PJC Year-1

• Prayers for Vedic Learning - In the first year you will learn two main directions of mantras and prayers. One is the worship of Guru and Gaṇeśa, while the second is Narasiṁha sādhanā. Listening to the Guru vandana improves your brilliance, faith and spirituality. You must be able to recite it. Do this every morning. Stanza 01 आनन्दमानन्दकरं प्रसन्नम्‌ ज्ञानस्वरूपं निजभावयुक्तम्‌। योगीन्द्रमीड्यं भवरोगवैद्यम्‌ श्रीमद्गुरुं नित्यमहं नमामि॥ ānandamānandakaraṁ prasannam jñānasvarūpaṁ nijabhāvayuktam | yogīndramīḍyaṁ bhavarogavaidyam śrīmadguruṁ nityamahaṁ… Continue Reading
• Foundation of Vedic Astrology - You must read this to get a broad view of Vedic Astrology. It teaches you the foundations on which this vedic science is built. You need to know the 33 deva and understand the expansion of Vasudeva clearly. You need to understand the 8 lights called Asta-Vasu MP3 Audio files Download [listyofiles folder="files/pjc-year-1/audio/foundationmp3" filter = "mp3" options="table,filesize,icon,wpaudio,wpaudiodownloadable" ] Foundation of Jyotish PDF You can download three volumes of the teachings… Continue Reading
• Yuga-Time Cycles - Makara Māsa: 14 Jan - 13 Feb, 2010 |Course starts ☉ Makara saṅkrānti Lesson#01: Linear and Cycle Time (1) Classical Greco-Roman Mythology - Greek Mythology : Hesiod, Roman Mythology : Ovid; (2) Classical Christian Mythology, Vedic Knowledge; (3) Vedic : Yuga, Yugādi Tithi, Yuga avatāra, Present Kali Yuga, Jyotiṣa Notes; (4) Scientific Theory; (5) Symbols : Kāraka; Understanding Age Theories; Download Yuga-Time Cycles Assignment Essay Type Questions; Appendix-1: Kriyā Yoga… Continue Reading
• Language of Seers - Lesson#03: Language of Seers Part#1 Language of Vedas, Vedāñga Jyotiṣa, Śikṣā - The Language, Chandas - The Rhythm, Vyākaraṇa - Meaningful Word, Nirukta - The Root, Jyotiṣa - The Vision, Kalpa - The Karma Language of Seers #01 Lesson#04: Language of Seers Part#2 Language of Jyotiṣa, Ṛtu - Season, Definitions, Yuga and Seasons, Weekdays, Vedāñga-ṛtu, Jyotiṣa = Grīṣma ṛtu, Season and Mood, Aśvamedha yajña, The Indologist View, Upadeśa, Dharma, Expansion… Continue Reading
• Vedic Calendar - Saṁvatsara Purusha The lessons given in this part are extracts from a forthcoming book on Jyotiṣa by Sanjay Rath. You are not authorized to use this information for any purpose in any literature, course or paper. There will be some more lessons on this topic and will be covered in two months including one on Pañcāṅga: Five Limbs of Time. VC#01: Saṁvatsara PDF document Lesson VC#02: Tithi This lesson should… Continue Reading
• Nakṣatra: Lunar Houses of Sidereal Zodiac - Brhat Naksatra $7.53 God has decorated the heavens with constellations like pearls on dark steed. The light of the Sun hides them in the day, and all knowledge of them is divined in the darkens of the night’ ...Maharishi Parasara, Rig-Veda Although we will be giving some basic lessons on Nakṣatra, they cannot substitute the knowledge contained in this book. If you do not have your copy, get one now.… Continue Reading
• Vāra: Weekday - Vāra & Vāreśa: Weekday अथ सप्त वाराः। atha sapta vārāḥ | Translation: We speak of the seven weekdays आदित्यश्चन्द्रमा भौमो बुधश्चाथ बृहस्पतिः। शुक्रः शनैश्चरश्चैव वाराः सप्त प्रकीर्तिताः॥ ādityaścandramā bhaumo budhaścātha bṛhaspatiḥ | śukraḥ śanaiścaraścaiva vārāḥ sapta prakīrtitāḥ || Trasnlation: Sun (āditya), Moon (candramā), Mars (bhauma), Mercury (budha), Jupiter (bṛhaspati), Venus (śukra), Saturn (śaniścara) are the givers of the seven (sapta) weekdays (vāra). The weekdays are simply named after the planets… Continue Reading