S oldest manuscript of the Ramayana

 

Nepal The oldest manuscript of the Ramayana was discovered in Nepal. The Nepali translation of the Valmiki Ramayana was done by Bhanubhakta Acharya, which was published in 1887.

S Ramakien

 Since its introduction to the Thai people, the Ramakien has become a firm component of culture. The Ramakien of Rama I is considered a masterpiece of Thai literature, and is still read and taught in the country's schools.

In 1989, Satyavrat Shastri translated the Ramakien into a Sanskrit epic poem (mahakavya) named Ramakirtimahakavyam, in 25 sargas (cantos) and about 1,200 stanzas in 14 metres. This work won eleven national and international awards.[5]

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 பண்டிகைகளில் ஏன் இந்த வேறுபாடு? திங்கள், அக்டோபர் 23, 2017 விமல் ராஜ் controversies in indian festivals, deepavali, diwali celebrations, diwali in india, hindu, hindu religion, hindu tradition, indian festivals, karthigai deepam, navarathiri, vinayagar chaturthi 1 comment வணக்கம், தீபாவளி முடிந்து ஒரு வாரம் ஆகி விட்டது. தீபாவளியும், அதன் கொண்டாட்டங்களும் பற்றிய பதிவு இது. போன வாரமே பதிவிட்டிருக்க வேண்டும். பணி காரணமாக மறந்துவிட்டேன். ஆதலால் இன்று பதிவிடுகிறேன். இந்தியா முழுவதும் மக்கள் பல்வேறு வகையான பண்டிகைகளை கொண்டாடுகின்றனர். அதில் தீபாவளியும் ஒன்று. ஒவ்வொருவரும் அவரவர் சம்பிரதாய நம்பிக்கைக்கு தகுந்தவாறு வேறு வேறு காரணங்களுக்காக கொண்டாடுகின்றனர். சீக்கிய மதத்தில் பந்தி சோர் திவாஸ் (Bandi Chhor Divas) என்ற பெயரில், சீக்கியரின் குருவான குரு ஹர்கோபிந்த் சிங்கும், அவருடன் 52 இந்து அரசர்களும் சிறையிலிருந்து முகலாய மன்னரால் விடுவிக்கப்பட்ட நாளாக தீபாவளி கொண்டாடப்படுகிறது. சமண மதத்தில் வர்த்தமனா மஹாவீரர் முக்தியடைந்த நாளாக தீபாவாளி கொண்டாப்படுகிறது. புத்தமதத்தில் சில பிரிவினர், லட்சுமி மற்றும் விஷ்ணு கடவுள்களை வணங்குவதன் மூலம் தீபாவாளி கொண்டாடுகின்றனர். இதெல்லாம் கூட பரவாயில்லை, மற்ற மதங்கள் என கொள்ளலாம். இந்து மதத்தில், ஒவ்வொரு பிரிவினரும், ஒவ்வொரு மாநில மக்களும், அவர்தம் நம்பிக்கைக்கேற்ப கொண்டாடி வருகின்றனர். வடஇந்தியாவில் ராமர் ராவணனை வதம் செய்து சீதையுடன் அயோத்தி திரும்பும் நாளாக தீபாவளி கொண்டாடப்படுகிறது. அவர்களின் வருகையை கொண்டாடும் வகையில் ஊரெங்கும் தீபமெற்றி, பட்டாசு வெடித்து கொண்டாடுகிறார்கள். சிலர் பாண்டவர்கள் 12 ஆண்டுகள் வனவாசம் கழித்து வருகின்ற நாளை தீபாவளி என சொல்கின்றனர். சிலர் இந்து கடவுளின் செல்வத்தின் அதிபதியான திருமகளை (லட்சுமி தேவியை) வணங்குகின்றனர். பாற்கடலை கடைந்தன் மூலம் லட்சுமி பிறந்து, தீபாவளி நாளன்று விஷ்ணுவை மணக்கிறார் என்று சொல்கின்றனர். deepavali-festival-india தீபாவளியன்று அசாம், ஒரிசா மற்றும் மேற்கு வங்காளத்தில் லட்சமிக்கு பதிலாய் காளியை (காளி பூஜை) வழிபடுவார்கள். உத்தர பிரதேசத்தில் பிரிஜ் பகுதியில் தீபாவளியை கிருஷ்ணனுக்கு கோவர்த்தன பூஜை என்ற பெயரில் கொண்டாடுவார்கள். மார்வாரிகளின் புத்தாண்டாக தீபாவளி கொண்டாடப்படுகிறது. தீபாவளிக்கு அடுத்த நாள் குஜராத்திகளின் புத்தாண்டு கொண்டாடப்படுகிறது. அன்று தான் அவர்கள் புது கணக்கு ஆரம்பிப்பார்கள். ஆந்திராவில் தீபாவளி இரு நாட்களாக கொண்டாடப்படுகிறது. முதல் நாள் நரக சதுர்த்தசி என்றும், மறுநாள் தீபாவளி அமாவாசை எனவும் கொண்டாடப்படுகிறது. அதே போல கர்நாடகாவிலும் ஐந்து நாட்களுக்கு தீபாவளி கொண்டாடப்படுகிறது. கேரளாவிலும் இருநாட்கள் தீபாவளி கொண்டாடப்படுகிறது. தமிழ்நாட்டில் நரகாசுரனை வதைத்த திருநாளாக தான் தீபாவளி கொண்டாடப்படுகிறது. தீபாவளிக்கு அடுத்த நாள் சிலர் காரடையார் நோன்பு எடுப்பார்கள். தென்னிந்தியா முழுவதும் நரகாசுரனை வதைத்த திருநாளாக தான் தீபாவளி கொண்டாடப்படுகிறது. நாட்டின் சில பகுதிகளில் தீபாவளி இரு நாட்களாகவும், சில இடங்களில் 5 நாட்களுக்கும் கொண்டாடப்பட்டு வருகிறது. பண்டிகையின் பெயர் ஒன்றுதான். வழிபடும்/கொண்டாடும் முறை வேறுபட்டிருக்கலாம். ஆனால் கொண்டாடப்படும் காரணங்களே எப்படி வேறுபடும் என புரியவில்லை. அதுவும் ஒரே தேசத்தில், ஒரே மதத்தில் ?!?! அடுத்து தமிழர் பண்டிகைக்கு வருவோம். கார்த்திகை தீபம். தமிழ் நாட்டில் மட்டும் கொண்டாடப்படும் ஒரு பண்டிகை. கார்த்திகை மாதத்தில் வரும் கார்த்திகை நாளில் (பெரிய கார்த்திகை என சொல்வார்கள்) கொண்டாடப்படுகிறது. திருவண்ணாமலையில் தீபம் ஏற்றும் நாளில் தமிழகமெங்கும் மக்கள் வீடுகளில் தீபமேற்றி கொண்டாடுவர். அன்று முதல் மூன்று நாட்களுக்கு தீபம் ஏற்றி வழிபடுவார்கள். ஆனால் வைணவ பிராமண பிரிவினர், அதற்கு அடுத்த நாள் தான் தீபம் ஏற்றுவார்கள். அது எப்படி பொதுவான பண்டிகை கூட ஓவ்வொரு சமூகத்திற்கும், அதன் உட்பிரிவுக்கும் மாறுகிறது என தெரியவில்லை. அதே போல விநாயகர் சதுர்த்தி நாடெங்கும் கொண்டாடப்படுகிறது. ஆனால் வைணவ பிரிவினரில் சிலர் விநாயகர் சதுர்த்தியை பெரிதாக கொண்டாட/வழிபடுவதில்லை. சைவ பிரிவினர் சிவராத்திரி கொண்டாடுவது போல வைணவர்கள் கொண்டாடுவதில்லை. அதற்கு பதில் வைகுண்ட ஏகாதேசி கொண்டாடுகின்றனர். பிராமணர் (சைவம்/வைணவம்) அல்லாதோர் பெரும்பாலும் நவராத்திரி (கொலு வைத்தல்) கொண்டாடுவதில்லை. கிருஷ்ண ஜெயந்தியும் எல்லா இந்து சமூக மக்களும் கொண்டாடுவதில்லை. ஏன் இந்த பாகுபாடு? எல்லா இந்துக்களும், எல்லா கடவுள்களையும் வணங்குகின்றனர். யார் இந்த கோட்பாடுகளை இயற்றியது? ராமானுஜர் காலம் தொட்டே வைணவ-சைவ கலாச்சார வேற்றுமை இருந்து வருவதை நாம் அறிவோம். ஆனால் பண்டிகைகளுக்குள் ஏன் இந்த சம்பிரதாய வேறுபாடு? எந்த காலத்தில் இது ஆரம்பிக்கப்பட்டது? இல்லையெனில் என் புரிதல் தவறானதா? யாராவது புரிய வையுங்களேன்

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mumbai name

 From 1535, Mumbai (Bombay) was a harbour of Portuguese India, known as Bom Bahia, until it was handed over to Charles II of England in 1661 as part of the dowry of Catherine de Braganza. The expression "State of India" began regularly appearing in documents in the mid-16th century

temples importance

 Why Are Temples so Important in Sanatana Dharma?

