Our Ashram - 1

On 24 Dec 2021, our Ashram land has been registered. It was indeed an auspicious day, Margashira Krishna Panchami, the 5th day of dark fortnight of Margashira month.

There is a wonderful saying of Mother of Jillellamudi, "A muhurta is never set, it just happens". Similarly, we never thought of doing this on this day, but it so happened on its own, prompted by an unseen force.

Now, listen to the importance of this day.

It was on 24 Dec 1886 that a few young men named Naren, Rakhal, Baburam, Tarak, Sasi, Sarat etc took Sanyas and changed their names as Swami Vivekananda, Swami Brahmananda, Swami Premananda, SWami Sivananda, Swami Ramakrishnananda, Swami Saradananda etc. This happened in Antpur, a village in Bengal. It was the native village of Swami Premananda. It was here that the foundation has been laid for the future Ramakrishna Math and Mission.

Exactly on the same day, after 135 years, Panchawati Ashram Land has been acquired. Next day was Christmas day. Even though fanatic Christians hate us, we never hate them. We love Jesus more than they do, because whatever he taught originally was nothing but Hinduism in a new garb. He came to India, learnt its mystic practices, lived in Tibet, learnt about Buddhism and its subtleties. So, we never entertain any feeling of animosity for Christ. What we don't like is forceful conversions and hate propaganda of Christian missionaries, abusing Hindu gods and goddesses. This we dont like.

Today, the 26 Dec 2021, is more auspicious than Christmas, because it happens to be the birthday of Sri Sarada Devi who was worshipped as Ma Kali by none other than Sri Ramakrishna himself. I see a great blessing in our Ashram land becoming a reality in the middle of so many blessed days.

There is a hamlet through which we need to pass to reach our Ashram land. The presiding deity of it is Ankamma Talli (Mother Ankamma). It is the colloquial name of Goddess Kali. She was termed as Chamundi in Devi Bhagavata and other Sakta scriptures. She is the same deity who is worshipped on the Indrakiladri hills at Vijayawada and on the Chamundi hills at Mysore. I saw her temple while entering this village. It thrilled me to the core because after searching at many places, we finally came back to the feet of Mother Kali, the goddess we worship devotedly.

During 7th Century AD, places like Dharanikota in Andhra country were important centers of Buddhist Tantra practices. Nagarjuna, the famous teacher of Mahayana Buddhism, who is regarded as second Buddha, was from Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh. Huan Tsang from China dared his life and crossed Himalayas to arrive at Dharanikota near Amaravati in Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, which is a very nearby place to our Ashram, to learn the secret practices of Tantric Buddhism. It is at this place that the Kalachakra Ceremony was done by Dalai Lama in the year 2006.

We have many female deities named Tara, Marichi, Lalita, Chinnamunda etc in Tantric Buddhism. All of them were none other than different forms of Ma Kali. You will find them being worshipped in every village in South India, in their local village names. In fact, they are the sapta matrikas, the seven mothers of the Vedas, re-emerged in Sakti forms, after the decline of Buddhism in India.

The presiding deity of nearest city Ongole is Rajarajeswari or Lalita. I assume that readers who went through my book 'Hidden meanings of Lalita Sahasra Nama' will understand well, at least theoretically, the secret theories and practices connected with Sakti worship.

So, we arrived finally to Ongole and nearby villages, who were centers of Tantric Buddhism and Sakti worship in olden days. This is how our Karmic links lead us to the places we were connected with in the ancient past.

In my book 'Musings', I briefly mentioned about my past connection with Lord Buddha and his teachings. Without this past connection, i would not have written commentaries on 'Dhammapada' and 'Maha Smriti Prasthana Sutra' two seminal works of Buddhist teaching. In fact, many more books on Buddha and his philosophy with my commentary are going to see light in the near future.

To go back a little into history, Buddhism flourished in Andhra country about 2000 years ago. We can see the ruins of many Buddhist stupas and Viharas standing as witnesses to this glorious period, down the course of Krishna river. Gundlakamma, a minor rivulet flowing in Prakasam District has many such ruins by its side, testifying to the Buddhist roots that the Andhra country had in the past.

Just 2 Km from our Ashram land, we have Gundlakamma reservoir, where a Buddhist stupa was unearthed in the year 1962. This Stupa resembles the Sanchi Stupa in its design and shape.  Chandavaram, another ancient Buddhist site of 2000 years standing, is located nearby.

One of my first books was 'Tara Stotram' which is going to come out shortly as 'Hymn of Mother Tara'. Readers who happen to read this and my similar works on Sakta Tantra will understand well my firm footing in Tantra Sadhana.

In this way, our Ashram land is directly related to Lord Buddha, Tantric Buddhism and Sakti worship. Our Ashram is coming up in such a hallowed piece of land. We are going to do these sadhanas again in this land. So, history is going to repeat itself.

We got the land for our Ashram

 

Good news to you all !

My prediction of ten years standing has come true today. Our efforts for the past one year bore fruit today. Our Ashram land has become a reality, not in the far off hills, but near Ongole City in Andhra Pradesh.

This land is located very near to Chennai - Kolkata highway in the vicinity of Ongole and Medarametla. It is just a journey of half an hour from both these places to our Ashram. We purchased 5 Acres of land and got it registered

You can reach our Ashram, 

• In 5 hours from Hyderabad airport.
• In two hours from Vijayawada airport.
• In one and half hour from Guntur,
• In an hour from Chilakaluripet
• In an hour from our Jillellamudi Ashram
• In 5 hours from Chennai airport
• In 9 hours from Bangalore airport
• In 5 hours from Tirupati airport

The search for our Ashram land begun five years ago. Initially, we wanted to buy land near Hyderabad and tried our level best but could not succeed due to soaring land prices. So, we bought a house in Jillellamudi which is now serving us as our meditation house. Our members can go, stay there and meditate as long as they want.

