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Content.........Atherva vedic Vasthu 3
Spirituality 5
Achi’s Carner 9
Vedic Astrology 18
Lord Shiva-Shivarathri 34
Sakthi and its yoga 44
Sports Page 52
Zodiac Sign 55
Wonderful Siddhars 60
Karma
In Hinduism, Lord Mahavishnu is an
aspect of Vishnu, the Absolute which
is beyond human comprehension and
is beyond all attributes. In Vaishnavite
theology, the term is similar to Brahman
and Almighty God. It is also often used
interchangeably with Vishnu to indicate
reverence,astheprefix“Maha”exaltsthe
noun to which it is attached. Mahavishnu
is said to lie in the causal ocean or the
Ocean of milk, in the bed of a great
serpenthavingfiveheads.Thefiveheaded
serpent is known as Adhiseshan and he
is the bed, throne, umbrella and shoes of
Lord Mahavishnu. It is a rare pose to see
Lord Mahavishnu sitting in the serpent
throne with his consort Mahalakshmi.
In this pose Lord Mahavishnu is known
as Lakshminarayana. All the natural
elements like sky, fire, water, air and
ether are created and also along with that
are created mind, intelligence and false
ego. After, this Mahavishnu enters each
of the many universes so created (seeds
emerging from the pores of his skin).
It can be understood that Mahavishnu
is the collective of all souls in all of
the universes. The wonderful pose of
Lakshminarayana adorns thecover page
of this issue. The Lakshminarayana
is the incharge of all the wealth and
fortunes. By praying this wonderful pose
the devotees are blessed with fortune and
wealth.

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First, let me explain who Vasthu is. Vasthu Purusha is the god
for construction of structures and buildings. Once upon a time,
an unknown person came into existence and he obstructed the
earth and the sky with his huge body. The Devatas suddenly
caught the person and threw him below with his face down, and
different Devatas held whichever part of the body of the person,
the Devatas became presiding deities of that part of the body.
The creator, Brahma, had made the person as “god of the house”
- ‘Vasthu Purusha.’
There is another interesting story of Vasthu Purusha in Matsya
Purana. It narrates the birth of Vasthu Purusha. In an encounter
with a Rakshasa called Andhakasura, Lord Shiva became
tired and exhausted, and he began to sweat profusely. A man
was born out of the drops of Lord Shiva’s sweat. He looked
very cruel. He was very hungry and began to make penance to
appease Lord Shiva and to get a boon from him. Lord Shiva
was pleased with his penance and appeared before him. The
devotee prayed to Lord Shiva, “Oh Lord! Please permit me to
eat away all the three worlds.” Lord Shiva granted his prayer.
He got possession of all the three worlds and was about to eat
the terrestrial world. The celestial beings, Brahma, Vishnu, the
deities and the demons were terrified and they caught hold of
the devotee and encircled him. Forty-five deities caught hold of
the devotee and pressed him down. This Devotee has been in
that position ever since that time. Lord Brahma blessed him and
said that he would be the deity of all the plots and constructions,
and offerings would be made to him. In return, Vasthu Purusha
is said to be taking care of the inmates of the building. Let
me narrate the Vedic verse here. “Vasthu Varcho Maha Kaayo
Krishnango Rakta Lochanaha. Aisaanyaam Masthakam
Dhruthwa Nanairuthyaangathamaarabheth. Aakunchitha
Kavacham Vasthum Utthaanamasutraakruthim”.
The variations of the measurements of the rooms in house
will result in the following problems. If the master bedroom is
improper in measurements, it will create unnecessary problems
between the husband and wife. Health related problems would
also occur. If the children’s room varies from the measurement
the education, physical and mental health of the children will
be spoiled. Atharva Veda tells about many yantras for solving
these kinds of problems. For example, Amruta Sanjeevini
Yantra is to be worshipped for solving the health related
problems. The Yantra should be fortified with certain number of
“Rasaayanams”, and then only the Yantra should be worshipped.
The term “rasaayanam” used in Atharva Veda is entirely
different from the word’s usage in Ayurveda. In Ayurveda, the
word “rasaayana” means “combination of different chemicals”.
However, in Atharva Veda it should be split as rasam+ayanam.
Rasam means “juice” and ayanam means “route”. The juice of
the specified mantras is to be extracted and the Yantra should
be fortified. The mantras will vary according to the severity of
the problem. For education, “Vidya Sanjivini” Yantra should be
worshipped. Before doing alterations according to Vasthu, the
consultation from a learned scholar is a must.
Now let me give some tips regarding Vasthu for the different
rooms in the house.
Vasthu tips for children’s room:
The apt direction for constructing children’s room is west.
North or East directions can also be used for constructing kids
room. Vasthu for children room suggests that a married couple
should not use East direction bedroom. There is no problem if
an unmarried child uses that room. Bed can be placed in the
southwest corner. As a part of Vasthu guidelines for children
room, it is recommended to avoid placing the mirror just on the
opposite side of the bed. Do not place the furniture sticking to
the wall, as it obstructs the flow of positive energy. The study
desk should be placed in such a manner that the child faces
eastern, northern or northeastern corner while studying. East
is the most appropriate direction, as it paves way for enhanced
concentration. Avoid placing the electronic gadgets like TV and
Computer in the kids’ bedroom. Still if you wish to install one,
then for computer, the right place is Southeast corner and for TV,
Northwest corner would be fine.
Vasthu tips for bathroom:
For bathroom construction, the most appropriate location lies
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for proper lighting and cross ventilation. As a part of Vasthu
remedies for bathroom, it is suggested that the geyser should
be placed in the Southeast corner. Drainage system should be
in the northeast direction. Therefore, it is advised that the taps
and showers should be fixed on the northern side. As per Vasthu
for bathroom, the door should not be in the southwest direction
of the bathroom. For keeping the washing machine, the suitable
directions are southeast and northwest. Bathtub can be placed
on the west side.
Vasthu tips for bedroom:
For ensuring peace in the house, the main bedroom should be
constructed in the South direction.While sleeping, make sure that
everyone sleeps with his or her head pointing towards the South
corner. North direction should be completely avoided, as it acts
as a source of nightmares and disturbed sleep. Avoid placing the
divine idols in the bedroom. As a part of Vasthu guidelines for
bedroom, if you want to have a bookshelf in your bedroom, then
west or southwest corner is apt for this purpose. For constructing
the master bedroom, southwest direction is just perfect. Other
bedrooms can be constructed on the eastern or northern side of
the master bedroom. Square and rectangle shape bedrooms are
just perfect for ensuring peace and prosperity. Vasthu for dining
room makes sure that the food you are eating will have positive
effects on you and your family. There are plenty of things that
are to be considered, while giving the right Vasthu remedies
for dining room like the proper location of dining room, proper
placement of dining table, position of electronic gadgets, the
direction you are facing while eating food etc.
Vasthu tips for dining room:
The ideal location for the construction of dining room is the
West portion of the house. Construction should be done in such
a manner that the dining room and kitchen both are on the same
floor, lying adjacent to each other. Square or rectangle shape
dining table is just perfect for the room. Dining table should
not be sticking to the wall. The most suitable wall colors for the
room are the shades of pink and orange. If you want to place a
fridge in the dining room, then southeast direction would be just
apt. If you want to make provision for the fitting of washbasin
in your dining room, then the right place would be either eastern
or northern corner.
Vasthu tips for drawing room:
The north direction is ideal for the construction of drawing room.
As per Vasthu for drawing room, it is advisable to keep square
or rectangle shape furniture. Southern and western corners of
the room are perfect for placing the furniture. As per the Vasthu
advice for drawing rooms, there should more of open space in
the northern and eastern corners. The perfect place for placing
sofa lies in northwest. TV can be kept in the southeast direction
and showcase cum almirah in the southwest corner. Seating
arrangement for the guests should be done in such a manner that
the guests face southern or western direction. Center table can
be in the shape of square, rectangle or even round. Avoid placing
L shape sofa in your drawing room.
Vasthu tips for kitchen:
Vasthu for kitchen takes into consideration various things,
which when properly placed, pave way for safety in the
kitchen. Some of the essential determinants considered are
proper location of the kitchen, direction and placement of doors
and windows, placement of cooking gas, gas cylinder, sink,
refrigerator and other electronic gadgets etc. The ideal place for
the location of kitchen is the southeast corner. An alternative
can be the northwest corner of the house. As per the Vasthu
remedies for kitchen, certain directions, which are a total no
for the construction of the kitchen, are: Northeast, mid-north,
mid-west, southwest mid-south or the center. Make sure that the
cooking platform does not touch eastern or northern sidewall.
The best direction for cooking is facing east, as this direction
is considered auspicious. No shelf should be placed above the
cooking platform. Refrigerator can be placed on the northwest
corner in the kitchen. While constructing the kitchen, make
adequate provision for cross ventilation.
To know more and more about the Vasthu especially for the
western countries, contact Swamiji Sri. Selvam Siddhar @
USA Toll Free No. 1-888-808-1418 or email to avtemple@aol.
com

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In past issues I have shared many of my thoughts on spirituality.
First, I humbly submit my Pranams to the Almighty and thanks
to Swamiji for blessing me with the opportunity to do so. In this
issue I wish to talk about the spirituality taught to King Janaka
by one of the great saints, Ashtavakra.
The reason for his name is that he had eight misplacements in
his physical body. Even though he had the misplacements his
knowledge is great. Even though he lived and died thousands of
years ago, his thoughts on humanity and spirituality are suitable
even for today’s hectic world. The Ashtavakra Gita, or The Song
of Ashtavakra (also known as the Ashtavakra Samhita), is an
Advaita Vedanta scripture which documents a dialogue between
the Perfect Master Ashtavakra and the student Janaka, the King
of Mithila.
The Ashtavakra Gita comprises of a total of 20 chapters.
Ashtavakra Gita presents the traditional teachings of Advaita
Vedanta with a clarity and power very rarely matched. In the first
chapter, the teacher Ashtavakra imparts the highest knowledge
to King Janaka. In the 2nd chapter, King Janaka asserts that he
has figured it out (as to what true knowledge is). In the third
chapter, Guru Ashtavakra tests if King Janaka really got this
knowledge, and starts explaining in more detail the nature of this
“Brahma Jnana,” or “Knowledge of Brahman.” This continues
through the 6th chapter, and then Janaka speaks again in the 7th
chapter. Ashtavakra further instructs Janaka in chapters 8 to11.