In ancient days, besides fulfilling the spiritual needs of a person, the temple was a place for learning, dedication of music and dance. The temples of those days were like the community centres of today. Renovation and preservation of temples are rooted in our culture. They are symbols of faith which fetch peace and have given Mother India a distinct identity. Another significance of the temple is its structural representation of the human body. The temple represents the physical body and the heart is the Sanctum Sanctorum where we experience the Lord’s presence.

In ancient Indian texts, a temple is a place for Tirtha – pilgrimage. It is a sacred site whose ambience and design attempts to symbolically condense the ideal tenets of Hindu way of life. All the cosmic elements that create and celebrate life in Hindu pantheon, are present in a Hindu temple – from fire to water, from images of nature to deities, from the feminine to the masculine, from kama to artha, from the fleeting sounds to incense smells is part of a Hindu temple architecture. - Mahaperiyava




At present, there are over 5,000 ancient dilapidated temples just in Tamil Nadu alone. Oftentimes, miscreants are damaging such monuments and some sculptures are disappearing from villages. In other areas, these ancient temples are being demolished and the land is being sold off illegally.

dark zen meditation

  meditation is a means  to catch a glimpse
of the higher world and further develop a connection
with it.

 It is mentioned in the oldest Buddhist
canon that Moggallana, a chief disciple of the
Buddha, was said to meditate that he might
get into touch with other worlds, to be able to
report the fate of those who were once on
earth. Surely, this is no ordinary
accomplishment
In other parts of the canon, it is said that
during meditation, the adept has a clear
observation of his perception being different
from his physical body, such that while his
perception seems enveloped by the physical
body, it is actually disembodied. Other
references in the canon state that during
meditation the adept creates a spiritual body
apart from the physical body, although not
without sensory faculties.

In what might be characterized as the highest
meditation, the adept regards his corporeal
body and mental life to be transitory. He then,
it is said, turns his mind from them to the
undying realm which, by implication, is not
transitory
a
closer examination of zazen’s history reveals
that it was developed during the Sung Dynasty
(960–1279) in China. It is therefore
questionable as to whether or not zazen was
the actual meditation of the Buddha.

Regarding the Buddha’s own meditation, he
sat under the Assatha Tree. This of course is
symbolic and is to be taken mythologically.
Sitting under the Assatha Tree, the Buddha
was actually accessing the undying spiritual
light by which all living creatures are
animated.
 In other words, he was not
following his breath or just sitting, which
appears to be the chief goals of zazen.

 His meditation accessed something deep and
profound which was beyond the breath and in
fact, beyond the reach of mortal consciousness.
 Buddha’s meditation was far from
ordinary. It was not about just sitting the
way many modern Zennists believe, but
coming into contact with a most divine light.

the missing meditation
practice of the Buddha  is also the
meditation practice of the Zen masters of old.
  not only is DZM the authentic
meditation the Buddha taught to all of his
followers,    

As a personal accomplishment, DZM
culminates in our complete emancipation from
the bewitching power of phenomena, thus
setting our spirit free of its former bondage to
things—most notably, the physical body which
is a constant source of suffering. With this
new revelation that DZM brings us, we can see
that our former state of being was completely
blind to the spiritual light’s free and natural
power. We come to understand that we were
never in actual bondage. It was all like a
dream. Put into other words, we know our
true body is one of undying spiritual light
rather than mere flesh.
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விளக்கு வகைகளில் ஒன்பது வகைத் தூக்கு விளக்குகள் உள்ளன. வாடா விளக்கு, துதிமத் தூக்கு விளக்கு, தூண்டாமணி விளக்கு, ஓதிம நந்தா விளக்கு, கூண்டு விளக்கு, புறாவிளக்கு, நந்தா விளக்கு, சங்கிலித் தூக்கு விளக்கு, கிளித்தூக்கு விளக்கு ஆகியன.
எதற்காகச் சொக்கப்பனை?
திருக்கார்த்திகை நாளில் அனைத்து சிவாலயங்கள், முருகன், அம்மன் கோயில்களின் எதிரில் பனை ஓலைகளை ஒரு மூங்கில் கம்பில் கட்டி,
கோபுரம்போலச் சொக்கப்பனை அமைப்பார்கள். இதை, சுவாமிக்கு பூஜை செய்த விளக்கைக் கொண்டு ஏற்றி, எரியச் செய்வார்கள். இந்தச் சொக்கப்பனை ஏற்றப்பட்டு எரியும்போது அஞ்ஞானமும் ஆணவமும் எரிக்கப்படுவதாக சிவ தத்துவம் சொல்கிறது. சிவன் முப்புறம் எரித்த பாவனையைக் காட்டுவதற்காகச் சிவாலயங்களில் சொக்கப்பனை ஏற்றுவர். சிவபெருமானை ஜோதி வடிவாகவும் காண்பர். சொக்கன் என்ற பெயரும் சிவனுக்கு இருக்கிறது.
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நம் வீடுகளில் ஏதேனும் சொல்ல முடியாத துயரங்கள், வறுமை, பணக் கஷ்டம் வந்தால் அதைத் தீர்ப்பதற்கு, சீக்கிரம் நற்பலன் தருகின்ற விளக்கிடல் வழிபாடு ஒன்று பழங்காலத்திலிருந்தே சாஸ்திர விதியோடு இருக்கிறது. நெய்யும் நல்லெண்ணெய்யும் கலந்து மண் அகலில் தீபம் ஏற்றி அதை ஒரு மண் உருண்டைமேல் வைத்து ஆயிரம் முறை இந்த மந்திரத்தைக் கூற வேண்டும்.
‘ஓம் நமோ பகவதி பத்ம நேத்ரௌ வஜ்ர விக்ராயச
ப்ரத்யட்சம் பவதி’
கார்த்திகை தீபமிடும் முறை:
கார்த்திகை நட்சத்திரத்திற்கு அதிதேவதை அக்னி பகவான். ‘அக்னி க்ருத்திகா ப்ரதமம்’ என்று வேதத்தில் கார்த்திகையை முதலாவதாகக் கூறப்பட்டிருக்கிறது. இந்நட்சத்திரத் துடன் கூடிய பௌர்ணமி தினத்தில் இறைவனுக்கு தீபம் ஏற்றல் வேண்டும்.
திருக்கார்த்திகை தினத்தன்று ஒரு வீட்டில் குறைந்தது 27 தீபங்கள் ஏற்றப்பட வேண்டும். ஆகாயத்திற்கு உரிய இடமான முற்றத்தில் நான்கு விளக்கும், சமையல் அறையில் ஒன்று, வாசற்படிக்கு முன் நடையில் இரண்டு, பின்கட்டில் நான்கு, திண்ணையில் நான்கு, மாடங்களில் இரண்டு, நிலைப்படிக்கு இரண்டு, சாமிப் படத்துக்கும் கீழாக இரண்டு, வாசலில்யம தீபம் என ஒன்றும், கோலம் போட்ட இடத்தில் ஐந்தும் ஏற்றி வைக்க வேண்டும். மாலையில் ஏற்றப்படுகிற போது சந்தியா கால தீபத்துதியைக் கூறவேண்டும்.
சிவம் பவது கல்யாணம்
ஆயுர் ஆரோக்ய வர்தனம்
மம துக்க விநாசாய
ஸந்த்யா தீபம் நமோ நம:
தீபம் ஏற்றும்போது பாடும் பாடல்!
பெருந்தேனிறைக்கும் நறைக்கூந்தற்படியே வருக
முழுஞானப் பெருக்கே வருக!
பிறை மௌலிப் பெம்மான் முக்கண் சுடர்க்கு நல்விருந்தே வருக!
முழுமுதற்கும் வித்தே வருக!
வித்தின்றி விளைந்த பரமானந்தத்தின்
வினைவே வருக!
பழுமறையின் குருந்தே வருக!
அருள் பழுத்த கொம்பே வருக!
திருக்கடைக்கண் கொழித்த
கருணைப் பெருவெள்ளம் பிடைவார்
பிறவிப் பிணிக்கோர் மருந்தே வருக!
பசுங்குந்தழலை
மழலைக்கிளியே வருக!
மலையத்துவசன் பெற்ற
பெருவாழ்வே வருக வருகவே!
அகல் விளக்கின் தொன்மை:
கார்த்திகை தீபத்திருநாள் வரும்போது ஆலயங்களிலும் இல்லங்களிலும் களிமண்ணால் செய்யப்பட்டு ஏற்றப்படுகிற அகல் விளக்குகள் தொன்மை வாய்ந்தவை. ஆதி கால மனிதனுக்கு இருட்டை விலக்கிட விளக்கு தேவைப்பட்டது. அதற்காக ஈரமானகளிமண்ணைக் கையால் பிசைந்து குழியாக்கிச் சிறு விளக்காகப் பயன்படுத்திக் கொண்டான். இந்த சிறு அமைப்பு தான் ‘அகல்’ ஆனது. அடுத்ததாக வந்த இரும்பு பயன்படுத்தும் காலத்தில் சிறு விளக்குகள் செய்யப்பட்டன.
பின்னர், ஈரக்களிமண் அகல் செய்து, சூளை அமைத்து அதில் அதைச் சுட்டுப் பயன்படுத்தினான் மனிதன் என்று அகழ்வாராய்ச்சிகள் மூலமாக அறிய முடிகிறது. அகநானூறு, புறநானூறு, நற்றிணை போன்ற சங்க இலக்கிய நூல்களில் கார்த்திகை தீப நாளில் சுடுமண் அகல் விளக்குகள் வரிசையாக ஏற்றி வைத்திருந்தது பற்றிக் குறிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ளது.
கி.பி. 10, 11ம் நூற்றாண்டுகளில்களிமண் அகல் விளக்குகளில் 8, 4, 6 திரிகள் போட்டு ஏற்றும் அளவுக்குக் கூர்முனையோடு செய்து பயன்படுத்தப் பட்டது போளுவாம்பட்டி, திருவாமாத்தூர், தாரா சுரம், பழையாறை போன்ற தலங்களில் நடைபெற்ற அகழ்வாராய்ச்சிகள் மூலம் தெரியவந்துள்ளது. செம்பினால் செய்யப்பட்ட 32 அகல் விளக்குகள் திருச்சோற்றுத்துறை சிவாலயத்துக்கு வழங்கப் பட்டதைக் கல்வெட்டுகளில் அறியலாம். முதலாம் ராஜேந்திர சோழன் காலத்துக் கல்வெட்டில் திருவண்ணாமலையில் கார்த்திகை தீபம் ஏற்ற அகல் விளக்குகளை தானமாக அளித்ததைக் காணலாம். அகலில் தீபம் ஏற்றுவது மிகுந்த சக்தியைப் பரவச் செய்வதாக ஆன்மிகப் பெரியோர் கூறுவர்.
 