Again, we started our search which finally fructified in my birth place i.e Prakasam District.

Ever since we visited the villages in the vicinity, enquiries started pouring  in, asking 'How will be your Ashram? Will it have a temple, a school, a medical dispensary etc?' My answer to all these questions is 'It will have nothing except silence'.

Our Ashram will not be like the business Ashrams you see everywhere. It will be the real Ashram. It will have nothing to do with things like artificiality, politics, struggle for money and power, corruption, religious business and ego clashes. We hate them.

• It will be a green Ashram, with mud & bamboo cottages. It will not have concrete buildings.
• We plan to build our Ashram with no cement, no iron and no plastic. We will use eco friendly material to build it.
• Planning, designing, electrical work, plumbing work everything will be done by us. 
• We plan to use less wood and more bamboo.
• We plan to live with minimum furniture.
• We will keep the cottages and our meditation shrine cool by proper planning of their height, cross ventilation and ambient design.
• Ashram will be full of greenery, trees and plants. We will grow our vegetables,
• We conserve land and water and use solar power.
• We will build our own pond, store the rain water and use it for drip irrigation.
• We plan to live more under trees and less in closed spaces.
• We practice our Mantra, Tantra and Dhyana practices in the serene atmosphere of our Ashram, eat vegetarian food and live a modest and down to earth life.

In 2022, we are planning to visit Auroville to learn the Nature Living methods they are following, to adopt them in our Ashram.

Our Ashram will stand above petty things like caste, creed, color, nationality, money, ego and hypocrisy. We value plain hearts and silent minds more than anything else in the world. We welcome such souls to come and live with us.

What I have been writing, speaking and teaching all these years, will become a reality in our Ashram. We practice the real Tantra, real Dhyana and real Yoga in our Ashram.

You will not find TVs and News papers here. Mobile usage will be restricted to its barest minimum. We will not encourage gossip, politics, movies etc. We dont believe in consumerism. Pseudo spirituality will be kept miles away from our Ashram.

Many of my disciples, living in India and USA, are planning to come down to settle down here with us. With my 40 years sadhana experience, I will be guiding them in real spiritual life, in the ancient traditions of Indian religion and philosophy.

We will conduct spiritual retreats once every three months, under the trees. Deriving from my rich experience, my disciples will learn the secrets of Yoga, Mantra, Tantra, Dhyana, Astrology and Martial Arts.

The year 2022 is going to usher a new chapter in the annals of Panchawati Spiritual Foundation. A silent spiritual revolution is going to start from Andhra Pradesh state of India again in 2022. I predicted in 1980 that this will happen and now you can see it happening.

 

Those who are walking with me in this journey are really blessed. They shall see the results with their own eyes and receive the real blessings with their own hands.

The making of our Ashram and the bliss of our natural meditative life will be posted in our web sites, Face book and You tube channels from time to time. Enjoy them !

Shri Narendra Modi, the Legend and the chosen Son of India !

13 Dec 2021 Margashira Shukla Dashami Monday is the day that is to be written in golden letters in the history of India, because Lord Shiva's temple at Varanasi has been liberated on this day, from the pitiable condition in which it has been languishing for the past 1000 years. . 

Millions take birth and disappear like insects in the flow of Time, but only very few take birth on this planet once in a thousand years. Our Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji is one such blessed soul. There are many reasons for me to say this.

• He is the hero who solved the Kashmir issue which has been burning for the past 75 years.
• Again, he is the legend who removed the heart ache of millions of Indian Hindus who have been crying for the past thousand years, over the pitiable state of the divine temple of Lord Shiva in Varanasi.  

The list is endless. There are innumerable good things done by him in the service of our motherland. But, the above two reasons are enough for all Indians to bow down at his feet for all eternity. 

There are some great persons whom we remember with devotion and reverence as soon as we get up from the bed every morning. We start our day after folding our hands in their thought. Adi Sankara and Swami Vivekananda are some among them. I place Shri Narendra Modi Ji in their row. India is indebted to him forever.

'Divya Kashi, Bhavya Kashi' is his dream project which was started in 2019. Earlier to that, he dreamed of getting the Ganges river cleaned. Their first phase is over now. Today, in a grand function organized at Kashi, he dedicated the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor to the nation.

Ganges has regained it lost purity. The path that leads from Ganges river to the temple of Lord Shiva has been widened into a majestic road, as it used to be in olden days.

I request everyone to listen to our PM's speech from beginning to the end. Very rarely we get the privilege of listening to such a thrilling speech that comes straight from the heart of the speaker. I have heard hundreds of speeches delivered by great scholars and Swamis but all of them just pale into insignificance compared to the speech delivered today at Kashi by Shri Narendra Modi ji. While listening to him, you will see not only a patriotic heart, but the enlightened vision of a seer and the wisdom of a Karma Yogi and a Jnani. You will be thrilled many times during the speech and involuntarily cry without your knowledge. I have observed many of the 6000 seers and Swamis in the audience, wiping out their tears, while listening to him.

To know how cruelly the Muslims of the past desecrated the holy temple of Lord Shiva at Kashi, you need to look back into Indian history. Then you will understand how much they had damaged the hearts of Hindus and why the Hindus of India hate Muslims even today.

It was 1194 AD. Kutbuddin Aibak, the army general of Mohammad Ghori of present day Afghanistan attacked and destroyed the beautiful temple of Lord Siva at Varanasi. The thoughtless and destructive teachings of Quran were his shelters. Then in 1240 AD the temple was rebuilt by a Gujarati marchant. Again it was destroyed in 1400-1500 during the reign of Sikandar Lodi. During the reign of Akbar, Raja Man Singh and Raja Todar Mall took initiative and rebuilt it. Then came the rule of a despicable idiotic demon called Aurangazeb who ruled our country for a long 50 years. It was a veritable hell time for the whole of India. During his reign, in 1669 again the temple was desecrated and destroyed. He converted it into a mosque. In 1780 AD, the Maratha queen, Shrimati Ahalya Bai Holkar arranged for re construction of a small temple, leaving the mosque as it was. And in 1835 AD, Maharaja Ranjith Singh of Punjab, arranged for told plating of the temple's dome.

