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Vedic Astrology as Non-Sectarian Knowledge 
May 9, 2006 |
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By K.N. Rao from
Jyotisha - the Super Science - ch. 3
Astrology is a branch of human knowledge which is used for prediction
and counseling purposes as any predictive science and psychology
system is made use of without any religious label clinging to
them.
One of the favorite branches of predictive astrology in India,
particularly in northern India, is known as Tajak or
annual horoscopy (also known as Varshapala). P.S. Shastri
has written in his book, Text Book of Scientific Hindu Astrology,
that "Dr. B.V. Raman's Varshapala follows the Tajak system
as developed by Neelakantha and Keshava. This is evidently an
import from Tazhakistan (Mongolia). The yogas have Arabic names
and the aspects are those accepted by Western astrology."
At Bharatiya
Vidya Bhavan (K.N. Rao's school of astrology in New Delhi)
we teach Tajak. No one has ever said that by learning the Tajak
system of astrology they have got Islamised! If learning astrology
is saffronisation (becoming a Hindu), then will Hindu students
who study allopathy, which has come from Christian countries,
become Christians?
One of our students in our two-year course was Sri M.K.
Kaw, who was the Secretary of HRD (Human Resource Development
- a Government position). Sri Kaw saw, during his study, students
from all Hindu castes, and a Muslim teacher, the late Sri Z.
Ansari teach his class in Hindu astrology along with another
Christian teacher, Sri E.S. Isaac. One of our students, who
did brilliantly in both the first and second year course is
Kamar Wahid Naqvi, a Muslim from Varanasi, who contributed an
excellent article on Mughal (Arab) Emperor Jahangir's patronage
and strong belief in astrology based on an undisputed historical
document, Jahangir Nama.
I have gone to USA five times between 1993 and 1995 and
to Russia also five times between 1998 and 2002 to teach astrology
to Christians in both countries. None of them got "saffonised."
They have fallen in love with Hindu astrology because it is
brilliantly predictive.
reprinted with permission
Copyright
2010. Vaughn Paul Manley. All Rights Reserved.
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