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பொதுவாக நினைவாற்றல் என்பது அனைவருக்கும் மாபெரும் தேவை.
நினைவாற்றல் சுமாராக இருப்பவர்கள் கூட நினைவாற்றலை வளர்த்துக் கொள்ள மூன்று முக்கியமான வழிமுறைகளை கடைப்பிடிக்க வேண்டும்.
1. கவனமான பார்வை
2. ஆர்வம், அக்கறை
3, புதிதாகச் சிந்தித்தல்
இந்த மூன்றிற்குமே சிறப்பான பயிற்சி தேவை. அந்தப் பயிற்சிக்காக எந்தப் பயிற்சிக் கூடத்திற்கும் செல்ல வேண்டியதில்லை. நமக்கு நாமே பயிற்சி அளித்துக் கொள்ளலாம். அதற்கான சில பயிற்சி முறைகளைப் பார்ப்போம். முதலாவதாக ஒரு பயிற்சி.
ஒன்றிலிருந்து நூறு வரை எண்ணுங்கள். பிறகு 2,4,6 என்று இரண்டு இரண்டாக எண்ணுங்கள். பிறகு 100 லிருந்து தலைகீழாக, 100, 98 96, என்று இரண்டு இரண்டாகக் குறைத்து எண்ணுங்கள். பிறகு நான்கு நான்காகக் குறையுங்கள்.
இப்படியே 5,6,7 வரை தாவித் தாவி குறைத்து எண்ணுங்கள். இப்படி ஏழு ஏழாக குறைத்து எண்ணக் கற்றுக் கொண்டீர்கள் என்றால், உங்களுடைய நினைவுத் திறன் நல்ல அளவில் வளர்ந்திருக்கிறது என்று அர்த்தம்.
இப்போது ஓர் ஆங்கிலப் பத்தரிகையை எடுத்துக் கொள்ளுங்கள். அதில் ஒரு பத்தியில் எஸ். எழுத்தையெல்லாம் எண்ணிக் குறித்துக் கொள்ளுங்கள். அடுத்து இரண்டு மூன்று பத்திகளில் உள்ள ஏ எழுத்தையெல்லாம் எண்ணிக் குறித்துக் கொள்ளுங்கள். இப்போது மீண்டும் ஒரு முறை திருப்பிப் பார்த்தீர்கள் என்றால், எத்தனை எஸ் அல்லது ஏவை எண்ணாமல் விட்டிருப்பீர்கள் என்று தெரியவரும். அதை வைத்து உங்கள் நினைவுத் திறனின் அளவை நீங்கள் தெரிந்து கொள்ளலாம்.
புதிய சிந்தனை மூலமும் நினைவுத் திறனை வெகுவாக வளர்த்துக் கொள்ளலாம்.
தொலைக்காட்சியில் வரும் விளம்பரங்களைப் பாரங்கள். அந்த விளம்பரம் பற்றி கொஞ்சம் ஆராய்ச்சி பண்ணுங்கள். வேறு எந்த மாதிரி இந்த விளம்பரம் இருந்திருந்தால், இதைவிட நன்றாக இருந்திருக்கும் என்று சிந்தித்துப் பாருங்கள். சிந்திக்க சிந்திக்க மூளையின் சிந்திக்கும் ஆற்றல் வளர்வதோடு நினைவாற்றலும் பெருகும். முயன்று பாருங்கள்.
இதே போன்று இன்னொரு பயிற்சி. உங்கள் நெற்றியை கற்பனையாக நீங்களே 6 அறைகளாகப் பிரித்துக் கொள்ளுங்கள். ஒரு அறையை இழுங்கள். அதில் மறுநாள் 9 மணி புரோகிராம் என்று எழுதிப் போடுங்கள். (உதாரணமாக 9 மணிக்கு மகாராஜி DVD பார்க்க வேண்டும்என்று கற்பனையாக எழுதிப் போடுங்கள்). பிறகு அந்த அறையை இழுத்து மூடுங்கள்.
இதே போன்று இரண்டாவது அறையைத் திறந்து இன்னொரு புரோகிராம் எழுதிப் போடுங்கள். அதே போன்று அடுத்தடுத்த நான்கு அறைகளும், இப்படிச் செய்து விட்டால் இரவு படுக்கையில் படுத்ததும் உங்களுக்கே ஆச்சரியமாக இருக்கும். இந்த 6 புரோகிராம்களும் அடுத்தடுத்து உங்களை அறியாமலே உங்கள் மனதில் தோன்றும். இன்னும் இதே போன்று நீங்கள் கூட புதிய புதிய முறைகளைக் கையாண்டு உங்கள் நினைவாற்றலை வளர்த்துக் கொள்ளலாம்.
புத்தகங்களைப் படிப்பது, காலையில் ஐந்து மணிக்கெல்லாம் எழுந்திருந்து
அன்றைய நிகழ்ச்சிகளைத் திட்டமிடுவது, அபிப்யாசங்கள் செய்வது இதனாலெல்லாம் கூட உங்கள் சிந்திக்கும் திறனையும், நினைவுத்திறனையும் வளர்த்துக் கொண்டே போகலாம்.
உடலின் ஒவ்வொரு உறுப்பும் ஓர் இயந்திரம். அதிலும் இதயமும், மூளையும், ஓய்வில்லாத இயந்திரங்கள். இதயம் ஓய்வு எடுத்துக் கொண்டால் வாழ்க்கை நின்று விடும். மூளைக்கு ஓய்வு கொடுத்தால் அது துருப்பிடித்துப் போய் ஒன்றுக்கும் பயனற்று வாழ்க்கை முன்னேற்றம் நின்று போய்விடும்.
ஆகையால் எந்த நேரமும் மூளைக்கு ஏதேனும் வேலை கொடுத்துக்கொண்டே இருங்கள்.
நினைவாற்றலை மேம்படுத்துங்கள்.
நினைத்ததைச் சாதியுங்கள்.

Astrological aspect of different diseases and the remedies thereof.

 The main planet responsible for diseases relating to kidney is Venus. With this, Moon should be also taken into account. The houses related in a natal chart are the sixth and seventh houses. In the Zodiac, the corresponding signs involved are Virgo and Libra. Therefore, any affliction by malefics like Mars, Saturn, Rahu or Ketu on Venus and/or Moon, the sixth and/or seventh house of the natal chart and/or their lords as well as the signs Virgo and/or Libra may result in kidney troubles. The Ascendant and its lord should also be taken into account as a strong Ascendant or lord thereof may overcome many troubles. The benefic influence of Jupiter may also cause some relief.

 

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Karma and Astrology

Here is an explanation of the way Saturn influences Karma and how we can interpret its meaning to us as individuals. Portions of this Karma topic are extracted from a number of Farley Malorrus' shows on K-FOX (93.5 FM, 12 noon in Los Angeles) during 1987 and 1988.

The reason that each of us inherits a unique natal chart is that the higher self selects a particular astrological imprint, to experience certain events, and learn specific lessons. From this, an evolution occurs by processing karmic situations for optimum benefit. Situations, people, and events in our life catalyze karmic growth, but the karma lies within oneself, inside the soul. The soul is destined to be pulled to a particular birth, time and place.