Let the Muslims follow their religion, nobody cares. But why should they destroy the temples of other faiths? They say that it is sanctioned by Quran. If it is so, there is an urgent need to review and reform Quran. A book which teaches intolerance and destruction cannot be called a book of God.

None of the leaders who ruled India in the past 75 years cared to look either at Kashmir or at the heart rending state of the great temples of India which have been destroyed, occupied and turned into mosques by the cultureless stone-age tribes from the North West.

At last, the Shiva temple of Kashi has regained its lost glory today, thanks to the great efforts put forth by our PM Shri Narendra Modi Ji, fulfilling the aspirations of millions of Hindus for the past 1000 years.

Not only this, there are many other things that have happened in this long process.

During the foreign rule, the original idol of Mother Annapurna was dug out, stolen,  crossed the oceans and finally landed in Canada. It is only through the tireless efforts of our PM Shri Narendra Modiji that this divine idol is brought back from Canada to India and was re installed in her temple in Varanasi. Can we imagine the good fortune of our PM sir? What a great legendary soul he is !

There is more ! In the process of widening of the narrow lanes leading from Ganges to the temple, about 1500 families were relocated. And lo ! nearly 40 ancient temples which were illegally occupied and became the living quarters of people, came to limelight. We find that the Puranas mentioned about these temples, but they are nowhere to be seen today, drowned in the quagmire of lanes and by lanes of Varanasi. Now, all of them have seen day light again, and regained their lost glory.

It is not an exaggeration to say that legends like Shri Narendra Modi ji are born only once in a thousand years.

There is a rural saying in Telugu which says 'How does a pig know about the fragrance of a fine perfume?', Similarly, how do the illiterate, rustic, idiotic, fanatic invaders of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan know about the exalted philosophic subtleties of Indian religion? How can the immoral and lowly minds of Muslim invaders steeped in looting and destruction, ever know the secrets that lie behind the great temple traditions of India?

Even after 75 years of independence we are unable to reclaim and renovate our ancient temples just because of the stunted mindsets of leaders who were at the helm of affairs during our freedom struggle and the latter leaders whose sole aim was minority appeasement and vote bank politics.

As a young man, Shri Narendra Modi Ji was fired by the great ancient traditions of Hindu religion and wanted to join the Ramakrishna Mission as a celibate. He was discouraged by the great Swami Atmasthananda Ji who said 'Your path is not sanyas. You have to serve our mother land. You should not become a monk. Go and serve the country selflessly'. Today, we are witnessing history, because of the extraordinary vision of that Swamiji and the divine advice he gave to Shri Modi Ji.

It is my confirmed opinion that not only us, but the coming generations for thousands of years, will worship Shri Modi Ji as a legendary son of Mother India who liberated Kashmir and also liberated Kasi Vishwanath Mandir, to remember just two things out of hundreds of landmarks he had set up in the history of India. 

Shri Narendra Modi Ji is not only a legend, but the chosen son of Mother India. Souls like him are born only once in a thousand years. I see a King Janaka, a Sankara and a Vivekananda in him.

Indians have become indebted to him forever ! He should remain our PM for another hundred years !

O my God ! Omicron !

At present, Jupiter is transiting over zero degree of Kumbha whereas Pluto is on zero degree of Makara, forming an 'Overlap Yoga'. Now, we know that Jupiter is Jiva Karaka (who supports life) whereas Pluto is Yama (Death). So what does this yoga signify? It shows the shadow of death falling on the light of life. From Astrological perspective, we can call this 'Marana Yoga' or death inflicting combination. That is the reason why, suddenly we see the most deadly Covid variant 'Omicron' showing up in Africa. Readers will remember well that according to my understanding, Kumbha or Aquarius represents Africa. Now that Jupiter has just stepped into it, Africa has become the focal point of global attention.

Till recently, Africa was free from Covid, by and large. Now the Omicron variant has suddenly appeared there and already started spreading to Europe. Cases have been detected in UK, Germany and Italy. Israel has already closed its borders with its neighboring countries. According to WHO, seven lakh people are going to die in Europe in the coming days. What is all this happening? It seems the world is again facing a severe threat from Nature or God or man, in fact nobody can be sure of who is truly responsible for this.

In the past, many have predicted the end of Covid in March or April 2022, but I clearly said 'Not so fast. Global karma levels are very high. Man has become highly selfish, inhuman and mean everywhere, so he will be taught a very bitter lesson'. See what is happening now !

Experts say that Omicron is invincible as of now. Its speed of transmission and its destructive capacity are much much higher than the earlier variants. So, both the vaccinated and the unvaccinated have suddenly become one category now. Pfizer says it is ready to produce the new vaccine in six months. But nobody knows how far it will be effective against Omicron. So, again, the world should start having the new vaccine all over again ! The whole game starts afresh 

Jupiter - Pluto Death Yoga is ringing clear danger bells to the world, loud and clear. Governments are thinking of lockdowns again, flight companies are rethinking about their services, new Covid protocols are about to emerge very soon. Everywhere, life may come to a standstill very quickly, again.

What is more, in a month, Saturn and Uranus are going to have exact square aspect. Then the real music will start for the world. Meanwhile Europe will face chaos, then it will pass on to UK, India and Pakistan, followed by other countries.

Ok. Lets say 'O my God' ! and wait for the Omicron news.

