|
 Spirituality
2
Paramahamsa
Yogananda
(Mukunda Lal Ghosh)
1893-1952
Founder of the Self-Realization Fellowship in Los Angeles.
Autobiography
of a Yogi, free online version
|
The true basis of religion is not belief, but intuitive
experience.
Intuition is the soul's power of knowing God.
To know what religion
is really all about, one must know God.
~~ The Essence of Self-Realization
|
 Birth-time is provided by the
SRF for their widely admired spiritual teacher.
Distinctive features of the
Nativity
The magnificent rising Moon
in Magha lagna signifies spiritual kingship through the high priesthood of Magha.
Death in Rahu/Ketu/Mangala period:
07-March-1952, age 59.
Lords of 4, 5, 8 and 9 occupy the tantrik and
transformative 8th-from-Chandra.
-
The two benefics Guru & Shukra bless this
incarnation with broad influence.
-
Lagnesha Surya + Budha in putra bhava
denies children, but grants extraordinary capacity to channel divine
intelligence. A wonderful teacher but not the conventional schoolmarm.
Teaches according to one's own knowledge. L-1 in putra bhava = karaka for
authorship, esp. biography (writing about one's own self).
-
Tantric or magical initiations due to
Guru + Kuja in Ayur bhava. Mangala gives a relatively brief lifetime and a
sudden death.
|
Dominant lords
ranked by number of tenants
L-1/L-12 Sun-Moon and
L-3/L-10 Shukra predominate for Paramahamsha
Yogananda
|
|
The Seven rashi-owning graha |
Extra point for:
- lagnesha
- atmakaraka
- lord of Chandra
in D-1 or D-9 |
# of planets in His rashi, in radix (including
Rahu/Ketu) |
# of graha in His rashi, in navamsha (including
Rahu/Ketu) |
Total |
|
Sun
-Moon |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
|
Mars |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Mercury |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Jupiter
|
0 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
Venus |
2 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
|
Saturn |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
totals |
5 |
9 |
9 |
23
|
|
At the moment the world's spiritual traditions have greatly
degenerated.
It is very important in such times that the
practitioners themselves make especially strong efforts to gain
realization.
To permit the lineages of transmission to disappear is to allow
the world to plunge into darkness.
~~ H.H. Dalai Lama. (1994). The
Path to Enlightenment. Glenn H. Mullin (Trans. & Ed.). www.snowlionpub.com
|
"an increasing ability to serve is the
only reliable sign of spiritual progress"
|
Compassion is the desire for
another to have freedom from suffering.
Love is the desire for
another to have happiness.
~~ H. H. Dalai
Lama
|
|
updated:
27 February 2010