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manuscripts lying untouched in every city library in India no one cares for them but everyone cries forthem, this is our state. One will easily see in a discussion between 2 astrologers that people don’t removeknowledge out but the knowledge those 2 astrologers have will not be removed due to some secrecy lawthat they themselves cannot explain or comprehend. Publishers in India have failed in their efforts tobring out even 1% of these manuscripts into the public limelight and the maximum we can see is 30-40quality classics coming out in India in last 100 years in English with poorest of commentaries except afew and not so apt translations due to complexities of ancient languages which give multiple meanings.As such publishing in India is not a profitable business. People can say that inspite of their being morethan 10,000 astro organisations in every lane of India which is true and no exaggeration and 1000s oftrusts being formed by astrologers in the name of astrology by famous astrologers not a single one ofthem can be credited to bring out 5 quality manuscripts with commentaries out for the general astroaudience. If we say this, then all will become our enemies but someone has to start with the dirty job,how does one inspire organisations especially international organisations to bring out translations ofmanuscripts? The problem is worse in International Vedic Organisations who have not been able tocontribute in translation of manuscripts inspite of having better Sanskrit scholars abroad who are morededicated, honest and meticulous in their job. We can only request that this piece of Publitorial inspiresthem to come forward in this, do joint ventures with Indian counter parts. Their complaint of notgetting manuscripts can be no longer a complain since Saptarishis Astrology volunteers and friendshave already uploaded numerous manuscripts and let us tell you this is just a start. The other problemfaced by many is the amount of red tapeism and bureaucratic hurdles one faces while getting manuscriptfrom libraries across India. Traditions that have manuscripts are a joke in the name of astrologyas they have not understood the meaning of Knowledge (Gyaan) since if they had they would havefreely given away those manuscripts and not hoarded it themselves. The only man to impress us so farwas Shri Madura Shastry from a village in India (Andhra) who said ‘This knowledge is not mine, itbelongs to the Sages. The Sages worked for the common man and this must be given out to the people’.He has over 50 years distributed and donated rarest of rare manuscripts, no one like him. He is theKarana 16 of Astrology.1.5 Purpose Of Knowledge (Gyaan)Why do you need knowledge since ‘The Main Reason behind Unhappiness is InsufficientKnowledge’. Actually the correct translation might not come out in previous sentence so forIndians here it is ‘Dukha Ka Main Karan Hota Hain Agyaan’. This is what mentor hasalways taught us. Our own concept of knowledge was perverted and limiting since we grew up in Indiawhere every senior astrologer and teacher teaches you that you must not give away astro informationeasily. They teach you by example that you must make the student suffer, beg before you and worshipyou before it is given, but still don’t give it to all who do the begging and worshipping. They put a lot ofmyth and superstition to it and quote the verses of Sages. In 2006 this perversion took extreme formwhen we would write in forums or speak to our best friends in coded language and never give out a fulltechnique. Even our hand written notes in text books were coded in such a manner that anyone whoborrows our books (borrowing books happens a lot in India) will not be able to understand it. Now weourselves can’t decode what we coded. Later we found out that this happens to most astrologers. But itwas only when we re-read the Last Book of Astrology, where the old Sage compares two forms ofknowledge. He says what great miracle can astro information do, it can make some astrologer predictbetter or solve a humans difficulties by apt guidance. Then the Sage says that look at the man whoinvented the medicine for Polio, do we even remember his name, no we don’t. He says today a by-passoperation of the heart can be done since someone somewhere in the world understood the meaning andpower of true knowledge and shared it to everyone in the medical fraternity and thus world-over thisoperation can be done, yes at a price, so what, atleast price (Fate) can get you that knowledge by whichyour life can be saved, can your astro knowledge truly save a life, so why do you all hide knowledge inthe name of God and secrecy. Have you who recite mantras for hours for decades understood themeaning of knowledge whereas a kid in medical science understands it so easily. The Sage is then asked,16 Karana was a historical figure some 3000 years back who was known as the biggest donator ever. The only cause ofcontroversy among scholars is did he do it for name or was it out of real help to the down trodden.32