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 1. Rashifal , Wrong interpretation  you might have seen rashifal daily morning in various news channels ... and any logical person can say its dumb. One particular prediction is given to lakhs of people ignoring the very spine of jyotish i.e dasha and yoga  In order to make a pin pointed prediction one needs to look at kundli first then go through the yogas in it then dasha and then transit or what we call as gochara phala ... which again is unique for every particular person. no wonder why television in named as Idiot box. 2. sadhe sati  shani is a big business because of sadhe sati and all kinds of morbid fears are been created in the name of  what is sadhe sati ? sadhe sati comes under gochara phala or transit. sadhe sati essentially means 7.5 years of saturn .. shani is a slow moving graha and it takes 2.5 years to travel through a particular sign . for example  : sadhe sati is usually tough phase but its not essentially bad for everyone like how these mercenary astrologers say...

triskandam jyotisham hora ganitam samhetate cha | eteshwapi trishu shrestha horeti shruyate mune || (1.3 BPHS) Jyotisha is divided into three parts hora ,ganita and samhita hora means the predictive methodology ganita means the mathematical formulas samhita means the collection of various rules and formulas which also contains details like science of palmistry , omens , clairvoyence , remedies and rituals (karma kanda) Because of computer softwares the ganita part has been sidelined and hora part is been practiced mostly. the pillars of astrology 1.signs (Rashi) 2.heavenly bodies(graha) 3. bhavas (houses)  4. upagrahas (non luminious planets) 5. Yogas  6. nakshatras 7.Dashas The earth and the other planets revolve around sun through a certain path in heavens. This path is referred as ecliptic. On both sides of the ecliptic there is an imaginary belt of 9-9 inside which all these grahas revolve. This broad belt of 18 is called as zodiac. To facilitate the study each zodiac is divided in

what is special in shaligrama ? shaligramashilarupi yatra tisthati keshava tatra devah surah yagna bhuvanani chaturdasha|| १११ || (kr.Mah)  Where Lord Keshava resides in the form of the Saligrama Shila, in such a place all the devatas, suras, yajnas and the 14 worlds are present.  yatha kashthagato vhanirmathanasthane prakashate  tatha sarvagato vishnussaligrame prakashate || ११२ || (kr. Mah) Even though there are all kinds of firewood in this world, when “Arani wood” is rubbed against each other, fire ignites. Similarly, even though Vishnu is present everywhere, His special presence radiates in Saligrama. what happens if you do pooja of shaligrama? kotidwadashakairlinge pujeetaih suvarnapankajaih yatsyadwadashakalpeshu dinanaikena labhyate ||115|| kr. mah The merits that one gets by worshipping 12 crores Lingas for 12 Kalpas using Golden Lotuses is obtained by worshipping Saligrama for just one day! so, you can't even imagine what could be the power of shaligram however nowadays t

shri madhvacharya says   tAveva jAtau bharatashcha nAmnA shatrughna ityeva cha rAmato.anu |  pUrvaM sumitrAtanayashcha sheshhaH sa laxmaNo nAma raghUttamAdanu || 3.79 79. The same two Pradyumna and Anirudha known as Bharatha and Satrughna were born after Rama. Even before them, and after Rama, Sesha  had been born as the son of Sumitra and was named Lakshmana. shri Ram yat tat sattva-guṇaṁ svacchaṁ śāntaṁ bhagavataḥ padam yad āhur vāsudevākhyaṁ cittaṁ tan mahad-ātmakam  (s.b 3.26.21) The mode of goodness, which is the clear, sober status of understanding the Personality of Godhead and which is generally called vāsudeva, or consciousness, becomes manifest in the mahat-tattva. Lakshmana sahasra-śirasaṁ sākṣād yam anantaṁ pracakṣate saṅkarṣaṇākhyaṁ puruṣaṁ bhūtendriya-manomayam   (s.b 3.26.25) The threefold ahaṅkāra, the source of the gross elements, the senses and the mind, is identical with them because it is their cause. It is known by the name of Saṅkarṣaṇa, who is directly Lord Anant

  Naṭarāja performing the Ānanda tāṇḍava — the "Dance of Bliss" . In this icon we are been shown  five functions of the Supreme Being; creation, sustenance, transformation, revealing and concealing. Ring of flames The Dance takes place within a ring of flames which symbolises the cycle of births and deaths, thecycle of universal creation and destruction —projection and withdrawal.  Mulayaka the dwarf of Ignorance The god dances upon the back of the "Dwarf of Ignorance" known as Mulayaka. It is ignorance of our true nature that binds us to cycle of continual becoming and it is wisdom/ enlightenment that releases us. The damaru The hour-glass shaped drum (damaru) — held in the right upper hand symbolises the act of creation. According to Tantric teachings the act of creation takes place through sonic vibration. This primary sound is symbolised by the drum, from which all the sounds of the Sanskrit alphabet originated at the beginning of time. The flame The flame — he

  satyA vishhNorguNAH sarve satyA jIveshayorbhidA |  satyo mitho jIvabhedaH satyaM cha jagadIdRisham || 1.68 All the attributes of Vishnu are true; the difference between the souls and the Lord is true, the difference between the atma inter se is true. This world of names, objects, deeds etc. is also true.  (world is not false or untruth as how adi shankaracharya said) asatyaH svagato bhedo vishhNornAnyadasatyakam |  jagatpravAhaH satyo.ayaM paJNchabhedasamanvitaH || 1.69 . The only unreality is the supposed difference between Vishnu and His limbs, between Vishnu and His attributes, between Vishnu and His incarnations. Nothing else of the Lord is unreal. This eternal cycle of the universe consisting as it does of five essential differences is real jIveshayorbhidA chaiva jIvabhedaH parasparam |  jaDeshayorjaDAnAM cha jaDajIvabhidA tathA || 1.70 viz., (1) the difference between the supreme Lord and the atma (S) (2) the difference between the atma(s) inter se (3) the difference between th

  kvachid granthAn praxipanti kvachidantaritAnapi |  kuryuH kvachichcha vyatyAsaM pramAdAt kvachidanyathA || 2.3 3. In some places (of the Mahabharatha) verses have been interpolated and in others verses have been omitted in some places, the verses have been transposed and in others, different readings have been given out of ignorance or otherwise. anutsannA api granthA vyAkulA iti sarvashaH |  utsannAH prAyashaH sarve koTyaMsho.api na vartate || 2.4 4. Though the works are really indestructible, they must be deemed to be mostly altered. Mostly all of them have disappeared and not even one crore (out of several crores of slokas) now exists. grantho.apyevaM viluLitaH kimvartho devadurgamaH |  kalAvevaM vyAkulite nirNayAya prachoditaH || 2.5 When the original work itself is so altered in the kali Age, What is there to say of its meaning which is intelligible (even) to the Devas only with difficulty. hariNA nirNayAn vachmi vijAna.nstatprasAdataH || 2.6  under the direction of Hari for its