Pradosham - Technology of Karma Removal

Lord Shiva requested Siddha Thirumular (also known as Sundarar, one of 63 saivite saints) who was helping God Shiva, to bring the poison to Him. Thirumular immediately brought the poison in a shape of a ball about the size of a Navakani and handed over to God Shiva. God Shiva then swallowed this poison which stuck to His throat blue in colour.

Removing Sins with Pradosham Technology

Pradosham literally means the removal of sins ( Pra - Removal , Dosham - Sin). Pradosham is a specific window of time that occurs during the day. The energy during this time makes it easier to dissolve and release karma. Stories, prayers and rituals have been built around this time to help us better work with and understand the significance of these karma busting energies.

There are different energy levels to Pradosham depending on which day of the month that it occurs. Each energy level indicates how much karma may be released at that time. Pradosham are a gift from the Universe to help speed our evolution and make our lives easier and happier.

The Saturday pradosham is a very powerful pradosham, called the great pradosham or Maha pradosham especially if it fall during Waning Moon (Dark Moon period) as the first pradosham observed in ancient times is said to have been on a Saturday. Monday Pradoshams are also special because Mondays are most fit for Lord Shiva and it is the day ruled by His consort goddess Parvathi. 

When does it occur?
- All Pradoshams occur between 1-1/2 hours before and right up until the moment of sunset in the time zone where you are physically. The smaller energy level Pradoshams occur every day during this time.

- The middle energy level Pradoshams occur twice each month - on the 13th moon day after the New Moon and after the Full Moon. To determine on which days these Pradosham occur, begin your count on the actual New Moon or Full Moon day and count that day as "1". Continue the count until you reach "13". If you are counting from the Full Moon, Pradosham will normally occur two days before the next New Moon, and if you are counting from the New Moon Pradosham will normally occur two days before the next Full Moon.

 -The larger energy level Pradosham occurs when one of the 13th moon days occurs on a Saturday. The planet Saturn is considered the Lord of Karma who delivers many of life's tougher lessons to help us refine and evolve their souls. On a Saturday Pradosham it is believed that Lord Shiva has more influence over Saturn and can cause Saturn to loosen or release entirely some of the karmic bonds that limit us.

Be in a meditative mode during the pradosham time and chant the "Thiru Neela Kantam" mantra by focusing your mind in throat region. If can try to visualize blue colour while you chant this powerful mantra with focusing around your throat region.

Pradosham and God Realization

The purpose of our human life is God realization. But Siddhas tell you that you can get to your life purpose only when your karma has been wiped clean, and the time is ripe for grace to flow to you. When that happens an intense flowering happens, and both the material and spiritual worlds open up for you. You have a choice then on the abundance that you are presented with.

Whether you take the spiritual or material route, one thing is certain: you have to completely eliminate your karma to even to get there. Pradosham rituals give a great opportunity to build a road to prosperity and true happiness. On the 13th Moon Pradosham days, special poojas are offered to Lord Shiva who eliminates your karma and helps to bring light into your life.

“Sayana Sivan” or Lord Shiva is seen in human form resting His head on the lap of Goddess Parvathi in PalliKondeswarar Alayam, Surutapalli

Nandikeswaran

Nandi or the divine bull has a special place in Lord Shiva`s heart. Nandi is the privileged one who carries flowers to Mt. Kailash, the abode of Lord Shiva. Nandi is not a mere bull but a divine Sage who has guided endless number of Rishis. Even now when one prays with devotion to Nandi, you can see miraculous results happening. Nandi is the one who carried the poisons from Paarkadal to Kailas hill and later Thirumular change the poison in a shape of a ball about Navakanni and handed over to Lord Shiva to swallowed.

There are many levels of benefit from Pradosham. On the most immediate, practical level it is an opportunity to cleanse and release more of the karmic poisons that can limit our freedom and happiness.