The body is like billions of tiny solar systems. When you are born, every cell in your body adheres to the frozen picture of the planets at birth. It's like a circuit imprint that's formed at birth to be a reflection of one's Dharma (purpose and destiny) and Karma (debt).

We are all one with the Universe. The Universe beats from our point of view. The moving solar system allows for the Source to design its uniqueness in each one of us, and we absorb this imprint at birth. This solar imprint at birth is actually akin to tiny little solar systems in every one of our bodies.

Physiologically, at the moment of birth, the neurons of the brain form a specific pattern, which has been scientifically documented, and this sets up the personality of the individual.

So when you are born into any particular lifetime, you are born with a particular cosmic charge. This occurs upon inhaling that first breath, and reflects the planetary locations (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, Neptune, Pluto), and the zodiacal sign that is rising in the East from your birthplace. These elements are the things that Astrologers can examine in a your chart and identify what your Karma is. For example, any square aspect you have, when planets are at right angles to each other, indicates your karmic debt.

Planetary placements that involve squares (right angles), oppositions (180 degrees) or inconjunct (150 degrees) and by house position will reveal a lesson area, an area where pain maybe experienced showing a pay back of karmic situations. The Karma that you have with yourself may concern money, love, relationships, career, business, goals, health, home, security of self, independence, enemies and all kinds of things. If you have squares in your life, this implies a debt, so the challenge is to overcome certain lessons we failed to learn in previous lives. Oppositions mean that you are born into a situation where you can create unrealistic goals, or, show catalyzing situations where you would create people in your life that may also manifest pain and karmic growth for you.

Understanding Astrology, by getting your chart produced, and tuning into things such as Karma and learning what the words square and opposition means, will help you understand which area of pain may focus the hardest with you. Your biggest Karma may be childhood, just fighting your way out of it, or trying to get along with brutal parents. This could be a way to understand where the peace needs to be made, and subsequently processed. It could be with your emotions, with your mother, friends, or with all of your relationships. It could also be with goals, career, communication, and finances. Astrology will help to identify your own personal map of Karma and it is a great way to rebirth into the Spirit.

Afflicted planets in a chart are those that form specific aspects, or angles, such as squares. A square depicts two planets, at right angles, with the Earth in the center (as center focus). Oppositions are when two planets are exactly opposite each other, with the Earth in the middle. You could be torn with the Moon in one point of the sky, and if you drew a straight line from the Moon to the Earth, and all the way threw the Earth to the other side, you might find the Sun. This would be a Moon opposition Sun. These might be planetary aspects that you're born with. With squares, or oppositions, these diagrams are Karma, or the debts we owe for a particular lifetime. Everybody has Karma whether your born Karma free or not. Without any squares or oppositions in your chart, the moving planets form squares and other aspects to the fixed position of natal planets during ones' life (which is the basis of forecasting). This daily movement with respect to the natal chart is known as transits.

The signs of the Zodiac are magnificent stellar constellations. When we say that you have Mercury in Cancer or Gemini, that means that Mercury is located in space in the stellar constellation or grouping known as Cancer or Gemini. That's how we identify energies at birth, freezing the planets that are moving in space, through the signs, during your birth. There are all kinds of stellar constellations out there in space; The Sun, Moon and the planets, follow an orbit called the Ecliptic—which is a flat orbit. The Earth also orbits the Sun along the Ecliptic, so the planets including the Sun and Moon, do not wander beyond the twelve Signs of the Zodiac.

One of the main factors in distinguishing a karmic lesson is Saturn, as this planet is the lord of Karma. If Saturn signifies obstacles and limitations in life, it is because either your desired goal was incorrect, or a karmic reaction has been imposed. As such, Saturn's placement in your chart can indicate the areas in life that one needs to work on. Saturn's movement with time, through your natal chart, induces various scenarios to force growth in certain directions. When we ignore our real goals, certain crises' can occur in adulthood as Saturn orbits the Zodiac forming particular stressful aspects to the natal chart. Therefore, if you fail to conform to certain ways in this life, Saturn is always there to induce a karmic lesson, either immediately or in the future.

Saturn remains in one Zodiac sign for an average of two and a half years, so a whole karmic generation of Saturn people enter life during that two and a half year period. For example, people with major karmic lessons concerning Sagittarius energy and forces (meaning freedom happiness, philosophy, travel, sometimes sports, and animals) form a Karma here. It takes Saturn about twenty-nine years to circle the Sun, from our point of view, covering all twelve signs of the Zodiac. The type of Karma that each baby will have during the two and a half years of Saturn in any sign, although similar, will further depend on its aspects to other planets, the location of the house, and whether it's retrograde or not (Saturn retrograde tends to open up the energies of Uranus).

As an example; consider Saturn in the sign of Leo, positioned in the first house. Saturn/Leo is Karma with family, but Saturn in the first house is the most karmic position for this planet, particularly if this planet is intensified by being close to the Ascendant line. The first house depicts how you interface with the world, your appearance, self-esteem, and childhood. So an individual born with this placement would have childhood and self-esteem Karma. If Saturn has stressful aspects applied from other planets, there could be a very painful childhood and an inner security problem. This would be a result of some unfortunate action in a past life, where the person probably ignored forming a loving family bond, and directed his/her attention to selfish matters such as career.

There are all kinds of Karma that a person can have in a lifetime which may be revealed when examining the birth chart in general. Astrology allows for an analysis to understand ones' passion, pain or pleasure-pain syndrome. By zeroing in on what sign and house Saturn is in, and what types of aspects are formed from other planets, a significant karmic picture can be generated. Aspects between Saturn, and the Moon, Rising Sign, Mercury, Venus, Mars, and the Sun, under square and opposition, are going to have more of a severe significant effect Karmically. Of course aspects between other planets can signify Karma, but Saturn tends to be generally more prolific. The key for the symbology behind Saturn is that if necessary, it contracts situations, events and opportunity.

To understand some specific meanings, let's first examine the twelve houses, and what it means to have planets in these houses for a chart under stress. To find the houses in a natal chart look at it as if it was a clock. Locate the nine `o' clock positions (the far left part of the wheel). This is the horizon line, or Rising Sign. Now go counter-clockwise, starting at that nine `o' clock point, and label the pie sections one through twelve, as near to the center circle as possible. Note the planets you have within each house so you can understand the following information.

The First House is the rising sign house and the childhood house. Planets in this first house under stress (square opposition or inconjunct to other planets), Saturn, or planets in Aries, will often reflect a Karma with yourself or with childhood. Anything to do with the self, meaning self-esteem, appearance, even vanity. There could be a personality Karma, a character Karma, or an identity Karma, especially during childhood, leading to unprocessed experiences. As soon as we become conscious, we realize that we are in negative territory. That is why we are forced to grow up quickly with planets in the first house, in Aries, and especially Saturn, which magnifies this effect.

The Second House would be a Karma concerning money (nine times out of ten), value, self-worth, love, or what is important in this life-cycle. These individuals sometimes appear agnostic to the world and do not appreciate the real meaning of love. There can also be obsessions with the material so the spiritual side is of often lacking.

The Third House would show a Karma with the mind. Planets in the third house under stress, in Gemini, sometimes indicates mental instability, psychological Karma, or mental illness if one is not strong enough to handle this kind of Karma. Some of the communication problems could be with brothers, sisters, neighbors, or even teaching. It is either that they're not heard right or they don't hear things the way they should. This extends to relating things to other's that is wrong.

The Fourth House planets or afflicted planets in Cancer can show Karma with the mother, feelings, residence, and security. Saturn is detriment in Cancer, so any tendency to have an emotional wall will be further strengthened. The fourth house also signifies past lives, so when you get your button pushed and have no idea why you react the way you do, it could be from a past life.

The Fifth House planets or afflicted planets in Leo would be a Karma with the family or creative endeavor, with power, and authority. In Leo, any Karma will be with the father, or no children, but in the fifth house it is with creativity, pets, enterprises and children.

The Sixth House planets or afflicted planets in Virgo, epitomize major Karma concerning work situations, health if you don't maintain it, and service due to a lack of it. It may also affect your judgment, and analytical ability.

The Seventh House planets or afflicted planets in Libra would epitomize lessons in love or relationships. A lack of balance between yourself and partners indicates another type of Karma too. Some of the problems that can manifest here concerns the obsession to get married, but often find themselves getting divorced. A heavy Karma could indicate a persecution complex.

The Eighth House planets or afflicted planets in Scorpio would show a major lesson in life concerning sensitivity, deep emotions, love, sex, intimacy and transformability or lack of the ability to transform, change, or metamorphosize. As with other water signs, the emotions can be contracted, and restricted. It's easy for these people to be celibate. There may be jealousy and obsessions with death or problems dealing with others dying.

The Ninth House planets or afflicted planets in Sagittarius would show Karma concerning philosophy, freedom, religion, justice, travel or lack of it, and sometimes being anchored to ones' life, work, job, family, home and responsibilities. Sometimes lessons concerning happiness—a contraction of happiness—are shown, Karmically speaking. That's why these people tend to get very moody and depressed.

