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PEACE JOY My respect to all Divine religions of this
world which spread God’s message,
LOVE unconditional love, peace and make
this world a place of
Joy(Paradise).
Everybody or every
creature of this miraculous
God’s creation is Unique
and Divine. This Universe,
nOt even single atom,
exists withot HIM.
The lotus flower grows in muddy water Specifically, our eyes are in need of this
and rises above the surface to bloom with flower. In olden days, the Rishis and
remarkable beauty. At night the flower Saints used the lotus essence for their
closes and sinks underwater, at dawn it well being of eyes. In today’s world,
rises and opens again. Untouched by the anyone who is involved in eye strenuous
impurity, lotus symbolizes the purity jobs or activities needs to maintain their
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eye health. And the best natural remedy Let it cool down for an approximate
is from the most beautiful flower, lotus. hour and with a thin cloth filter, the
essence of lotus can be filtered and
How to prepare Lotus Essence? We have preserved in a glass container. No
to collect stems of lotus and clean them colors or preservatives are needed. Use
in pure water. Just 500 grams will do. one to two drops per eye on daily basis.
Then collect the flower, which usually The mixture should be kept in cool, dry
has more than one hundred petals per place and maximum days permitted for
flower. These petals and stem of the usage will be 3 months. Using the lotus
flower portion should be dried in a essence will improve your vision health
shadow region of home for a minimum and help you achieve healthy eye sight
10 days. After ascertaining the dryness, until your later years of life.
cut the entire quantity in to pieces. A
clean stainless steel vessel with pure
water of 750 ml should be heated in a
stove. The cut pieces of stem and flower
dust, shall be immersed in boiling water
until it is soft and condensed. Then turn
of the heat.
By this playful act of Sri Krishna, it was Lord blessed born them their wishes and
denoting directly that one should avoid told them that in their future births, they
body consciousness to attain enlightment. would born as Gopikas in Brindaban and
To a common out look the conduct of the lord in his incornation as Sri.Krishna
Sloga No.4
In the lotus leaf, the dew drops of water in
the early morning, which exists for a few
seconds. Human life is impermanent. This
world has strange nature. Every where Ego
and Selfishness and disease appear and exist.
For this destructive worldly pleasure don’t
wander with hunger.
Sloga No.5
When a person has ability to earn and make
income, his relatives and others will love him
much. When that person becomes unable
is the use of learning Sanskrit grammar like to make money, wealth due to old age, his
“Duklinkarane”.The Grammatical verses will relatives and others start to neglect him, and
not save any one when the death occurs. they would not ask his well fare. In old age that
person would fall bed-ridden due to disease.
So, through the mind, through the words No one would come near to that person.
and through physique worship the “Lord
Govindha”. Always worship by chanting the Sloga No.6
words “Lord Govindha”. While that bird named ‘soul’ fly away from
one’s physique, no body would care about
Sloga No.2 that person. With whom that person shared
Oh fool!! A person gets wealth through his the pleasure would get afraid to go near to that
past births and contributions. Avoid strong dead body. These are temporary contacts with
desire for money, wealth and property. Be close relatives and not permanent. The flower
satisfied with what that comes ultimately. Do like words from them would cease. Nothing
not get confused and get strong desire and in this world is eternal.
become insane. The deeds of past birth have
much attachment to present life. Sloga No.7
When a person born and reach to boy hood,
he spends his time through playful activities.
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When a person attains young, he goes behind deep-mist that disclose the “Truth” of one’s
woman for pleasure. When a person attains “Self”.
old age, he spends his time through thinking
about past with tears. These are the three Sloga No.9
stages of one’s worldly life. Even then no one Have and join with the true devotees of God!
spends his time about thinking of the God. No Join with justful people. Then the truth and
one leads his life towards the Almighty. revealation will come through this attachment!
