Re-post of Lesson 1

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Hi,

I never got a response to this. Perhaps it's not necessary but I'm re-

posting it just in case.

Lesson 1 sks

Role of God in my life: God is all of my life: my reality, my

intentions, my actions, my results. The merger of my small self with

the infinite unboundedness that is me as I sit, walk, see, hear, chat

and amble in the world of people, trees, stones and steel. All in

All, One without a Second. Hari Om.

Past year to come closer to God: Each moment brings me closer by

God's grace and reality which palpably functions in my every thought,

feeling, action. Some specific things: my basic routine, which is

very like the Varahmihira list basic routine. On the level of

feeling: I move toward those actions which naturally keep my

physiology open so that God/Para atman continues silently as its

transcendental basis and actively as its beyond-words bubbling bliss

and its flow to bathe the world in love.

Teaching TM, practicing Jyotish/learning jyotish, Vedic Recitation,

ayurveda….Jai Shri Ram

Role of a Jyotish different from that of a priest. In this lesson,

Sanjay distinguishes between kalpa and jyotish: Kalpa is

traditionally the domain of the priest, ceremonies and rituals,

jyotish of the jyotisha. My guess is that a central point of this

question is that Jyotishas respect and do not try to replace,

interfere with, or overstep the roles of the various spiritual

advisors consulted by their clients. However, I think the definition

is specific to different traditions of jyotish and of priestly

perfomance. Overall, thus, the differences (and similarities) depend

on definitions of different traditions. On the surface, a jyotish is

credentialed by some tradition to give guidance within the context of

horoscopes and well-established guidelines (plus Intuition!) for

interpreting horoscopes and on this basis predicting, recommending

routines and remediation. He may, as a jyotish, have only limited

knowledge of how to perform the full range of yagyas/pujas. But the

typical Indian I've met who goes to a temple regularly usually can do

a broad range of these himself without requiring a priest. A priest,

say a Vedic one, is credentialed to perform various ceremonies, but

is not, as a priest, trained to select the proper times for those

ceremonies or perhaps even to know the purposes for which some are

more appropriate than others.. For this he needs to be trained in

jyotish as well, or to draw on the guidance of the jyotish.

 

There are, of course, many priests: Catholic, Jewish, Protestant,

Muslim, etc. They all have their guidelines. These will be respected

not only by an intelligent jyotish but also by any reasonably

courteous and practical person. Jai Shri Ram

List of Sanskrit Words: I'll do this for new words. The words in this

lesson are familiar to me from my general reading of Vedic Literature

and of Jyotish, especially chapter 1 of Parahsara.

New words:

Gati: movement

 

Om Tat Sat

 

Jai Shri Ram,

Steve Sufian