The Tenth House would show a Karma with external aspects of life. Planets in the tenth house under stress, in Capricorn, would epitomize Karma with ones' career, authority, practicality and ambition.

The Eleventh House planets (under affliction) or planets in Aquarius or at least two in either signs or house would epitomize the Karma concerning groups, friends, goals, organization and direction in life. Also humanity or lack of it.

The Twelfth House planets or afflicted planets in Planets in Pisces would epitomize a Karma with oneself, in being you're own worst enemy. It is a very emotional Karma, indicating self-destruction and hidden events. Hidden events are not readily visible and can effect your life in the long term, because a decision or commitment was not made when it should have. Also there can be Karma with enemies, mankind, institutions, and hospitals. Saturn in Pisces or the twelfth could be a Karma with people that definitely identify themselves as your enemy, and who would also want to hurt you. It's also a lesson in emotions.

With regard to the effect of planetary angles, beneficial aspects such as the trine or sextile onto these houses does not necessarily manifest as intensely karmic. More often they are observed as a Dharmic aspect where deeds were performed in past lives, and qualities earned to make ones' life easier. It's not all one big hard roll here, so don't become too concerned, when you find out where your planets are located in your chart. The essence of this subject is of course to identify ones' Karma.

Understanding the planets is important, as there is a karmic derivation for all of the planets, individually and in combination of course. The combination of the planets in your natal chart equal your individual uniqueness.

The Rising Sign reflects a Karma of what you have become as to how others see you. An important aspect here is the Rising point degree which is the Karma of self. The value of the degree may often influence your choice of friends and lovers, particularly those with similar value.

The Sun sign or the Sun itself, is always the Karma of the Soul, Karma of the identity, and where the Sun has come through its path in the Universe.

The Moon reflects emotional Karma, and the exact reward or punishment for what you have lain out emotionally previously to this lifetime, or what your emotional lessons may be. Moon in Scorpio is in one of its worse signs as it's in fall, they are the most sensitive, vulnerable, passionate, frightened, and most extreme of all the Moons. So there is a major Karma involved with everyone whose Moon is in Scorpio.

Mercury is the planet that rules psychological Karma, mental illness, and communication. How it is aspected tells of stability or lack of stability and some of the mental Karma that we lay upon ourselves.

Venus reflects Karma that we have with ourselves concerning money, women and the feminine factor in our lives.

Mars represents the Karma we have concerning our overall life energy force and health of the body—the temple of the Soul. Mars also represents the male factor or Karma we have with ourselves concerning men.

Jupiter the philosophical Karma, the freedom factor. This lets us know what we've done in past lives as far as good is concerned, and sharing of knowledge, power, and consciousness. Also travel or mobility Karma.

Saturn is the Lord of Karma and the planet that represents the major Karma force in life. It's a very important planet to understand, as to why you were born and your generation (where Saturn was for two and a half years). The Planets further out and beyond Saturn allow for spiritual development through experiences that are beyond Saturn's limitations; the effective path towards spiritual growth.

Uranus is a planet that is metaphysically karmic, it's like a slap in the face, it's an awakener, shocker. So when ever you have anything knocking in you life, it's probably a Uranian factor in your chart. It rules accidents sometimes, and what John Lennon would call instant Karma.

Neptune is a planet that concerns a higher part of ourselves and a connection to the spiritual levels, the higher-mind. This means if we don't have a clear concept of communication from the higher mind, then it can often show us being negative, extra hard on ourselves or self destructive. Neptune is the Spiritual factor that can allow us to evolve beyond our highest good, and escape some of the pain of karmic retribution.

Pluto is a very transformative planet. It asks us to serve or suffer. If a strong Pluto is present and you are being too stubborn, not letting go, and holding on, this planet will infer change, re-birth, or become very persuasive in bringing about change. It can represent anxiety that lasts for a long time, or instant freedom, through transformation, peace and re-birth that can be wonderful when you eventually learn to let go.

Note that whenever it says square in your chart, that shows Karma with your self, you are your own worst enemy, with this trait in your personality. Squares are just us holding ourselves down, it's no one's fault but our own, we made the mess ourselves.

The opposition aspect as a Karma in your chart is usually that you create people in your life that can make you miserable, or at least take away some of that joy. (Oppositions have the effect of creating other people in our lives that create Karma)

With Saturn, conjunct, square, or opposite the Moon or Sun, there can be a fear of criticism, of being wrong or inadequate which often leads to a fear of trying anything new. There is an inheritance from a past life which can be related ones' current situation or from over-exerting ones' will or emotions. The opposition aspect can result in individuals projecting and even manifesting their fears onto others.

With Saturn conjunct, square, or opposite Mars, there can be a fear of sex, asserting oneself, or taking risks in general. These individuals may appear cruel, egotistical, stone-hearted and cynical in which they cover up inner fears. In extreme cases there can be sexual problems to either impotence or harassment.

With Saturn square, or opposite Mercury, there is a significant importance with intellect and knowledge. These aspects generally indicate slow-thinking individuals who have a fear of being thought of as slow witted, or stupid. These individuals will often work harder at learning certain skills to overcome any speaking, reading or writing impediment. Unfortunately, they can be carried away with themselves and become mentally arrogant, so they need to find a balance here. This aspect can also be a karmic legacy, where the individual took advantage of another's skill.

With Saturn conjunct, square, or opposite Venus, there can be a fear of allowing ones' emotions to be hurt. This vulnerability can result from exposure to a cold parent, a karmic legacy or tendency. The person often becomes the person they inwardly hate, which is the cold parent or figure. Sometimes a painful love experience can prompt the individual to re-examine ones' emotions more closely. Another form of love Karma here will be a pain and pleasure syndrome thing we put ourselves through.

The slower moving planetary aspects to Saturn tend to indicate more of a generation effect. These are Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.

Therefore the identification Saturn's energies in a chart greatly assists in establishing those areas in which we are vulnerable and prone to. It is then that we can try not to be so obsessed. A person with Saturn in Scorpio might keep trying to make sex and romance work, but they have so much trouble and stress because they are obsessed with it. An obsession with money can create a negative force, because the moral ethics behind how the money was acquired, either by gambling, cheating, stealing, or manipulating people to sell them something, are things that can create a negative force of Karma, and it is always your Karma. Being more spiritual and less obsessed in any area, avoids Karma.

People can really go through the wringer when Saturn and Uranus transit natal chart planets forming not only squares and oppositions, but "T" squares, grand squares, but maybe grand crosses. So Karma overload can become very intense with the latter three, and cause a lot of pain. Sometimes, a transit can hit, and hit us hard, we can end up with tremendous anxiety that I would call undiagnosed anxiety. Often, the cause of this is a Karma that has not been resolved, absolved or dealt with, that we're suddenly confronted with. This is when we find it harder to sleep, harder to balance and harder to center. That's what the Karma overload problem is all about.

Many of us who have not been Metaphysically and spiritually endowed, have pretended to be religious, or spiritual, and have made a number of mistakes, and created certain problems. You are not born with your particular Astrological chart by mistake. In other words, the chart you are born with is a chart of energy vibration that you qualify for, or you kind of deserve. The frozen picture or chart of birth is an area of space where the planets were positioned. The planets travel through what is known as the Zodiac signs Aries through Pisces. Each planet radiates different energies. For instance, the Moon represents emotions and Mother, the Sun your Soul and Father, Mercury your mind, Venus your values and your love factor. Mars your life force and sex factor and Jupiter your philosophies. Saturn your major debt in this lifetime. Uranus your awakening factor. Neptune the illuminating factor and Pluto the transformation factor.

All these planets are like vital karmic organs. Not all planets can be in what we call a beneficial position in relationship to each other. Virtually, all of the time there are at least a few stressful aspects. Take for example, my stressful Moon square Pluto. This means there would be a Karma, with emotions and self esteem. The Moon represents one's feelings and Mother influence, while Pluto relates to secretiveness, transformation and the mystic. Moon/Pluto energies don't combine too well at the best of times, so if you have this combination, many people may find it hard to relate to this energy combination. My Moon falls in the first house, which is childhood-personality and identity, in which Farley has been learning to overcome his feelings of self-image, identity, character and self-love. With Pluto in the tenth house, (the tenth house being career, ambition and success) I have to be able to transform certain limitations and establish my ambition and success within society.

My Scorpio-Moon energies are reflected into every cell in my body, from my feet to the top of my head. So whenever anything in the sky goes into a stress sign like Leo, Taurus or Aquarius to transit my Moon, I sometimes feel it. The goal is to grow spiritually, so that you can manage these stressful transits. If the moving planets create an intense situation for you, the Universe is telling you something. It's time to wake up and listen. If your chart is lit up with karmic indicators, the stress could be more intense. When karmic indicators strike, many people just refuse to rest. They may be involved in a heavy career activity, a major relationship problem or with whatever. Sometimes all that's required is rest, and meditation. This is one of the reasons meditation absolves Karma, it's because you are resting. You are telling your body to hold the horses here, and stop it.