In chapters 12, 13, and 14, Janaka speaks, giving a rare glimpse
into the mind of a true seeker, who surely but steadily shows the
signs of “Jeevan-Muktah,” or liberated-while-living.
The Ashtavakra Gita states that there is nothing as existence or
non existence, right or wrong, or moral or immoral. In the eyes
of the Ashtavakra, one’s true identity can be found by simply
recognizing oneself as Pure Existence and that as individuals
we are the Awareness of all things. The Ashtavakra Gita teaches
that one is already free when one realizes that he or she is free.
In the first chapter the student Janaka asks only one question,
and for that one question the master gives a very big answer. The
question of the student Janaka is essentially, “How is knowledge
to be acquired? How is liberation to be attained? And how is
dispassion to be reached?” For this question the master’s long
reply is as follows.
If you are seeking liberation, turn away from the objects of the
senses like poison. Practice tolerance, sincerity, compassion,
contentment, and truthfulness like nectar. You are neither earth,
water, fire, air, nor even ether. For liberation, know yourself as
consisting of consciousness, the witness of these. Only if you
remain resting in consciousness, seeing yourself as distinct from
the body, then even now you will become happy, peaceful, and
free from bonds. You do not belong to any caste, you are not at
any stage, nor are you anything that the eye can see. You are
unattached and formless, the witness of everything. Only by
being a witness of the world and worldly actions can one be
happy.
Righteousness and unrighteousness, pleasure and pain are purely
of the mind and are no concern of yours.You are neither the doer,
nor the reaper of consequences, so you are always free. You are
the one witness of everything, and are always totally free. The
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other than this. Since you have been bitten by the black snake of
the self-opinion that “I am the doer,” drink the nectar of faith in
the fact that “I am not the doer,” and be happy. Burn down the
forest of ignorance with the fire of the understanding that “I am
the one pure awareness,” and be happy and free from distress.
That in which all this appears - imagined like the snake in a
rope - that joy, supreme joy and awareness is what you are; so
be happy. If one thinks of oneself as free, one is free; and if one
thinks of oneself as bound, one is bound. Here this saying is true,
“Thinking makes it so.” - On following the great sayings of this
wonderful scholar saint Ashtavakra, our Swamiji Sri. Selvam
Siddhar always says, “You will live according to your thoughts.”
Your real nature is as the one perfect, free, and action-less
consciousness, the all-pervading witness. You are unattached
to anything, desire-less and at peace. It is from illusion that
you seem to be involved in Samsara. Meditate on yourself as
motionless awareness. Be free from any dualism, giving up the
mistaken idea that you are just a derivative consciousness, or
anything external or internal. You have long been trapped in
the snare of identification with the body. Sever it with the knife
of knowledge that “I am awareness,” and be happy. You are
really unbound and action-less, self-illuminating and spotless
already. The cause of your bondage is that you are still resorting
to stilling the mind. All of this is really filled by you and strung
out in you, for what you consist of is pure awareness. So, don’t
be narrow-minded. Keep your mind broad and wide. You are
unconditioned and changeless, formless and immovable,
unfathomable awareness and imperturbable, so hold to nothing
but consciousness. Recognize that the apparent is unreal, while
the un-manifest is abiding. Through this initiation into truth you
will escape falling into unreality again. Just as a mirror exists
everywhere, both within and apart from its reflected images, so
the Supreme Lord exists everywhere, within and apart from this
body. Just as one and the same all-pervading space exists within
and without a jar, so the eternal, everlasting God exists in the
totality of things.
This long answer given by the master teaches the highest
spirituality. If everybody were to adopt this point of view there
would be no ego and jealousy. The entire world would be very
peaceful. After hearing the longer answer, the great student
Janaka asks for a longer explanation from the great master by
narrating his experience as well. This makes the second chapter
of this wonderful work.
Truly I am spotless and at peace, the awareness beyond natural
causality. All this time I have been afflicted by delusion. As I
alone give light to this body, so I do to the world. As a result,
the whole world is mine, or alternatively, nothing is. So now,
abandoning the body and everything else, by some good fortune
or other, my true self becomes apparent. Just as waves, foam,
and bubbles are not different from water, so all this which has
emanated from oneself, is no other than oneself. In the same
way that cloth is found to be just thread when analyzed, so when
all this is analyzed, it is found to be no other than oneself.
Just as the sugar produced from the juice of the sugarcane is
permeated with the same taste, so all this, produced out of me,
is completely permeated with me. From ignorance of oneself,
the world appears, and by knowledge of oneself, it appears no
longer. From ignorance of the rope, a snake appears; and by
knowledge of it, it appears no longer. Shining is my essential
nature, and I am nothing over and beyond that. When the world
shines forth, it is simply me that is shining forth. All this appears
in me imagined due to ignorance, just as a snake appears in the
rope, the mirage of water in the sunlight, and silver in mother
of pearl. All this, which has originated out of me, is resolved
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and an ornament into gold. How wonderful I am! Glory is to me,
for whom there is no destruction, remaining even beyond the
destruction of the world, from Brahma down to the last clump of
grass. How wonderful I am! Glory is to me, solitary even though
with a body, neither going nor coming anywhere, I who abide
forever, filling all that is. How wonderful I am! Glory is to me!
There is no one as clever as me! I who have borne all that am
forever, without even touching it with my body! How wonderful
I am! Glory is to me! I who possess nothing at all or alternatively
possess everything that speech and mind can refer to.
Knowledge, what is to be known, and the knower, these three do
not exist in reality. I am the spotless reality in which they appear
because of ignorance. Truly dualism is the root of suffering.
There is no other remedy for it than the realization that all this
that we see is unreal, and that I am the one stainless reality,
consistingofconsciousness.Iampureawareness,thoughthrough
ignorance I have imagined myself to have additional attributes.
By continually reflecting like this, my dwelling place is in the
unimagined. For me there is neither bondage nor liberation. The
illusion has lost its basis and ceased. Truly all this exists in me,
though ultimately it does not even exist in me. I have recognized
that all this and my body is nothing, while my true self is nothing
but pure consciousness, so what can the imagination work on
now? The body, heaven and hell, bondage and liberation, and
fear too, all these are pure imagination. What is there left to do
for me whose very nature is consciousness? Truly, I do not see
dualism, even in a crowd of people. What pleasure should I have
when it has turned into a wilderness? I am not the body, nor
is the body mine. I am not a living being. I am consciousness.
It was my thirst for living and that was my bondage. Truly it
is in the limitless ocean of me, that stimulated by the colorful
waves of the worlds, everything suddenly arises in the wind of
consciousness. It is in the limitless ocean of me that the wind of
thought subsides, and the trader-like living beings’ world bark
is wrecked by lack of goods. How wonderful it is that in the
limitless ocean of me the waves of living beings arise, collide,
play, and disappear, according to their natures. After hearing the
longer explanation of experiences by the student Janaka, the
Master speaks more.
Knowing yourself as truly one and indestructible, how could a
wise man possessing self-knowledge like you feel any pleasure
in acquiring wealth? Truly, when one does not know oneself,
takes pleasure in the objects of mistaken perception. It is just as
greed arises for the mistaken silver in one who does not know
mother of pearl for what it is. All this wells up like waves in the
sea. Recognizing, “I am that”, why run around like someone in
need? After hearing of oneself as pure consciousness and the
supremely beautiful, is one to go on lusting after sordid sexual
objects? When the sage has realized that he himself is in all
beings, and all beings are in him, it is astonishing that the sense
of individuality should be able to continue. It is astonishing that
a man who has reached the supreme non-dual state and is intent
on the benefits of liberation should still be subject to lust and
held back by sexual activity. It is astonishing that one already
very debilitated, and knowing very well that its arousal is the
enemy of knowledge should still hanker after sensuality, even
when approaching his last days.
It is astonishing that one who is unattached to the things of this
world or the next, who discriminates between the permanent
and the impermanent, and who longs for liberation, should still
feel fear for liberation. Whether feted or tormented, the wise
man is always aware of his supreme self-nature and is neither
pleased nor disappointed. The great souled person sees even his
own body in action as if it were some-one else’s, so how should
he be disturbed by praise or blame? Seeing this world as pure
illusion, and devoid of any interest in it, how should the strong-
minded person feel fear, even at the approach of death? Who is
to be compared to the great souled person whose mind is free of
desire, even in disappointment, and who has found satisfaction
in self-knowledge? How should a strong-minded person, who
knows that what he sees is by its very nature nothing, consider
one thing to be grasped and another to be rejected? For someone
who has eliminated attachment, and who is free from dualism
and from desire, an object of enjoyment that comes of itself is
neither painful nor pleasurable.
This country is great and the world is the greatest. We are all
living an uncomfortable life, even though we have all the earthly
comforts needed for a comfortable living. What is the reason
for it? We all forget the spirituality taught by our ancestors!
By adopting this spiritual life, one can have a peaceful and
comfortable life. I whole heartedly thank the Almighty and
Swamiji Sri. Selvam Siddhar for blessing me with the chance to
share my thoughts on Spirituality. I pray that they bless me with
ever more opportunities such as this. In our next issue we will
continue to discuss this same subject. Om Nama Shivaya.

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Chundakkai Pachadi or Sundakkai pachadi
(Turkey Berry hot and sour gravy)
Ingredients
Sundakkai-1 cup(tender ones)
Small onion chopped-20
Tomato-1
Sambar powder-1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder-1 teaspoon
Tamarind paste-1 teaspoon
Cooked Thoor dhal-1/4 cup
To season
Musrad seed-1 teaspoon
Small jeera-1 teaspoon
Curry leaf-little
Corriander leaves to season
Procedure
Select tender sundakkai while cutting. Split into 4 and put into
water. Mince onion and tomatoes. Cook thoor dhal one whistle
less than you cook for sambar. Keep the kadai in the stove. Season
the pachadi with the items given in to season in 1 table spoon
of oil.Add the onion and tomatoes and saute for 3 minutes. Now
add the cut sundakkai and saute in medium fire for 5 minutes.