God Shiva performed Ananda Thandavam (cosmic dance) in between the horns of Nandikeswarer

If one observes 

- one day Pradosham pooja, it is equivalent to 15 days temple worship

- 11 days Pradosham Poojas, it is equivalent to observing on temple Kumbabishegam

- If one observes 120 Pradoshams, it is believed that one will have no more births
- If one observes Maha Pradoshams, which falls on a Saturday, one will attain the blessings and benefits from Lord Shiva equivalent to praying for 5 years

Puranam
The esoteric benefits of Pradosham are outlined in part of a wonderful story of when the angels and demons in Ancient times joined together to try and get an elixir of immortality. They used a magical snake that volunteered to serve as a rope to churn a magical mountain in a magical ocean of milk. The angels pulled from the snake's tail and demons pulled from the snake's head. They worked very hard and were rewarded with many gifts that emerged from the ocean, including Goddess Lakshmi, who is the Hindu equivalent of Venus. Eventually the elixir emerged. However, fate turned the moment of victory into a terrible disaster. The snake was in so much pain from the constant pulling that it vomited poison just as the elixir emerged. The elixir and the entire area started burning from the poison. No one was able to stop the destruction so the angels and demons prayed for help.

The story continues that Lord Shiva heard their prayers, gathered up the poison with and swallowed it, saving the elixir along with everyone and everything. By goddess Parvathi command, the poison froze in the Lords throat, painting it blue and becoming an embellishment, gave Him the name Neelakantan. [It is also a common practice for womanhood to worship Goddess Parvathi for long life of Husbands as She is having Maangalya Baagyam and could turn the poison into nectar].

NOTE : Pradosham Time in Malaysia & Singapore

The actual Pradosham time in Malaysia and Singapore is from 5.00pm to 7 pm but unfortunately most of the temple mistakenly observing from 4.30 pm to 6 pm just by simply following temples in India. In India the Sun set time is at 6.00pm but in Malaysia and Singapore the Sun set time is at 6.30pm. Pradosham occur between 1-1/2 hours before and right up until the moment of sunset. Enlighten your local temple head or priest by giving this article and start to observe the ritual for Pradosham at the right time. Remember, what you do is important but when you do it is just important. The efficacy of spiritual practices can be increased greatly by timing it according to Siddha injunctions.

Thiruneela kantam...Thiruneela kantam...Thiruneela kantam...

The Origin of Hinduism and Yoga - By Vijayakumar Alagappan

Hinduism and Yoga is mainly derived from Tantra / Tantric (contributed by South Indian Siddha masters) not from the Veda / Vedic (North Indian Mystics). Of these two path, it appears Tantric teachings has had influence on the birth and growth of Hinduism and Yoga. Swami Satyananda Saraswathy, the founder of the Bihar Yoga (disciple of Swami Sivananda, founder of Divine Life Society), who writes : " it should be remembered that present day of  Hinduism almost entirely based on Tantra: it is not completely based on the Vedas as so many people think."

Most forms of Yoga and Hinduism have their physical and spiritual roots in the ancient soil of Tantra (Kumarikandam / Lumeria) in South India, not in the Vedas, as most Hindu scholars in the North India wants us to believe. In fact, it was Tantra that first influenced the Vedas.

The greatest contribution of India to the world is her material and spiritual science. No civilization, however old it be, has ever attained the level of sophistication, reached by the great ancient Siddhas, Yogis and Rishis of India in material and spiritual science.

Siddhar Thirumular the author of Thirumanthiram and all ancient Yoga systems were originated from Thirumanthiram scripture

What they had was not just intelligence but intuition. They could see, hear or feel beyond the realm of the five senses. They did not need telescopes, microscope or other scientific equipment to unravel the mysteries of the cosmos. They only relied on the most powerful instrument in the world the human soul which has it in a latent sense, omniscience and omnipotence.

The earth plane was actually designed as a laboratory for the evolution of souls, so the GOD send us His reprsentative in the form of Siddhas, Yogis and Rishis to show us the way. This great souls are in every part of the world, but particularly in India and especially in Tamil Nadu, the land of the Mystics.

In India all scientific truths are imbibed in routine life, by explaining them through Puranic Stories. Through tradition or custom, all scientific truths are brought to the stage of implementation in day-to-day life

'HOW TO KNOW GOD ?
Yogam (Yoga), Vaidhiyam (Natural medicine), Jyothidam (Astrology) and Nyanam (Mystical Knowledge) must be master to know GOD'

ANCIENT SIDDHA MASTERS
The Siddhas were scientists, particularly in their investigations into chemistry, astronomy, plants, human anatomy and physiology. They applied their extraordinary powers, developed through intensive yogis practices, to research these areas on atomic and universal levels without the use of sophisticated equipment. In the long lineage of Siddhas, one does not know when they came into earth's existence. Whether they still exist or are they Ascended masters teaching humanity the various sciences and philosophy, will perhaps, be never known to common man.

