To me design, beauty and art can be defined thus: The truly beautiful design or art form is that which is capable of emptying itself of past meanings and memories again and again and live on through changing contexts adapting itself to new interpretations. This emptiness and this adaptability, I call design.

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Vasthu - ways of worship

The laying of the foundation stone, inauguration of the coustmetion of a house and occupation of a newly built house are to be celebrated when the 'Vasthu goddess' (Goddess of the Earth) is well awake. Laying the foundation for the construction of a house should not be carried out when the goddess of Earth (Vaasthu goddess) is asleep. Those who violate this rule will lose his fame, his well-earned wealth and will be put to blame.

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 The whole universe is made up of five basic elements, the earth, water, fire, air and space. Our body is also made up of these five basic elements of nature. The  pancha-mahabhootas  are related to our five senses of smell, taste, hearing, touch and sight. Any imbalance in our external and internal Vastu translates into unhappy situations. Vastu teaches the individual to live in balance and harmony with the panchamahabhootas.

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 Vaastu instructions about Positive Energy Centres, Negative Energy Centres, Prayer Room, Planning of Prayer Room, The Havan and The Roof Of The Pooja-room.

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 Vaastu instructions for the Location Of Dining Room In The House and Interior Planning Of The Dining Room.

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Vastu Shastra: Chanku Stapanam

 It is very important to perform the ceremonies of installation of a conch-shell (Chanku Stapanam) and incantations to invoke the protection of the regents of the cardinal directions (Thikku Bhandhanam) before raising a new house or a workshop in the place where an old building has been demolished or in a site where there was no building standing for many years. Performance of these ceremonies ensures plenty, prosperity and good fortune and nullify the evil effects due to the presence of evil spirits buried underground, and renews the gravitational power of the earth. During the first twelve years after the construction of a house, the divinity present in that house will gradually diminish.

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Effects of Evil Eye

The power of an "Evil Eye" is so bad that it could inflict injury or bad luck by the look/glance of certain persons. Hence the tamil proverb, "Getting hurt by a stone is far better that getting hurt by an Evil Eye".

One could have observed that the stretch of important streets are strewn with pieces of white pumpkin which is broken open on the streets to wipe away the evil eye on occasions such as house warming function day, during the construction of a new house, on the day of opening a new account on the "Saraswathi Puja" day.

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Vaastu vs. Feng Shui: An indian explanation of the difference between Vaastu Shastra and Feng Shui.

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Vasthu Ceremony - for laying foundation

The ceremony of the laying of the foundation for a building should be performed only during the home when the Deity of the plot (VASTHU PURUSHAN) is well awake. It is guide imperative to follow the presages to be carefully notices when performing the laying of the foundation ceremony.

The worship during laying the foundation ceremony should be postponed to another auspicious day in any of the following twenty presages are noticed.

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Site Testing

In order to identity an ideal building site, a square pit of one square built (1 cubit x 1 cubit) should be dug out at the centre of the building site, meditating mentally upon the Goddess Earth and praying for plenty of wealth and grains at this site. This is to be performed at an auspicious hour, when the lunar day (thithi) lunar asterism (Natchatram), the astrological dicisious of tone and the rising of the zodiac sign (lagnam) above the horizon are favourably placed.

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There has been a tremendous upsurge in the acceptance and consequently, the practice of ancient sciences such as Vaastu Shastra, Feng Shui, astrology and many other alternative healing systems. However, the questions that comes to mind are �

-       Are these as relevant today as they were thousands of years ago?

-       Do today�s practitioners understand the basic principles of these sciences?

-       Is there a method of verifying the effects of these interventions?

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Vaastu Shastra (Vaastu- physical environment and Shastra- knowledge/ text/ principles. The 't' in both the words is pronounced softly. Also spelled Vastu) is one of the traditional Hindu canons of town planning and architecture. These canons are codified in texts such as Manasara Silpa Shastra (by Manasara), Mayamatam (by Maya), Viswakarma Vaastushastra (by Viswakarma), Samarangana Sutradara (by Raja Bhoja), Aparajita Praccha (by Viswakarma's son Aparajita) and Silpa ...

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• Vaastu Shastra - Components of Vaastu Shastra
• Vaastu Shastra - Vaastu Purusha Mandala
• Vaastu Shastra - Mandalas- types and properties
• Vaastu Shastra - Mandala in site planning and architecture
• Vaastu Shastra - Mandala and site
• Vaastu Shastra - Mandala and building
• Vaastu Shastra - Aspects of environment and energy
• Vaastu Shastra - Other aspects of buildings
• Vaastu Shastra - Conclusion

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Abhidharma (Sanskrit; Pāli Abhidhamma) is a category of Buddhist scriptures that attempts to use Buddhist teachings to create a systematic, abstract description of all worldly phenomena. The Abhidharma represents a generalization and reorganization of the doctrines presented piecemeal in the narrative sutra tradition. The literal translation of the term Abhidharma is unclear. Two possibilities are most commonly given: 1) abhi- higher or special + dharma- teaching, philosophy, thus making Abhidharma ...

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• Abhidhamma - Origins
• Abhidhamma - Theravada Abhidharma
• Abhidhamma - Sarvastivada Abhidharma

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Shruti Vedas Rig Veda Sama Veda Yajur Veda Atharva Veda Brahmanas Aranyakas Upanishads Smriti Itihāsas Mahābhārata Bhagavad Gītā Ramayana Puranas (List) Tantras Sutras (List) Stotras Ashtavakra Gita Gita Govinda Hatha Yoga Pradipika This article is about the god. See 20000 Varu ...

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• Varuna - Notes

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Bharata Muni was an ancient Indian writer whose life has been dated variously from the 5th century BCE to the 2nd century. His best known work is the Natya Shastra, a theoretical treatise on Indian performance, including theater, dance, acting, and music, which has been compared to Aristotle's Poetics. Other related archives2nd century, 5th century BCE, Aristotle, Indian, Natya Shastra, Poetics, acting, dance, music, theater

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Rasayana, a Sanskrit word (with literal meaning: Ocean of Wisdom}, is used to describe chemistry, and chemistry is generally called Rasayan Shastra in Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi and several other languages derived from Sanskrit. Rasayan Shastra in Ancient India was much less developed than today. Nevertheless, use and practice of Rasayana abound in Ancient India, and some examples include paints used in the caves of Ajanta and Elora, Maharashtra state, steel of Vishnustambha (literal meaning: the to

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shastra

Revealed scripture, or an authorized textbook in any subject.

(See also: shastra, Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Shastra: A commentary on a sutra.

 (See also: Shastra, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

Shastra:

Shastra. Compendium or collection of knowledge.

(See also: Shastra, Tantra, Tantra Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)