If sauted nicely,there will be no bitter taste in the curry. After
sauting add the water that is there on top of the cooked dhal.
(If there is not much water in your cooked dhal, add a cup of
water into it, mix it lightly and take out that water.).Add turmeric
powder. Half close the kadai and cook for 6 to 7 minutes in
medium fire till the Sundakkai cooks soft. Now add little more
dhal water and sambar powder.cook for 3 minutes. Add the salt
needed and the tamarind paste now. When the curry boils add
the cooked thoor dhal left and cook for 5 more minutes. You
should not cook long after adding dhal as the curry will turn
very thick. Garnish with coriander leaves. This gravy will be
semi solid .This can be mixed with rice as well as used as a side
dish for curd rice.
Chenai Kizhangu Meen Masala Varuval
(Yam fish masala fry)
Ingredients
Yam-1/4 kg (Cut like finger chips pieces)
Oil-2 table spoons
Ingredients for the masal
Garlic-7 to 8 pods
Fennel seeds-1 teaspoon
Pepper-1 teaspoon
Chili powder- 1 table spoon
Turmeric powder-1 teaspoon
Salt-1 table spoon
Procedure
Cook the Yam pieces in a kadai for 5 to 6 minutes (till they
are 3/4th cooked) Drain the water and keep it to cool. Mean
time grind the ingredients given for masal in the small jar with
just enough water. Marinate the yam pieces with the masal for
5 minutes. Keep the kadai in the stove and in 2 tablespoons of
oil season the fry with a teaspoon of mustard seed and fennel
seed and little curry leaf. Add the yam pieces and fry nicely
without stirring much. Too much of stirring will make the
pieces break. (Be sure that the pieces are not cooked too much
in the beginning).When the pieces get roasted oil will separate
Remove the pieces alone and discard the excess oil. This fry will
be yummy with Rasam rice as well as curd rice.
Palakkai Pirattal
(Baby Jack Fruit Masala)
Ingredients
Baby jack fruit
Potato-1
Big onion-1
Tomato-1
To Grind
Coconut grated-3 table spoons
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Red chilli-5
Pottukadalai-1 table spoon
Cashwes-4(optional)
Fennel seeds-1 teaspoon
To season
Cinamon-2 small pieces
Cloves-2
Cardomom-2
Fennel seeds-1 teaspoon
Procedure
Peel off the skin from the baby jack fruit and cut as shown. Cut
the potato also in the same size. Chop the onion and tomatoes
also. In a small cooker or pressure pan cook the cut jack fruit and
potatoes for 1 whistle in high flame. This will get cooked fast
and will get smashed if over cooked. So if you are not sure when
to switch off then cook it in microwave or in a kadai in such a
way that the pieces are just correctly cooked. Grind the items
given in ‘To grind’ to a smooth paste.
Now keep the kadai in the stove.In two tablespoons of oil season
the curry with the items given in’To season’. Add the onions and
tomatoes and sauté nicely till oil separates. Now add the grinded
masal and salt needed also and sauté till it gets cooked well and
oil separates in medium fire. Add ¼ cup of water to this and put
the cooked baby jack fruit and potato pieces. Mix everything
nicely in such a way that you don’t smash the pieces and cook in
medium fire for 5 to 7 minutes till oil separates.
Muttai Kose Muttai Poriyal
( Cabbage Egg Fry )
Ingredients
Grated cabbage-2 cups
Minced big onion-1
Green chillies chopped-4 or (1 teaspoon of chili powder)
Egg-1 or 2
Procedure
Keep the kadai in the stove. Season the fry with a teaspoon of
mustard, curry leaf and broken urudh dhal. Add the minced
onion and chilies and sauté for a minute. Now add the cabbage
and sauté for a while. Sprinkle little water. Half close the kadai
and cook in medium fire for 3 minutes. Open the lid and add the
salt needed and cook till the cabbage is rightly cooked. sprinkle
water in between till it gets cooked. Make sure that there is
not much water content in the vegetable. Now break the egg
and pour it on top the vegetable and mix well till the egg gets
cooked. Chilli powder instead of green chilies will taste little
different. I like that taste more. so try both ways and find out
which taste you like.
Karunai Kizhangu Kuzhambu
Ingredients
Karunai kizhangu-5 to 6 (pressure cook for 6 minutes)
Small onion-20
Garlic-20
Tomato-1
Sambar powder-2 teaspoon
Coriander powder-2 teaspoon
Tamarind-little more than you use for sambar (a small gooseberry
size)
For seasoning
Mustard seed-1 teaspoon
Fennel seeds-1 teaspoon
Curry leaf-little
Oil-2 table spoon
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Procedure
Peel off the skin of the cooked kizhangu. Cut into small round
pieces. If your kizhangu is over cooked or undercooked adjust
the cooking time next time. This time if it is over cooked add
the kizhangu to the gravy by the end. Cut the onion, garlic
and the tomatoes too.Keep the kadai in the stove. Season the
gravy with the items given in ‘for seasoning’. Add the onion,
garlic and tomato pieces one by one after sauting each for
some time. Soak the tamarind and the salt needed in 3 cups
of water. Squeeze out the tamarind pieces and add the sambar
powder, turmeric powder and coriander powder to this water.
Add this water to the kadai and cook in high flame for 5
minutes.Add the kizhangu now. Reduce the flame and in slow
medium fire cook for another 10 minutes. When the gravy is
almost half or little less than half in quantity, switch off the
stove. I usually wait for the oil to separate but for those who
are new to cooking this method wont work.
Kathirikkai Masal
(Brinjal Masal)
Ingredients
Brinjal-1/4 kg
Onion (big)-1
Garlic-10 pods
Tomato-1
Sambar powder-1 table spoon
Turmeric powder-1/2 teaspoon
Fresh coriander leaves-little
Curry leaf-little
Salt-to taste
Oil-1 table spoon (be little liberal in using oil for this fry)
Procedure
Cut the brinjals into pieces of two inches length (approximately).
Mince onion, garlic and tomatoes. Keep the kadai in the stove.
Season the fry with a teaspoon of mustard, fennel seed and curry
leaves. Add the onion and garlic pieces first and sauté for a while.
Then add the tomatoes and sauté for a minute .Now add the brinjal
and sauté nicely in medium fire for 5 minutes. Now it will be half
done .In this stage add the turmeric powder, sambar powder and the
salt. Mix everything well. Pour half a cup of water into the kadai now
so that the brinjal pieces get cooked softly. Reduce the fire, close the
kadai and cook for 5 more minutes or till the water gets absorbed and
oil separates .Make sure that the brinjal pieces are softly cooked and
get blended with the masal else add little more water and cook for a
while. Garnish with coriander leaves. Corriander leaves along with
brinjal will be excellent.
(The ancient Prasnotthara malika was written by the great saint
Adhi shankara. Prasnam means questions and uttharam means
answers to those questions. The ancient prasnotthara malika
was written in Sanskrit By Sri.Adhi shankara, with questions
of his disciples and his answers. The Naveena prasnotthara
malika is written in English By Swamiji Sri.Selvam Siddhar.
In this, he answers the questions of his disciples/followers/
sishyas)
Swamiji Sri Selvam Siddhar’s Satsang- Questions from his
followers / Sishyas and Answers from His Holiness:-
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1. Who is a Guru/ Swamiji?
Who ever teaches Brahma Gyan (Knowledge to reach God -
The Supreme power) is a Guru/ Swamiji or Spiritual Master.
A Spiritual Guru is the external manifestation of God. He is
the personification of Vedas. He is empowered by the Lord to
deliver the conditional Souls. Sometimes the Lord Himself
becomes the Spiritual Master like Sri.Dhakshinamoorthy, who
taught every thing in silence to his disciples Sanaka, Sananta,
Sanathana and Sanathkumara or like Sri.Krishna, who showed
Arjuna his original form.
2. Are Guru/ Swamiji and Parmatma one? Guru/ Swamiji is
the form of Parmatma.
3. Do you talk with God? How can we know?
Those who have attained such a state can know. Just as I have
not learnt English and so cannot understand if someone speaks
in English. Similarly those who know the language of God can
only understand.
4. What should be relationship between a true Guru and
disciple?
That cannot be explained through language. It can be only
expressed though feelings of heart.
5. Dear Mahatma, Lord Krishna says in Gita - “Everyone has
to hear the fruits of his Karmas.” Can Guru save his disciple
from punishment of his irreligious acts?
One cannot escape from Karma-Phal. Karma or Destiny can
not be changed. That is a universal law. Nature never changes
its rules. But a Brahma Gyani, Brahma Nista Guru can help his
devotee, if his faith and devotion on to Guru is unshakeable.
Suppose a person has to fall from the 7th floor of a building
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because this is his Karma’s matured fruit.
But a Mahatma, a Satguru can help the
person, making him fall on some truck
full of Dunlop or cart carrying cotton.
The person is to fall this is his Karma’s
punishment. But he will be saved from
hurt or injury by any means. This is
Guru’s help.
6. Dear Holiness Sri Selvam Siddhar,
what is difference between Atma and
Parmatma?
Atma and Parmatma are one and the
same. The whole modern civilization is
operating on the misunderstanding that
body is the self, but this is the mentality
of animals as they are not having Buddhi
for self-realization.
7. Swamiji, by surrendering to Guru,
what does one get?
By taking the shelter of a bonafied
Spiritual Master and obeying his
instructions with firm faith and devotion,
one gets knowledge, detachment and
ultimately Liberation (Moksha).
8. Satguruji, Our Vedanta declares,
“Destiny is irrevocable and
unavoidable.” Then why one should
unnecessarily bother and labor hard?
It is indeed true that one would get
only what is destined for him. However
it behaves one to make a clear and
proper distinction, between where it
is appropriate to be resigned to one’s
fate and where it is appropriate to exert
personal effort. Securing a job is a matter
of destiny, but having secured one, to
sustain it with sincerity is a matter of
personal efforts. To acquire or come into
wealth is dictated by destiny, but how
to use that wealth for a good purpose is
a matter of personal choice and efforts.