SIDDHAS TEACHINGS
In the teachings of the Siddhas the human body is a temple of God. Man is a miniature representation of Paramatma or Supreme Intelligence. The purpose of life is to realize God.To manifest that realization in all planes of existence.

SIDDHAS MEDICINE
Using special salts as well as herbal formulae the Siddhas developed the unique science of rejuvenation, known as "kaya kalpa", which allowed them to prolong their lives until the long term effects of Kriya, Kundalini, Pranayama and similar yogic practices could complete the process of transformation, bringing about physical immortality.

Siddhas followed the ancient Guru- disciple apprenticeship method. They revealed their secrets to those students whom they felt could be trusted not to misuse the science. The science of Kaya kalpam was limited to those great sages. who were prepared for the uplifting of humanity. Ayurveda came much later as discipline.

SIDDHAS SECRET KNOWLEDGE
The Siddhas had vast knowledge of human anatomy. Their single-minded concentration was unique. It was achieved with perfection. Their literature on medicine was extensive. The Siddhas were a close-knit community and preferred to preserve their knowledge. They reduced this knowledge to codes and symbols and their literature was steeped in mysticism. Only a Siddha can decode the writings of a Siddha. A beginner could not gain any appreciable knowledge without the Siddha accepting him as a student.

THE SCIENCE OF YOGA
Siddhas such as Thirumular, Agastyar, Boganathar, and many more had realized their capacity for experiencing and manifesting the Divine. This was not only limited to the spiritual plane of existence. The Cosmic Spirit would descend into the more lower and gross planes of consciousness, the intellectual, mental, and physical bodies. This for us is a limiting thought as our yogic parasites are not as intense as the Siddha. With progressive surrender of their being , their ego and their very lives the Divine would indeed transform them. With intense practices of various Kriyas, hatha and bhakti yoga, meditation, mantras and Kriya Kundalini Pranayama they merged with the Cosmic Spirit . This was race against time as the natural breakdown of cells, catabolism, had to be reversed to anabolism to prolong the extent of their age. They had to complete the Divine transformation. With Kriya Kundalini yoga and using specific herbal and mineral salts they were able to prolong their youth for the Ultimate transformation.

SIDDHANTHAM
The Universe was created out of a Cosmic Thought . No civilization be it the Inca, Atlantis or Egyptian had such a precise knowledge as the Siddhas. They were proficient in the science of longevity or deathless state, alchemy, medicine and physics.

VIDYA - EDUCATION
Education, which cannot give peace to the soul or cannot give the knowledge of the Self and the inner satisfaction, is not education. Education, which cannot wipe the tears of others, known or unknown, is not education. Education is understanding the situation - leading the life that can make the life, the Life Divine, where the ultimate goal of the life is the God-Realisation.

THREE STAGES OF HUMAN EVOLUTION
- Animal to Man ( Mooladhara to Anahata )
- Man to Man ( Anahata to Ajna )
- Man to Divine ( Ajna to Sahasrara )

GOLDEN AGE / SATYUGAM
During 2012, the Sun, Earth and Karthigai star, will be in alignment resulting in more of the grace light entering the Earth plane. Thereafter, it is predicted that the Karthigai - Lord Murugan energy will be responsible for the transformation of the planet and of the genetic evolution of the human species into Gods and Goddesses status. This energy will allow humans to return to their original blueprint. The most important thing to remember about these new energies is to stay conscious and match our frequency to received it through proper worships, rituals, yoga and mystical knowledge according to great siddha masters.

Tatvam Nyanam Yogam - Classical Yoga

TATVAM NYANAM YOGAM: Tatvam Nyanam Yogam - Classical Yoga:

YOGA AND ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE ACADEMY

 Organising   Tatvam Nyanam Yogam   

knowing yourself and understanding the science of cosmic principles

There are two main Yoga systems in India. One is Patanjali Yoga, teaching Soul-realization and one more is Thirumular Yoga, teaching God-realization. Those who are learning Patanjali Yoga keep Patanjali sutra written by Siddhar Patanjali and for Thirumular Yoga keep Thirumanthiram scripture written by Siddhar Thirumular for reference.