The Curse of Somanath

According to news, girls are being sold in Afghanistan for money. Afghanistan is on the brink of economic collapse because the flow of international funding and philanthropic help have been stopped by USA and other countries. Afghanistan has almost became a beggar country now. This is very pathetic but clearly proves the law of Karma. On hearing this news, I felt pity for the Islamic barbarians of Afghanistan who attacked and smashed the Somanath temple of Lord Siva many times, some 1000 years ago.

The one reason for the pathetic state of Afghanistan is the curse of Somanath. It has been haunting Afghanistan from the past 1000 years. Mohammad Ghori and Ghazni attacked and destroyed many times the grandest temple of Lord Siva at Somanath, Gujarath, India. Not only that, they raped women, killed men and slaughtered the Brahmin priests of Somanath temple indiscriminately, many times. Since then, Afghanistan never saw peace. It has been the hot bed of wars and feuds since then. It has been labelled as the burial ground of kingdoms. The irony is, even today, the Taliban leaders have not realized the historical blunders their ancestors committed by attacking the peaceful temples of India. Recently one of the leaders of Taliban visited the tomb of Ghazni and declared him to be their hero, for he destroyed the idol of Somanath i.e the Shiva Linga. What a foolishness and what an ignorance ! Even today, after a 1000 years, they could not understand their foolishness. The main reason for their ignorance lies in the violent destructive teachings of Quran.

Islam is the only religion which supports killing of fellow humans just because they choose to worship God in a different way. Not only that, it promises heaven to such killers. Such barbaric killers are glorified as saints in Islam. What kind of foolishness is this? Can you call such a teaching, a humane teaching? Is this what is called peace and humanity?

It is an established fact that every sacrilege committed to Lord Siva and his temple will become a curse and haunt the committer of that crime for hundreds of years to come. The criminal's family will finally be extinguished without any trace. There are any number of known cases in Indian villages where families which usurped the lands belonging to the temples of Siva, ended in total destruction. Their family lines ended without any trace in mysterious events. This is a proven fact. Siva's wrath is formidable and relentless. It will haunt you for hundreds of years for sure.

About 1300 years ago, the rulers of Afghanistan attacked and destroyed Somanath temple many times, raped women folk, killed men and slaughtered Brahmin priests thoughtlessly and destroyed exquisitely beautiful sculptures. Who will suffer for their sins except today's Afghanistan?

This is the sole reason for the pitiable condition of today's Afghanistan. Not only that, even Pakistan will face the same fate in the days to come, for its destructive and cunning Islamic ideology.

Now the most ironical thing is, Afghanistan’s hungry stomachs are now waiting for the millions of tons of wheat donated by the same India whose temples, sculptures and religion have been attacked and destroyed by the ancient rulers of Afghanistan. Afghan girls are for sale now, by their own parents, to avoid death by hunger. Is this not a clear proof of the curse of Somanath?

Another thing ! India which is a Hindu country has come forward to help the same Afghanistan whose rulers tried to destroy its sacred culture. That is the greatness of India and Indian culture ! Indian religion i.e Hinduism teaches us to feed even our enemies if they are dying from hunger.

Islamic countries will never prosper until they desist from violent killing of innocent people belonging to other religions in the name of the so-called peaceful religion of Islam. As long as they believe in the stone age teachings of Quran and kill the followers of other religions, there will be no peace in their folds.

The sooner Islamic countries learn this truth, the better for them. It is not enough to say ‘peace, peace’, all the while plotting to kill fellow human beings. Islam should really become a peaceful religion. It will be judged not by its great rhetoric, but by its actions. If Islam does not forsake violence to become a really peaceful religion, it will be remembered by future generations as the most violent, thoughtless and devilish religion in the whole world.

Britain Petrol Crisis - Planetary Yogas

It was in 1970s that we saw the first worldwide oil crisis. It re surfaced more clearly in 1973, again in 1979 and again now, to hit Britain in a bad way.

However, there are differences. Then we had an almost worldwide crisis whereas now the focus is on Britain. Then it was short supply of oil, now it is the lack of truck drivers. Then, USA suffered the most, now it is Britain. 

1973 Crisis

1973 saw a war called Yom Kippur war between the Arab countries and Israel. Arab countries stopped the oil supply to USA, because it helped Israel in the war. At that time, Saturn was in Gemini, causing trouble to USA. Debilitated Rahu Ketu axis was hitting Gemini straight, indicating the loss inflicted by the Arab countries. Jupiter was in debility. Moreover, Neptune was in Scorpio 12th degree. It may be noted that only Scorpio, among the three watery signs, represents petrol and other oil products as it is nearer to Sagittarius which rules over the middle east.

1979 Crisis 

It was different in 1979. Iran suffered from a revolution in 1978-79 ending the Pahlavi rule and welcoming Khomeini. Despite the support of Soudi Arabia, the oil supply to USA was curtailed. Then, Saturn, Jupiter and Rahu were in Leo aspecting Neptune in Scorpio on 25th degree. Mars was in debility in a watery sign, Cancer. Ketu, signifying Saturn was looking at Gemini with its 5th aspect. So, again USA bore the brunt of oil crisis.

2021 Britain Oil Crisis

Unlike earlier, now the crisis is felt only by Britain. Reasons?

1. Exit of Britain from EU (Brexit) resulted in about 2 lakh workers, including 2000 truck drivers leaving Britain. Lack of truck drivers is the cause of present oil crisis in Britain.

2. Covid - 19 is another reason. The old generation drivers are getting retired while the new batch is awaiting licenses which is delayed badly due to Covid-19. There are no drivers to move the oil to petrol bunks.

In the plethora of videos available on the Net, we can see cars queued up at petrol stations. There are untoward incidents at petrol selling points, sometimes assuming the form of arson. The situation has reached such a point that, Britain is contemplating to summon the help of army to control public unrest.