Whatever one is given by destiny, what
one gets is his destiny; but how one uses
it is his freedom of choice and efforts.
This is called as Purushartha or New
Karmas.
9. Swamiji, is it true that Heaven and
Hell are only on this Earth?
Heaven and Hell on this earth are only
samples. As per our Holy Scriptures,
there are eighteen varieties of Heavens
and Hells. Among them one type of
each is here on this earth. They are like
samples. When a trader, like a cloth
merchant, comes to you to fetch order,
he only brings his samples to show you.
Again a grain merchant will only show
samples of grains. He does not carry his
godown with him. Likewise nature has
created only one sample of Heaven and
Hell here on earth.
10. How do I figure out what is my life’s
purpose?
Look into your life and find your aim in
life. Do not make a choice on the basis
of your current emotion, but on the sum
total of the inclinations in your life.
Arrive at a conclusion. Try to project
yourself to the end of your life and in the
last minute of your life, what would you
like to feel about yourself? Aim all your
choice and actions on that basis. If after
you’ve made a thorough search you have
not found the answer and feel the need
for spiritual guidance, then find a guide
and ask.
11. Why am I so indecisive? Why do I
not have will power?
When one is indecisive or when one
lacks will power, one has an emotional
need which is not yet fulfilled. Examine
that and discover the need which is
not fulfilled and one will stop being
indecisive.
12. How do I reconcile spiritual life
and family/worldly life? I want to spend
my time meditating and giving service.
However, there are family and work
demands. How do I create a balance?
Love and service begin at home. If you
have not learned to serve the people
in your immediate circle unselfishly,
any service given outside that circle
also will be polluted by the elements
of ego. There is no sadhana greater
than that of a householder. The art of
life consists of resilience, which one
has to learn to practice in family life.
The family becomes your crucible and
your touchstone. I always test people’s
spiritual progress by observing the
state of their relationships. If their
relationships have become sweeter, more
unselfish, resilient, less demanding, then
I conclude that one is making progress in
meditation. Otherwise there is something
missing both in meditation and in service.
Then there is another dimension.
Common people use only a fraction of
the surface of their minds for all their
activities, which is like the waves in the
shallows at the beach. At greater depths,
the mediator discovers layers of the mind
ocean which are ever in silence. One
who has learned the art of karma yoga,
the practice of yoga while performing
actions, remains in touch with the silent
depths while still acting in the world.
But this is an art that can only be learned
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teacher/Guru whose formula for life is:
Eat only while you are fasting, speak
only when are in silence, act only while
you are still.
13. Swamiji, How does one balance
common sense and faith when making a
decision? In other words, when should
common sense prevail and when should
faith prevail?
Look within. When there is no doubt
in your mind, common sense and faith
has merged into one. Analyze your
doubts. Or as Lord Rama said, “Doubt
your doubts” and you may arrive at
faith. Actually there is no definite
answer to this question. One should
learn to listen to one’s inner self but
first learn to distinguish between inner
self and psychological conditioning.
This distinction is most important.
Unfortunately, almost all students I have
met call their psychological conditioning
their inner self. That is not the path from
conditioning to the unconditioned self.
Have faith only in the unconditioned
self.
14. Pranams Swamiji. It is stated that
we have two alive matters in our body,
soul & God. So our energy, movement
etc. in the body is due to power of God
or independent power of soul? If it is
power/energy of soul then what is the
effect of God residing in our body?
God resides in our body first, His nature
being omnipresent. second, if God will
not reside in body then neither soul nor
body will function, so, the main source
to make not only human body but entire
universe to function the almighty God,
but, no doubt, all souls living in human
body are free to do good or bad deeds at
their own.
15. Revered Swamiji, Bless me and my
family and help us to do the right things
needed by God for us to do.
My blessings to you, dear Kid. I, first
of all, appreciate your pious desire, I
heartily bless you and your family for
long, happy life and get success at step
of life while doing pious deeds.
16. I am not well. I am unmarried and
want to keep a fast for Lord Shiva on
special days. Should I keep the fast or
not?
I would advice you not to keep fast. You
must always take care of your health. In
Vedas it is said as “Sareeram Aadhyam
kalu dharma saadhanam”(the physical
body is the base for doing or adopting
the proper dharma in the proper way).
17. Swamiji Sri Selvam Siddhar Ji ,I
need a powerful prayer or mantra or
sloka or any chant to get succeeded in
my love with friend and to make my
present love life to turn as a successful
love marriage life.
First of all, I would like to advise you
that the sign of best lover is that he
would never touch the opposite sex
before marriage, if you also maintain
your purity and then you marry with your
lover then sure your married life would
be happy. I bless you, for the same.
18. Pranam, Swamiji. We humbly
request you to guide us for the below
mentioned subjects.
(1) We sometimes read/hear that very
young child chants Sanskrit slokas or
verses/shashtras etc. by heart. It is said
that due to previous births’ knowledge
that child remembers that. Whether it
is possible? Since it is explained by you
only yogi who has realized God can
know his previous births.
(2) It is stated that our present life is
prarabadh based on past life’s deeds and
we should discharge our duties as stated
in Vedas which will destroy our sanchit
karmas. So Swamiji, whether our life
or age is fixed from our birth? If it was
fixed on birth or before then whether by
discharging moral duties as per Vedas
(listening Vedas from learned acharya,
doing Gayatri havan daily both times,
doing ashtang yoga etc.) The age of our
present life gets increased and better? Or
whether after such deeds also our present
life is fixed and result of such deed will
be given in next life only?
We request to please clear this doubt.
Pranam.
My blessings to you……….,
(1). No, please. It is not possible for a
child to talk or recite Sanskrit slokas
without learning the same from a learned
acharya of Vedas in present life. First of
all generally public does not know about
the Vedas and therefore public is not able
to decide whether the child is reciting
Veda mantras or any other Sanskrit
slokas. Secondly, if Veda mantras due
to the pious result of the deeds of the
previous life are chanted by an ordinary
boy or girl who has not learnt Vedas
from present alive learned acharya
of Vedas then the boy/girl etc., will
also experience the divine pleasure of
realizing God and in the said condition/
situation, the boy or girl will never chant
the Veda mantras publicly. They will
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(2). Yes, it is true that our present life has to face the result
of past lives’ deeds-good or bad in the shape of pleasure and
sorrows respectively. Now, you see there are three types
of karmas. In present life, we are also free to do kriyamann
karmas either good or bad. So, human-life is especially meant
for worshipping the God as per Vedas’philosophy. To know and
do pious deeds only by which the effect of bad deeds as well as
sorrows is wiped away and a person gets long and happy life.
Yes, if a devotee follows the eternal Vedas’ philosophy which
emanates direct from God at the beginning of the earth then by
listening Vedas from learned Acharya, doing Havan/Yajna both
times, daily name jaap of God, hard practice of Ashtang Yoga
philosophy which also emanates from Vedas, while discharging
all his mortal duties towards family, society, nation etc., then
automatically his life will become happy and long.
19. What should I do to earn money?
First of all we should know that the lord of universe isAlmighty
God. He is only empowered to give us assets etc. Therefore,
we must first worship Him daily according to Vedas and after
seeking His blessings, a person should do hard-working with
full concentration. God sure will fulfill the desire.
20. I have tried hard for Army but I have not succeeded. I
want to earn money. I am pursuing MBA . So, guide me what
is better for me.
To listen the voice of heart which says go and join army at any
cost or listen to mind which always follow the path of money.
If you are desirous of service then only go to army. If you
are desirous of earning money, then MBA study will be more
beneficial for you.
21. Pranam Swamiji. My question is what should I take after
science or commerce? What will I become in life?
My blessings to you. Although, the study is based on the
interest of a student, so take that subject which is of your
interest. Otherwise, you may do higher studies and can either
be a lecturer or a professor or a certified public accountant.
22. Namaste Guruji Maharaj, from all of us. Guruji, The
body of a normal human is cremated once the soul leaves the
body, but in some literatures it is said that the body of yogi is
to be buried. Why so? Please explain Guruji.
My blessings to you all, my kids. In fact, the body of yogi
should also be burnt. Yajur Veda mantra 40-15 of the fifth
Kanda clearly states to burn all the human-bodies.
23. Respected Swamiji, Namasthe. Thank you answering my
previous two questions submitted to you. I read your questions
& answers section regularly. I have three questions today.
1) According to jyothish shastra, Sun, Moon, Raaghu, Kethu
are treated as planets. But in Science Sun is light & energy
provider for Planets. Moon is a satellite of earth. Raaghu/
Kethu are not in Science. Should we believe jyotish shastra or
science? Will Raaghu/Kethu affect our life?
2) I was told that Shani dasa runs for 19 years in a person’s
life time. The person will have most difficult times during that
period and Shani dev would ruin the life of the person during
that period. is it true?
3) Planet Saturn and Mars are far away from Earth and they
don’t have power as per scientific research. But in Vedic
astrology Saturn (Shani) and Mars (Kuja/Mangal) are harmful
to human beings. What is your opinion on it? Please reply.
Thanking you.
My blessings to you. You are most welcome. The following are
the answers for your questions.
(i) Yes, in science also there are nine planets in solar system
including Raaghu and Kethu but their names are being recited
in English. God has created the universe and every matter
has been made for the benefit of human-beings. Naturally, all
the planets are of use for all living beings. There is not even
the most minute matter of the universe which is useless. So,
we must believe in science which also emanates from Vedas.
Raaghu and Kethu being non-alive cannot give bad effect on
our lives but a person’s deeds (good or bad) affects his life
accordingly.
(ii) No, please. It does not seem to be true that Shani dev runs
for 19 years in a person’s life creating difficulties in his life and
ruining it. You know, like earth, all planets are non-alive and
can never be harmful for living beings, on their own.
(iii) I‘ve told you that every planet has been created by God
for the benefit of human-beings. However, Sun gives us life
and energy because without sun-rays crops can’t grow/ripen.
