Caution ! Gurus

"Shishyapapam Gurorapi"

The Guru also partakes in the sins committed by the disciple.

Indiscriminate imparting of knowledge to mass audience and giving mass diksha without testing the merits and demerits of the disciples can prove dangerous to the "Guru" as well.

Oh! the priest is DEMANDING money

Ref: Apastamba shrauta sutram prasna 10

In yajna, Somapravakaha is the person assigned to invite learned vedic scholars as ritviks. When he approaches the scholars they ask :

" ka ritvjaha ke yajayanti kacchinnaheenaha kachinna nyastamartvijyam KACCHITKALYANYO DAKSHINAA" - who conducts the yajna, who are other ritviks invited, is the yajna going to be without any shortfall, is the dakshina proper and abundant ?

Then only they decide whether to participate in it or not. Providing suitable and proper dakshina to the brahmanas is very important in yajna, and being the custodians of yajna, it is also the duty of the brahmanas to ensure beforehand that proper dakshina is provided.

Dakshina is considered to be consort of yajna - " yajno gandharvasthasya dakshinaapsarasaha".

This applies to learned scholars and not to " priest by day and auto driver by night" kind of purohits.

If you pay peanuts you will get only monkeys.

Atharva veda lakshanam

Rudra Yamalam - ch.17

Ananda Bhairavi (Parvati) tells Ananda Bhairavi (Siva)

Atharva veda is the essence of all varnas and is associated with shaktyachara.Samaveda of tamoguna originated from Atharva veda. Yajurveda of Satvaguna originated from Samaveda and Rigveda of rajoguna originated from Yajurveda. Brahma resides within Rigveda.

In Atharva veda reside all the vedas, creatures of earth,water and sky and the maharshis.All the mahavidyas, kulavidya and other branches of knowledge reside within Atharva veda. Being the origin of everything, Atharva veda is the essence of everything. Its body comprises of Brahma, Vishnu and Siva. The kundalini sakti stays in Atharva veda chakra.

Never make ..............

conditional offerings to gods.

Like, If I get so and so thing then I will do such and such thing for you.

First of all it is in bad taste to presume that the gods are greedy after what you are likely to offer on fulfillment of the wish and put them to test on such assumption.

Secondly, it is against the sastras.

Meemamsa puts Vigrahaha (invocation through mantras), Havisveekaraha( acceptance of the offering, tadbhojanam (its enjoyment), truptihi( satisfaction with the offering) as prerequsites for obtaining the devata's prasdaha (blessing)

Sapta svaras & Rasi/graha associated with them

Sa - Shadja - Surya, Simha rasi
Ri - Shudha rushabha/chatusruthi rushabha - Chandra, Karkarasi
Ga - Sadharana gandhara/antara gandhara - Kuja, Mesha/Vrischika rasi
Ma - Shudha madhyama/prati madhyama - Budha, Mithuna/Kanya rasi
Pa - Panchama - Guru, Dhanu/Meena rasi
Dha - Shudha dhaivata/chatusruthi dhaivata - Sukra, Tula/Vrishabha rasi
Ni - Koushiki nishada/kakali nishada - Sani, Makara/Kumbha

Maya

Maya is not unreal, it is part seeing/sensing, it is highly filtered part information from the whole. It is part reality. Maya is restriction imposed on the senses, five or more to accept input of a limited range. The sound waves exist in the subsonic, sonic and supersonic frequencies, but we hear only from 20Hz to 20 KHz. This restriction is maya. We think this is all that exists. Living under the illusion that what we hear, see,sense, taste and smell is all that exists is maya.

Receiving mantra deeksha from a lady

Qualities of a lady who can be a Guru

sadhvee - virtuous
sadaachaara - well conducted
gurubhaktaa - worshipful of own guru
jitendriya - one who has conquered the senses
sarva mantrartha tatvajna - knowledgeable in meaning and tatva of mantras
susheelaa - affable
poojane rataa - engaged in pooja
sarvalakshana sampanna - endowed with noble signs and attributes
jaapika - engaged in chanting of mantras
padmalochana - one with eyes like lotus petal
ratnalankara samyukta - adorning gems
varnabharana bhooshita - adorning colorful ornaments
shaanta - peaceful
kuleena - of high descent
kulajaa - born in good family
chandrasya - having a moon like face
sarvavrudhiga - having all types of prosperity
anantagunasampanna - having endless virtues
rudratvadayinee - capable of conferring rudratva]
gururoopa - having the form of a guru
muktidatree - capable of giving salvation
sivajnananiroopinee - engaged in understanding sivajnana

Mantra deeksha should not be received from a widow. If the widow has a son then she can be a guru. If the mantra is of the nature of sidha mantra for the particular sadhaka, then it can be received even from a widow (having a son).

Deeksha received from a lady guru is eight times more powerful. The essential condition is that the guru should be putravatee (having son).

If deeksha is received from one's own mother, that is capable of conferring all the eight sidhis to the sadhaka.

If the sadhaka has received mantra deeksha from his own mother in dream, then he should not receive deeksha from anybody else.