Then the imaginary relations and attraction
Sloga No.8 would destroy. By that time a person will
Who is one’s son? Who is one’s wife? This achieve eternal pleasure and will be a known
world is nothing but strange trap. Where from one to all. Even while living in this world a
a person comes into this world? Who are the person will become a saint or devotee of God
relatives when a person has not entered into and attains wisdom. Then those people know
this world? Engage into that “Deep thought”! and understand about the eternal pleasure.
Come to realize this physique is not one’s
nature! Then how this birth came? Search
through philosophy. How and where this
Yama explains
1.Ahimsa (No harm to living being)
2. Truth (Not telling lies-speaking the facts
only)
3.Thief tendency (Stealing others property)
4. Deathlessness (Immortality)
5.Controling the senses (Control of sex
desire and its ejaculations)
Athi Yogam
If Guru (Jupiter) is positioned in the 4th, 7th or If the Lords of the 6th, 8th and 12th
10th place from Chandra (Moon) or associated houses are positioned either together or
in the 1st house, it is called Gajakesari Yogam. independently in the 6th, 8th or 12th houses,
This Yogam will award fame, long life and it is called Vipareetha Rajayogam. Even if
riches in life. the incumbent is poor, he / she shall become
rich in an unexpected moment.
Chandra Mangala Yogam
Neecha Banga Rajayogam
Association of Chandra (Moon) and Sevvai
(Angarakan - Mars) in one house, is called If a Graha is debilitated in a house and if the
Chandra Mangala Yogam. This will render Lord Graha of the house where it debilitated
accumulation of land and building, fame and is in his own ruling house or in its exalted
riches. In some instances, this may result house, it is called Neecha Banga Rajayogam.
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In such a condition, the Neecha Graha will Sagada Yogam
render all the benefits and comforts by virtue
of its Raajayogam If Guru is positioned in the 8th or 12th place
from Chandran, it is called Sagada Yogam.
Dharma Karmathipathy Yogam This yogam will render instability, sufferings
and uncertainty in the livelihood. Sufferings
If the Lord Grahas of 9th and 10th houses will almost be a part of life to the incumbent.
are in parivarthana, or associated in the
same house or aspects each other; it is called Khemathuruma Yogam
Dharma Karmathipathy Yogam. This will
render fame and riches. if there is no Graha in the 12th and 2nd houses to
Chandran, it is called Khemathuruma Yogam.
Rusaka Yogam This will render all sufferings and strains in
life and make life a miserable experience.
If Sevvai (Angarakan - Mars) is positioned in “Akkanda saamraajya yogam”.
first, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th or 10th house and if the
house he is positioned is his ruling house or It means if the grahas related to second, 9Th.
exalted house, it is called Alternatively, 11 Th. House gets supreme
Rusaka Yogam. This will render might, power in the Horoscope and the Guru (Jupiter)
victory against enemies, wealth, fame etc. stands in the “kendrams” or 5th. Alternatively,
10 Th. House, the concerned person gets long
Bathra Yogam living, good wealth, health, excellent name,
and fame.
If Budhan (Mercury) is in his ruling or exalted
houses and if that house is the Kendra Sthanam Vasumathi Yogam .
to Lagna or Chandran, it is called Bathra If the “SUBA- GRAHAS” sits in the UBA
Yogam. This will render eloquence, wealth –SAYA HOUSES, THAT IS @ 3, 6, 10,
and riches, dignified appearance etc. 11 Th. HOUSES, THE CONCERNED
PERSON WOULD GET VEY BIG JOB
Vesi Yogam SETTLEMENT, TREMENDOUS wealth and
health conditions.
if there is any Graha in the second house
to Sooriyan, except Chandran, Raahu and KAALA- SARPPA YOGAM.
Kethu, it is called Vesi Yogam. This will If the Lagna and all the Grahas comes inside
render riches and victories. If the same is in between Raaghu and Kethu, the above Yogam
the horoscope of a female it is sure that, the applies. The concerned person has to undergo
woman will have sexual relationship more the toughest life and he/ she has to develop
than one male. Therefore, it is not good for a only by very hard work.
female to have this yogam in the horoscope.
