Guest guest Posted October 11, 2001 Report Share Posted October 11, 2001 Dear all, Is anyone familiar with "Light On Life" by Hart Defouw? It is supposed to be a very good book on Vedic astrology for beginners. Has anyone read this book. If yes, can you give me some advice if I should buy this book. I am a complete beginner. Regards, Sagar Chitnis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2001 Report Share Posted October 11, 2001 Available on www.vedicweb.com/manorama.htm It is good in the sense that it makes easy reading for western mind. Shiv Chadha >sagar_chitnis >vedic astrology >vedic astrology >[vedic astrology] "Light On life" by Hart Defouw >Fri, 12 Oct 2001 03:40:57 -0000 > >Dear all, >Is anyone familiar with "Light On Life" by Hart Defouw? > >It is supposed to be a very good book on Vedic astrology for >beginners. >Has anyone read this book. If yes, can you give me some advice if I >should buy this book. > >I am a complete beginner. > >Regards, >Sagar Chitnis > _______________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2001 Report Share Posted October 11, 2001 Dear Sagar Chitnis, In my opinion Both of Hart DeFouw's books are well worth reading. They certainly aren't as 'easy' as many western written books however they are not as 'foreign' as books written strictly from an Indian perspective. DeFouw has undertaken an almost impossible task by striving to introduce an Indian topic to a western mind, while doing justice to both. If you have had the advantage of being raised in a Hindu tradition you may find some of his explanations needlessly simplified. However if you are like me, raised in the west without the benefit of Indian lore, you'll need all the help you can get to increase you understand of this sacred science. Good Luck and enjoy your reading...................Phyl - <sagar_chitnis <vedic astrology> Thursday, October 11, 2001 8:40 PM [vedic astrology] "Light On life" by Hart Defouw > Dear all, > Is anyone familiar with "Light On Life" by Hart Defouw? > > It is supposed to be a very good book on Vedic astrology for > beginners. > Has anyone read this book. If yes, can you give me some advice if I > should buy this book. > > I am a complete beginner. > > Regards, > Sagar Chitnis > > > > > > > > > > ....... May Jupiter's light shine on us ....... > > > > Your use of is subject to > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2001 Report Share Posted October 12, 2001 yes sagar! i think it is a very informative book, and worth having it on your shelf! i really enjoy reading it. regards rhoda Make a great connection at Personals. http://personals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2001 Report Share Posted October 12, 2001 vedic astrology schrieb am 12.10.01: > Dear all, > Is anyone familiar with "Light On Life" by Hart Defouw? > > It is supposed to be a very good book on Vedic astrology for > beginners. > Has anyone read this book. If yes, can you give me some advice if I > should buy this book. > > I am a complete beginner. > > Regards, > Sagar Chitnis > Dear Sagar, in my opinion it is the best book for beginners. It doesn't give you a watered down western version of vedic astrology. It gives you good background information and I got the feeling that the authors really understand what they are writing about. They spend a long time in India actually studying there and that comes across. Regards from Usha> > > > > > > > > ....... May Jupiter's light shine on us ....... > > > > Your use of is subject to > > _____________________ 1.000.000 DM gewinnen - kostenlos tippen - http://millionenklick.web.de IhrName, 8MB Speicher, Verschluesselung - http://freemail.web.de Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2001 Report Share Posted October 14, 2001 In a message dated 10/12/2001 1:13:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time, aboutyou writes: Hare Krishna Sagar Chitnis, I recommend you use the new book "Vedic Astrology: An Integrated Approach," by Narasimha Rao for all fundamental questions on Vedic Astrology. Regards, Brendan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2001 Report Share Posted October 15, 2001 Namaste! I find Hart's book excellent for real initial understanding of Mantreswar's Phaladeepika and Parashara's great text. In his second book on relationships he throws in some modern innovations of his own. I have applied them to quite a few charts and found them valid. The closest book I have to Hart's "Light on Life" from my Hindu shelf is Dr. Charak's "Elements of Vedic Astrology vols I & II" or Kumar Ojha's "Predictive Astrology of the Hindus." Sri Ranjan Bose has an introductory text in .pdf format online at his web site which used to be at: http://www.cyberus.ca/~crystar/ I initially took David Frawley's Vedic Astrology Course which gave me a background in Ayurveda as well as Hindu Astrology. Hart gives a similar bridge into Jyotish without being too simple and has a great section on the Nakshatras and their meanings. The latter in my opinion is better than Bepin Bahari's and easier than Shubhakaran's 2 volume set on Nakshatras. As I have not read any of the newer books coming out in the last few years (having gone back to keep up with my Western Tropical Studies) I cannot suggest anything else. Of course having the books of the members of this forum also would help you in the long term just because you can ask them questions. Om Sri Ganapati Ki Jai! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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