New member-guidance required on how to proceed

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OHM SHRI RAGAVENDRAYA NAMAH

JAYA JAGANNATHA

 

Namaste Sarbani,

 

I am sorry for this belated response.

 

Your queries are answered below.

 

Thanks

Solai Kannan

Sarbani Sarkar [sarbani (AT) vsnl (DOT) com]21

March 2002 10:01 AMsjvcSubject: [sjvc] New member-guidance

required on how to proceed

Dear teachers at SJVC,Thank you for accepting me as a student of SJVC. I would

be happy to ifanyone could guide me as to the correct procedure of doing this

'course'and what is required from me to learn/understand jyotish, at least

alittle bit.1. Am I supposed to study the lessons one by one and post

theassignments to the list?[solai] Yes. 2. Is there any time frame for it?

For I would have to balance itwith my other work commitments.[solai] For the

past lessons, there is no time frame. But, for the future lessons, please try

to finish within a week or two. 3. A list of books was forwarded when I

joined the list. I cannotpurchase them all at once, but will do so gradually.

Which are the booksI should purchase immediately? I live in Delhi, so I

suppose I couldget them from Sagar.[solai] What we have given is the minimum.

However, if you need an order start as BPHS, Vedic Astrology - an integrated

approach, COVA. Further answer is continued along with answer for 4th

question.4. I already have the following: a) An online version of BPHS

b) An online version of Gargacarya's Garga Hora c) An online version of

Prithuyasas's Hora Sara d) An online version of Kalyan Verma's Saravalli

e) Sarvartha Chintamani f) Bhavartha Ratnakara g) A few books by B. V.

Raman h) Predictive Astrology by L. C. SharmaCan I use the online version of

the BPHS? Should I use any of the otherclassics? Or is it advisable that I use

them at a later stage, when Ihave become a little bit more familiar with

jyotish?[solai] The primary book is BPHS. You have to read sloka by sloka and

absorb the meanings thoroughly. You should not hurry up in completing BPHS.

Online versions are not complete, there are many slokas and chapters are

missing. Secondly, at some places you need explanations, though the

explanations given in any translation are not satisfactory, it will help when

you do not understand a sloka. Thirdly, some of the translations or

interpretation given for a sloka are not correct. But, if you can read Sanskrit

words, you will get better understanding of the words given than actually

translated, like 'dharma' is not correctly translated by many.

 

Leave the other books for the time being and get a hard copy of BPHS and start

reading, if you get two different translations, at least you may have a balance

in understanding. When you cannot understand some terminologies, you can refer

other books for meaning and calculations. Otherwise, BPHS is sufficient. 5) Are

there any particular exercises I should do?[solai] Reading BPHS and SJVC lessons

and answering those lessons are sufficient for the time being. My apologies for

taking your time over these trivialites,[solai] There is no need to apologize.

At least I am happy that you come forward and asking these questions. Thanking

you in advance,Sarbani Terms

of Service.

[Guest guest]

Namaskar Solai Kannnan,

 

Thank you for answering my queries. I must have prempted your response

and have already bought G. C. Sharma's BPHS, COVA and MJUS. Will get the

Integrated Approach. Also, thank you for pointing out the significance

of BPHS.

 

Sarbani

 

Solai Kannan wrote:

 

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