from Yogis, Destiny and the Wheel of Time - ch. 1
Few months before he took samadhi (a yogi's conscious
death), the great yogi, Devaraha Baba, had
told a friend-astrologer: "Bachcha, ye pavitra vidya
hai, ise chhodana nahin," meaning, "It (Vedic
astrology) is a sacred vidya (branch of knowledge).
Do not give it up."
Every great and true mahatma (great soul) I have
met, has called it both sacred and a vidya... I have
referred in my article on Dr. Nagendra Singh, former judge
of the International Court of Justice (The Astrological Magazine,
January 1984), how mahatmas have spoken of astrology
and instructed me, not to give it up. From time to time what
they have said is:
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Astrology should be treated as a part of sadhana
(spiritual practice) was the advice of my late Guruji,
Swami Paramanand Saraswati, my mantra guru.
Swami Paramanand Saraswati
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Astrology
is the only vidya which shows clearly how cosmic
laws operate through planets, but at a later stage, it
should be given up lest it become an obstacle to sadhana,
was the opinion of my jyotish guru, Swami
Bhaskaranandji.
Swami Bhaskaranandji
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Swami
Moorkhanandji
must have told me more than a dozen times not to give
up astrology. He told me that astrology had to be a mission,
a service done without money consideration, to keep alive
its sacredness. He knew some of those secrets which, I
know, that only mahatmas know, and are not given
in any text book of astrology. He shared some of them
with me, when I could be alone with him, which was rare.
Yogi Moorkhanandji and K.N. Rao 1981
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Mouni Baba of Ujjain told me to overcome my problems
which astrology created for me, to give consultations
to least number of people and concentrate my energy on
more research in a cloistered, sequestered life. This
was the best advice I ever got.
- K.N. Rao
reprinted with permission
"Always
remember the four 'mahavakyas' (great axioms) of astrology
- have faith; be diligent and practice patience; humbly
learn from your mistakes, and live a life of service.
Then the divine lotus of astrology will open in you."
- K.N. Rao
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