IKS SPIRITUAL RETREAT 2014 ( NORTH INDIA )

IKS SPIRITUAL RETREAT - a tool for soul evolution

Delhi - Haridwar - Rishikesh - Gangotri - Badrinath - Shimla

For further info visit :  https://www.facebook.com/events/539593629461526/?source=1
 

When we use the right tool of devotion to channel the light energy of the Divine into our body, mind and soul it will give us divine intuition, profound healing of the body, mind and soul, accelerate our karma removal and help us attract abundant material and spiritual opportunities into our life....

Highlights of this Spiritual Retreat:

- Observing powerful Soma Pradosham at powerful vortex to remove stubborn karma

- Visiting one of the most important Goddess temple to activate your kundalini (spiritual power)

- Offering Tharpanam for more then 60 generation of your departed ancestors who will be waiting for your help and to bless you in return for greater health, wealth and prosperity at the one of the most powerful vortex connecting to ancestral world through priest and offering Tharpanam by at another powerful vortex by yourself.

- Taking holy dip at he most powerful vortex of river Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswath to purify Soul.

- 3 days 2 nights Nature retreat at Shimla, one of the top 10 must visit place in India. At this place we will have a satsang with Vijayakumar Alagappan on the true essence of soul and the purpose of human life.

Temple Worship and Powerful Vortex
The most important remedies suggested by Siddhas the departed enlightened masters is going to certain energy vortexes in India where temples have been built around destiny changing vortexes. As soon you enter the vortex you dissolve your bad relationship karma, bad money karma or bad old health karma. There is a specific vortex for every type of problem and this has been documented in scriptures. This spiritual retreat was designed by Vijayakumar Alagappan according to Departed Enlightened Siddha Masters teaching.

Book your seats as soon as possible before 25 Dec 2013

Be early bird to book your seats since only limited seats are available.

For further details call : 013 350 5903 / 012 910 7301

 

NOTE: Only serious spiritual seekers are welcome.
 

Regards,
IKS Academy Team

 

Mystical Power of Thithi (Moon Phases) - By Vijayakumar Alagappan

Nithya Devadaigal for 16 Moon phases

1.Maha Tripura Sundari, 2.Kameswari, 3.Bhagamalini, 4.Nityaklinna, 5.Bherunda, 6.Vanhivasini, 7.Maha Vajreswari, 8.Shivadooti (Roudri), 9.Twarita, 10.Kulasundari, 11.Nitya, 12.Neelapataka, 13.Vijaya, 14.Sarvamangala, 15.Jwalamalini and 16.Chidroopa (Chitra).

Plan Your Events to Take Advantage of Cosmic Influences

As the moon passes through its phases, the ebb and flow of its energy wash through you like the coming and  going of tides. When you tap into the moons tempo and plan the events of your life in tune with its rhythm, you feel more centred and balanced, and every aspect of life will be in harmony with nature's music. This advance cosmic science was thought to the world thousands of years ago by the great Indian mystics.

Thithi is the lunar date, or the time it takes for the longitudinal angle between the moon and the sun to increase by 12°. Tithis commence at varying times of a day and differ in duration from approximately 19 to 26 hours.

There are 30 Tithis in each lunar month, are named as follows:

Pratima - 1st Waxing Moon
             Deity to worship - Lord Kubera
             Best Activities    - Interior Design, Renovations, Planning & Developing Strategies for Projects
             Worst Activities - Any Auspicious Events Journey

Dwitiyai - 2nd Waxing Moon
               Deity to worship - Lord Vivadeva, Yama Dharmaraja
             Best Activities    - Marriage, Viewing Moon, Buying Wedding Ring, Installation of Deities
             Worst Activities - Conflicts and Disputes

Tritiyai - 3rd Waxing Moon
             Deity to worship - Lord Siva & Trivikrama
             Best Activities    - House Warming, Constuction of Buildings, Starting Education, Learning Music and Arts
             Worst Activities - Conflicts and Disputes

Chathurthi - 4th Waxing Moon
             Deity to worship - Lord Ganesha
             Best Activities    - Worshipping Ganesha to Manifest What You Want, Developing Strategies Against Rivals & Competitiors
             Worst Activities - Any Auspicious Event