The Astrological fraternity knows very well that Britain is ruled by Aries. Now we have Uranus on the 19th degree of Aries indicating unrest in Britain, whereas exalted Ketu is in Scorpio. Both are in 6/8 position with each other showing trouble in Britain.

This is how planetary yogas influence human affairs across the countries and decide our fate.

Mahant Narendra Giri death mystery - Astro analysis

The latest hot news is the death of Mahant Narendra Giri, the President of ABAP (Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad) and the famous saintly leader of Hindu umbrella organization. Police have found a suicide note in which he mentioned the names of those who were responsible for his alleged suicide. He is the head of Baghambari Gaddi monastery and also the head of Bade Hanuman Mandir. Police have arrested his monastic disciple Anand Giri whose name figured in the suicide note, the other two suspects are on the run.

It seems Narendra Giri has chastised his disciple Anand Giri for maintaining family relations even after taking sanyas and also for misappropriating the funds of Hanuman temple. An adamant Anand Giri was expelled from the Akhada but was later taken back on written apology and a video to that effect. Yesterday, the guru was found hanging to the ceiling fan in his room, with doors bolted from inside.

Now the questions are - Why a renunciate of many years standing should commit suicide which is considered as a heinous sin in Hindu dharma? Suicide of a religious leader that too an elderly monk is unthinkable because for a saint, both life and death are the same. What has happened behind the doors?

Let us take the help of Astrology.

Just a few days back, Jupiter became retro and landed in Makara. Makara indicates India, Jupiter indicates religious leaders, he meets retro Saturn in Makara and becomes debilitated - all these factors precipitated this sad event.

We dont have any details, either of the guru or of the disciple. So, let us take the help of prasna. 

Prasna time: 21 September 2021; 9.42 AM; Hyderabad; India;

It is Tula Lagna, with lagna lord Venus. So, the lagna has inherent strength ruling out suicide. However, Lagna is compressed by papargala. In 12th house we have Sun, Mars and exalted Mercury. Sun and Mars are close to each other. Sun, being the 11th lord, indicates secret enemies who pose as close aides but work out secret plans. Sun indicates powerful people. Exalted Mercury indicates intelligent enemies. Exalted Ketu in 2nd house signifies Mars and points out his finger towards enemies in his own camp. As this is dhana sthana also, this indicates misappropriation of large sums of money. Lagna papargala shows that the Mahant was victimized and rendered helpless by powerful enemies.

Retro and Neecha Saturn and retro Jupiter in 4th indicate trouble at home front and conspiracies. This being the house of mind, it denotes high level stress and depression. Both Saturn and Jupiter landing in the 3rd house Dhanus by retrogression shows destruction of ayush or longevity. It is to be noted that this incident happened not long after Jupiter stepped into Makara on retrogression.

Moon, karaka for mind and the 10th lord, is in 6th house of enemies indicating fight for authority in the Akhada. So, it is clearly an inside matter and a power struggle.

Exalted Rahu in the 8th indicates treachery and betrayal. His 5th aspect falls on the three planets in 12th house defining all this to be an big conspiracy. Uranus is at 20 deg. Mesha looking at Lagna degree 24 closely, suggesting this to be a violent attack on the Mahant.

Though there are no papa grahas in the 3rd house, but it is crushed by papargala, exactly proving the Jaimini sutra for suicide by hanging. 

Let me look at the Navamsha chart by using Rasi Tulya Navamsha technique. There is a dreaded Shapitha Yoga in the 7th from Lagna indicating a bad curse from close associates. Nodal axis hitting the Lagna shows that it is a murder. Exalted Venus and Mars on the Rasi Moon shows involvement of women and heavy money in this matter.

Prasna Dasa was Saturn- Mercury - Ketu. Saturn indicates conspiracies at home (Ashram), Mercury shows intelligent secret plots, Ketu shows misappropriation of funds and violence. Saturn-Mercury is depression and Saturn - Ketu indicates danger to life. 

What does all this prove? As per Astrology, it is not suicide but a clear case of murder or he is pushed by circumstances to the point of taking his own life. Either way, it is tantamount to murder. Now, it is in the hands of the investigating agencies to unravel the mystery.

Siddhardha Shukla's untimely death - What does his chart say?

TV actor Siddhardha Shukla, 40 years, died from heart attack. Mumbai cine field is mourning his untimely demise.

A few years back, I wrote 'Actors of present generation are paying more interest to body building than to improving their acting talents. This is an unwelcome sign'. I also mentioned that gym culture is not at all good as it emphasizes muscle building rather than good health.

He was born at 10. 20 hours on 12-12-1980 at Mumbai. All those who were born in 1980 suffer from a bad planetary yoga in their charts i.e conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in Kanya. I have observed in many of such charts that their life in general and family life in particular never seem to have a smooth sail.

He is a Makara Lagna and Makara Rasi native, so Kanya becomes his 9th house. It is a mixed bag with good luck and bad luck existing in his life, side by side. His chart suffers from Kalagrasta Yoga. 10th Lord Venus in own house gave him stardome and career in TV. However, this has been cut short by the Nodal axis that hits the Lagna straight from the 7th house.

There are many Doshas in his Navamsa chart. You need to always remember that the divisional charts are more powerful than the Rasi chart and overrule it always. The Nodes are in Neecha state in his Navamsa which means his family life is doomed. The ominous Saturn-Jupiter yoga sits very much in his Lagna. Lagna lord Venus is in Kutumba sthana with Neecha Ketu indicating that screen life and high fi life will spoil his family life.

Like many actors from Bollywood, he too is a fitness freak. He paid undue attention to his muscles but neglected his heart. There are other reasons like hi-fi habits, smoking, alcohol. dieting, irregular food and regimen, indiscriminate use of English pills, vitamin supplements etc., Usually body builders and fitness freaks rely too much on their trainers who themselves dont know much about nutrition. There lies the catch.

