A Journey Into K.N.Rao's Stellar Universe

[Guest guest]

Namaste Energumen,

 

I remember reading this interview a month and half back. It was a very inspiring interview.

 

The man is a legend and made tremendous contribution to Jyotisha. To remain a

bachelor for the entire life and lead a simple and spiritual life without any

bad habits is not something everybody can do. I was touched when I read what he

wrote regarding his weakness for tea (I myself am trying to give up tea and have

not had it in a few months now).

 

One would have to be blessed to lead a simple, pious and spiritual life like him.

 

Of course, when it comes to technical matters, there are several issues where I

disagree with him. The Parasari vs Jaimini distinction you refer to below is

definitely one thing where I totally disagree with him.

 

However, despite disagreements, I must say that he is a blessed man and led an

exemplary life and there are MANY lessons to learn from him.

 

I hope his health is good. Based on annual TP chart, June and first half of July

seem bad. I hope he is doing ok. May he be blessed with good health and a long

life!

 

On a different note, I am thankful I read this interview because reading this

interview led to a chain of events - which I cannot explain here - which led to

my discovering that Drigdasa calculations I taught in my book and programmed in

JHora were wrong and Parasara's teachings had some differences from what Sanjay

ji taught me. Sanjay ji could reconcile with Parasara's teachings and he

actually made more sense of it than I could. He, as usual (to him), brilliantly

explained a couple of points that seemed odd to me (but unambiguously stated by

Parasara). It was this interview that set off a chain of events that resulted

in a more correct understanding of Drigdasa! Thanks to Sri KN Rao for

indirectly enabling a better understanding of Drigdasa..

 

May Jupiter's light shine on us,

Narasimha

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> The most amazing thing about that interview is his mention that the 'Parasari'

and 'Jaimini' schools were totally different!> > Lots of 'nostalgia isn't what

it used to be too' :^)> > pushya <pushya@g...> wrote:> Dear Members,> > I came

across this article last night. It was fascinating read to say > the least. You

may be interested to read it if you have not already > done so.> > The article

is titled "A Journey Into K.N.Rao's Stellar Universe".> > It was written by

Maalok and published online at Sulekha.com on 30 > May 2005.> > Here is the

direct link to the print version of the article :>

http://www.sulekha.com/printer.asp?ctid=1000&cid=307722> > Best Wishes,> Pushya

[Guest guest]

Dear Narasimha Ji, Dear Friends,

 

There is not a single doubt about the greatness of Shri K.N.Rao,

both as a a great Jyotish scholar, and also as a very notable

character. I was fortunate enough to meet him in person and be his

guest in Delhi and get personal readings from him, he indeed is a

fine gentelman and is highly spiritual, almost a Yogi.

 

The interesting side of his approach to Jyotish, is that, even

though he is very well versed in the Shastras, he prefers to do

research (e.g. to test the validity of, by example charts) on

everything inclusive of, if I am not mistaken, the basic teachings

of the Maharishis. His books also as far as I could see, do not rely

heavily on the Shastras, rather reflect the findings of his

extensive research. E.g. his research does not seem to validate the

shastras in general, but arrive at some new rules of prediction.

 

I am in no position to judge the approach of such a great scholar as

Shri K.N.Rao, I am mentioning about an alternate but more

traditional approach. My humble view is that; each Schloka e.g. in

BPHS, give us an absolute truth on Jyotish, and when we try to apply

these schlokas on a given chart, we oftentimes run into

contradicting results or indications. But we should realize that

Jyotish itself, or rather the Jyotish chart, is a simplification of

the infinite variety found in life. The riddle is solved when we

apply as many as applicable schlokas on a given chart and judge a

result based on taking into account the sum total of indications

given. Again in my humble view, to gather together a series of

charts, where the innumerable variables possible in a chart is the

exact same, is, if not impossible, not so easy and practical. If a

chart seems to contradict with a schloka, it is highly probable that

some other schlokas that are applicable explain the situation.

 

Furthermore, I was taught, and am of the view that, the use,

application and repetition of each schloka in time activates a

specific function in the brain. When the Jyotishi learns and is well

versed in the application of many schlokas, the end result is that

in time the functioning of the brain changes slowly towards

acquiring Jyotish Siddhi, while this ability of course is not easy

to attain and depends on other factors as well. As a result,

personally I do not see any practical gain in trying to verify the

teachings of the Maharishis, or derive new rules, but rather to use

the schlokas to enhance our insight and understanding into charts.

We should also not forget that the teachings of the Maharishis has

withstood the test of time.

 

Best wishes, Sabri.

 

vedic astrology, "Narasimha P.V.R. Rao"

<pvr@c...> wrote:

> Namaste Energumen,

>

> I remember reading this interview a month and half back. It was a

very inspiring interview.

>

> The man is a legend and made tremendous contribution to Jyotisha.

To remain a bachelor for the entire life and lead a simple and

spiritual life without any bad habits is not something everybody can

do. I was touched when I read what he wrote regarding his weakness

for tea (I myself am trying to give up tea and have not had it in a

few months now).

>

> One would have to be blessed to lead a simple, pious and spiritual

life like him.

>

> Of course, when it comes to technical matters, there are several

issues where I disagree with him. The Parasari vs Jaimini

distinction you refer to below is definitely one thing where I

totally disagree with him.

>

> However, despite disagreements, I must say that he is a blessed

man and led an exemplary life and there are MANY lessons to learn

from him.

>

> I hope his health is good. Based on annual TP chart, June and

first half of July seem bad. I hope he is doing ok. May he be

blessed with good health and a long life!

>

> On a different note, I am thankful I read this interview because

reading this interview led to a chain of events - which I cannot

explain here - which led to my discovering that Drigdasa

calculations I taught in my book and programmed in JHora were wrong

and Parasara's teachings had some differences from what Sanjay ji

taught me. Sanjay ji could reconcile with Parasara's teachings and

he actually made more sense of it than I could. He, as usual (to

him), brilliantly explained a couple of points that seemed odd to me

(but unambiguously stated by Parasara). It was this interview that

set off a chain of events that resulted in a more correct

understanding of Drigdasa! Thanks to Sri KN Rao for indirectly

enabling a better understanding of Drigdasa..

>

> May Jupiter's light shine on us,

> Narasimha

> -------------------------------

> Free Jyotish lessons (MP3): http://vedicastro.home.comcast.net

> Free Jyotish software (Windows): http://www.VedicAstrologer.org

> Sri Jagannath Centre (SJC) website: http://www.SriJagannath.org

> -------------------------------

>

> > The most amazing thing about that interview is his mention that

the 'Parasari' and 'Jaimini' schools were totally different!

> >

> > Lots of 'nostalgia isn't what it used to be too' :^)

> >

> > pushya <pushya@g...> wrote:

> > Dear Members,

> >

> > I came across this article last night. It was fascinating read

to say

> > the least. You may be interested to read it if you have not

already

> > done so.

> >

> > The article is titled "A Journey Into K.N.Rao's Stellar

Universe".

> >

> > It was written by Maalok and published online at Sulekha.com on

30

> > May 2005.

> >

> > Here is the direct link to the print version of the article :

> > http://www.sulekha.com/printer.asp?ctid=1000&cid=307722

> >

> > Best Wishes,

> > Pushya