Panchami - 5th Waxing Moon
             Deity to worship - Lalitha Tripura Sundari
             Best Activities    - Worshipping Goddesses/Nageshwary Amman/Naga Raja, Cradle Cermony, Marriage Celebration, Instalation of Deities
             Worst Activities - Any Harmful or Destructive Activities

Shasti - 6th Waxing Moon
             Deity to worship - Lord Muruga
             Best Activities    - Fasting for Lord Muruga, Starting New Employment, Purchasing Valuables
             Worst Activities - Conflicts & Disputes

Saptami - 7th Waxing Moon
             Deity to worship - Lord Surya
             Best Activities    - Construction of Buildings, Cultivation of Crops, Marriage Celebration
             Worst Activities - Conflicts & Disputes

On Earth, we experience the influence of the Moon every moment of every phase due to its fluctuating nature. The Moon governs all water bodies- the oceans, lakes, ponds and our bodies since the 3/4th of the earth is surrounded by water. The Moon controls the tides and it controls our mind, specifically our right brain.


Ashtami - 8th Waxing Moon
             Deity to worship - Goddesses Pratyangira, Durga & Varahi
             Best Activities    - Worship Goddesses Pratyangira, Durga & Varahi, Ancestral Ritual(Tarpanam)
             Worst Activities - All Auspicious Activities Medical Treatment Negotiations

Navami - 9th Waxing Moon
             Deity to worship - Goddesses Saraswathi
             Best Activities    - Activities agains Enemies, Rivals & Competitors
             Worst Activities - All Auspicious Events, Journey, Negotiations

Dasami - 10th Waxing Moon
             Deity to worship - Lord Veerabhadra
             Best Activities    - All Auspicious Events, Startiing New Ventures, House Warming
             Worst Activities - Disputes, Ligitation

Ekadasi - 11th Waxing Moon
             Deity to worship - Lord Vishnu
             Best Activities    - Fasting to Lord Vishnu, Marriage, Commence Trading
             Worst Activities - Disputes, Ligitation, Conjugal Ecstasy

Dwadasi - 12th Waxing Moon
            Deity to worship - Lord Vishnu
            Best Activities    - Planning & Developing Strategies for Projects, Donating to Charities , Monetary Gains
            Worst Activities - Unplanned Spending

Triodasi - 13th Waxing Moon

            Deity to worship - Lord Siva
            Best Activities    - Pradoshama Rituals, Writing New Books, Learning Dance, Remedies to Attain Prosperity
            Worst Activities - Conflicts & Disputes

Planet Tithi Tithi Sun 1 9 Moon 2 10 Mars 3 11 Mercury 4 12 Jupiter 5 13 Venus 6 14 Saturn 7 15 Rahu 8 0 The rulership of the tithis is based on the days of the week;  Sunday (Sun) rules the 1st day, Monday (Moon) rules the 2nd , Tuesday (Mars) rules the 3rd tithi, Wednesday (Mercury) rules the 4th tithi, etc. Fasting on Ekadashi will get one over anger, because Mars rules it. Krsnas fast on the 11th tithi to be perfect peaceful Vaisnavas. No one will fight with the one who has done this fast for some time. Fasting on Ashtami will make it so you never cheat anyone, so will not get cheated. Fasting on the full Moon will give you truth as it removes the negative effects of Saturn.

Chaturdasi - 14th Waxing Moon
            Deity to worship - Lord Rudra
            Best Activities    - Worshiping Rudra
            Worst Activities - Eating Non-Vegetarian Foods, Conflicts & Legitation, Journey

Poornima - Full Moon
            Deity to worship - Lord Arunachala, Goddess, Departed enligthen Guru
            Best Activities    - Meditation, Getting Blessing From Your Guru, All Auspicious Events, Purchasing of Valuables, Food Donation,
            Worst Activities - Conjugal Ecstasy, Eating Non-Vegetarian Food

Pratima - 1st Waning Moon
            Deity to worship - Goddess Durga
            Best Activities    - Strategies to Overcome Obstacles & Hindrances, Medical Treatment
            Worst Activities - Negotitations, Any Auspicious Events

Dwitiyai - 2nd Waning Moon
             Deity to worship - Lord Vayu
             Best Activities    - Construction of Building Pilgrimage
             Worst Activities - Buying Wedding Ring

Tritiyai - 3rd Waning Moon
             Deity to worship - Lord Agni
             Best Activities    - Learning Music and Arts, House Warming, Construction of Buildings
             Worst Activities - Conflicts and Disputes

