| Understanding Vastu: The science of directions | | | | - Karma |
| Man has endeavored to improve from time | | | | - Vastu Shastra |
| immemorial. Starting from the Stone Age to 21st | | | | - Hard work |
| century, mankind is only keeping its step towards | | | | The fate is not in anyone’s hand but one can take |
| modernization. But as we are becoming modern, we | | | | care of the rest of the three. Vastu cannot change |
| are leaving our culture far behind which teaches us to | | | | your destiny but it can make sweet things sweeter |
| live close to nature, thus all kind of sufferings are taking | | | | and bitter things less bitter. |
| place. In order to get rid of the inexplicit sorrows, we | | | | Vaastu Shilpa Shastra, the ancient mystic science and |
| are trying to follow the path shown by our ancestors. | | | | art of designing and constructing buildings finds its origin |
| We have entered the new millennium with the new | | | | in Stapatya Veda, whose historic development took |
| hopes in the big horizon of expectations. Our | | | | place between 600 and 300 B.C. |
| generation is responsible for the present day | | | | The Elements |
| environment we have create for our children who are | | | | Vaastu principles are geological, geometrical, |
| facing question of survival in this polluted environment. | | | | geophysical, botanical and above all cosmological and |
| Health, happiness, peace of mind are our target for the | | | | celestial in nature. The world comprises of five basic |
| future generation, thus our first concern should be that | | | | elements Earth, Water, Air, Fire and Space. Out of the |
| our own built environment should be in harmony with | | | | nine planets, our planet has life because of the |
| the energy of the inmates living in it. | | | | presence of these five elements. |
| What is Vastu: A myth or a SCIENCE? | | | | The Directions |
| Vaastu Shastra is about creating a congenial settings | | | | The importance of orientation of a building is not only |
| or a place to live or work, in most scientific way by | | | | for saving energy but also to have a better house |
| taking advantages of the benefits bestowed by the | | | | design, which not only gives comfortable living but also |
| five of the nature, thereby paving the way for | | | | gives good health, prosperity and wealth to the house |
| enhanced health, wealth, prosperity and happiness in an | | | | owners/occupiers and these families. There lies a |
| enlightened environment. | | | | co-relation between the rotational scenario of the |
| Why that is some houses are so happy and others | | | | planets and the house design and their different |
| are full of sorrows? Why some buildings only | | | | directions with respect of NORTH. |
| witnesses miseries and yet other are full of | | | | It therefore becomes necessary to interpret the |
| happiness? Does it merely because of the people | | | | ancient wisdom in modern language so that people |
| inhabit the structure or the building has the influence of | | | | can understand, appreciate and can take advantage |
| its own? And the answer is Yes, apart from the | | | | of it. Vastu Shastra maintains that it is the structure |
| destiny of the people living in the houses, there is a | | | | that influences the occupants of a building and |
| science which depicts the future of any structure and | | | | that’s why the construction of the building and its |
| that is Vastu Science. | | | | internal arrangements causes the transformation in the |
| Many factors govern the life of human being: | | | | people. |
| - Fate | | | | |