Actors need acting talent, not a muscular body. The best actors of olden days were never body builders. They were focused on acquiring acting talent. Undue focus on body building is the curse of todays generation. Some persons told me that they want to impress girls with their muscular physique. This is mere trash. No girl will be impressed with mere physique when you have no money. Look at the sorry state of affairs. None of today's Telugu actors or actresses can speak Telugu clearly and without mistakes. They dont know how to say a dialogue flawlessly. But they become celebrities, bust because of background support. What a shame !

Leaving the cine politics aside, let me look into his chart. 

We know that 8th house and 3rd house are the houses of longevity and the twelfth from them are houses of death. Makara Lagna natives usually suffer from heart trouble because Sun who is karaka for the heart is the Lord of 8th house for them. In this chart, Sun is with Neptune and 6th Lord Mercury, showing addictions and consequent damage to the heart. 3rd Lord Jupiter is found in inimical 9th house indicating digestive trouble. They being in fixed and dual signs indicate that the Native dies in his middle age, i.e between 33 and 66.

Amsayurdaya of Satyacharya gives very accurate measure of longevity. As I have explained it in many of my older posts, I dont want to apply it here again.

However, let me try the 22nd Drekkana and 64th Navamsa method here.

Lagna falls in 2nd Drekkana. So, 22nd Drekkana Lord is Jupiter. He died in Jupiter Dasa.

Lagna falls in 5th Navamsa. Transit Sun crossed the 5th Navamsa of Leo on 1st of September. He died on 2nd September.

Moon is in 3rd Drekkana. So, it is Mesha which is currently under severe Argala indicating many influences on the native.

 

Moon is in 7th Navamsa. It is Tula. Its Lord Venus is now Neecha, aspecting the 3rd house of longevity.

Now he is running Jupiter-Rahu-Saturn dasa. This is a worst dasa because of Chidra Dasa and Sapitha Dasa combination. Transit Saturn is on 1st house. Neecha Venus and Uccha Mercury were transiting on Natal Saturn and Jupiter aspecting 3rd house of longevity. Results are very clear.

Diet, exercise and life style - there is a very delicate balance between them. If you dont care this balance, it would be catastrophic to your life. It is the proved fact that excessive weight lifting damages your heart, more so, if you are a smoker. I have many body builder friends who suffered heart trouble in their middle ages.

Over exercise and drugs killed Bruce Lee, 50 years ago. Over emphasis on gym fitness and smoking killed Siddhardha Shukla, a few days back.

Dear youth, take care !

GSLV F - 10 Launch Failed - Astro Reasons

GSLV rocket intended to place an EOS (Eye on Sky) satellite in the orbit has been launched at 5.43 hours on 12-8-2021. The rocket functioned well till the cryogenic engine failed to ignite in the third stage of its flight. Let me analyze the Astro reasons that contributed to this mission failure.

For any Muhurta, Sun in Lagna is not a welcome sign because then the Lagna gets burnt. Sun is very close to the Lagna. So, this was certanly not a good time to launch the rocket.

The rocket needs to travel a great distance in space before reaching its orbit. 9th Lord Jupiter is in 8th house, lands in 7th house and gets debilitated from where he directly looks at the Lagna. So, there is a clear indication that the long distance travel will fail.

Venus is the karaka planet for aero planes and rockets. He has left Leo and entered Virgo. He is very weak being in 0 degree and debilitated. So, he does not favor the launch.

Now I will show you the biggest bad yoga in this chart.

Pluto who is known as Yama or the god of death in Indian Astrology, is in 0 degree Capricorn and having exact trinal aspect on the debilitated Venus. Pluto is the farthest planet in the solar system. It has minus 240 C temperature. So, you can say it is a cryogenic planet. When a cryogenic planet which represent death is having its exact aspect on the karaka for the launch, what will happen? The cryogenic engine of the rocket will fail. It was exactly what has happened.

Added to this dark state of affairs, 8th lord Saturn was looking at Venus with its 10th aspect. This could mean failure.

Now let us look at the Muhurta dasa.

It was Sun-Venus-Sun-Saturn-Venus. The roles of Sun, Saturn and Venus are clearly visible. I have explained how these three planets were obstructing the launch.

Now, you may doubt, 'The scientists never look at Astrology and Muhurta in their projects. How come their earlier launches were so successful?' The answer is, time had favored them with good Muhurtas without their knowledge. That is what we call good luck or favors of Time or God's blessing.

There lie many unseen reasons behind every success. Effort alone can never bestow success. It needs to be backed up by many invisible supporting influences. Only then a man reaches success.

We are living in the solar system. How can we say 'The planets have no influence on us'. It will be as good as saying 'Gravity cannot work on us'.

Sex Scandals and Planets

Ever since Sun and Venus stepped into Leo, there have been sex scandals everywhere. I don't want to narrate here, the incidents that keep happening in India or elsewhere everyday. I will just mention two incidents which involved celebrities.

Andrew Kuomo, the Governor of New York resigned on the charges of sexually harassing eleven women working under him. He is a very popular leader in the USA since 2011. As usual, he denied the charges levelled against him.

British Prince Andrew is now facing a case of sexual assault. Virginia Geffrey, a woman of 38 years, sued him that he violated her modesty several times, twenty years ago. She initiated this case in a New York court.

She included in her case another man named Epstein who used to trap young girls by luring them God knows how, and then offering them to satisfy the sexual needs of celebrates. This Epstein was a proud owner of a private island at that time. He was arrested and put in Manhattan Jail, on many similar charges, where he committed suicide, two years ago.

As usual, Prince Andrew refuted the charges and feigned ignorance of Epstein or the complaining woman. Whatever may be the outcome of the case, it has severely damaged the reputation of the British royal family.