Chaturthi - 4th Waning Moon
            Deity to worship - Lord Ganesha
            Best Activities    - Worship Lord Ganesha(He can help you to break your obstacles), Demolition of Buildings
            Worst Activities - Any Auspicious Event

Panchami - 5th Waning Moon
            Deity to worship - Devas
            Best Activities    - Worshipping Goddesses/Naga Devathai/Nageshwary Amman/Naga Raja, Remedy Rituals, Pilgrimage
            Worst Activities - Any Harmful or Destructive Activities

Shasti - 6th Waning Moon
            Deity to worship - Lord Mars
            Best Activities    - Fasting to Lord Murugan, Real Estate Activities, Medical Treatment
            Worst Activities - Marriage Celebration

The most powerful time to do a puja is when the vara day of a planet aligns with the tithi opposite it on the kalachakram. These certain days are very powerful for planetary propitiations. For example, worshipping the Sun on Shasti or Chaturdasi is auspicious because they are tithis ruled by its kalachakra opposite. Worshipping the Moon on Panchami and Trayodashi is auspicious because these tithis are ruled by the Moon’s opposite, Jupiter. Jupiter upaya is most powerful on a Thursday that falls on a Dvitiya or Dasami. When Thursday falls on a dasami it is called Sudasa vratam, which means the good dasa (time period) begins and the bad dasa ends. There are various rituals performed on that day. Worshipping a Mercury rupa is auspicious on Ashtami and Amavasai to destroy remove the evil effects of Rahu. When Wednesday falls on an Ashtami it is called Buddhastami, where the Rahu deluding the memory of Mercury can be removed with appropriate rituals. So propitiations for these planets should be done on the most powerful days. These days are used when a certain upayam like a single puja is advised to remove the ill effects of a planet.

Worship On this Tithi for Suppression of its opposite Sun Shasti, Chaturdasi Venus Moon Panchami, Trayodasi Jupiter Mars Saptami, Purnima Saturn Mercury Ashtami, Amavasya Rahu Jupiter Dvitiya, Dasami, Moon Venus Pratipad, Navami Sun Saturn Tritiya, Ekadasi Mars Rahu Chaturthi, Dwadasi Mercury

Saptami - 7th Waning Moon
            Deity to worship - Sages
            Best Activities    - Strategies to Overcome Obstacles & Hindrances, Installation of Deities
            Worst Activities - Marriage Celebration, Undertaking Responsibilites

Ashtami - 8th Waning Moon
            Deity to worship - Lord Kala Bhairava
            Best Activities    - Worship Kala Bhairava, Feeding Stray Dogs
            Worst Activities - All Auspicious Activities Medical Treatment Negotiations

Navami - 9th Waning Moon
            Deity to worship - Ambigai
            Best Activities    - Activities agains Enemies, Rivals & Competitors
            Worst Activities - All Auspicious Events, Journey, Negotiations

Dasami - 10th Waning Moon
            Deity to worship - Lord Yama
            Best Activities    - All Auspicious Events, Meeting very Important Persons
            Worst Activities - Disputes, Ligitation

Ekadasi - 11th Waning Moon
            Deity to worship - Lord Vishnu
            Best Activities    - Purchase of Valuables, Fasting to Lord Vishnu
            Worst Activities - Disputes, Ligitation, Conjugal Ecstasy

Dwadasi - 12th Waning Moon
            Deity to worship - Lord Venus
            Best Activities    - Planning & Developing Strategies for Projects, Donating to Charities , Monetary Gains
            Worst Activities - Unplanned Spending

Triodasi - 13th Waning Moon
            Deity to worship - Lord Nandi
            Best Activities    - Doing Pradoshama Pooja
            Worst Activities - Conflicts & Disputes

Chaturdasi (Shiva rathiri)- 14th Waning Moon
            Deity to worship - Lord Siva
            Best Activities    - Worshiping Lord Siva, Meditation, Strategies to Overcome Obstacles & Hindrances
            Worst Activities - Marriage, Conjugal Ecstasy, Eating Non-Vegetarian Foods

Amavasai - New Moon
            Deity to worship - Goddess Kali, Departed Ancestors
            Best Activities    - Ancestral Rituals (Tarpanam), Starting Business, Buying Property, Food Donations, Feeding Cows, Dogs & Crows
            Worst Activities - Conjugal Bliss, Eating Non-Vegetarian Food, Marriage

The Full Moon is the time for creation or manifestation. In order to progress materially we must first destroy the distractions or negativity on the No Moons (monthly Shiva rathiri) and then take advantage of the creative energies on the Full Moon to make our dreams manifest.

