Hindu clergy are divided into two major groups –
Priests & monastics (monks and nuns)
The Monastics - sanyāsis - have renounced the world as well as all ritual activities and should strictly speaking have nothing to do with rituals - other than those they perform for themselves. They are celibate and do not have…
As per ancient Indian astrological texts Rahu and Ketu are consider to be shadow planets and nodes means North Pole & South Pole of the earth, this two are two intersecting points for Moon and Sun . Being in the good Graces of Rahu & Ketu is essential for anyone in this world to fulfill…
Saturn is the lord of karma, and the results of our past karma manifest most perceptibly during Sade Sati. It is the 7 ½ years period of Saturn, which starts as when transit Saturn occupies the house just preceding natal Moon. Saturn spends around 2.5 years in each signs so Shani Sade Sati starts from…
9th house is very important in Vedic Astrology. It is the highest pillar of Dharma Trikona. It represents our Purva Punya, means the luck that we have accumulated by our good karmas. This house will only decide how much you will achieve in this life. It also represents religion, our religious beliefs, higher education, philosophy,…
Sri Dakshinamurti is depicted in 4 different forms, Yoga-Dakshinamurti as a teacher of yoga, Vīnādhara-Dakshinamurti as a great teacher of music, both instrumental and vocal and other arts, Jnāna-Dakshinamurti as the preceptor and one who imparts enlightenment, Vyākhyāna-Dakshinamurti as an expounder of other Sashtras. The image of Sri Dakshinamurti with its unique attributes of a…
The root daks meaning, to be able or strong and Dakshina means able, clever, straightforward, donation to the priest, to place anyone on the right side as a mark of respect, south and southern. The Dakshinamūrti Upanisad, which is in a dialogue format between Śavanaka sages and Mārkandeya, gives a clear imagery and salient features…
Addressed as Raudra Brahman or Wild God in the Rig-veda, he transforms into the Saumya forms representing Sadguna related with Shiva as a teacher. This transformation of Raudra Brahman into Daksināmūrti as observed in the Rig-vedic hymns narrates that Manu had divided his property among his sons, but nothing was left for his youngest son,…
In the form of Dakshinamurti Lord Shiva is generally shown with four arms. He is depicted seated under a banyan tree, upon a deer-throne facing the south direction and surrounded by sages who are receiving his instructions. Dakshinamurti is an aspect of Lord Shiva as a guru (teacher) of all types of knowledge
The concept of…