KALA SARPA

[Guest guest]

Dear Partha

 

you

<<that means whatever is not there in BPHS is void.>>

 

me

In the beginning of our spiritual career, we are likely to have many

misconceptions because it is a new career to us. Also, in the beginning of our

astrological studies, we are likely to have a narrow view because we do not know

better.

Perhaps in every beginning it is more safe to teach the newcomer, "Everything to

learn, everything to know can be found in this book, stop looking elsewhere, do

not waste your time."

 

In that way the newcomer will spend more energies and attention to his/her path and learn nicely.

 

But later on, when the newcomer matures more, he/she will understand that we

cannot put a narrow limit to anything. Knowledge is always ever expanding,

ever growing.

 

If anybody says that he/she has mastered what is limited, we should give our

respects to he/she from far away.

 

Even Vyasadeva, the compiler of the Vedas, was dissatisfied after he had

finished compiling the Vedas. His guru, Narada Muni approached Vyasadeva and

told him that the reason for his despair was that he forgot to put devotion in

his compilation.

 

Narada Muni advised Vyasadeva to write the Srimad Bhagavatam, or the cream of

the Vedas, which is full of devotion.

 

Vyasadeva became spiritually satisfied after writing the Srimad Bhagavatam.

 

Still, we cannot say that the absolute is limited in the Srimad Bhagavatam.

 

In a similar way, we cannot put a limit to the Vedic astrological knowledge, and

say that "whatever is not there in BPHS is void."

 

Aspirins or paracetamols are not mentioned in the BPHS as remedial measures

against physical pains. That means that they are void?, we should not use

them?

 

The secret of serving God is to use every facility in His service.

 

My astrological teachers told me many things that are not in the BPHS, but the

methods for predicting trends work fine. Should i reject those teachings

because they are not in the BPHS?

 

What is more important, the nose or the breathing? We can live without a nose,

but we cannot live without breathing.

 

Some students think that the great masters like Parasara Muni or Garga Muni were

ordinary living beings like we are. We have a tendency to judge according to

our own concoctions or experience, and therefore we run the risk of minimizing

great souls.

 

Do you think that the great Parasara wrote everything to be learn on Vedic

astrology in such an small book? To think so, is to underestimate his

knowledge.

 

There are some students that "think" that the great Parasara was not modern, and

therefore he did not know about "parallax". They say that if Parasara was

around at present, he could have had incorporated parallax into his teachings.

Let me tell them that they are wrong, because Parasara is beyond their tiny

imagination.

 

The BPHS is only a primary guidance and therefore there is a secondary and

further more levels in Vedic astrology that have not been registered there.

 

With our subtle limitations we cannot even understand the BPHS, never mind other

more complex lessons that cannot be given in that book.

 

Any book can be read and understood by our mind, but still we need the grace

from above to achieve a practical approach.

 

We should not become stagnant and think that we have reached what is limited,

search and find because there is more to learn that has not been written.

 

That is way the Vedic system allows a single guru to start our spiritual path,

but many gurus to learn beyond what we think to be limited.

 

Best wishes

Natabara Das