Money and Sun Sign

Can You Make Money ?

Hard work, initiative, enterprise, shrewdness and possessive instinct are essential for making money. Those born in the Zodiacal Sun signs of Capricorn, Taurus, Cancer or Scorpio hang on to money and possessions and make good money; those born under Aquarius, Aries and leo signs also make money and spend money wisely.


Those born under Gemini, Libra and Sagittarius lack possessive instinct. They tend to let money and possessions slip though they create new sources of income. Pisces borns wil have fluctuating fortunes, as the money earned may go in for speculation and unwise spending. For Virgo borns, the earning capacity is not high. Due to social responsibility or otherwise, they get risky nd badly-paid jobs.


Commercial talents are very high for Capricorn and Taurus borns. Those born in the signs of Aquarius, Pisces, Gemini and Sagittarius have bright ideas for earning money. But the best business associates is one of Aries or Leo, as they have executive flair, capacity for making quick decision and quick execution.


Sun Signs


- 21st March to 19th April - ARIES (MESHA)


- 20th April to 20th May - TAURUS (RISHABAM)


- 21st May to 21st June - GEMINI (MITHUNAM)


- 22nd June to 22nd July - CANCER (KADAKAM)


- 23rd July to 22nd August - LEO (SIMMAM)


- 23rd August to 22nd September - VIRGO (KANNI)


- 23rd September to 23rd October - LIBRA (TULA)


- 24th October to 22nd November - SCORPIO (VRISCHIKAM)


- 23rd November to 21st December - SAGITTARIUS (DHANUSU)


- 22nd December to 18th January - CAPRICORN (MAKARAM)


- 19th January to 18th February - AQUARIUS (KUMBHAM)


- 19th February to 20th March - PISCES (MEENAM)

In seeking someone who will safeguard money or possessions for you, then put your affairs into the hands of a Cancer-born person.

Guru

Guru is the person who dispels darkness. Guru can be split into two root words - Gu and Ru. Gu means darkness and Ru is light. The darkness here refers to the lack of clarity in the mind owing to muddled thinking patterns that have formed grooves in the psyche. These thought grooves do not allow a person to progress in life. They are highly limiting in nature and this does not allow an individual to know his true nature, which is a limitless consciousness. A guru is a person who functions like a master sculptor, chiselling a big piece of rock, which is the disciple. He sees the idol in the rock and chips out all the unwanted bits and pieces. What remains is a fine ideal of a personality that was hidden within the maze of confusing thoughts.

While we talk of a guru as a person - one who ideally teaches a spiritual way of life to the disciples, anyone who is a master in any area of expertise is called a guru. We have therefore a music guru, a dance guru, an art guru or even a guru for financial and materials management and corporate gurus. In its essence, guru is not a person, but a quality. Anything that helps to dispel the confusions in our mind and give clarity - there the guru expresses through them.

The gurus that we come across outside of us as masters, teachers and swamis are a total manifestation of this dimension of the universe called the guru. The true Guru only comes to those who are blessed by God, and who are ready to recieve guidence with humility. Understand the rare gift it is to come into contact with such a pure Guru. Listen quietly and sincerely to the untainted words of such a genuine Guru and allow yourself to learn and absorb his teachings to you.

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Siddhar Thirumular

 Siddhar Thirumular

Siddhar Thirumular (also spelt Thirumoolar etc., originally known as Sundaranatha) was a Tamil Shaivite mystic and writer, considered one of the sixty-three Nayanars and one of the 18 Siddhars. His main work, the Thirumantiram, which consists of over 3000 verses, forms a part of the key text of the Tamil Saiva Siddhanta, the Thirumurai.


Thirumantiram contains a synthesis of knowledge drawn from the Upanishads, Siddhayoga and the devotional (Bhakti) revival, yet criticises ritualistic idolatry and the external gymnastics of occult practice. It is deep, simple, cryptic and polyvalent.

