Jyotisha Practice Past Lives Future Lives Jyotisha methods for reading the Reincarnational Continuum	the Ladder of Divine Ascent from Saint Catherine's Monastery in the South Sinai Desert www.sinaimonastery.com - 12th Century BCE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Ladder_of_Divine_Ascent.jpg
~~ Pancha Tantra, 1.123	"Just as a calf finds out its mother in the midst of thousands of cows, in the same way the action done in previous life follows its doer."
To find most recent past life, look to radix bhava-12 and navamsha	Use vyaya bhava = lagna for the "immediate" past life, read all houses to see past-life situation. Find additional details in Dwadashamsha. dhana bhava and navamsha Using 2nd house as lagna for the "immediate" future life, read all houses to see future-life situation. Find additional details in hora varga
~~ Padma Purana, 4.41	"Those sensible (wise) people who follow the path purified by non-violence, they only go up (go to the higher regions). Others either join the animal kingdom or repair to the nether regions. "
	This central European woman has a powerful daily-message intuition that she has lived past lives in ancient India. Although a modern Westerner in her current incarnation, she is deeply attracted to traditional Indian cultures. During her busy modern life, she experiences constant "background" images of ancient India, and has a constant desire to travel there. One clue about past life in India: Her 12th rashi is Mithuna L-12 Budha-Mesha yuti uchcha Surya + beauty-giving Shukra Mesha = warrior class, in Sanskrit "Kshatriya" pronounced modernly as "Chhettri". Kshatriya group in modern India hold government administration positions such as public school teachers, office workers, court system, military and police. Often Kshatriya are involved in trading businesses as well, especially import-export. Mahatma Gandhi was merchant Chhettri caste from Gujarat (Mumbai region). His parents were shopkeepers. he 12th navamsha is Kumbha. L-12 Shani + Surya in 9th navamsha. This is a wisdom-teaching position, so this native was perhaps a teacher in some type of tantric lineage (Vrischika). One was impoverished (Shani) but respected (Surya).
Dwadashamsha	Lagnesha of D-12 is Budha who is yuti with exalted Shani in the dwadashamsha's 5th house. Shani fortunately has the higher degree position. Dispositor Shukra neechchamsha yuti Rahu. Surya-Kumbha = weak in guru house. Suggests a focus on practical education in this past life, effort invested into gaining excellence in a craft such as teaching of poetry or dance by memorization and repetition. Would have been a teacher but some trouble through the master-teacher. Perhaps the father died early, or the assigned guru was weak. Some trouble through love due to Shukra, perhaps involvement with a difficult foreign spouse. [Confirmation: Native has a troublesome foreign spouse in current life too.] There is more past-life detail here if you care to exhume it. For future life follow the same reasoning, but look to the second radical bhava and the second bhava of the navamsha varga. For example: get information about the first marriage partner in future life, for example, look to seventh-from-second = Randhra bhava in both rashi and navamsha. Similarly, get information about children in future life examine fifth-from-second = Ari bhava in both radix and navamsha. You can draw a clear picture of your immediate past and future lives using this method if you are patient and reflective.
	Look back through the chain of incarnations by this logic. If 12th house is lagna for most recent past life, then 11th house will be lagna for life immediately preceding the 12th-house-lagna incarnation. Use 10th house as lagna for life before that, 9th house as lagna for life before that, etc. For future lives if 2nd house is lagna for immediate next life, use 3rd-house as lagna for life after that, 4th house for lagna for life after that, etc. You can draw a clear picture of your numerous past and future lives using this method if you are patient and reflective.
from The Dalai Lama at Harvard: Lectures on the Buddhist Path to Peace by H.H. the Dalai Lama of Tibet, Tenzin Gyatso, translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins, p.42	"The quality of one's rebirth in the next life is determined by the quality of one's mental activity in this life. Generally speaking, we have no power to choose how we are born; it is dependent on karmic forces. However, the period near the time of death is very influential in terms of activating one from among the many karmas that a person has already accumulated, and, therefore, if one makes particular effort at generating a virtuous attitude at that time, there is an opportunity to strengthen and activate a virtuous karma. Moreover, when one has developed high realization and has gained control over how one will be reborn, it is possible to take what is called "reincarnation" rather than mere rebirth. "
Remembering Past Lives H.H. Dalai Lama,Consciousness at the Crossroads: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Brain Science and Buddhism, ed. Zara Houshmand, R.B. Livingston, and B. A. Wallace	"Ordinarily, it is difficult to remember one's past life. Such recollections seem to be more vivid when the child is very young, such as two or three, and in some cases even younger. ... When the present body is fully formed, the ability to recall past life seems to diminish. The mental associations with this life become increasingly dominant. There is a close relationship during the first few years of one's life with the continuum of consciousness from the previous life. But as experiences of this life become more developed and elaborate, they dominate. It is also possible within this lifetime to enhance the power of the mind, enabling one to re-access memories from previous lives. Such recollection tends to be more accessible during meditative experiences in the dream state. Once one has accessed memories of previous lives in the dream state, one gradually recalls them in the waking state.
<~~ H. H. Dalai Lama, 365 Dalai Lama: Daily Advice from the Heart,	Anyone who is indifferent to the well-being of other people, and to the causes of their future happiness, can only be laying the ground for their own misfortune.