Look ! Are not the planets up and working? Are not the indications loud and clear?

Wildfires in Turkey

Turkey is burning. 

Wildfires started burning down Turkey on last Wednesday. Till now, 98 wildfires were identified. They are spreading over forests, burning down houses and killing animals.

The Mediterranean coast seems to be the prime target of the wrath of fire god. ముఖ్యంగా Why so? Look at Sun, the Lord of Fire and Mercury, the karaka for intellect, in Cancer, which indicates sea shores. Together, do they not indicate Turkey?

Exactly on Wednesday, Mercury the day Lord, started coming nearer to Sun. He came within 4 degree orb and became combust.

Turkey lies on the 5th degree of Sagittarius which still continues to reel under the Papargala Sandwich Effect. Added to this, we have Mars who is a fiery planet in Leo, a fiery sign, generating a powerful spurt of fire,  Leo also signifies forests and forest animals. We have the powerful fourth aspect of Mars falling on the 5th degree of Sagittarius which signifies Turkey.

Just combine all the above factors and you will understand easily, why 
Turkey is burning.

'Yoga Taravali' English E-Book released today

On this Guru Pournami day, a new English E book is being released from us.

Sri Ramakrishna says, 'God is the guru of all the worlds. He is the One who teaches. What can a human guru teach? Unless God acts through him, a human guru cannot teach'.

A real guru is connected to the Lord and reflects only His light. I am not speaking about the false gurus who are everywhere, duping the gullible. How to recognize them? If what they do is different from what they preach, know them to be false. If they run after money, power and comforts, know them to be false. If they deviate freely from the ancient tradition, know them to be false. If they exhibit cheap miracles, know them to be false. If anybody claims that he is the incarnation of God, know him to be the biggest of all frauds.

Leaving the false gurus to their fate, let us on this day, remember with reverence the first guru of all worlds, Lord Siva, followed by the great rishis Vyasa and others, Buddha, Patanjali, Sankara, Ramanuja, Madhva, Abhinava Gupta, Sri Ramakrishna, Ramana Maharshi and Jillellamudi Amma, who were the real teachers of the world.

It has been one year since our Telugu book 'Yoga Taravali' with my commentary was first released. Today, the same book is being released in its English version. It is good to remember that this book was authored by the great Adi Sankara. I consider myself blessed by being able to write a commentary on this seminal work.

Above all, Adi Sankara gave utmost importance to the experience of Advaita. So, he never touched the Yoga system. But, he wrote a small book in 29 verses, touching the most important practices of Yoga. If Sankara existed in 1st century BC as has been claimed by the Kanchi Mutt with documentary proofs, the age of this book is 2000 years.

In Indian Astrology, we have what are known as Yoga Taras or brightest stars. A constellation is named after the brightest star it has. So, to give an example, Aswini is not a single star, but a group of three stars with the name Aswini pointing at the brightest star of the constellation. Similarly, though there are innumerable techniques in the system of Yoga, some of them shine very brightly like the Yoga Taras of the constellations. That is why Adi Sankara chose this name for the title of his book which explains the best of the Yogic sadhanas. This is my commentary on the Acharyas' great narration in Sanskrit.

This book briefly touches upon the core techniques of Hatha and Raja Yoga systems. Interested seekers will do well to get initiated into them from a real guru to experience the results promised.

As usual I thank all my disciples who helped me in writing this book. My special thanks to Ganesh Alla from Detroit, USA, who very ably translated this book from Telugu to English, for the benefit of English readers. 

You can have this book from google play books, here.

Mars Venus in Leo - Floods in China

China is flooded. It is not the kind of ordinary rain that we see every year, but a deluge which they have not witnessed in the last 1000 years. Cities in Henan province are full of water. Even a subway train was inundated with water and killed 12. According to news, only 33 died as of now in the entire China which is not believable at all. As China always does it, it is nothing but tailored news.

Mars and Venus entered Leo leaving Cancer. From there, Mars throws his fierce fourth aspect on Scorpio which represents China. We know that Scorpio is a watery sign where Ketu, the karaka for sudden destructive events is stationed in an exalted state. Mars looking at Scorpio generates a wave of destruction. See what is happening over there !

China may threaten Japan with Nuclear bombs over the issue of Taiwan but it should not forget that Nature is supreme. It can make or mar things in any country, developed, developing or under developed. As long as Nature is cool with us, we remain comfortable. USA, Australia, Japan, India, Canada - every country can agree on this point. Even, Mumbai and Hyderabad in India are now under heavy rain, flooded.

Leo is a fiery sign. Mars and Venus in Leo are aspected by Neptune from Aquarius. What does this placement suggest? This yoga will continue for one month from now. It will generate events of crime related to sex, women, drugs and persons in high position.

To prove my point, just look at what happened to Raj Kundra in India. As soon as Mars and Venus stepped into Leo, he was arrested for making pornographic movies. A mother posted on the social media, an indecent dance she did with her own teenaged son ! She is being trolled by netizens for this unthinkable act !

Look at Pakistan ! Before we forget the kidnapping of the daughter of Afghan envoy over there a few days back, the daughter of a Pakistani diplomat was killed in the same Pakistan on last Tuesday. What ever might be the reason, the ultimate sufferers were women ! Mars and Venus precisely point their fingers at the same thing.

For another one month, Cupid and Varuna, the gods of sex and drugs are going to rule the roost. Let us wait for the unfolding of events !

MSP over ! Here comes another !

Finally, with the transit of Mars into Leo, MSP effect has ceased to function. What a relief for the world ! We have seen with our own eyes how the world suffered in the past 50 days, under the pressure of this ominous Yoga. But wait ! Is the game over? Sadly, the answer is, 'No not yet. It will never be over'. It will continue in one form or the other as long as humans exist on the earth.