The next part is CHANDRA YOGAMS
(MOON YOGAMS/ BENEFITS). Let me
explain a few of those yogams.
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DHRU-DOORAA YOGAM’. good money and wealth by hard work, would
It means, If you have other Grahas immediately be having excellent brainpower, and excellent
prior and after to the Moon / Chandra in the knowledge and wisdom.
Raasi except surya (sun) Raaghu and Kethu.
It means the concerned person would get I wish each one who come to me, should be
excellent wealth, automotive, good character settled with all their issues, and imbalances in
Etc., their life with the blessings of “Sri.Vanadurga
ANABAA YOGAM Maathaa”. It is always my “YOGAM”(GOOD
It means if any Grahas in the 12 Th. House LUK) that, who ever comes to me for
from the Raasi that is from the Moon consulting, they approach me at the end of
(Chandra), except Raaghu and Kethu. This their problems, So it is rest assured that, by
Yogam gives excellent and great Name and meeting me your problems comes to an end. I
Fame, very good health conditions. once again pray the almighty to bless all of us
with good Yogams. I will meet you in the next
SUNABAA YOGAM. . If any body has any issues with more ideas on Vedic Astrology.
Grahas in the second house from the Moon
except surya, raaghu, and kethu. This implies Om Shanthi Om Shanthi Om Shanthi.
that, the concerned person would make very
The opinions of many scholars on“Buddha”. 4) The path showed by “Buddha” will ham
to be followed fight genus the destruction of
1) As a man born with very brilliant and human society – Jawaherlal Nehru
pure heart. Till to this day I have found no bray
upon this world. His services to the humanity 5) Saint Buddha born as a man and
are very great and that there is no comparison established a religion where there is no
to him. He lined as a saint with wisdom of egoism built with a complex of superiority
Buddha showed the path for prosperity of the But Siddhartha’s eyes were eager to know the
world world and the society. He went out side the
garden and palace. He was actually wondering
About 2500 years back. Buddha born as a son in to look at the beauty of the city. But, he had
a Royal family of king Suddhothana. The queen to see the three events of old age, sickness and
Maya Devi was his mother. His real name was death.
“Siddhartha”. The meaning explains to be the
Philosophies of Kabirdas
O SERVANT, where dost thou seek From his poems, expressed in homely
Me? metaphors and religious symbols
drawn indifferently from Hindu and
Lo! I am beside thee. I am neither in Mohammedan belief, it is impossible to
temple nor in mosque: I am neither in say of their author that he was Brâhman
Kaaba nor in Kailash: Neither am I in or Sûfî, Vedântist or Vaishnavite. He is,
rites and ceremonies, nor in Yoga and as he says himself, “at once the child of
renunciation. Allah and of Râm. In fact, Kabir always
insisted on the concept of Koi bole Ram
If thou art a true seeker, thou shalt at Ram Koi Khudai..., which means that
once see Me: thou shalt meet Me in a someone may chant the Hindu name of
moment of time. Kabîr says, “O Sadhu! God and someone may chant the Muslim
God is the breath of all breath” name of God, but God is the one who
Religious Affinity
It is a fruitless endeavor, indeed one that
Kabir himself disliked, to classify him
Seeing the thief with the knife, the Upanyasak got terrified and
replied “Dear village man, I am just a clergy man doing my service
to Lord Mahavishnu. I will be glad to answer you. What do you
seek?”
The thief said “I want to know where the child, Sri Krishna
resides.” To this, the Upanyasak replied “He is omnipresent, and
is present everywhere, even here. He exists in our breath, in air, in
tree, and in everything”.