With love and relationships there are three things to examine in the Natal chart. These are the Moon, Venus and Mars. A Moon with squares and oppositions may depict people with emotional Karma and emotional problems. Having an unafflicted Moon makes for a better catch in marriage, which is why these individuals seem to be grabbed up quickly. The Moon also represents balance from the mother. Sometimes we act like our mothers without our knowing. Emotionally this means that people have to love the mother that is inside of them, and where the lunar Karma comes from.

Venus is the planet of love/relationships and Mars is the planet of the individual or life-force. Venus also represents the female entry into our lives and Mars represents the male entry. So if your looking for women and you want to find the Karma you have with women you should analyze Venus in your natal chart. If you are looking for men and you want to understand your Karma with men, then examine Mars in your chart. This is why a man or woman can turn out Bisexual or homosexual. A homosexual man might have an very badly inflicted Venus and a blessed Mars (Venus with squares or placed in a mutable or fixed sign. Mars in a sign with trines and sextiles). This is why some people become homosexual or bisexual because the relationship would be a lot less painful. Not everybody with afflicted Venus or Mars is homosexual though. Many people choose to confront their Karma and try to absolve it. There may also be an indication of homosexuality with a Venus/Uranus aspect. If you have the Mars square Venus, that's the person with too much initiative and not enough patience. Most of their choices are too impatient and they get into trouble, and they can go through many marriages in no time. They have a lot of Karma with relationships and themselves.

A Venus square Jupiter is just someone who just totally goes after the wrong woman, and has a lot to learn about love. This is because Jupiter is an over-and-under action in stress to that planet of love. Venus will often create situations where there doesn't seem to be any balance, as this is another representation of Venus. Venus-Mars and Venus-Jupiter squares or oppositions can all influence any imbalance. Oppositions onto Venus may show that we are attracting women who are ridiculous challenges. People can set their goals too high for a woman they know they can't have, with for example married or involved women. Its a very dangerous and adulterous Karma. A Mars square Jupiter may create the over- or under-doing it with men.

If Uranus is in opposition or square to the Moon, Venus or Mars, then often a partner doesn't know what the heck is going on. It can be like a lightning bolt effect, here today gone tomorrow. Moon-Uranus stress is unpredictable and noncommittal. Venus-Uranus stress is eccentric and fancy-free. Mars-Uranus stress can be intolerant, offensive and sometimes accidents or sudden shocks.

Neptune or Pluto square or opposition Venus will put you in another dimension with relationships. The question is that your not in strawberry fields but you'd like to be and sometimes a ridiculous dreamer or fancier concerning love, sex, relationships and intimacy. A Mars square Neptune is the fancier who has men made out to be something they never are. The Mars square Pluto or opposed Pluto is the person who will run to too many extremes in relationships, show too many sides, sometimes needing to transform and let go of old ideas and values that will hold them down. They could show some hang ups with romance and intimacy. Pluto also represents sex so a square/opposition to Mars or Venus will definitely show sex as a major evolution area, so an open mind is needed.

The Saturn Return cycle can be a significant event for some people and is where Saturn returns to the same location, in the Zodiac, as it was when you were born. This applies to individuals turning twenty-eight to thirty years old, and also fifty-seven to fifty-nine. This cycle is not a lot of fun for many of us, because a Saturn Return is so karmic! It is so incredibly karmic that usually what ever you've done wrong in your life will somehow either turn around and become corrected, or whatever you've done right in your life will be rewarded.

Now Saturn takes about twenty-nine years to complete a journey around the Sun, through all twelve signs of the Zodiac. So as we approach the age of twenty-nine and again as we near sixty this planet returns to its precise position at the time of your birth. So just like a solar return around ones' birthday, where the identity is renewed, Saturn returns are a Karma check, which is tested and reaffirmed. It's akin to slipping into the Akashic records for a two year period, finding out whether you did any of your homework for the last twenty-nine years and then coming out of the Akashic records to reaffirm what the next twenty-nine year Saturn cycle could be.

The Saturn Return can be the biggest test and lesson of your life. When you are twenty-seven, getting ready for the approach to your Saturn Return, then certain things start happening to remind you that something almost catastrophic is about to happen, to totally transform and rebirth your life, your values, judgment and everything. Many people make some serious commitments as they approach their thirtieth birthday. Some can end marriages, some can end drunkenness or alcoholism. Other's can make a commitment to marriage after a relationship which has lasted for many years. In other words many people will get married after twenty-nine or thirty, as a test for themselves. Certain people, especially men, would start a family at this time. Others might buy their first home. In the work environment many might assess their careers' and question their progress. If important changes are required, it's a good time at which to do so. In most cases they will not be too old to re-train, or feel that some additional qualification might help them. This is an excellent time at which to take a lower salary for awhile and study, which is what a lot of people do.

Now the influence is by no means easy, even though we are aware that in Astrology everything is good, as even the Saturn Cycle is a test. We often experience a difficult time during our first Saturn return, but decisions taken and changes made usually work out well in the long run and have a powerful bearing on the future. In fact, how you deal with your Saturn return—how you handle it—will dictate your next twenty-eight years. So if something good happens to you in the Saturn return and if you don't end up in a mental institution, prison, poor house or whatever and if you don't end up with hate, anger, avarice, greed and selfishness then there's hope for you. Individuals who are unable to let go, say goodbye, build self esteem, check the emotional balance and Spirit are those who experience tragedy or catastrophe in life. It is very important then that we become aware of how to handle a Saturn return.

As sixty approaches, we experience our second Saturn return. It's a time to begin to assess the next thirty years of our lives. Life doesn't end at sixty, as some people think, just because of retirement from full time work. Some consider developing those interests that were neglected because of work and children. The second Saturn return is less formidable than the first because we're more mature then.

Many Astrologers used to think Saturn was the planet of doom. Now it's seen as more of encouraging us to move forward, achieve our ambitious, aspire and leave the garbage behind.


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shariras HINDUISM



 

      
3 Types of Bodies: Gross (Sthula), Astral (Linga) and Causal body (Karana)

Topics:

    Three bodies where five Koshas reside
    Gross body or Sthula Sharira
    Subtle or Astral body or Linga Sharira
    Swami Vivekanandas view on Linga Sharira
    Swami Sivananda Sarasvati about Linga Sarira
    Causal body or Karana Sharira
    Summary

 
Hinduism identifies man in terms of 3 Bodies, 5 Koshas (sheaths), and 3 States. This page provides details about 3 types of bodies.

Human beings have three bodies where its Koshas reside.

    Gross Body (Sthula Sharira)
    Subtle Body or Astral Body (Linga Sharira)
    Causal body (Karana Sharira)

The soul is different from these three bodies.
 
Gross body or Sthula Sharira
Gross body is physical body that is made up of the Panchmahabhutas – the five primordial elements, i.e., Akash (vacuum), Vayu (air), Agni (fire), Jal (water) and Prithvi (earth) and is subject to a sixfold change: birth, subsistence, growth, maturity, decay, and death. This is the dense physical body. Gross body is simply the vehicle of all the other Principles (bodies) during physical incarnation. Annamaya & part (physical manifestation) of Pranamaya Kosh reside in Gross (physical) body. Gross body needs gross food, drink and air which it gets from Annamaya and Pranamaya Kosha. At death the physical body perishes and its five constituent elements are dissolved.
 
Subtle or Astral body or Linga Sharira
Subtle or astral body (Linga Sharira) is where lives mind and intellect. Manomaya and Gyanamaya Kosh and part of pranamaya kosha resides in Astral or Subtle body. Linga Sharira contains pranamaya kosha, movement of the pranic force directing our physical and mental activities. This movement happens through nadis or channels, conductors of energy which are controlled by the six chakras. Vital sheath is a subtler sheath when compared to annamaya kosha. This is composed of vital energy. As long as this vital energy exists in the organisms, life continues. This sheath is responsible for our physiological functions namely breathing, digesting, metabolizing, circulation, endocrinal, neural, skeletal, muscular etc.

The Linga sharira (subtle body) surrounds the Sthula Sharira (physical body) as an aura of energy.

The Nadis (subtle energy channels) exist in this subtle medium through a fine merger into the physical medium. This is the "vital body" and the prototype and reflection of the physical body. It comes into existence before the physical body as the latter is built and formed upon and around it and it only fully fades out and dies when the very last remaining particle of the deceased physical body disappears and disintegrates. In the internal astral body there are counterparts of organs outside. They are called astral senses. A yogi hears through astral ears and sees through astral eyes. Thus he can hear sounds from distant lands, he can see objects in distant localities. This is called clairvoyance and clairaudience.

When a person dies, his or her gross body (sthula sharira) is burnt.
 This being in fact the  antyeshthi -the last sacrifice offered in fire, but the soul cannot quit the gross body without a vehicle of some kind. This vehicle is the Linga-sharira or subtle body, sometimes described as angustha-matra (of the size of a thumb), invested in which the deceased person remains hovering near the burning ground or crematorium. It is the vehicle for and of Prana.

