Category: Spirituality

Sri Agni is the adhidevata of the Sun and is the most revered deity of the agnihotri’s and brahmins of the vedic period. He has two wives named ‘Svaha’ and ‘Svadha’ who carry the offerings made by the devotees into the holoy fire (Agni devata) to the Gods and manes respectively. The three lokas are worshipped with the bija mantras ” OM bhu, Bhuva, Svah” respectively.

The Garuḍa Purāṇa lists some garuḍa-mṛtyu-rakṣa mantra in the following śloka.

ॐ अमृतेश्वर ॐ भैरवाय नमः।
एवं ॐ जुं हंसः सूर्याय नमः॥ १।१८।१९॥
om amṛteśvara om bhairavāya namaḥ |
evaṁ om juṁ haṁsaḥ sūryāya namaḥ || 1|18|19 ||

Step-1: The first step to strengthen the Lagna with the first mantra.

The heart lotus – basics of spirituality and aṣṭamaṅgalam; Also Iṣṭa devatā, pālana devatā and Guru devatā.
Not concerning ourselves with the inanimate world, let us focus on the living beings, and that too the human being and spirituality. The aṣṭadala padma (eight-petal lotus) is the foundation of Hindu philosophy. It is based on the Kālachakra or the wheel of time, which is composed of eight spokes and has the 28 constellations distributed in these spokes.

Continued from Ātmakāraka I

Bhagavat Gītā: A few years ago when we were asked about the standard books for studying Jyotisa, the Bhagavat Gītā, Bṛhat Parāśara horā śāstra and Maharṣi Jaimini’s upadeśa sutra were recommended as the foundation.

Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa Said

Mere pundits are like diseased fruit that becomes hard and will not ripen at all. Such fruit has neither the freshness of green fruit nor the flavour of ripe. Vultures soar very high in the sky, but their eyes are fixed on rotten carrion on the ground.
The book-learned are reputed to be wise, but they are attached to ‘woman and gold’. Like the vultures, they are in search of carrion.