On the other hand, several people die due to sunstroke. Reason
behind that God tells all human-beings in Vedas to perform
Yajna/hawan daily to get timely rains. Sama Veda states that
pious smoke of hawan reaches the outer layers of atmosphere
up till Sun and then the sun-rays prove beneficial to everyone
and do not cause any harm.Nowadays, the problem is that
people do not listen to Vedas and do not get to know about the
real worship and the eternal path of the Vedas like Yajna/hawan
nama jaap of God etc., which gives innumerable benefits to the
living
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During the past issues I explained a lot about Vedic
Astrology. In this issue I wish to explain the nature
of the planets in different houses. In this issue, I will
explain about the positions of Sun, Moon and Mercury in
the twelve houses of an individual’s horoscope. These are
all only hints. The strength of the planet will vary from
person to person or horoscope to horoscope. The first is the
planet Sun. Planet Sun is considered as the leader of all the
planets. He is the king among all the planets.
First House: People with the Sun in their first house
care a lot about their self image and physical appearance.
They tend to be very brave, competitive and determined.
This gives them very strong natural leadership qualities.
They tend to have their own views very clear so it is near
impossible for them to get swayed by others opinions.
Second House: The Sun within the second house orientates
around energies that focus on money and wealth. Not only
is wealth important to second house sun people, but also
material possessions.
Third House: People with the Sun in the third house have
a great compassion to learn and broaden their knowledge.
They are likely to try to broaden their education for many
years to adult hood or throughout their entire life. Along
with study, travel is also considered important. People
with the sun in their third house usually become writers
or teachers. These are very optimistic people even in the
hardest of times.
Fourth House: People with sun in the fourth house have a
great need for domestic security. Their life is aimed mainly
towards family matters and also to the home environment.
These are family people who are normally very proud of
whom they are, their heritage and their origins.
Fifth House: These are very creative people, generally
actors, performers and writers. They choose to express
themselves by creative means and want to be noticed and
appreciated. These people are sometimes a bit of a show
off – very self confident. They have a great passion for
children. They are often very daring and adventurous and
tend to take a lot of risks.
Sixth House: These are normally very determined workers
but can be very demanding.
Seventh House: Their lives tend to be strongly influenced
by people close to them such as business partners and family
members. They are excellent at greeting and meeting new
faces as they can cooperate well and know how to deal with
others. This means that careers where they will have to talk
to strangers such as sales and promotional jobs are well
suited to them.
Eighth House: The energies here tend to be in looking after
others’ possessions for them. Things such as house sitting,
banking, pensions and stock marketing would be a well
suited job. There could possibly also be a strong interest in
philosophy, metaphysical and occult subjects.
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Ninth House: These people are often dreamers who try and
make their life ideal rather then what is practically possible
for them. This can lead to problems. There is very likely
to be great interest in spiritual and religious practices; also
in law and philosophy. If you are convinced that you have
answers to questions that people ask and you are convinced
you are right, you are likely to try everything in your power
to get everyone to hear. There is a strong desire to travel to
foreign countries for these people.
Tenth House: There is a need for these people to be noticed
whether it is through fame and fortune, power, politics,
authority or responsibility.
Eleventh House: To reach your goals will heavily rely on
those around you such as friends, family and colleagues.
Twelfth house: People here will have a need for self-
perfection. Yet they will normally feel somewhat estranged
from others like they are an outsider even if other parts of
their chart say so otherwise. They are often introverted, shy
and like a peaceful life and time on their own.They shouldn’t
be concerned by feelings of not belonging and failures to
mix well with others. They may feel that not many life them
but they have a lot of people who respect them strongly
that they are not aware of. Work in the community such as
in churches, hospitals, learning institutions or professions
such as art, literature and psychology are well suited. These
people normally have at least one major psychological,
physiological or social crisis that they have to overcome in
their life.
The Moon is the planet most connected to our feelings and
emotions linked to other people in their lives. The way you
have been brought up will mostly be reflected here and this
is also where unconscious decisions are made.
First house: People with the Moon in the first house are
usually hyper sensitive. Although they are very restless,
easily changed and easily hurt, they are quick and easy
at making new adjustments when needed. Their feelings
constantly change which means that it is hard for them to
make lasting plans. They need a partner who can respect
them, be loyal and cope with the frequent mood swings.
They care a lot about physical appearance and appearing
healthy.
Second house: People with the Moon placed in the second
house get a lot of emotional security from their money and
material possessions. Emotional insecurity occurs when
there are problems with finances.
Third house: People with the Moon in the third house are
very good at remembering things in excellent detail. They
are not very well suited for repetitive or routine job as they
have to keep their mind focused. They are frequently in their
own world, daydreaming or living in a world of fantasy.
Fourth house: They have a great love for Mother Nature
and outdoors. Their life is full with strong influence from
parents and domestic influences.
Fifth house: People that have the moon in the fifth house
will often try to keep their children as home for as long as
possible and be slow on letting them go out on their own
and to become independent. These people can often find
themselves becoming impulsive gamblers.
Sixth house: The Moon in the sixth house often makes
people very restless in nature. They can be strongly
depended upon by others. These people tend to worry a lot
and are very sensitive; this means that they are easily hurt
by things.
Seventh house: These people are characterized by a
flexibility to fit in anywhere and possess a strong desire for
social acceptance. They don’t like being alone, this may
cause them to marry early; their partner is likely to be very
moody and overly sensitive.
Eighth house:These people feel that they have a strong sense
of duty and obligation to others. They are very sensitive to
social demands.
Ninth house: These people have an innovative mind and are
dreamers. They hold strong beliefs. They usually have one
subject that they become deeply involved with and spend a
lot of time studying; they enjoy sharing knowledge on this
subject to others. They are usually interested in philosophy
and the search for metaphysical truths. Practical knowledge
is often obtained through dreams or meditation.
Tenth house: They have a strong desire for recognition and
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Eleventh house: They are often very popular with a wide
circle of friends, especially women. They have a very wide
range on interests that sometimes they may appear to others
as being superficial. Their emotional security is strongly
tied to their circle of friends and relationships.
Twelfth house: Being in the twelfth house, a house of
closed doors, these people often feel emotionally isolated
from others. They are subject to emotional chaos and
have difficulty to freely express their emotions. They are
sensitive and tend to get easily hurt due to having fragile
feelings. Others may view them as emotionally withdrawn
or lonely.
Mercury governs the way that you communicate with those
around you.
First House: The first house being the strongest of all
houses means that people with mercury in the first house
can easily communicate their thoughts to others and are
very talkative. They can easily and quickly adapt to new
situations and always seek new and useful information.
Second House: These people are full of money making
ideas. They know the true value of things and are very value
conscious.
Third House: People with mercury in the third house tend
to be very witty and clever, especially in the use of words.
They are not necessarily deep thinkers, but are very alert
and adaptable. They express their ideas fluently and have a
wide variety of talents.
Fourth House: These people have been brought up in a
home surrounded by mental and educational activities.
Their parents place an unusually high priority upon learning.
These people tend to be high-strung and easily irritated and
they often find it hard to relax. They usually have a home
based career.
Fifth House: They usually have very clear legible writing
and a very clear speaking ability and usually have some
form of artistic and creative interests. They have a deep
need of mental pleasure and intellectual stimulation and are
likely to have very intellectual friends and partners.
Sixth House: They tend to worry if things aren’t the way
they are supposed to be. When it comes to careers they
are in jobs that involve work requiring specialized mental
or physical skills, such as working with computers or
electronic devices. They are usually perfectionists and very
precise in everything that they do.
Seventh House: People with mercury in the seventh house
are usually friends with clever and articulate people. They
are good at expressing their thoughts and ideas in an
intelligent manner.
Eighth House: They try to get to the bottom of problems
and resolve issues themselves. They are interested in human
behavior and usually study subjects like psychology. They
also hold an interest in scientific, metaphysical and occult
subjects; instead of gathering all of their knowledge though
books they tend to gather information through their own
intuition and experiences.
Ninth House: These people like to travel especially in
foreign lands. They are interested in how other cultures live
their lives. They are also interested in philosophy and like
to study to the highest of their abilities.
Tenth House: People that have Mercury positioned in
the tenth house are very good at communication through
both speech and writing. They are well suited to political,
managerial, and executive and government related jobs.
Eleventh House: These people can easily communicate
and exchange their ideas with anyone. They have a good
memory for things in good detail and have strong minds
capable of hard work.
Twelfth House: They tend to be secretive about their
thoughts and ideas. Others may think that they are shy
as they tend to be quiet and hesitate to speak their ideas,
especially in public settings. Sometimes they have learning
difficulties such as dyslexia. They often lack confidence but
hide this very well.
In the next issue we will discuss about more planets. I pray
Lord Shiva and Vanadurga matha to shower their entire
blessings on all of us.
Om Shanthi Om Shanthi OmShanthi

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There are many problems in getting married. Nowadays
getting married in the prescribed age has become very
rare. There are a lot of reasons for this. The major problem
is called as “Mars Dosha” or “Manglik”. There is nothing
wrong in being a Manglik. Mangliks are normal people. Most
importantly, Mangliks should realize that being a Manglik
is not a matter to be afraid of; it is not the end of the world
for them. Matters pertaining to the intensity of the Manglik
Dosha and its cancellation play major roles and these are to
be studied deeply. Atharva Veda has mentioned a lot about the
Manglik Dosha and the remedies for overcoming the Manglik
Dosha. One of the biggest misconceptions and fears in the
Hindu society with respect to marriage is the presence of Mars
Dosha or Kuja Dosha in the horoscope. Mars Dosha occurs,
when Mars is placed in the ascendant, 4th, 7th, 8th or 12th
house of the natal chart. However, the Atharva Veda includes
the 2nd house also in the Mangal Dosha list. People in whose
natal chart Mars is placed in the above positions are called
Mangliks. Now let us see who is Mars or Mangal or Kuja.
Planet Mars in Vedic Astrology
Planet Mars is considered to be a commander-in-chief
among all the other planets. It symbolizes immense courage,
aggression, vitality, confidence and warrior qualities. It drives
the fire of independent spirit and sense of purpose among
individuals. Mars is also known as Angaraka and Kuja,
meaning the burning coal and the fair one respectively. He rules
over the two sidereal signs of Aries and Scorpio. He is exalted
in Capricorn and fallen in the sign Cancer. Mars is identified
with Lord Karthikeya, the god of war. He is the son of Lord
Shiva. Karthikeya was born with six heads and he killed the
invincible demon Taraka, releasing the Devas from Taraka’s
oppression. The above depict the valor, strength, courage and
the protective quality of Mars. Thus, Mars is known as the
protector of dharma and the purpose in life.
