Vedic Wisdom By Sri. P.V.R. Narasimha Rao

1 Vedic Wisdom By Sri. Narasimha Rao Compiled by The Students of Sri Parasara Jyotish Center-Boston Vedic Wisdom By Sri. Rao On Compiled by The Students of Sri Parasara Jyotish Center Boston 2 First Print 2010 Narasimha Rao, Vedic Wisdom , Boston Compiled and Published by the students of Sri Parasara Jyotish Center, Boston on the occasion of Vyasa Purnima: 25 July 20103 Preface We, the students of Sri Parasara Jyotish Center (formerly known as Sri Jagannath Center), Boston are happy to present the work of our Jyotish Guru Sri.

2 Rao on the answers he posts to inquiring spiritual minds on the Vedic - Wisdom yahoo group. In the past we have compiled couple of books on similar occasion to share and provide an easy access to the Jyotish knowledge that Sri. Rao imparts to us. Sri. Narasimha Rao started the yahoo group under the name Vedic - Wisdom and posts answers to various spiritual questions of the inquisitive minds. The posts vary in length and breadth across the spiritual plane. These posts are available under the archives of the yahoo group. One can always reach to them and search for the topic of interest. This would take some good time to search and explore the archives. Also, as new members join the group, there are always the same questions that keep getting posted which would expense the valuable resources of others in answering the same question again.

3 So, we felt the need to provide an easy access again to the archive material that is available under this yahoo group, where by, members before posting the questions can refer to this compilation and post accordingly. Hence, this is once again a sincere attempt to capture the posts on Vedic - Wisdom yahoo group. These captured snapshot information as of this date is organized by the topic title. Some of the questions, which had unrelated information, were trimmed. No part of the answer is edited and is verbatim. We hope this effort will be useful to all those who are members of this yahoo group and will provide an easier access to the information in order to not repeat the already answered question consuming the valuable resources.

4 We are thankful to Master Manasvi Putcha who has originally provided the cover design. Any mistakes in the compilation are totally on the part of the students and we will make every effort to correct them in future. ~Students of SPJC-Boston Vyasa Purnima, 25 July 2010 4 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS How to Find a Guru .. 11 More on 13 Testing Guru .. 14 Gurus with Ego .. 16 Purpose of 17 Spirituality vs Living in Material World .. 19 More on 20 Gayatri Mantra .. 23 More on Gayatri Mantra .. 25 Manishji' s Savitur Gayatri Sadhana 26 Brahmacharya .. 30 More on 33 For People Who Are Struggling with Internal Conflicts .. 34 Durga Saptashati .. 35 Chandi 42 Reciting Mantra without Receiving Initiation.

5 47 Right Way of Chanting 48 Negative Thoughts During 49 Maalaa for Japa .. 50 Pronunciation of 53 6 Common Sanskrit Pronunciation Errors .. 55 Hurrying Vedic Chants .. 57 Can Mantra Cassettes or CDs Create Positive Vibrations? .. 59 Questions on 60 Importance of Anga Nyasa, Kara Nyasa, and 61 Can Women Perform Homam?.. 62 Women Reading or Learning 66 Doing Homa for Different Deities Gives Different Results?.. 68 Homam of Two Deities Together .. 69 Homa & Meditation .. 70 Homa Kunda 73 How to Increase 74 Misconceptions on Pratyangira 74 More on Pratyangira 76 More on Pratyangira homam .. 77 Nava Graha Homam and One Word about the Efficacy of .. 79 Offering Tamasik Foods in Homa .. 81 Ganapati Homam.

6 82 Maha Ganapathi Homam Video (based on the manual) .. 83 Small Fire Vs Big Fire in Homam .. 86 7 Homam Procedure .. 86 Offerings that Don't Burn .. 87 Multiple Homas in the Same Fire ..89 Namah, Swaha, Vashat 90 Using Wood for 94 Question on Mantra Recitation and Performing Homam .. 95 Homam During 95 Burning Poornaahuti in Homam .. 96 Chandi Homam .. 97 Some Thoughts from Narayan Iyer ji .. 98 Technicalities that Block 100 Regarding One Supreme God .. 102 A Discussion on Oneness and Manyness of Forms .. 104 Dwaita vs 105 Self 107 Difference between Self Respect & Ego .. 108 Will of God .. 110 God's Will, Individual Will, and 111 Two Types of 114 One's Will vs Other's Will .. 115 Power of Duality.

7 116 8 Achintya Bheda Abheda .. 116 Jyotisha and Vedantic Antahkarana (Internal Components) .. 118 How True are the Mind Powers .. 126 Mystical Experiences of Mind and Mantras .. 127 Aagamas vs Gita,Vedas 128 Question on Istha Devata .. 134 Where One Should Imagine the Ista Devata During Meditation .. 135 Right Deity and Sadhana .. 135 Difference Between Stotras and Kavachas of a Deity .. 138 Meaning of Surya Mantra .. 139 Vedic 142 Meaning of a Vedic 144 Raama Taaraka Mantra .. 145 On Sani Mantra .. 146 Questions on Kunjika Stotra .. 147 Subtle Meaning of a Rik from Vedas .. 148 Real Meaning of Meaning of Slokam/Blessing - Satamanam Bhavathi.. 156 Pollution of Panch 157 What Happens After Getting Moksha?

8 157 Can Living Organisms get Moksha?.. 158 9 Which Is a Big Sin/Karma .. 161 Astrology 161 Charan Sparsh Obeisance .. 162 Country First or Universal 163 164 167 On Jodha Akbar 168 Ideal Pooja 170 Puja Room in Basement- Vaastu 172 Using Dairy Products in Poojas ..172 Significance of Reading the Stories after Satyanarayana Pooja .. 173 174 Jnana 177 New Karma vs Resisting the Fruits of Past 178 Krishna 180 Polygamy and Spiritualism .. 181 On Liberated Sages .. 182 Quality vs Quantity .. 182 Query From a Seeker .. 184 Rebirth Will of Shiva or 186 Vimalananda and Aghora Books .. 186 10 Vishnu Sahasra Naama .. 187 Vidya Maya and Avidya Maya .. 189 Vedic Wisdom for 190 What is Tantra?.

9 191 Turiya 191 More on 192 Verse about Cow 194 Why Flowers Signify Aakaasa Tatva .. 196 Significance of Long Hair and Beard .. 197 Questions on Spirituality, 198 Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa's Statement about Being Reborn .. 200 On Adwaitism, Shiva's Worship and Different 201 Wearing Gems .. 208 One Question on 209 209 Meaning of 211 Tarpana .. 211 More on 212 Hindu Rastra .. 215 India Slowly Disappearing !! .. 215 11 How to Find a Guru Q. Is there any simple thing like a mantra or some other thing which if done regularly will help one take him to his guru and find one guru in a physical body? After all we are not Lord Dattatreya who can take teachings from nature. For someone like you, your guru is there.

10 He can tell you in simple terms what to do for spiritual growth because daily obstacles sometimes take away you from your ultimate goal. A. Whether you want a guru to come to you or a deity to come to you, feeling a strong desire emotionally is important. Use the mental energy. As Ramakrishna waited for Kali to give him darshan, he used to cry for Her. He also used to cry as he waited for the arrival of his disciples such as Naren, Rakhal, Jogin, Tarak etc. The people around him then were unable to understand his teachings and he knew that his eternal companions who would spend a few years with him and then spread true spirituality in the world were yet to come. He waited for several years and used to cry.