The Upanishadic texts reiterate the existence of a purusha (being) of the size of the thumb (angustha matram) enshrined in the interiors of the heart - "The self (purusha), that is of the size of a thumb (angustha), resides in the cave of the heart. The self who is the size of a thumb is a light (jyoti) without smoke." This "being" dwelling inside the heart has been equated with the jiva or the self which carries the consciousness and a meta-physical body (prakriti), also termed as the karana sharira. Kathopanishad says This shining, luminious angustha-matra entity residing in the cave of our heart is “vibhrajate because of which the whole world is illuminated.

Astral Body’s Lower Mind: This sheath is the also energy of action. This mental sheath is composed of two qualities, mana (mind) and buddhi (intellect). Mana is the rational, linear, sequential, thoughtful mind. Buddhi is the quality of discrimination which comes after knowledge, after the removal or the absence of ignorance. The former constitutes the manomaya kosha, while the latter is called as the Vigyanmaya Kosha.

Astral Body's Higher Mind: The Vijnanamaya kosha is the sheath of the intellect (buddhi) and intuitive knowledge/wisdom which gives us the discriminative capability that helps to differentiate between virtues & vice, good & bad, right and wrong, truth & untruth. It controls the mind, the senses, the fructifying samskaras & all activities of the body. The ego-driven intellect can lead to actions when it gets co-mingled with the memories and is clouded over by the manas which result in pain and suffering. Its knowledge is affected by the moods of the mind and other factors. Through the practices of meditation, regular self-study & enrichment of knowledge through libraries & discourses could lead towards devotion. Our mind becomes purified and the intellect can then begin to depend more and more on the pure intuitive wisdom rather than be influenced by the ego. As you begin to experience this aspect of existence, you discover that this sheath is merely an illusion covering over the eternal self. Hence the self is different from the body, unchanging, ever pure and free from modifications. Therefore, the self is a witness of the Vijnanamaya Kosha.
 
Swami Vivekananda says The astral body is what we call the Linga Sharira. When this body dies, how can it come to take another body? Force cannot remain without matter. So a little part of the fine matter remains, through which the internal organs make another body for each one is making his own body; it is the mind that makes the body. If I become a sage, my brain gets changed into a sage's brain; and the Yogis say that even in this life a Yogi can change his body into a god-body.

Swami Sivananda Sarasvati about Linga Sarira
"The mind performs all actions very speedily in the linga sarira (subtle body) and fluctuates thereby. But the gross body knows not anything and is inert. Should this gross body be dissolved, the mind quickly assumes a fresh body. This physical body is the mould, as it were, of the mind. It is made by the mind for the outpouring of its own energy, for its own enjoyment. Thereby it gains different experiences of this world through the organs of knowledge or perception.

The body is really our thoughts, moods, convictions and emotions objectivised, made visible to the naked eye. Every cell in our body suffers or grows, receives a life impulse or a death impulse, from every thought that enters the mind. You tend to grow into the image of the thing you think about most. When the mind dwells on a particular thought, a definite vibration of matter is set up. This tends to repeat itself, to become a habit.

The body follows the mind and imitates the changes. Every change in thought makes a vibration in your mental body (linga sarira) and this, when transmitted to the physical body, causes activity in the nervous matter of the brain. And this activity in the brain and nerve cells causes electrical and chemical changes in the body."

 
Causal body or Karana Sharira
Anandmaya Kosh resides in Causal body (Karana Sharira). Causal body needs bliss or peace which it gets from Anandmaya Kosh. Karana Sharira or Causal body is the map template which is the sole cause for the gross and subtle bodies in the future birth of the soul that is not liberated or detached from the causal body. Karana Sharira controls the formation and growth of the other two bodies, and determine every aspect of the next birth.

Karana Sharira is the doorway to the higher consciousness. It is associated with the state of dreamless sleep and samadhi. It links individual consciousness with the collective consciousness. Experiences (samskaras) from our past lives are stored in the causal body, it carries the information and knowledge acquired during the previous births. The attachment of Maya and intense desires for the worldly objects and pleasures, called vasanas also go along with Karana Sharira.

At the time of death, both the causal and astral bodies (that remain together) separate from the physical body. Once the soul is completely detached from its causal body it goes to the abode of God. The soul never needs to come back to the world again except for the God's wish. When they come back to the world they come in the form of Gurus (Perfect masters). Guru is the one who leads the created to the creator. Guru is the descent of the Divine in human form to create the right conditions for the seekers to ascend to his Divine essence (Moksha or Enlightenment or Chaitanya).

(Sadgurus or Perfect masters are in reality, the seers who have realized the Absolute or have reached the highest realm of spiritual attainment, are present forever in the whole universe whether in an embodied or in an un-embodied state. They operate in gross, subtle, or mental world. They have been chosen to execute the Divine Mission and work together for the execution of the Divine Mission - Liberation of the seekers.)

 
Summary
According to Hinduism human individual has three bodies: physical or gross body (Sthula Sharira), subtle body (Linga Sharira), and causal body (Karana Sharira).

Life span of each of the bodies is different. Gross body depends on gross food therefore has very less life, compared to subtle body that depends upon thoughts and feelings, therefore can survive longer. Causal body survives longest since it needs only peace. The soul is different from these three bodies. Soul does not need anything since it is the experiencer, observer and therefore it is eternal.

 

The term 

 

 

which we call death is fall of gross body. The soul survives along with subtle and causal body where samskaras are stored. Man must take birth again and again with the help of gross body till all the Samskaras are consumed. You can consume Samskara (karma-phala) only in human life with the help of conscious living and power of will. It is not possible in any other life and that is why human life is considered as extremely important from the liberation point of view

 

BHARADWAJ

 Valmiki mentions Rishi Bharadwaj multiple times in the Ramayana. Rishi Bharadwaj is a significant character in the epic, particularly in the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya). 

Key mentions of Rishi Bharadwaj by Valmiki:

  • Disciple of Valmiki: Some texts indicate that Rishi Bharadwaj was a disciple of Valmiki and a first-hand witness to the incident with the Krauncha birds, which inspired Valmiki to utter the first shloka of the Ramayana.
  • Meeting with Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana: During their fourteen-year exile, Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana visit Bharadwaj's ashram (hermitage) at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in Prayag. The sage offers them hospitality and advises them to proceed to Chitrakuta, which he recommends as a suitable place for them to stay.
  • Meeting with Bharata: Bharadwaj also receives Bharata and his large retinue at his ashram when Bharata goes to the forest to find Rama and persuade him to return to Ayodhya. Bharadwaj extends them grand hospitality before guiding them toward Chitrakuta.
  • A revered sage: Valmiki depicts Bharadwaj as a great and knowledgeable sage, a master of the Vedas and Puranas, whose hermitage was an epicenter of learning. 

Thinking…..

 KARMA

2 ways--one u decide(freewill) the other fated----- the road  u take will ultimately join the road fated.


LIFE DOES NOT ALWAYS FOLLOW GPS OF KARMA


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reducing ego[size] -living essentially-consume[all senses and mind] only what is ESSENTIAL for body/mind  TODAY

NON-ESSENTIALS-tea/coffee/snacks/chips/butter   dresses/medicine/cereals/hlth foods[kevuru alternative]/side-dishes spicy

next to be left-salt/pickles/chips/youtube/fiction/

last to be left-all NE words/thoughts/actions


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TRY-thoughts-brahmanda/inner mind/no-mind[thoughts]


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LIFE

purpose=making beings REALLY happy

ant cow dog fish   tree plant poor distressed children sick

really-give what they need when they need[not want]

eg silk saree to wife- against  silk saree to poor to-be-wedded girl

drinks to rich-vs water to plants

what abt evil humans-cild-molestors prof-killers sadists cruel-----------------drugs to erase memories-make them useful humans


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SADHANA


BEWARE OF 'i' ....BE AWARE OF 'I'

[osho=be aware of this very process of the mind to be engaged constantly]

inner I centre of circle

outer 'i' s-roles father son g-father citizen friend relative consumer

inner i-seeker oberver of I


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You may eradicate as many prejudices and eliminate as many illusions as you wish or can, but if their source--the ego--still remains, new ones will spring up to take their place.


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Every experience is unique. When you stay with, or inquire into, a feeling, sometimes the energy of it releases or dissolves and a deeper level or dimension of your inner experience is revealed. 


Or you might find an essential quality, such as peace or joy. Other times, you find another feeling under the one that is releasing. Or maybe not much happens at all. In every case, the inquiry is working perfectly. There's a deep intelligence within your Being that knows exactly how to unfold each inquiry. The more you can just stay with whatever is happening in the inquiry and let go of any ideas or expectations about what is supposed to happen, the more this inner intelligence can work


 Truth is whatever opens your heart and expands your being and whatever quiets your mind. 


So just notice if it feels true to stay with a feeling a little longer or if it feels truer to move on to another activity. And of course, you can always continue to keep some of your awareness on your inner experiences even as you engage in other activities. 


