Part-15 May--04---2011 Wednesday
3) Mars was the lord of 5th house (Puthra sthana; children). He was blessed with a son Rahul during the end of Mars’ sub-period.
4) When Gautama completed his 29th year of age, Rahu sub-period in Saturn main period started. Rahu was in 12th house (moksha sthana). Gautama made the great renunciation, He left the bed-room where his young wife Yasodara and son Rahul were fast asleep, after midnight. He left the royal palace and wandered into the forest. Thereafter he wandered for six years doing penance (tapas) in the forests, during the Jupiter sub-period in Saturn main period and followed by Mercury sub-period in the main period of Mercury. During this six years period he fully experienced the Hatha Yoga. (Hatha Yoga is preparatory stage of physical purification that the body practises for higher meditation. The Asanas and Pranayama in Raja Yoga were what the Hindu Yogis used to physically train their body for long periods of meditation. This practice is called shatkarma. The word Hatha is a compound of the words Ha and Tha meaning sun and moon, referring to Praana and Apaana, and also to the principal naadis (energy channels) of the subtle body that must be fully operational to attain a state of dhyana or samādhi. The word "hatha" also means forceful. It is a strong practice done for purification. In other respects Hatha yoga follows the same principles as the Raaja Yoga of Patanjali including moral restraint yaama and spiritual observances niyama.) He was not satisfied with the oucome. So he began meditation (tapas).
5) Mercury is in 11th house (laabha) in a upachaya house. This bestowed him unsurpassed intellectual eminence. During Mercury sub-period of Mercury’s main period, during his 35th year, he realized he got “realization of ultimate truth” It was again his birth-day, Vaiskha Punnami (full Moon day); while he was sitting under a Bodhi (banyan) tree in the place called Gaya; now the place is world renowned as Buddha Gaya and the tree and place are the most holy shrines for millions of Buddhists all over the world. At that night Mercury lord of 12th house ( Gemini, moksha-sthana) was in the constellation of Moon (lord of birth-lagna).
In the Nava-amsa chart the birth lagna was Pisces; Jupiter was its lord. Mercury was in 5th house (house of intelligence; Cancer) conjunct with exalted Jupiter (jnana-kaaraka). Under the strong directional influence (dik-bala) of Mercury and Jupiter , he preached his first Sermon. He preached the sweet and most reasonable “miidle-path”. It lies between sensual enjoyment and total mortification.--------- (to be continued tomorrow) ) -------------- I dedicate all these articles in this blog to Sri Parama Paalakas (Supreme Rulers of this entire Universe): Bhagavan Sri Siddhi Vinayaka, Sri Lakshmi Narayana and Sri Gouri Sankara and Sri Saraswathi and Bhagavan Sri Venkateswara ! --------------- You can get my full particulars from my web-site : www.jyothishi.com. You can get my astrological services by contacting me by e-mail: pandit@jyothishi.com and know my fee particulars. I have 48 years of experience / practice as an active astrologer.