So the researchers are developing a computer “At this point, these antennas are good at
model of resonance in the tiny structures, capturing energy, but they’re not very good at
looking for ways to fine-tune the efficiency of converting it,” says INL engineer Dale Kotter,
an entire array by changing factors like materials
“but we have very promising exploratory
and antenna shape. “The ability to model these research under way.” Kotter and Novack are
antennas is what’s going to make us successful, also exploring ways to transform the high-
because we can’t see these things,” Novack frequency alternating current (AC) to direct
says. “They’re hard to manipulate, and small current (DC) that can be stored in batteries.
tweaks are going to make big differences.” One potential candidate is high-speed rectifiers,
special diodes that would sit at the center of
INL researchers Dale Kotter (left), Steven each spiral antenna and convert the electricity
Novack, and Judy Partin are developing flexible from AC to DC. The team has a patent pending
plastic sheets of nanoantennas to collect solar on a variety of potential energy conversion
energy. methods. They anticipate they are only a few
years away from creating the next generation of
solar energy collectors.
A charged future
One day, Novack says, these nanoantenna
collectors might charge portable battery packs,
coat the roofs of homes and, perhaps, even be
are mostly done for many school going children One will be blessed with philosophic nature, high
and the elders who are not capable to control life with knowledge and wisdom when we do the
their activities in proper manner. Every one must prayers to Lord Prahaspathi.
get the practice to rectify the defects. There are
several ways to get the things done in a successful LORD VENUS
manner. The Mercuric power in brain of the Lord Venus rules the week day Friday. The effect
human permits the aim to the basic and best way of this planet in astronomical positions can be
for success.
LORD JUPITER
The most graceful and blessing planet Jupiter,
rules the day of the week Thursday. Astrology
calls Him as “Prahaspathi”. A trouble free
life with success and prosperity reaches to the
native of horoscope in which the Jupiter will be
accommodated in train to the Lagna or Rasi. The
earth revolving on its axis goes around all the 12
signs of the zodiac in one day. It takes about two
hours to cross from one sign to the next. The sign
rising on the horizon at the time of one’s birth is
the “Lagna”. The sign of occupation of moon, on
that same hour and day is called “Rasi”.
My brother’s family came from England for a visit, In my case, however, things were different. In
and wondered why we had two separate apartments, remote Bihar India, after finishing college, I came
and not one bigger one. We explained, that the home for summer vacation. It was the 1960’s and
apartments bigger than ours did not exist in the low my father said to me, “You better get a hair cut,
income housing complex, and we, especially me, as we will take you to get married this weekend, in
did not want to move away. Then came, a friend’s a different town.” I was 19 then, had finished my
family from Virginia to visit, and spent a weekend Masters in Science earlier than most of the students
with us, they asked to see my wife and son, and so I in my age group, and was considered bright. I had
took them to the other apartment. My wife got mad, lived the city life for several years, where I was now
and said that I should have called and asked her teaching college for the last couple of months. But
to come to our old place, and may be stay there, as I had no courage to ask anything of my father, or
before, for the weekend. My friends thought that to anyone else for that matter. Hence, I got married
we were separating, just as my wife suspected they to a 16 year old girl, from a far away place, selected
would. But my friends, asked me anyway, “Apka through the process of an arranged marriage.
Love Marriage Tha Kya?” (was yours a love- People ask me, when did you first see your wife.
marriage?) after seeing us at two separate places, I answer, four days after getting married! At the
and suspecting our marriage had dissolved. podium, the bride was under a veil. After the wedding
we were separated, and only allowed to be with each
Traditional arranged marriages, do not allow for other four days later, on an auspicious day. We are
separation (living separately and eventual divorce), still together, for the last 45 years, or so, with plenty
hence the question about a “love-marriage,” which of turmoil, dissensions, and heartaches. We did not
is not expected to last very long anyway. Most separate, in spite of the numerous problems we have
marriages in India are still arranged with the help had, as it was not a “love-marriage.”
of parents and seniors on both sides of the family.
Divorce is still taboo, and an exception.