There are no shortcuts, no simple roads, no crash courses nor any magicians tricks for those who seek the true light of God and Jyotish is the means for the blind souls to find some direction in this otherwise dark world. [Rath, 1996].

Tradition.In Vedic tradition, in which the transmission of knowledge depends on a descending process, the vital point is disciple succession. Adept in the process of learning, must have qualities of mind and character as well as the right attitude to the situation, when receiving proper knowledge. Qualifications connected to intelligence are demanded, because of depth and broadness of this knowledge, whereas features related to character refer to the suitable usage of information gained in that process.
Astrological knowledge is written in a form of codes, like Jaimini sutra, which are deciphered in tradition. In this manner, at the same time, there is openess, availability and mystery of intepretation. This enigma is relevant to potential danger of misuse of knowledge.

Guru’s. My teacher Visti Larsen belongs to the tradition Sri-Achyuta, who was one of the students (sakha) of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Sri Acyuta Das was blessed to know about the past, present and future events as a part of destiny (Jyotisa). Sri Acyuta was the youngest of the panca sakha and had the knowledge of Jyotisa that comes from Agni (the power to see/sight). Since he was the youngest, he was liked by his gurubhai very much and they taught him mantrashastra, bhakti bhava etc.

Jagannath Rath (Sanjay’s Grandfather) was a royal astrologer (Raja Jyotishi) who had learnt from his grandfather. Orissa, with its great Sun temple at Konarak, has been famous for its astrologers and always supported the Science of astrology. Jagannath Rath was given the title of a Jyotish Ratna in Orrisa.He lived a very austere life. He had a powerful personality that put many shaking around him.

Kasinath Rath (Sanjay’s Uncle) was the eldest born son. The tradition of Hora Shastra was passed through him. Sanjay’s father, U.K. Rath, learned advanced Ganita Shastra (science of astronomical mathmatics) and became an industrialist.
Kasinath Rath would hold traditional informal classes teaching Jyotisha. Sanjay spent much of his childhood learning from his uncle.

Sanjay Rath was born into this traditional family of astrologers from Bira Balabhadrapur Sasan village of Puri, Orissa. Sanjay studied under his under his uncle, late Pundit Kasinath Rath and his grandfather, late Pandit Jaganath Rath. Sanjay began his studies at 8 years of age, and received the depth of Jyotisha only found among those who have been trained in the ancient traditional way of the parampara. He worked for some time in government service in India. Leaving government service to devote himself completely to Jyotisha, he has the depth of the ancient knowledge with the ability to communicate it to the modern mind.
To promote the teachings of his parampara he has formed the Sri Jagannath Center where his advanced students are helping to spread Jyotisha in a way that keeps its spiritual roots. Students learn not only about Jyotisha, but also mantra shastra, mudra, pranayama, meditation, and the Sanatana Dharma.

Visti Larsen during His visit’s to India took learnings from Sanjay Rath. He was recognized as very able and sincere student by His Guru. He is teaching Jyotish rooted in spiritual background along with mantra-sastra and puranic histories. Author of “Jyotish Fundamentals” and many articles which were presented on conferences worldwide. He stays at Denmark and teaches Jyotish under Jaimini-project.

About Me. I started learning the Western tradition (tropical) of astrology. After some time, in 2000, I was inspired by Vedic Literature, and changed the approach into Vedic Tradition. Then I tried to grasp topics from many Jyotisha forums. In 2004 I became Visti Larsen’s student and under His shelter I was taught, day by day, with the help of Jyotish diagrams, ways of prognostication about tri-kala (past, present and future).
I participated in conferences in Serbia, where I delivered a lecture “Free will and Shastyamsa” (available in “articles” section). In the same year, in “Jyotish Digest” appeared my article about “Raja Bhanga” (”articles”). In 2006 Sanjay Rath gave me Brhaspati-Gayatri and that event initiated my role as a teacher in SJC. I take part in astrological forums, conferences and private mail correspondence.

My profile on Sri Jagganath Center Site

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