Misconceptions about Manglik Dosha
Now days a lot of fake astrologers have entered in the field.
They are not so well learned scholars of astrology. They have
done a lot of misconceptions in all aspects of astrology. That
too particularly, they have done a lot of misconceptions about
mars. They have done a lot of misconceptions in married life
and getting marriage. They have taken their shelter in Magal
or Kuja or mars. Some of the most common misconceptions
about the planet Mars is that if a person is born on a Tuesday,
then he is said to be a Manglik or Mars-dominated native.
But it is not true. Another misconception is “double Manglik
Dosha”, which is a term being used by many astrologers.
There is no such term as “Double Manglik Dosha”, which
refers to Mars being in any of the above mentioned houses
and also in its own sign or in exaltation. Atharva Veda,
be On the contrary, Mars in own house or exaltation will
considerably reduce the ill effects of the Manglik Dosha. The
most famous misconception about being a Manglik is that if
he/she is married to a non-Manglik, then the spouse is bound
to die. The above can be seen in a few cases, where Mars
is severely afflicted; overall strength of the horoscope also
needs to be checked according to the Atharva Veda techniques.
Marriage and Manglik Dosha
Manglik Dosha is primarily considered at the time of marriage.
Many people consider Manglik Dosha as a bad yoga and are
reluctant to marry the persons, who have the Dosha, even if the
Dosha is cancelled in the birth chart. The nature of the troubles
in marriage absolutely depends on the nature of Mars in the
natal Chart and the Navamsa Chart. Also the birth chart’s
overall strength should be assessed, especially regarding
aspects from any benefic planets on the 7th house and 7th lord.
Another factor influencing the Manglik Dosha is the age of the
person at the time of marriage. Mars is said to have a maturity
age of 28. For a Manglik person, the malefic effects of Mars
reduce after the age of 28.
Common effects attributed to Mars with respect to its position
in the natal chart:
Mars in the first house: - quarrelsome on even minor issues;
combative and dominating in relationship.
Mars in the 2nd house: - harsh speech, lack of money and
understanding in the family.
Mars in the 4th house :- aggressive emotional nature,
which may effect the career-front, with frequent changes in
profession.
Mars in the 7th house: - a lot of energy; difference of opinion
with family members, that too particularly with the spouse.
Mars in the 8th house: - early death of the mate.
Mars in the 12th house: - financial losses, many enemies and
repressed anger.
All the aforesaid are only hints and basics. This will vary
from person to person and horoscope to horoscope. To know
more and more about individual horoscope and to solve your
problems contact Dr. Commander Selvam (Swamiji Sri.
Selvam Siddhar) @ USA toll free 1-888-808-1418 or 1-888-
808-1428 or email to avtemple@aol.com
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The human race begins only from a child or kid. The Atharva
Veda tells a lot about kids or children. Swamiji Sri Siddhar
has conducted many researches according to Vedic scriptures
to analyze the problems in getting good kids. There are too
many problems. Even though there are too many problems
the problems have been clarified into two major parts. One is
getting a kid and the other is bringing up the kid. The Atharva
Vedic astrology deals a lot into this subject. Swamiji Sri.
Selvam Siddhar has brought out all these factors to the modern
world. The Atharva Veda has also classified the kids in various
manners. They are sisu, balaka or balaki, tharuna/tharuni. Balaka
is masculine gender and Balaki is feminine gender. Tharuna is
masculine gender and Tharuni is feminine gender. The term sisu
has the similar meaning of a neonatal and an infant. The sisu is
up to the age of pre schooling. Balaka/balaki is up to the teen
age. The teenagers are called as tharuna/tharuni. Childbirth is
the process in which the baby is born. It is considered as the
beginning of a person’s life, where age is defined relative to this
event in most cultures. There are many problems in getting good
kids. The problem starts from the parent’s fertility. The problems
are to be analyzed right from the beginning. The problems begin
right from the stage of fertilization. The Atharva Veda has also
classified the kids in various manners. They are sisu, balaka or
balaki, tharuna/tharuni. Balaka is masculine gender and Balaki
is feminine gender. Tharuna is masculine gender and Tharuni
is feminine gender. The term sisu has the similar meaning of a
neonatal and an infant. The sisu is up to the age of pre schooling.
Balaka/balaki is up to the teen age. The teenagers are called as
tharuna/tharuni.
Childbirthistheprocessinwhichthebabyisborn.Itisconsidered
as the beginning of a person’s life, where age is defined relative
to this event in most cultures. There are many problems in
getting good kids. The problem starts from the parent’s fertility.
The problems are to be analyzed right from the beginning. The
problems begin right from the stage of fertilization. As per the
Atharva Vedic scriptures the children up to the age of seven are
considered as divine images and they are considered as next to
God. Children from the age of seven were considered responsible
for their actions. Child development refers to the biological and
psychological changes that occur in human beings between birth
and the end of adolescence, as the individual progresses from
dependency to increasing autonomy. According to Atharva Veda
and Swamiji Sri.Selvam Siddhar (Dr. Commander Selvam)
these developmental changes may be strongly influenced by
genetic factors and events during prenatal life, genetics and
prenatal development are usually included as part of the study of
child development. Developmental change may occur as a result
of genetically-controlled processes known as maturation, or as a
result of environmental factors and learning, but most commonly
involves an interaction between the two. Above all these factors
there is another invisible factor that decides the nature of a kid.
That is astrology. According to Vedic Astrology the Ascendant
or lagna is the most important factor to decide the life of a
common individual. There is another ascendant too. It is called
as “Aadhana Lagnam”. By calculating that Aadhana lagnam one
can ascertain the time of the concievement of the particular kid.
Atharva Veda has put a rule to the Vedic Astrologers. It is “Learn
the process of preparing the Aadhana Lagnam. Unless otherwise
it is considered as the most important don’t use it”.
There are a lot of factors that decide the various aspects of a
kid. The various aspects are obedience, knowledge, adherence to
the elders, thirst towards education and strong physic and strong
mind. The factors that decide all the things are the position of
the planets in one kid’s birth chart or horoscope. By properly
analyzing the position of the planets one can easily have the
spiritual salvation of the problems faced by a kid. The horoscope
is to be prepared according to the Atharva Veda techniques and
to be read in the Atharva Veda standard. The rituals are to be
performed according to the guidance of a learned Atharva Veda
scholar. By doing so one kid can have a wonderful spiritual
salvation for the problems. The optimal development of
children is considered vital to society and so it is important to
understand the social, cognitive, emotional, and educational
development of children. In addition there are also some theories
that seek to describe a sequence of states that comprise child
development. Attachment theory, originating in the work of
Atharva Veda, is a psychological, evolutionary and ethological
theory that provides a descriptive and explanatory framework
for understanding interpersonal relationships between human
beings. Attachment theorists consider children to have a need
for a secure relationship with adult caregivers, without which
normal social and emotional development will not occur.
There are a lot of problems concerned with kids. It starts from
getting the kids and it goes up to the marriage of the kids.
Swamiji Sri.Selvam Siddhar has done a vast research of Atharva
Veda and he has many wonderful spiritual ways to solve the
problems. To solve your problems contact Swamiji Sri. Selvam
Siddhar @ USA toll free 1-888-808-1418 or 1-888-808-1428 or
email to avtemple@aol.com
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1. Kishin Manohar & Komal Manohar. Georgetown, DE
Jai Swamiji Maharaj. Only because of your best prayers,
we got our kid now. We married 17 years back. We both are
hale and healthy. But we were unable to get good kids. Only
after your consultation and Thantric rituals we are blessed
with a kid. Our life is dedicated to your golden feet. As it
has shown me a good way, we wish to donate $501.00 to
Karma every month. Once again Namaskars and Thanks
Maharaj.
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Swamiji, I approached you after reading your article in
the magazine Karma to bring out my son from his drug
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I am a Christian fromAfrica. I was cheated by a lot or Peers.
So I developed an aversion towards the Peers or Swamijis.
When I met you and told my problems to you, you just
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and from that moment all the aversions went out of me. You
solved all my family problems in a miraculous way. First
my thanks to the magazine Karma and my salutations and
thanks to you Swamiji. Please don’t forget this poor man.
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I am able to understand what Astrology is and how to solve
the problems. I can even challenge any Astrologers in the
world. Thanks and namaskars to Swamiji Siddhar for the
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On hearing your voice itself I had a great courage. Within
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Namaste Swamiji. I am a Sanskrit Scholar and pundit. I
retired from an esteemed university in India. I feel very
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things. I pray Amba maa to bless you with a long and happy
life for the benefit of the entire human race.
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VanakkamSwamiji.Irealizedyouasa“Mahapurush”.When
I met you to solve the problems in my life you considered
me as your family member and solved the problems in a
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I have a son of seven years old. All of a sudden, he became
very dull in his studies. After reading the magazine, I
requested Swamiji Siddhar to solve the problems. As a
Thantric Expert, he performed Thantric rituals for the
betterment of my son. Now he is doing very well in his
studies. Thanks and pranams to Swamiji for making my son
well. Thanks for bringing out such a wonderful magazine
also.
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I had a kind of mental trouble. After reading the magazine
Karma, I asked Swamiji for remedy. He gave me wonderful
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my problems slowly. Thanks and pranams to Swamiji for
helping me to come out of my problems.

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11. Ramlakhan Singh Phoenix, AZ
Siddharji, namasthe. I got the magazine Karma form the
Hindu Temple here. I am really very happy to know about
you. Immediately I called you to rescue me from my
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performed the rituals to clear off my sufferings. You are the
one and only person to rescue people from their sufferings.
I recommend all the suffering people to come to you for
solving the problems. I am a practical example for your
powers. Thanks and Namaskars Siddhar Swamiji.
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I had many problems in my family, particularly with my in
laws. I contacted His holiness Swamiji Siddhar to solve the
problems. He solved all the problems through the wonderful
Atharva Veda Thantric rituals. Now I have a wonderful
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his divine magazine Karma.
