunday |
SARBANI RATH Saptāṁśa: D-7 Chart and children |
SANJAY RATH Study spouse and in-laws from Navāṁśa |
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The fee includes Tea and Lunch for all the three days but does not include travel, boarding or lodging costs or any other incidentals that the participant may incur.
Fees have to be paid prior to admission and can also be paid at the door provided seats are available. To avoid last minute rush, please book your seat with the organisers.
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About Sanjay RathAbout Komilla Sutton
About Sarbani Rath
The most difficult of the classics in Vedic Astrology is the Upadesha Sutra of Maharsi Jaimini. Needless to say there are many scholars who have studied this when they reach that level where they have a fairly good mastery over the standard texts and have digested Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra to a decent level of competence. A competence that allows their minds to move through the sutra like thread in a needle stitching the various sutras into a fine cosmic diagram. There are a number of pitfalls and only a total humility in the humble mind that brings reverence to the great Maharsi Jaimini, allows these sutra to open up to an endless stream. A stream that is meant to achieve the highest purpose of any branch of Vedic knowledge.
Another problem that is consistently seen is the young mind taking anything written by a commentator as the final and only truth in the sutra. Nothing is final, nobody understands everything. Every scholar of the past, present and the future is yet another seeker of the upadesha sutra, struggling to see the big picture.
In this context let me discuss just one sutra which is composed of just a few words in the third pada of the first adhyaya.
शुक्रात् गौण पदस्थो राहुः सूर्य दृष्टो नेत्रहा
śukrāt gauṇa padastho rāhuḥ sūrya dṛṣṭo netrahā
Reference an article by Shanmukha titled Jaimini on Blindness
Shri Iranganti Rangacharya has followed the commentator Somanath in deciphering this sutra as follows:
“If Rahu occupies the Arudha of 5th house of Lagna and aspected by Sun, there will be loss to eyesight. Gaunapada means Panchama Arudha (A5).” – Shri Somanatha in Kalpalatha (Sanskrit)
“If Panchama Arudha (A5) is occupied by Rahu and aspects by Sun, and then there will be loss of eyesight.” – Shri Iranganti Rangacharya
While Shri Somanatha has stated the Gaunapada means Panchama Arudha, Shanmukha has explained the teachings of Shri Rangacharya as follows:
” गौण –> ग (3) ण (5), 53 divided by 12 = 5, that is 5th; पद –> Arudha; So, according to Somanatha and Sri Rangacharya, gounapada means Panchama Arudha”
That is a very brilliant interpretation of Gaunapada using the Katapayadi Varga. However, the other statement made is the interpretation of the word – शुक्र (Shukra) where he writes
” शुक्र –> श(5), र (2) , 25 divided by 12 = 1 , that is lagna”
Error #1: Removing the matra from the word शुक्र (śukra), we have the consonants श (śa) and क (ka)
The Katapayadi Varga for this is श (śa) = 5 and क (ka) = 1; reverse this we get 15; Now expunge multiples of 12 and the remainder is 3
Therefore the numerical value of शुक्र (śukra) = 3 or third house. The first error is an incorrect calculation which shows Shukra as meaning Lagna whereas the calculation actually shows third house.
Error #2: Maharsi Jaimini has explicitly stated previously that the Katapayadi Varga shall only be applicable for Bhava and not for Graha. This means if the Graha names are mentioned at all, in any place, they have to be interpreted only as the planet
Else, why was Rahu or Surya not interpreted as numbers like it was done for Shukra?
To our knowledge, there are two completely different interpretations of this Sutra. One of these has been taught in the Jaimini Scholar Program and is also given in the book Maharsi Jaimini krta Upadesha Sutra.
Interpretation #1: śukra+āt gauṇa pada+astho rāhuḥ sūrya dṛṣṭo netra+hā
āt is an emphasis like ‘further’; the argument that shukra has to indicate Lagna as reference point holds no water as there are umpteen sutra without direct reference to lagna and only referring to the bhava in question
Translation: “Further, Shukra associating the Gauna-Pada with Rahu and Surya aspects causes damage to the eye [sight]”
In this interpretation, the Gauna-Pada has been taken to mean the first vyaya-pada as taught by Maharsi Parashara in BPHS. It is based on the high teaching that “the feet shall go to where we put our money”. People who spend money on alcohol will go to the bar, people who spend money on books go to the library … in this manner the guna of the person changes based on where the feet (twelfth house) travel. And in turn this is based on the expenditure (also twelfth house). Thus both “feet” and “expenditure” are linked and in turn they influence the guna that shall dominate. More about this in Parasara Jyotisa Couse.
Secondly, this sutra is not restrcited to Rashi Drsti alone as some have started calling Rashi Drsti as “Jaimini Drsti” without realising that Parashara taught this even before he taught Graha dristi.
We have given ample examples in COVA and other books. Just look for a connection between 12th house and/or Upapada (UL) with Sun, Venus and Rahu. Rashi drsti can cause permanent damage while graha drsti can show diseases with time or those that maybe cured. Bear in mind that the second house deals with the physical eye while the tenth house, being 9th from second house, performs the ‘dharma’ of the eyes i.e. to see or have vision.
The dictum that affliction to the fifth house from Venus leads to Netra Roga from BPHS is based on a totally different yoga called Acchadana Drsti of Graha.
The Acchadana Drsti of the planets are seen from the various houses as follows:
It is for this reason that an affliction coming to the fifth bhava from Venus causes loss of sight or eye troubles. We must commend Shanmukha for having stumbled on this ‘affliction to fifth from Venus’ but would like to say that this is different
Devaguru Bṛhaspati Centre (DBC) announces its series of Vyāsa Workshops to be held at Delhi, India.
The first theme for this series is Marriage and Relationships which are, perhaps, the greatest challenge facing our times today as women try to carve a new role for themselves in society and men seek working partners and have various desires, little known to them.
Every aspect of life is touched inconsiderable detail as a new bond is made. This implies every bhāva affecting the seventh bhāva of relationships in some manner or the other as well as the navāṁśa. Yet before we venture into the varga and other deeper subtleties of relationships, we need to understand the rāśi chart itself.
Matching is not just a guṇa score where the traditional belief that a high score indicates great marriage has already been proved to be so wrong. We plan this for a future workshop where we shall study guṇa matching in some detail. Our plan for the start is to do some useful jyotiṣa where we are going into the teachings of the purānic jyotiṣa.
① Lagna Matching and effect of ṣaḍāṣṭaka, dvirdvādasa and trikoṇa doṣa
② Lagneśa and Śubhapati (Rāśi Lord) Matching
③ Marriage Muhurta – Root principles
④ Sukha Bhāva: Marriage cannot last if either of the couple is suffering inside, and worse they don’t know why they suffer or what they seek in marriage. The effect of the ‘bhavat bhāvam’ principle.
This workshop is not for rank beginners. You need to have some working knowledge of jyotiṣa like the twelve rāśi, their lords and natural friendships and nature of the graha (planets).
Sohamsa offers online courses in jyotish (Vedic Astrology) taught directly by Sanjay Rath as per the tradition, through narrated power points and other audio tools. The courses are at different levels, from the beginners through the intermediate to the advanced and are known as SoHamsa | DBC courses, with individual classrooms and assistant teachers
Sagittarius Publications is the publisher and distributor the popular quaterly magazine the Jyotish Digest, as well as many thorough books on the subject of Vedic Astrology or Jyotish.
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