Lesson 2 - Creation

November 24, 2001

OHM SHRI RAGAVENDRAYA NAMAH

JAYA JAGANNATHA

Namaste Jyotisha,

It is very sad that only 17 members of SJVC has responded for this simple

lesson. In fact the questions do not ask for any astrological knowledge or

information. I do not know why many of you have not responded. This will not

serve the purpose of SJVC. We all have to work together to achieve the goals of

SJVC. For the lesson 1 also only a hand full had answered. But, this lesson 2 is

very simple and anybody can answer. I give below the list of members, who have

not sent answers to lesson 2. (Those who answered in Varahamihira are not

included in the list). I request all of these members to send their answers as

soon as possible.

Thanks

Solai Kannan

November 25, 2001

SJVC Lesson 2 Assignments

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1. Try to define the role of God in your life.

Being born in a relatively orthodox and religious family meant that right

from my childhood I was introduced to the concept of God, prayer, etc,

although not necessarily from an objective viewpoint. But in the past

several years I have done a lot of introspection and thinking for myself and

tried to understand for myself what God really means, especially to me. I

see God as a supreme, all-pervading, energy/force with what we commonly

refer to as intelligence. To me God helps me achieve focus in my

life. Through prayer and ritual I try to understand my purpose on this

earth. I worship God in his/her different avatars depending on the

particular area of my life that I am trying to concentrate on at that time.

2. What have you done in the past one year to come closer to God?

I have started to spend more time on meditation, prayer and ritual, besides

starting to learn Jyotish. With reference to my previous answer, I feel that

these have helped me achieve greater focus in my life. These have also

helped me increase my knowledge and understanding of various approaches to

the concept of a supreme being, with my focus being more on the Vedic

approach as expounded in the various texts such as the Bhagavad Gita.

3. Which statement is more relevant:

(a) God is all or (b) All is God

To me both are equally relevant and one naturally leads to the

other. Referring to my answer to the first question, I see God as an

all-pervading energy, so God is in everything in this universe, animate or

inanimate. And to me God is indifferentiable in all his/her forms - there

aren't higher or lower forms of God and all parts are equal to each other

and to the whole. So if God is in everything, everything is God.

4. How is the role of a Jyotish different from that of a priest?

The role of a Jyotish is to help the person understand the purpose of

his/her birth with reference to the atman and to lead them in the path of

dharma. The priest helps the person move along that path, through his

knowledge of ritual, prayer and worship, both in terms of the different

choices that a person may chose for himself/herself and also the correct way

(according to the scriptures) to perform those rituals, etc. The Jyotish

gives advice about WHAT needs to be done, the priest knows HOW it should be

done and gives advice and helps the person in that aspect.

Sincerely

Vinod

November 25, 2001

Hare Krishna.

All glories to Sri Jaganath, Sri Baladeva and Srimati Subhadra.

Before answer the questions, i would like to know if someone can explain

the meaning of Jyotisha. i don't understand the rol of the 9, 10 and 12

house.

Now, the answers:

1. I don't know if Krishna must have a rol in my life. What i want, is

that my guru has a role for me in his life.

2. To become closer of my guru.

3. Krishna is all. Srila Prabhupada explains that the second is not

true.

4. The jyotisha don't depend enterely from the Krishna's desire.

Thanks for your time.

Your sisya:

Arjuna-vallabha das.

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November 25, 2001

#1 I have not been exposed to Hinduism to much so my answer is a bit

different. God to me has communicated his "Codes of Conduct" in all

the great scriptures. This means Buddhism, Christianity, Judism,

Muslim, etc. etc.. This has come from him and has been handed to us

for humanity's progression to self-idealization. So God for me is

that force which lies in each of us,and is out there to discover,in

order to take part in this progression.

So far as individual self-realization, it also acts as a guide in

that respect too. Humananity is based on many lives, and these many

lives produce certain results as the result of regarding, or

disregarding these scriptures. And in addition to this, aquiring the

rationale behind the scriptures as well.

#2 The last year I am continuing to expound on the one scripture

which has been largely disregarded. And as the result humanity is

suffering. The scripture I am referring to is the matter of usury.

In most scriptures it is forbidden to take interest on money loaned.

However many have taken it upon themselves to disregard it, and

rationalized it as "rent" for money loaned. Not true.

#3 The answer is both.

Jeff

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