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Swamiji I cannot forget the first day I met you in California
Ashram, four years back. I came to you for having a
spiritual solution of my marriage problems. You checked my
horoscope and solved the problems in my marriage life. Now
I am married and I am having a kid boy. I humbly request
you to make the horoscope for my kid and bless all of us.
Thanks and Namaskars Swamiji.
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Om Namashivaya. I have a great pleasure in writing my
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me to come out of all my troubles. Thanks a lot for Guru
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When I went for shopping, I picked up the magazine Karma. I
thought that it will be an ordinary magazine but after reading
it completely I understood that it is a special one and not the
usual magazines. From that day onwards, I became a regular
reader of the magazine. Thanks a lot and pranams to Swamiji
Sri Siddhar for bringing out such a wonderful magazine.
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Om Namashivaya Guruji. I came to know about you and your
wonderful services to the humanity through the magazine
Karma. I am amazed at your knowledge.We were undergoing
the worst troublesome period. Only after your consultations
and rituals we are doing well now. Please shower your
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I feel very proud to be in the community
of Swamiji Siddhar. Even though I
cannot donate a big amount of money
as Swamiji, I offered 1/10th of my
monthly salary to the holy and noble
cause. I humbly requested Swamiji
Siddhar to take money from me but he
blessed me and refused to take money
from me. This noble work moved my
heart. I am ready to volunteer myself
for the building works of the temple.
Thanks to Swamiji for giving this
opportunity.
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Pranams Siddhar Swamiji. I came to
know about you through the magazine
Karma. I requested you to solve the
problems in my son’s education. You
blessed him and performed special
rituals for him. Now he is doing
very well in his studies. Thanks for
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19. Walton K Richmond, Orange
City, IA
I am a professor. I am much interested
to know and learn a lot about the
religions. On going through the websites,
I had a chance to read the magazine
Karma. The writings of Swamiji Sri
Siddhar covered me. His Vedic Astrology
is the best and shows his vast knowledge
in astrology and Vedas. Thanks to him. I
pray the Almighty to shower his entire
blessings on Swamiji Siddhar and his
family for doing more and more good
works like this.
20. Mita D. Sai, Smithfield, UT
Swamiji, it is my great pleasure to write
a small note of you and your magazine
Karma. As a family we are always
thankful to you for the wonderful healing
we are receiving. I have enclosed a check
for $251.00 as a note of thanks to the holy
magazine Karma. Once again thank you
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(A small portion of discourse/ satsang
held on 2010 Maha Shivaratri day)
Devotee: The scripture speaks of our
dream state and our awakening state; but,
at the same time, it says that everything
is illusion.
Swamiji: It is not illusion. As long as
you believe that it is there, you can see
it. It is illusion only for the person who
cannot see it, and will not see it. When
you are seeing it with your eyes and you
believe that it is there, then why do you
call it illusion? Who told you that it is
illusion?
Devotee: No one.
Swamiji; Does your feeling say that it is
illusion?
Devotee: No I don’t think that it is…
Swamiji: Then what is the good of
saying it is illusion? Somebody is saying
something, and you are quoting it. Your
heart should say that it is illusion; then,
you are free from it. You will not cling
to an illusion. Who clings to an illusion?
It is an illusion only when you transcend
it. When you are experiencing it, why do
you call it an illusion? It has a relative
reality. It may not be absolutely real,
but it is relatively real. It has a workable
reality - a tentative reality. What binds
you is your feeling that something is
real. What the scripture says has no
meaning; it has no relevance to you. The
scripture cannot bind you, and it cannot
liberate you. Your feelings will bind you
and liberate you. Do you believe that
the world is real? Then you are bound,
even if the scripture says another thing.
But if you say the world does not exist
for some reason - “I have got some
conviction that for some reason it does
not exist” - then it cannot bind you. But
your heart should be convinced that it
does not exist, and you must also have a
reason why it does not exist. What is the
reason you say it does not exist? What
are the proofs? Bring the proofs. If the
proofs are there, the world will vanish.
But you if have no proof to say that the
world is not existing, it will be clinging.
Merely saying something is not the
answer. You must have an argument and
a proof and a conviction in the heart that,
“For these reasons I can really feel that
it is not Ultimate Reality. Therefore, I
cannot cling to it.” But if your heart says
it is very nice, then why do you call it
illusion? It is illusion to a person who is
convinced that it does not exist. But if
you are not convinced, then why do you
call it illusion?
Swamiji: To the extent it exists, is a
binding factor. You cannot be free from
it. But you must find out the way. Ask
any other Swamiji, “Why do you call
it illusion?” You could not find a better
time to ask than now? Than one minute
before going? You simply throw the
world out and go out from here?
Devotee: No, I asked him for examples.
He said as an example the bangle and the
gold - that everything is gold…
Swamiji: Are you convinced that it is
gold and not the bangle? The whole
world is only gold and not the bangle?
Devotee: I can understand that it is
gold…
Swamiji: You understand?
Devotee: The intellect can understand
that I am…
Swamiji: Why do you say it is all gold
and not bangle? What is the argument
behind it?
Visitor: Well, he explained to us that
‘bangle’ is a name that we give to the
objects and the subject.
Swamiji: We have to deeply meditate on
this great truth that all these objects of the
world are only variations, formations of
a single substance, and, therefore, these
variations and forms and diversities are
not true. Gold has never become the
bangles; it is still gold only, looking a
little round. Similarly, the one substance
looks like the world because of the shape
it has taken through space and time. You
are also included in the various shapes
that it has taken. Therefore, neither you
exist nor the various forms exist. It is
one substance that exists. You should
not unnecessarily going on clinging to
the form of Mr. So-and-so and the form
of something else. It is like clinging to a
chain and a ring or a particular ornament,
forgetting that it is gold. It requires deep
meditation. Whatever you see with your
eyes, including your own self, actually is
a form of the one Universal Substance.
Therefore, when you think, actually
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anything, nor are you moving from place to place. Nothing
is happening, really speaking. It is in the dream world of the
Cosmic Consciousness and, therefore, it is one thought that
is operating. The Universal Thought is thinking the whole
cosmos - which means to say, you are not thinking. The idea
that you are thinking must go away from your mind, because
you are included in that universal thought; therefore, you
are not thinking it. Rather, it is thinking you. Instead of you
thinking it, it is thinking you - the other way round. So, all
your thoughts should be melted down into one single universal
thought, and you should think nothing else but that. Then you
will find that what Brahmananda Swamiji said is correct. The
world will vanish; it won’t be there afterwards. But, deep
meditation along these lines should be carried on day and
night.
Devotee: Thank you, Guru Maharaj.
Other Devotee: According to the Panchadasi, avidya is the
cause of aviveka. What is the difference between the two of
them?
Swamiji: The unconsciousness of the existence of a Universal
Reality is called avidya, and the incapacity to distinguish
between the Universal Reality and the appearance of the world
is aviveka. You understand me? The unconsciousness of the
existence of the Universal Reality is avidya; the incapacity to
distinguish between the Universal Reality and the appearance
of the world is aviveka. Do you catch the point? Do you
understand what I say?
Other Devotee: Is avidya connected with avarana?
Swamiji: Yes, you can say that. It is something like that.
Devotee: What is the technical difference between Ishvara and
Saguna Brahman?
Swamiji: Ishvara is same as Saguna Brahman. There are three
stages of the manifestation of the SupremeAbsolute, Brahman:
Ishvara, Hiranyagarbha and Virat. All these three stages -
Ishvara, Hiranyagarbha and Virat - are also called Ishvara
only, in one way. The total concept of the inclusiveness of
Ishvara, Hiranyagarbha and Virat is also called Ishvara, and it
is the same as Saguna Brahman. Qualified Absolute - it means
Qualified Absolute.
Other Devotee: From an absolute point of view there is no
creation, but from a relative point of view there is creation.
Do these theories of creation describe a temporal process; or
rather do they describe the logical structure of the degrees of
Reality?
Swamiji: It looks like a temporal process to the human mind
which thinks in terms of temporal process. Here you have your
great friend Immanuel Kant coming to your aid, who said that
the mind of the human being cannot think except in terms of
space and time and, therefore, every event is interpreted by
the human mind in terms of space and time, which means
the temporal process. Though that process might not be
temporal, the mind thinks it is temporal. God has not created a
temporal process, because God does not exist in time. Do you
understand? Therefore, you cannot say that God has created
the world as a temporal process. It is not a historical movement
that God has initiated. There is no history for God, because
that is in time and He is above time. It is a logical process
rather than a temporal historical process.
Devotee: How can you prove that perception is the movement
of the mind towards the object? How do you prove this
movement - that perception is the movement of the mind
towards the object?
Swamiji: I gave you that little book - you never read that book
- that Yoga, Meditation and Japa Sadhana book, which I give
to all people. The first part of it is only that - and you have not
read it. What I meant is, unless your consciousness contacts
the object, it cannot become aware of the object. And if the
object is different from consciousness in quality, consciousness
cannot know that there is an object. Therefore, the object of
consciousness cannot be totally outside consciousness. If it is
not outside consciousness, it should be within consciousness
and, therefore, it is a part of consciousness only. This is the
answer. Do you understand the point? Otherwise, you can’t
be aware that there is an object, if it is totally outside it. How
will you contact the object when it is totally different? What
is the link between object and consciousness? Therefore,
consciousness must have an inherent, implicit presence in the
object itself, which is another way of saying that the object
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whole universe is consciousness. Do you catch the point?
Devotee: Yes.When the scriptures say that sound is transmitted
by ether and not by the air, how can we make it compatible
with the normal physical theory that sound travels through the
air?
Swamiji: Sound cannot travel without air. When the scriptures
say that sound travels through ether, they mean it travels
through air, which is in ether. That is the idea. Where air is
absent, sound cannot travel. That is the point.
Devotee: About the theory of karma. I think we cannot prove
that the things which happen to me in some particular moment
are due only to my own previous actions, because it is possible
that they are due to the other processes which are external to
me.
Swamiji: What are the other processes?
