[Jagannath] various questions pertaining to spiritual life

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" gauranga das " <gaurang- wrote:

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> JAYA JAGANNATHA!

>

> Dear Zavisa,

>

> Pranaams.

 

Pranams,

 

>

> It's nice to hear from You again. I also hava a lot of questions to

Sanjay Prabhu, but He still seems to be out of the reach of the list.

Shall we have to wait another three weeks to Mercury get direct to gain

His association and communication again?

 

Yes, I guess better wait for him for this answers.

 

>

> > In a book of David Frawley 5th is explained as a place

> > of Ishta Devata. Now 5th is PUTRA. That is the child

> > you take care of, feed in different times of day,

> > change clothes, have affection for, etc. Is that not

> > analogous to worshiping a deity in a temple. Same

> > things are being done. Can somebody tell me where

> > would you look for it, in which chart D-1, D-9, D-20 ?

> > Where are temple deities, 5th from 9th perhaps, or is

> > there some other additional way to look for this?

>

> I think that temple worship we should see from the D-20, so as

persomal worship. But I don't know from which house thereof.

>

> > Gauranga referred in some mail that he would like to

> > share his jyotish knowledge with bhaktas in a sense

> > that he would advice them which of the 10 deities of

> > Vishnu is feasible for them to worship. I am also

> > interested in that, however I would like to expand it

> > a little bit. How to see silas(salagrama and

> > govardhana), how to see Gauranga, Nityananda,

> > Gaura-Gadadhara, Gopiswara Mahadeva(for example my

> > friend that is currently with Tripurari Maharaja's

> > group has got exalted sun together with Venus in 12th

> > from AK(Rahu) within Navamsa- I suggested him that he

> > worships if he can Gopiswara Mahadeva, yet I don't

> > have the knowledge of other combination for other

> > planets, so if somebody would like me to enlighten me

> > in that regard I would be most grateful). How is

> > tulasi worship seen? To what it refers(5th, 6th from

> > Amk, 12th from AK, BK, or perhaps based on the

> > difference of combinations and corresponding person's

> > " level " he is on in some of these different places?

> > Yet what would be the planet involved for a plant?

>

> Tulasi is usually linked to Mercury, so as Vishnu.

> We usually say Ganesha, but Ganesha is the expansion of the Vaikuntha

Deity Visvaksena. So are all the other demigons. Surya expamds from

Narayana, Siva is from Sadasiva, or Adwaita Acharya. For him it must be

some combination of Sun and Mercury, which appears quite a lot. Venus

and Moon may represent either Radharani or Laxmi, or Durga as Their

further expansion. Sun and Moon may represent Gaura-Nitai. Venus and

Jupiter linked may give Gaura-Gadadhara.

> For Lord Caitanya I was told to see Mercury, Jupiter and Sun. Krishna

is represented by the Moon. Govardhan Sila is Radha-Krishna combined.

So look for Moon-Venus relation. but it's a bery rare soul who takes up

Giriraja's worship and is able to maintain it. Salagramas are usually

Vishnu, so Mercury or Jupiter. May be oters of courlse, like Narasimha

(Mars) or Rama (Sun) etc.

>

 

Thank you for this. Really nice explanations.

 

> As regadring Ishta devata, I would think tha it's better to stick to

one (that is seen from tha 12th to Karakamsha) as the main deity, or

maybe Klua devata is the other. This may be likened to the temple deity

for a devotee who lives in a community. His personal longings may

differ, still, he worships the temple deity. Some do it directly,

others from a distance. But if we take up the custom of worshippig this

deity ofr this, that deity for that etc., then we might easily become

hindus, or mipersonlaists or pancopasakas, call it as you wish. It's

always better to stick with one master.

>

 

Yes. I also think that way. Sanjay is my jyotish guru and I stick to

him in those metters. However even though I was connected to Iskcon and

some other Gaudiya Vaisnava associations I was not initiated either in

diksa mantras or harinama. So am in fact in a search for a guru within

our understanding of siddanta. Since venus is my BK and is in 12th from

AK in D-9 and represents Radha definitely I somehow think that I will

find a guru during this subperiod of Venus. 1st day of it brought me

into Sanga list of Swami Tripurari.

 

Some further toughts on AK and other matters. If we take that we have

to get rid of Karma and attain Krishnas lotus feet through meditation

and in such a way dissasociate ourselves from the body then 12th from

AK in Navamsa can represent exactly this, that is blessings of Sri

Guru(9th division) or God for ending(12th house) of karma(AK) through

personal experience of spiritual energy connected to devata of 12th

house. Since it is 9th division(outer representing the body) ketu there

can indicater rejection(ketu) of further samsara. While without ketu we

might have a rebirth, like for example as some devotees long to be

reborn in Krishna's pastimes where he's got them right now. My venus

indicates exactly that.

 

 

 

> I hope this helps a bit.

>

> However I'm also interested in combinations for Jagannath, Sudarshan

and especially Lord Nityananda.

>

 

I was told by Sanjay that sun and mercury would indicate Jagannatha

Vesa. See his combination of mercury aspected by sun and moon.

 

> Yours, Gauranga das

>

 

Zavisa