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 The deepest healing is always to find out that there's nothing here that needs to be healed.


 Pain is natural and normal after a loss, and yet you don't need to suffer from the pain. Just let the pain be here, and you may discover that you are okay even if your heart is broken. Your heart can be broken wide open without actually damaging anything because your true Heart cannot be broken. It is big enough to hold all of the pain and loss. 


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your happiness is my happiness

your sorrow mine too


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what control do u have of even your daily activities>

you plan some activity based on the previous day

but ...today it doesnt happen

--reasons beyond your control


karma

long term -

      pre-marriage-parents-siblings

      post-marr      - spouse/inlaws


      x-spouse [death separation]  - parents/siblings


medium term ------grand -parents  extended family

short term       - extended family  /inlaws side xtended fly     friends


random -----service providers


new links  - those who are to be involved in future transactions


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If you want to find a true friend, find someone who is never tired of listening to you and who is always willing to forigive you. Most likely, you will never find that person, except in yourself.


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Are you what you are or what you think you are? Is your life your interpretation of it or the actual experience? Is truth the truth or your view of it? Is your reality real or a projection of your thoughts, beliefs, desires and expectations?


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Noise does not disturb silence. Noise moves through silence and eventually dissolves in it. The noise that we create upon earth is but a little whimper in the eternal silence of the universe.


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Failure in good actions is better than success in evil actions. The former lifts you up. The latter pulls you down. 


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To awaken the mind of God, you must rest your own.


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Once upon a time the demons used to live in far away lands. Later they began living inside us. Nowadays they live right under our roofs, right in front of us as television sets/laptops/smart-phones and talk to the demons inside us.


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If God sleeps the world will be asleep. To keep Himself awake all this is.


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Do you want to change some behavior in you? Here is the simplest solution which is also the most difficult to practice. Just stop doing it!


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Life is too short to envy other people's wealth. Create your own.


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When in doubt, listen to your mind but trust your heart.


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With each lie you 

leave a wrinkle on your soul.

remove a brick on the bridge to freedom.

bring evil closer to your heart.

distance yourself from yourself.

step away from reality.

hurt those whom you love.


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If it happens once, it is circumstances. If you do it always, it is habit. If it you do it mostly, it is weakness. If you do nothing about it, it is self-denial. If you lie about it, it is deception.


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When you are flying, you cannot be slack. If you want to enjoy the view up from there, you need to keep your wings flapping.


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Your problems are gifts from heaven.


Use them to know what is wrong with you, your actions or your life. Let them tell you why you have invited them into your life and what you intend to learn from them.


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Until we know the truth, let us keep sacred things sacred.


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Fools disagree because of ignorance. Intelligent people disagree because of their excess knowledge. The wise one neither agrees nor disagrees. Hence he is called, muni, the silent one.

We are born to die. We start dying from the day we are born. We spend a whole lifetime trying not to remember this universal truth. We ignore it when we are young. We try to deal with it as we become older and perhaps start worrying about it as our bodies begin to fail us.

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For the human mind, perception is reality. Perceptions keep changing. Watch the same painting for a few minutes. Every time you look at it, you see something new. Then is it right to live by surface thoughts, borrowed opinions, unverified experiences and assumed truths?


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I am fortunate that I am born as a Hindu. I have learned to tolerate my own ignorance and that of others.


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Freedom of speech does not mean freedom to lie. Unfortunately some people think so.


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We learn from Hinduism this. Your religion does not have to have a name. God does not have to be the center of it. What you believe in is important. If your beliefs can set you free from all that holds you back here in chains, consider that you are blessed and you have come a long way in the journey of your liberation.


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The more I read the newspapers, the less I believe in history


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When it is dark do not light a candle. Close your eyes and sleep.


Darkness is eternal. Light is just a temporary phenomenon. 


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Do not speak to the silence. Listen to it.


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No one envies your success in this world, unless one happens to be your friend or relation.


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When you choose not to walk on a straight path, do not complain that you are seeing only twists and turns.


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With a thousand lies you cannot create even one truth.


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When you want to climb a mountain be prepared to slip and fall.


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If you live in the past, you will be history sooner than you think.


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Make the sky(mind) empty and fill it again.(D)


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It is better to keep some dreams as dreams.


Reality is a tough companion.


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Learning is a discipline. You cannot learn without concentration, commitment and humility.


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If you hear people saying, "Here is a great leader, praise him," don't believe them. They have been doing that since the earliest times. The best of the human beings rarely received their due credit. They died mostly unknown, just as they are now.


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There is no such thing as honesty unless you believe in it.


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Do not take history too seriously. It is mostly a story of convenience and wilful insominia.


We are born to die. We start dying from the day we are born. We spend a whole lifetime trying not to remember this universal truth. We ignore it when we are young. We try to deal with it as we become older and perhaps start worrying about it as our bodies begin to fail


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What we desire and do not get, all this we find by going in within ourselves. For here indeed are the true desires within the covering of the false. Just as those who do not know the field, walk again and again over the treasure of gold and do not find it. In the same way most of us go into the world of Brahma and do not find it; for we are carried away by our false desires and fail to recognize the true ones even though they are hidden within. Chandogya Upanishad (chapter 3: verse 2)

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We can be taken in by the illusionary natures of the desires and think that the satiation of the worldly desires is all what the soul wants. But it is important to understand that the fulfillment of the worldly desires is part of the process of unveiling of the true soul. The soul is treading the wheel of desire as the fulfillment of one set of material desires can create an ever-increasing appetite for more and more. These desires never become fulfilled. The true desire of the soul is to get off this wheel and find self-realization, peace and eternal happiness. The struggle between the real and the false has to be understood. The false desires are those we search for in the outside world. The true desires are satisfied from within. The basic struggle of the soul is to differentiate between the two and its inability to differentiate is the reason why it takes birth again and again.

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He was relaxed with nothing to do. Then there was no worry. There was no tomorrow even, because tomorrow exists only because one has to do something. If one has not to do anything, then there is no tomorrow. Then the moment is enough.

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I cannot say I achieved. I can only say I tried so much that I was annihilated. I tried so much that any effort became absurd. And the moment came when I was not trying, when the mind was not, when I was not thinking. Then there was no future because there was no past. Both were always together. Past is behind, future is in front; they are always conjoined. If one drops, the other drops simultaneously. Then there was no future, no past, no mind. I was mindless, I was I-less. Then something happened, and I cannot say that this something happened in that moment. I can only say that this was always happening, only I was not aware. It was always happening, only I was closed. So I cannot say I have achieved something.”


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Buddha said, “I can only say I have lost something — the ego, the mind — I have not achieved anything at all. Now I know that all that I have was always there. It was in every layer, it was in every stone, in every flower, but now I recognize it was always so. Only I was blind. So I have lost my blindness; I have not achieved anything, I have lost something.”

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before dying physically experience death(detachment) of:

desire/anger/greed/attachment/fear/ignorance

osho;

In meditation, too, one has to enter slowly within. And gradually, one after another, things begin to drop away. A distance is created with each and every thing, and a moment arrives when it feels as if everything is lying far away at a distance. It will feel as if someone else's corpse is lying on the shore -- and yet you exist. 


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any abnormal delay causes unhappiness-directly prportionate

fear of rejection -aloneness-unhappiness

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“So she thoroughly taught him that one cannot take pleasure without giving pleasure, and that every gesture, every caress, every touch, every glance, every last bit of the body has its secret, which brings happiness to the person who knows how to wake it. She taught him that after a celebration of love the lovers should not part without admiring each other, without being conquered or having conquered, so that neither is bleak or glutted or has the bad feeling of being used or misused.”

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1detachment from objects[mobile/fridge/tv/vehicle/house/assets;;politics/games/entertainment]

2detachment from animate beings[pets,animals,birds,humans]

3detachment from family

4detachment from selfish desires 

5detachment from ego

detached from worries, fears, negative emotions and the negative emotions of other people.


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LIFE-treat it like u r driving in heavy traffic-always-moment to moment-intensely aware

Of EVERYTHING-road/traffic/signals/weather/smells/sights

U DON’T THINK[CANT AFFORD TO] ABT TOMORROW/DAY AFTER/YEAR AFTER

ABT WIFE/CHILDREN/OTHERS/PROBLEMS/FEARS/ANGER ETCETC

     Events/relations-friends-service providers/omens/feelings-emothions-self-others

U CANT AFFORD TO THINK[IF U WANT TO ESCAPE] ABT PAST=FUTURE-EVEN ABT TOMORROW-EVEN PRESENT EVENING/NIGHT –ONLY THE MOMENT


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To be unattached is to let go of that which inexorably moves on, to not grasp at the conditional. When we attach to things we interpret them as necessary for our well-being and completeness, so they become distortive of our worldviews and behaviour.


In detachment we turn our back on life, in unattachment we let it flow freely through our fingers.



In the case of being in love and being attached to a person with the emotion of love, an enlightened person would not experience that either. That is not to say they would not love a person, but it is unconditional, non-possessive, and non-controlling.


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