Guest guest Posted March 30, 2002 Report Share Posted March 30, 2002 LESSON 2 Q.1. Try to define the role of God in your life. The faith in my life is the main rule for living. God is the supporter, the teacher, the reason for everything. My English is too poor to describe my feelings. I am deeply religious. Q.2. What have you done in the past one year to come closer to God ? Last year I have passed through a serious trial for my faith, and now I am almost recovered. God helped me. Q.3. Which statement is more relevant: a) God is all, or b) all is God ? As was said in Bhagavad-Gita, everything is inside God but God is not inside everything. Q.4. How is the role of a Jyotish different from a priest ? Unfortunately, priests in many confessions bring souls to church, not to God. In the beginning, formal rituals are useful for a newborn soul, later they are not that important, and Jyotish knows that, though a priest not always. Unfortunately, some of confessions have formal discipline which sometimes doesn't help at all. I can give an example. Catholic church doesn't consider protestant priests as priests. It is funny but it is true. Actually those people are considered as somebody of lower class. I think, Jyotish loves people despite their confessions and traditions, just because they are creatures of God. Some of priests cannot do that. Q.5. Make a list of all Sanskrit terms in this Lesson under different starting letters and prepare your personal dictionary of Jyotish/ Sanskrit terminology. ANANTA - serpent king ATMA - soul AVIDYAMAYA - ignorance BRAHMA - Lord BRAHMAGYANA - wisdom GUNA - one of three (satwa, rajas, tamas) states of mind ISHA - God JYOTI - light JYOTISH - light of knowledge JIOTISHA - one who puts knowledge into Dharma KARMA - activity, work MANU - man MAYA - material world MOKSHA - liberation PARAMATMA - supreme soul SATARUPA - woman STHAVARA - stationary objects (trees, plants, herbs etc.) TATWA - one of five (agni, prithvi, jala, vayu, akash) elements VEDA - knowledge (Rig, Yajur, Atharva, Sama) - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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