ब्रह्मस्थान Brahmasthan, the centre
- Element
- Space (akash), presided over by Brahma
- Governs
- The energy of the whole home
- Best kept
- Open, light and uncluttered; a courtyard is ideal
- Avoid
- Pillars, toilets, staircases and heavy furniture
About Sanjay Shrivastava
“Vastushastra is not for poor people.”
A magazine editor’s reply to a curious 17-year-old who wrote in to ask about Vastu. It turned his life around.
Sanjay Shrivastava was born into a family of academicians in Nagpur. He has been inquisitive for as long as he can remember and involved in social work since childhood. He believes in science and technology, and he has never accepted a rule without questioning it.
So when the editor’s reply arrived, he set out to explore the subject for himself. He read every book on Vastu he could lay his hands on and learnt from many gurus along the way. To this day, he never misses a chance to pay his respects to them.
To him, Vastushastra is a science, not a superstition, and he looks for the logic behind every principle. Turning learning into practice took time: it was 19 years before his guru permitted him to practise. A tragic event, still etched in his memory, laid the foundation of the discipline he has followed ever since.
- Never practise out of personal greed.
- Never use the shastra for wrongdoing.
- Never use it against anyone.
Today he has mastered Vastu, Reiki, pyramids and crystals, and created techniques of his own. His purpose is to keep people connected to the shastra.
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥
Karmanyevadhikaras te ma phaleshu kadachana,
ma karma-phala-hetur bhur ma te sango’stv akarmani.
“You have the right to perform your duties, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions. Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your activities, nor be attached to inaction.”
Bhagavad Gita, chapter 2, verse 47
Sanjay Sir tries to live by this verse, whose message reaches beyond time, religion and geography. He believes firmly in karma: past, present and future. And like the cycle of the panchatattva, the five elements of nature, he sees life as a cycle too.
तथास्तुTathastu: let it be so.