Across-Lifetimes "Portability" of Spiritual Fruits Practicing Wisdom: The Perfection of Shantideva's Bodhisattva Wayby His Holiness the Dalai Lama, translated and edited by Geshe Thupten Jinpa	"...people have qualities, such as athletic prowess, that are entirely contingent upon the body. There is a limit to how much we can enhance this capacity--it is not limitless. For example, regardless of how talented an athlete may be, he or she can only jump so much. Furthermore, these qualities endure only as long as the physical conditions remain intact. They cannot be carried over into the next life. The continuum of the mind, however, does carry on. Therefore, a quality based on the mind is more enduring. So, through training the mind, qualities such as compassion, love, and the wisdom realizing emptiness can be developed. Through familiarization these qualities can be developed to their highest potentials. Although initially it may require a good deal of effort, Once you get beyond a certain point, the development becomes spontaneous, natural, and self-sustaining. There is no need for further effort. This is why we can say that these qualities can be developed infinitely. If we interrupt our athletic training, we will have to go through the whole training procedure again to bring our skill back to its previous level. However, once we have developed a quality of the mind to a level of spontaneity, although we may leave it aside for a long time, a slight application will bring it back to the prior level. The difference between the two qualities is due to the difference of their bases, mental and physical. In this way, the development of the mind through successive lifetimes is understood. Even if you do not make much headway in this lifetime, because the qualities acquired in the mind will be retained, these predispositions can be activated in the future."
Stages of Meditationby the Dalai Lama, root text by Kamalashila, translated by Geshe Lobsang Jordhen, Losang Choephel Ganchenpa, and Jeremy Russell	"Knowing or understanding is the function of consciousness.... That which possesses the function of knowing is consciousness. Consciousnesses vary in the scope of their knowledge and in their intensity or sharpness. An obvious example is the consciousness of a human being, compared to an animal's consciousness. The human being's perception is much broader and it understands a much greater variety of objects. The consciousnesses of human beings vary with education and experience -- the more educated you are and the more experience you have, the broader your consciousness. Knowledge and understanding develop on the basis of a consciousness that has the ability to perceive its objects. When the necessary conditions are met, the mind's ability to perceive increases, the scope of its objects of knowledge expands, and understanding deepens. In this way the mind can develop its full potential. Although initially it may require a good deal of effort, Omniscience is the full consummation, or perfection, of the mind's ability to perceive objects. "
Make Sure to Get a Favorable Rebirth This freedom is actually within reach. ~~~Practicing Wisdom: The Perfection of Shantideva's Bodhisattva Wayby H.H. Dalai Lama, translated and edited by Geshe Thupten Jinpa	"In his Four Hundred Verses on the Middle Way, Aryadeva presents a specific procedure for proceeding on the path to enlightenment. This suggests that it is important to pursue the path in a systematic order, beginning by refraining from negative actions and maintaining an ethically sound way of life. This is to ensure the Attainment of a favorable rebirth so that we will be able to continue to pursue our spiritual path in the future. Aryadeva states that The first phase of the path is to avert the effects of negative and troublesome states of mind as they manifest in our behavior, because this safeguards us against taking unfavorable rebirth in the next life. In the next phase, the emphasis is placed on generating insight into the nature of no-self or emptiness. The final phase of the path is the Total elimination of all distorted views and the overcoming of even the most subtle obstructions to knowledge. Total elimination of all distorted views It is on the basis of understanding the four noble truths hat we will be able to develop a real understanding of the nature of the Three Jewels of Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Through deeply understanding the four noble truths, we will be able to genuinely recognize the possibility of attaining nirvana, or true liberation. When we understand that our afflicted and negative states of mind can be removed,we will then be able to recognize the real possibility of attaining true liberation -- not just in general, but in relation to one's own self. We will sense, as individuals, that This freedom is actually within reach through our own realization. Once we gain such conviction, we will understand that we can also overcome the habitual patterns formed by our deluded states of mind. In this way we generate a conviction in the possibility of attaining full enlightenment. And once we develop such a conviction, we will then be able to appreciate the true value of taking refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha."
Developing the Wish to Give ~~ Generous Wisdom : Commentaries by H.H. Dalai Lama XIV on the Jatakamala Garland of Birth Stories,Dudjom Rinpoche (Ed.); Tenzin Dorjee (Trans.) 1992	Preceding story: Before reaching enlightenment, the Buddha was born as Prince Vishvantara, who, despite facing many challenges and adversity, brought all of his heart and courage to bear against a single enemy -- human suffering. "In giving, we not only find wealth while in cyclic existence, but we achieve the zenith of prosperity in supreme enlightenment. Therefore we all have to practice giving. Bodhisattva's giving is not just overcoming miserliness and being generous to others; Apure wish to give is cultivated, and through developing more and more intimacy with it, such giving is enhanced infinitely. Therefore it is essential to have the firm mind of enlightenment rooted in great love and compassion and, from the depths of one's heart, to either give one's body, wealth and virtues literally to sentient beings as infinite as space, Or to dedicate one's body, wealth and virtues for them whilestriving in all possible ways to enhance the wish to give infinitely. As mentioned in Engaging in Bodhisattva Activitiesand in The Precious Garland,we should literally give material help to the poor and needy, give teaching to others, and give protection to them, even the small insects, as much as we can. In the case of things which we are not able to part with, we should cultivate the wish to give them away and develop more and more intimacy with that wish."
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