The wheel of Time continues to revolve endlessly, generating events, big and small. But there are very few who learn from what they see around them. They will evolve, not the multitude who pay no heed to the march of Time and Karma which keep the human race under its octopus grip.

Time is endless, so is the movement of planets. They generate events continuously. Human life continues to move on, goaded by the planetary influence. Generations change, but the same drama continues to happen, of course in the new setting, with new facilities and new opportunities to evolve or destroy ourselves. 

Old wine in new bottle ! 

The world will never change, but we need to change for better. We must evolve, understanding the laws of Nature and laws of life. Somehow, we must get out of this drama. 

Walking on the same thorny path, stepping on the same thorns, removing one from our foot by the other and continue to do the same, again and again - this is not what we are supposed to do. We need to learn the art of safe walking, without stepping onto the thorns. In the end, we must learn to stop walking altogether. If needed to walk, we have to walk without stepping on the thorns.

This is the spiritual angle of Indian Astrology. We must try to learn it by all means.

MSP Effect - 15 (USA, Europe and South Africa)

Last week saw the worst kind of heat wave in the west coast of USA. Then hundreds of acres of Oregon forest caught fire. Now there are flash floods in Europe. In Germany and Belgium, about 170 people died from the floods. In 15 minutes, entire villages were inundated with water. City roads were full of water which they are calling death deluge.

The effect of Gemini and Dhanus has reflected on Aquarius because it is the trine of Gemini. That is why Durban is under riots now. There is heavy fighting between the Indian community and the blacks resembling a civil war.

In Mumbai, India, there were incessant rains and flooding of water in the last few days. In addition, there was a land slide which killed 22 people. Cars and ground floors were submerged and people are moving in boats in the city.

In the last week, there have been hundreds of minor incidents everywhere which I dont want to narrate here. If I do, this blog will become a news paper. So, I stop here.

50 days effect is still continuing !

Our latest book 'Musings' released today

Are you wondering why no books were released from us in the recent past? Wait ! A wonderful and life changing book 'Musings' is getting ready for you.

It is being released today because today is my birthday according to dates. Today, I complete 59 years and step into 60.

To tell you plainly, the one thing that I hate in this world is sitting lazily doing nothing. So, in my apparently silent period, a voluminous spiritual book which is the Bible of my path is getting ready.

To know how this book was born, you need to slightly go back into the past.

Ever since Panchawati Google group was started in 2010, I have been answering the spiritual questions of hundreds of seekers and guiding those of them who were eager to walk in my path. That was how, in these ten years, voluminous material covering about 1000 pages has come into existence.

In my blogs, I write only superficial stuff, leaving the real deeper things to be explained in the group and the personal matters to be discussed in person. Apart from this, there are many essays I have written explaining to my followers, the spiritual path I followed from my childhood and the experiences I had therein. Grouping 360 such essays together, we made this book. This invaluable book is the product of tireless labor of ten years. It is released as an English E-Book for now, pending its Telugu version for future release.

Vishwanadha Satyanarayana, the famous Telugu poet of the last century authored a very well known book 'Veyi Padagalu' which can be translated as 'Thousand hoods'. It is a voluminous classical novel in Telugu literature. Chalam, another famous writer of the same period, and also a staunch devotee of Ramana Maharshi, wrote his experiences and reminiscences as 'Musings' which I have read in my youth. The word 'Musings' was first used by Samuel Tayler in 1794 in his book 'Spiritual Musings'. Chalam, being educated in English, took that word for the title of his book.  I think I have followed the above writers in using the same word as the title of my latest book.

In consonance with my experience in the area of worship of Sun god from my childhood, I decided the number of essays in the book to be 360. They are the number of days in a Savana year and also denote the rays of light emitted by the Sun.

This book is our Veda, our Gita and our Upanishad.

After reading this book, you will very clearly understand me and my ideology. This book is a compendium of many ideas viz., vedanta, yoga, tantra, Astrology, my sadhana path, my experiences and above all, many secrets of the spiritual path. I can dare say that this is my lifetime work. If you go through these 360 topics and understand them clearly, nothing will be left for you to know in the field of spiritual literature.

We have a saying in Sanskrit, 'Yanna Bharate, tanna Bharate'. It means 'What is not in (Maha) Bharat, is not in Bharat (India)'. I say the same thing about this book very humbly. Each and every essay of this book will make you think deeply about your life, spirituality and their connection. So, you cannot finish this book like a novel. By reading and understanding one topic per a day, you will take a full year to complete this book. Thus, it will become your sadhana and your meditation which will eventually open up many hitherto unknown avenues of light and insight in your life. That is why I say it is a life changing work. 

There are many who asked me in the past, 'Why is it so difficult to understand you? You say one thing now and another thing tomorrow. How to reconcile your views which seem to be so different from one another?'

I gave them a reply.

'The Sun is not the same in all the twelve months. That does not mean he is not the same Sun. If you want to know him, you have to know him in all his moods and colors. You need to remove your spectacles and look at him directly. By doing so, you will not lose your eyesight, but will get a new vision, the vision of light and truth. That is how you enter into the world of light'.

I have been writing for the past ten years, in my Telugu blog extensively, and in my English blog occasionally, on different topics like spirituality, yoga, Astrology, Martial arts, Occult, social issues, individual issues, politics, arts, music etc., which might confuse a casual reader. However, my near and dear ones never undergo such trouble because they know my mind very well.

The work of translation into Telugu will begin shortly and the Telugu book will be released by July 2022, if everything goes well.

My heartfelt thanks to my wife and my disciples who helped me in this work, and also to Sri Anand Kumar (Detroit) for his affectionate foreword. Similarly, my thanks to all my disciples and members of PSF who supported me in writing this book.

You can have this English E-book, from google books, here.