Saint Thirumular began his mission of establishing the purity of the Saivite path soon thereafter when he settled down near Chidambaram, an ancient temple of Lord Siva as Nataraja, the King of Dancers. There he worshipped near a Banyan tree where there was a Swayambhu Lingam. That Lingam is revered by Saivites even today in a small shrine within the Chidambaram walls, and you can worship there on pilgrimage just as he did so long ago. It was there that he began composing the Tirumantiram. Legend has it that the sage retired to a cave where he would sit in samadhi for a full year without moving. At the end of each year he would break his meditation long enough to speak out a single Tamil verse giving the substance of that year's meditations. Each verse composed in this manner was just four lines long, but the wisdom each contained was boundless. He wrote over 3,000 verses in all.

 IKS Academy Group during IKS Spiritual Retreat at Siddhar Thirumular Samadhi 

This may not be accurate by the calendar, but it is true to the spirit and quality of the Thirumantiram, which has within it the wisdom of three thousand years of meditation. It is without a doubt the most complete and authoritative scripture ever written.

It is said that the Chidambaram temple is consecrated under the auspices of Tirumular with a kopuram having 21600 golden tiles, to show a man breaths in and out 21600 times per day. 72000 nails, were used to show, that there are 72,000 nadis in our body. It can also be taken that if one breathes 21600 proper breaths a day then his 72000 nadis will be purified. There are millions of nadis but the major ones are 72000.

HMMM SIDDHAR THIRUMULARAYA NAMAHA.............

HINDUISM IS THE OLDEST LIVING CULTURE IN THE WORLD

Look around. Do you find any other culture that has lasted as long as the Hindu or Vedic culture? Do you see any other culture that after no less than 5,000 years, if not much longer, is still thriving and dynamic, practicing many of the same traditions as it did from thousands of years ago? Sure, you have other old cultures, like the Egyptian, the Inca, Maya, Aztec, all of which go back about 5,000 years, but none of these are still living cultures. They are all gone, leaving us but remnants and artifacts to figure out what really was their culture.

For the Vedic civilization, it is not something that we really need to decipher from old remnants. The traditions and practices that you presently see have been going on for many thousands of years. Its history is well documented in the Puranas, much of which even historians have not researched as well as they should. Through such study it is obvious that the Vedic society has a prehistoric origin. While most of the "living" cultures that we find today, and the most popular religions, are a modern creation in the sense that they have only come about within the past 1400, 2000, and 2500 years with the advent of the Muslim, Christian, or Buddhist religions. However, the Vedic culture goes back much farther. Many scholars have noted the antiquity of the Vedic civilization. For example, in his Discourse on Sanskrit and Its Literature, given at the College of France, Professor Bournouf states, "We will study India with its philosophy and its myths, its literature, its laws and its language. Nay it is more than India, it is a page of the origin of the world that we will attempt to decipher."

In this same line of thinking, Mr. Thornton, in his book History of British India, observed, "The Hindus are indisputably entitled to rank among the most ancient of existing nations, as well as among those most early and most rapidly civilized. . . ere yet the Pyramids looked down upon the Valley of the Nile. . . when Greece and Italy, these cradles of modern civilization, housed only the tenants of the wilderness, India was the seat of wealth and grandeur."

The well-known German philosopher Augustus Schlegel in his book, Wisdom of the Ancient Indians, noted in regard to the divine origin of Vedic civilization, "It cannot be denied that the early Indians possessed a knowledge of the God. All their writings are replete with sentiments and expressions, noble, clear, severely grand, as deeply conceived in any human language in which men have spoken of their God. . ."

Max Mueller further remarked in his India--What It Can Teach Us (Page 21), "Historical records (of the Hindus) extend in some respects so far beyond all records and have been preserved to us in such perfect and legible documents, that we can learn from them lessons which we can learn nowhere else and supply missing links."

On the antiquity of the Vedic society, we can respect the number of philosophies, outlooks on life, and developments in understanding our purpose in this world that has been imbibed and dealt with during the course of its existence. Through all of this, it has formed a commentary and code on all aspects of life and its value, the likes of which can hardly be found in any other culture today. Thus, with age comes wisdom. And the nature and depth of the Vedic wisdom can hardly be compared with anything else that is presently available. Anyone who has taken a serious look at it will agree. It is universally applicable to all.

-By Stephen Knapp