Astrostudents-Group Discussions: [astrostudents] Re: Why study Astrology?

Saturday, July 04, 2009

[astrostudents] Re: Why study Astrology?

Respected Finn Sahib,

I totally agree with your views that the revered Lal Kitab is the most secular scripture of Indian astrology. For me, this is the book of "Model code of conduct" for the humankind. I have no objection if someone advised to read it like a spiritual book - because everybody is free to follow his/her own ideology in a democratic society. But I would like to remind our respected members that it advised to read this divine book again and again like a "Novel" only and not like anything else. Had it been anything else, the mention of Atheists or non-believers would have been missing. I don't know about the others, but I cannot even think of defying the divine instructions of Pundit ji.

Respectfully
Yograj Prabhakar

--- In astrostudents@yahoogroups.com, "Finn Wandahl" <finn.wandahl@...> wrote:
>
> Dear members,
>
> I like to say that I find this present discussion a little disturbing
> and also somewhat out of context.
>
> In one of the messages somebody said: "P.......... told me that read
> lalkitab as a spiritual book".
>
> About LK-Astrology it is clearly stated in the introduction-part of
> LK-1952, I quote: "It comprises of all worldly considerations without
> any claim to divinity".
>
> This means Lal Kitab is not about spiritual or religious matters, and
> therefore it should not be read as such.
>
> Lal Kitab also appears to be a secular text, capable of being studied by
> people belonging to any religion, muslims, budhists, sikhs, hindus,
> christians, jains, jews or those who belong to no religion at all
> (ateists). This means even a sinner like my own good self, belonging to
> the christian faith, protestant church, can study it with good results
> like everybody else.
>
> Lal Kitab is a Jyotish Granth, meaning it is about the Shastra of
> astrology, and it is designed to teach astrology to its readers. Each
> and every page is pregnant with astrological information, but not
> spiritual or religious information.
>
> Dear Sirs, we are supposed to read out of the text, not into the text.
>
> Best wishes,
> Finn Wandahl
>