Devotee: For example, weather, or somebody comes here…
Swamiji: You see, again you are bringing in weather and all
that. Weather, etc., are objects of consciousness. And I told
you, you cannot have any connection with objects unless
your consciousness is implicit in them. So, we should not
say some external causes are troubling you. There are no
external causes. They are connected with your consciousness.
Therefore, they seem to be troubling you. So, there is no
external cause. The external cause, so called, is also implicit in
your consciousness. Otherwise, you won’t be affected by that.
If there is no connection at all between you and the weather, it
won’t affect you at all. It has connection with you, because it
is also an object, and every object is implicitly consciousness
- which means to say, it is connected with your consciousness
also and, therefore, there is action and reaction between
subject and object. That action and reaction between subject
and object is called karma. That is all. It is like the law of
gravitation. The whole universe is conditioning you because
of your consciousness being connected to everything in the
world. Every cell of the brain of a person is connected to every
atom in the cosmos; this is the modern theory of physics. Every
cell in your brain is connected to every part of the cosmos.
And so there is nothing with which you are not connected.
Hence, you are a cosmic man basically, wrongly thinking that
you are an individual person, and so this action and reaction
taking place between your wrong notion of the individuality
and the actual Absolute is the cause of this gravitational force,
which is morally or ethically called karma. It is like the law
of gravitation, which is operative between the individual and
the Absolute on account of the wrong notion of the individual
that it is separate from the Absolute.Karma will not act if you
are identical with the Absolute. Karma acts as long as you are
outside it. Do you understand? So, there is no karma for the
Absolute. And you also will not have any karma, provided
you are merged in the Absolute consciousness in your deep
meditation. All karmas will be destroyed in one minute. But
if you persist in thinking that “I am Mr. Francis and some
separate individual from the cosmos”, it will react upon you.
That reaction is called karma. That is the point.
Devotee: Yes, I understand.
Swamiji: What I am telling you just now is explained in a little
more detail in my book, The Philosophy of Religion, under a
section called The Theory of Karma.
Devotee: I am not convinced about the proofs of the theory
of rebirth
Swamiji: From where do you come - from New Jersey?
Devotee: This individual, this body of mine - what you call ‘I’.
Swamiji: Are you Dr. XXXXXXX?
Devotee: Yes. I am Dr. XXXXXXX?
Swamiji: From where have you come?
Devotee; As far as I know, there was a combination between
my father and mother - some biological thing.
Swamiji: Who compiled the biological elements into the form
of this human?
Dr.R: I don’t know - the biological laws.
Swamiji: Who created these laws? Why are the laws so bad
that they are creating human? They could have created some
angel. [laughter] Why are the laws operating so badly? You
would have certainly liked to be an angel and a god man
instead of a poor little suffering fellow. Why are the laws so
bad? Why they are operating in that way? Tell me. Who is
initiating it from behind? Without a cause, an effect cannot
follow. So you could not have come unless a cause operated.
Who is this cause? You cannot say laws, because who made
these laws?
F…: I think that this question may be… It is not possible to
ask this question…
Swamiji: I want to know who created these laws. Because you
want to know the cause of a thing, we are going to probe into
the cause. How did the effect follow from the cause, unless the
cause has some intention behind it?
Dr R: We can speak of causality inside the world.
Swamiji: Inside the world? There is no inside the world.
Again you are bringing the inside/outside business. In the
world there is no inside/outside; it is a total organism. In a
total organism, there is no inside/outside. The idea of inside/
outside arises because you have separated yourself from
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Universal, the Universal looks like an outside. But if you
are actually an organic part of the Universal, where is the
question of inside/outside? It is a total action taking place -
a total action. Actually, rebirth or birth, whatever you call it,
is only your desire. You want to be reborn; that is all. If you
don’t want to be reborn, you will not be reborn. If you say,
“I don’t want to be reborn. Why should I be reborn? I have
no business to be reborn. I have no desire for rebirth” - you
would entertain no desire at all for anything whatsoever; then,
why should you be reborn? The rebirth stops in one second.
But you want to be reborn. Your consciousness concentrates
itself in a particular fashion according to the laws, as you are
saying, and projects itself into that location. Consciousness
condensing itself, solidifying itself and becoming a form for
the purpose of fulfilling the existing desires is called rebirth.
Dr.R: But I still need proof…
Swamiji: How can I prove that you have got desires? What is
the proof?
Dr. R: I have desires, yes.
Swamiji: What is that proof that you have got desires? You
yourself are the proof. And you have to fulfill the desire. And
you cannot fulfill the desires in this birth, because they are so
many in numbers.
Dr R: But then maybe I will never…
Swamiji: You will never fulfill them? You will certainly fulfill
them. The law of the cosmos is such that every desire has to
be fulfilled.
Dr R: But if we have faith in… or we have faith in a possibility...
Swamiji: It has nothing to do with faith. It is a scientific law.
It is a scientific law of action and reaction. Even if you have
no faith that if you go to the top of a tree you will fall down,
you will certainly fall even if you have no faith. Why you want
faith? There is no question of faith here; it is an action between
you and the Universal. These problems will not arise if you
don’t persist in thinking that you are an individual outside
the Universal. You have created the problem unnecessarily
by thinking that you are outside, and then going on arguing
against the Universal.
Dr R: I think this state of consciousness of non-duality …
Swamiji: If there is not duality, where is rebirth? The question
doesn’t arise.
Dr R: I think this question of rebirth is of vyavaharika…
Swamiji: It is vyavaharika only. It is perfectly right. The
rebirth is vyavaharika and your existence as Mr. XXXX is
also a vyavaharika existence. Absolutely, you do not exist.
Absolutely, you exist as nothing. So, you have not been born.
Therefore, you will need not to be reborn. This is an illusion,
as this gentleman was talking about. But it is an illusion only
when you identify yourself with the Absolute. Otherwise, if
you are yourself convinced that you are outside it, all the laws
that operate in the universe will act against you because you
have contravened the law of the universal whole. That is all.
It is the law of evolution. Something evolved from matter
to plant, plant to animal, animal to human being. How can
one thing become another thing unless the previous stage has
ceased and the second stage has started? The starting of the
second stage is the rebirth of the first stage. What you call
evolution as the process in biological law is same as rebirth.
How can the higher form come unless the lower form has
gone? The lower form dies. That is, there is a mutation taking
place. And the mutation of the lower transforms itself into the
new form which is the higher form. That new form is what you
call the rebirth. What you call rebirth is nothing but the law
of evolution taking place, and evolution will not take place if
your consciousness is identical with the Absolute. The whole
evolution will cease in one second.
Dr.R; So then, there is some progress.
Swamiji: It is the progress of the Absolute.
Dr.R: Is there any purpose?
Swamiji: It is the cosmic purpose.
Dr.R: There will be some moment when this purpose is
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Swamiji: It will be fulfilled, and you will never see the universe
afterwards.
Dr.R: Not the universe, maybe…
Swamiji: You will never see the universe.
Dr.R: That happens in a new life?
Swamiji: The individual will not be there at that time. Then
why are you again saying individual? Again you are bringing
the individual.
Devotee:DuringthenightofBrahman,itistimeless.Therefore,
it must exist in one moment, and there can be no temporal gap
between one day of Brahman and the next one.
Swamiji: There is no gap.
Dr.R: There is no gap between one day and the next one?
Swamiji: Where is the gap between day and night?
Dr.R: I mean between one day and the next day.
Swamiji: Where is the gap? We are also passing through one
day and the next day. Where is the gap? There is continuity.
No gap.
Dr. R: Is not deep sleep a temporal state also? So there is no
separation between my previous…
SWAMIJI: They are continuous. If they are separated
one from the other, then you cannot know that you are one
continuous person. The sleeping person, the dreaming person
and the waking person are one person; and if each state is
different from the other, there would be discontinuity of self-
identity. Inasmuch as self-identity is maintained in all the three
states, it shows that all the three states are continuous and are
not cut off one from the other. Otherwise, the sleeping man
would be different, the dreaming man will be another man,
and the waking man a third person. It does not happen. It is
one continuity.
Dr. R: The right eye is more active than the left one during
the day.
SWAMIJI: That’s what they say. As they say, the right hand
is more active than the left hand. This is a kind of usual
traditional belief. Perhaps it has some connection with the two
nadis operating, the solar and the lunar, the solar being more
powerful than the lunar, and maybe the right side is influenced
by the solar side, which is more powerful than the lunar side,
the left one.
Dr. R: About the idea of rebirth. I will give two arguments
- not against the idea but against its importance for spiritual
life. The idea of rebirth is not essential in spiritual life because
there have been many saints who did not believe in it.
Swamiji: Rebirth? If they don’t believe, you need not bother
about it. Why are you worried about them?
Dr. R: There are saints who attained this spiritual state, who
have different beliefs. So it is not essential.
Swamiji:Aperson who has reached the highest state will know
everything that is taking place in the cosmos. And rebirth is
one of the things that is taking place. Otherwise, he will not be
omniscient. Omniscience includes everything, and you cannot
say you don’t know something. You must know everything.
Otherwise, what is omniscience?
Dr. R: I think jivanmuktas are omniscient.
Swamiji: Jivanmukta also is a very lesser condition. There
is something higher than that - Cosmic-consciousness. It is
Universal-consciousness, even above jivanmukta. And they
must know everything - every atom - so there is nothing that
they cannot understand. They should not say they don’t know
something. That is not possible. They will know everything.
They can count how many hairs are there on the heads of all
the people in the world, such consciousness is there. They can
know how many leaves are there in all the forests in the world,
by direct perception.
Dr. R: If rebirth is true…
Swamiji: What is rebirth? It is a kind of transformation
taking place in the cosmos. Why are you using that
word ‘rebirth’? It is a transmutation taking place in
everything in the cosmos. Everybody has to undergo
that transmutation. And nobody could have become
jivanmukta unless he has undergone this transformation.
Otherwise, he would be a pig or a buffalo always.
How would the buffalo become a jivanmukta without
undergoing transformation? That is called rebirth, which
I mentioned to you earlier. The mutation of species for
the purpose of a higher state of consciousness is called
rebirth. Otherwise, how would you reach God? You
would be the same person forever, unless the mutation
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