[Jagannath] Drig Dasa Lesson & Example: Brendan Feely

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Namaste Brendan ji,

 

> Namaste Narasimhaji, and many thanks for your input on n-dasa and its

 

I said this to list members before: There is no need to address me as " ji " . I am

more comfortable without " ji " .

 

> My first initiation was on July 18, 1975 (Sun/Rahu) into a system of

> meditation (Gyan Yoga) that I was extremely devoted to for about 7 years. It

> was a system of mantra yoga and it didn't satisfy my longings for bhakti or

> devotion to a personified form of God. In February 1983 (Moon/Jupiter), I

> finally found a Guru, Swami Prakashanand, who initiated me into the path of

> Raganuaga Bhakti or devotion to Radha Rani and Shri Krishna on the full Moon

> night in early April 1983. I was extremely devoted to him for about 8 years,

> until 1990, the end of my Moon dasa, and then less so since that time.

>

> Now that Rahu/Jupiter is starting up and transiting Rahu is in my 9th and

> transiting Jupiter is aspecting my Moon, 9th lord, and natal Jupiter is

> aspecting my 9th, and natal Rahu aspects 9th lord, the relationship has once

> again became very potent and powerful. He has suddenly become a prominence in

> my life and I am delighted. He recently called me up and made it clear I had

> to become an active devotee.

>

> I would really appreciate your keen insight into my Vimsamsa chart to explain

> these events using N-Dasa.

 

One's religious activities cannot be completely explained without vimsamsa. But

I

will give my comments on your vimsamsa later. For tonight, I will just

illustrate

the computation of Drig dasa.

 

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PURPOSE:

 

Drig dasa (drig=vision) is excellent for understanding religious pursuits.

 

DEFINITION:

 

(1) Start dasas from 9th house.

 

(2) First dasa will belong to the 9th house and the next 3 dasas will belong to

the 3 signs aspecting 9th. Order of reckoning is forward/backward based on

whether the 9th house is odd-footed/even-footed (odd-footed signs: Ar, Ta, Ge;

Li, Sc, Sg).

 

(3) Next set of 4 dasas will start from the 10th house and include the 3 signs

aspecting it. Order of reckoning is forward/backward based on whether the 10th

house is odd-footed/even-footed.

 

(4) Next set of 4 dasas will start from the 11th house and include the 3 signs

aspecting it. Order of reckoning is forward/backward based on whether the 11th

house is odd-footed/even-footed.

 

(5) Dasa durations are found as in Narayana dasa (see archives or the recent

Sudasa mail).

 

Note: Use rasi drishti (sign aspects). Movable signs aspect all fixed signs

except the adjacent one. Fixed signs aspect all movable signs except the

adjacent

one. Dual signs aspect all other dual signs.

 

An example will make it clearer.

 

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PRINCIPLES:

 

(1) If you are looking at someone whose chart holds promise for renunciation,

drig dasa of arudha lagna brings it.

 

(2) Drig dasa of lagna is excellent for religious pursuits. It can bring a good

position also.

 

(3) Drig dasa of the sign containing mantra pada (arudha pada of 5th) or its

lord

can bring mantra/religious initiations.

 

(4) Drig dasas of the signs containing Rahu and Ketu are excellent for spiritual

pursuit.

 

* * *

 

EXAMPLE:

 

Brendan Feely shared his birthdata on this list a couple months back:

 

13 March 1949, 12:30 or 12:32 am (GMT), 8w13, 53n20

 

His rasi chart: Rahu in Ar; Moon & Saturn in Le; Ketu in Li; Lagna & mantra pada

in Sc; Jupiter in Cp; Arudha lagna, Sun, Mars, Mercury & Venus in Aq.

 

(1) The 9th house is Cn. It starts dasas.

 

(2) Cn is an even-footed sign. Go backwards from Cn (as Cn, Ge, Ta, Ar, Pi etc)

and pick the signs that aspect Cn. So the first 4 dasas are Cn, Ta, Aq and Sc.

 

(3) The 10th house is Le. It is an even-footed sign. Go backwards from Le (as

Le,

Cn, Ge, Ta, Ar, Pi etc) and pick the signs that aspect Le. So the next 4 dasas

are Le, Ar, Cp and Li.

 

(4) The 11th house is Vi. It is an even-footed sign. Go backwards from Vi (as

Vi,

Le, Cn, Ge, Ta, Ar, Pi etc) and pick the signs that aspect Vi. So the next 4

dasas are Vi, Ge, Pi and Sg.

 

(5) You can find dasa durations as in Narayana dasa.

 

Dasa sequence for reference:

 

Cn: 11 yrs: 1949-1960

Ta: 9 years: 1960-1969

Aq: 6 years: 1969-1975

Sc: 3 years: 1975-1978

Le: 6 years: 1978-1984

Ar: 10 years: 1984-1994

Cp: 5 years: 1994-1999

Li: 4 years: 1999-2003

 

Aq has AL and many planets. Aq dasa might have brought philosophical thoughts

and

even thoughts of renunciation, though it came at a very young age (20-26).

 

Sc has lagna and mantra pada and see principles (2) and (3) above. Because of

mantra pada, it brought religious initiation.

 

Le dasa has Saturn and Moon and it brought Radha Krishna bhakti (Saturn or

Mercury with Moon shows Krishna).

 

Ar dasa from 1984 is good for religious pursuits because of Rahu (principle

(4)).

 

Cp dasa has debilitated Jupiter. Nothing special.

 

Li dasa started in March 1999. Li has GL. It is the 12th from lagna. It has Ketu

(refer principle (4)). It also has kashta pada (arudha pada of 8th). It is

likely

to create difficulties and obstacles in religious pursuit (kashta pada), BUT

result in great spiritual progress (Ketu in 12th!!) despite those obstacles.

 

If one has Ketu in 12th, drig dasa of the 12th will be an excellent dasa in

spiritual pursuit. So your guru told you at the right time to become more

active.

Why don't you follow his advice?

 

GL shows outward activities and Ketu in 12th shows inward progress (the two are

different). I guess both will be experienced in the next 3.5 years.

 

Antardasas go as in Narayana dasa (this is not Sanjay's explicit instruction,

but

my inference). In Li dasa, they go as Aq, Pi, Ar etc. Aries antardasa runs from

Nov 1999 to March 2000. Aries has Rahu. So the next 4-5 months may be very good

for spiritual sadhana. All the best!

 

WARNING: Drig dasa is a good dasa when used for spiritual and religious

pursuits.

But vimsamsa and vimsamsa Narayana dasa have a final say. Nevertheless the

purpose here is to illustrate drig dasa.

 

> Your insight is always a treasured gift and I am grateful! I use a birth time

> of 12:32 am as this better describes my spiritual life events in my Vimsamsa.

> I think I gave you 12:30 am. What do you think?

> Jai Shree Radhey

> Brendan...

 

More later...

 

May Jupiter's light shine on us,

Narasimha

 

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