Questions and Answers
18 questions on Symbol Vastu
Should a moon made of silver be placed in the North-East?
Yes. A silver moon (chandi ka chandrama) in the North-East creates the water element (jal tatva) and gives results.
In a flat no window has been made at the door. What can be done?
No problem. As taught in interior vastu, make one symbolically, and if that is not possible, make a figure (picture) of it.
In which direction exactly should the picture for Shikhi or Parjanya be put?
A devta does not own one wall; it is an 11.25-degree sector. Shikhi and Parjanya face East, so put the picture within that sector, facing East; when a student asked, West-facing was also accepted.
Who benefits most from the white gandharva nagar cloud picture at Parjanya?
Especially people whose wishes are not coming true or whose production is not happening. A shining white gandharva nagar picture at Parjanya fulfils wishes like a kalpavriksha, completes stuck work, brings back stuck money, helps sell a property that is not selling, builds market image and gets goods and machine production moving.
Are the symbols used in these treatments, such as the swastik, Vedic or newly made?
The symbols are taken from the Vedic tradition, such as the swastik, but they are designed with an added element that generates and spreads their energy, and the material they are engraved on matters. Each piece was to be shown physically in class.
Can a swastik or other devta symbols be used in a bathroom or toilet?
No. Every item has rules: the height at which it is fixed, placing it inside, never at foot level and never in a toilet. A swastik is never put in a toilet at any cost, and there is no reason to activate devtas inside a toilet, since that gives their place to the toilet.
Should the gomti chakra swastik plate be fixed inside the wall, or can it hang outside where people see it?
It need not be hidden. The swastik is the most energetic symbol, and you already hang curtains and many other things that people see. Hang it or stick it as the space allows; if you keep worrying about what people will say, it will not give results.
Why did the Chandel kings carve nude scenes on the Khajuraho temples?
To change the mind (chitt) through images (chitra), even the minds of the devtas. Agni is regarded as a virgin goddess who feels shy on seeing such scenes, so lightning has never struck these temples, and the pleasure-loving Indra, lord of rain, is pleased and gives Khajuraho good rain; tribal women still plough naked under the moonlight when rain fails. The kings also wanted their heirs not to become ascetics.
In a flat the structure cannot be changed. What can be done?
That is exactly what interior vastu is for: balance the element with its shapes, symbols, artifacts, idols, showpieces and materials to nullify the defect. For example, silver represents the Moon, so a silver artifact or a moon figure can be placed there. Like a doctor's supplement for a vitamin deficiency, the missing element is supplied; Ayurveda, allopathy, jyotish and vastu all run on the elements.
If the North, the opportunity and attraction zone, is cut, how can it be balanced?
Extend it with the symbols and materials of the North element, with plants and many other items.
The East of my house is completely closed by the neighbouring house. What is the solution?
This is taught in the coming classes: which symbols and pictures to use when a direction is blocked or has a dosh, and how to nullify it. This class covered only what should be where.
Is it right to use bricks stamped with a swastik?
No. The swastik and Om are the most sacred symbols, and a swastik generates about 10 lakh bovis of energy; when such bricks end up in toilets and floors, people walk and relieve themselves on it, and the same amount of negative energy is generated in the house, harming all work. In one case a family built a whole house of swastik bricks, and within three months of griha pravesh three members died in an accident and another later died of a heart attack. Recommend plain burnt clay bricks (fly ash bricks are not good either); where swastik bricks are already laid, spray gomutra (cow urine) on them before plastering.
You advised lighting the lamp on a drawn triangle; should it be the fire-element triangle?
Yes, it has to be the fire-element triangle, drawn as a straight (sidha) triangle, not an inverted (ulta) one.
Can a black statue of Buddha be kept?
A statue of Lord Buddha can be kept, but not a Laughing Buddha.
Can a Khajuraho statue be kept?
If it is kept with a purpose there is no problem; it depends on the purpose for which the statue was made and is kept.
Can a Laughing Buddha be kept at home?
No. Einstein is said to have wished at the end of his life to be born in India to research its sacred soil, the land of the Tirthankaras, Ram, Mahavir and Hanuman. Indians need not keep meat-eating foreign deities such as the Laughing Buddha or the Chinese Fuk Luk Sau; keep portraits or statues of Ram, Hanuman or Mahavir instead, and do not let them be dwarfed by such figures.
If doors are already open on wrong padas, how are they treated in interior vastu?
Vedic vastu says the defects of a wrongly placed door can be removed through the decoration of the door itself: auspicious symbols, yantras, paintings and artworks made on the door, door power at the threshold, and a bandhanwar (toran) hung on it. This class therefore treats wrong doors with symbols, torans, bandhanwars and colours rather than structural changes.
Can these swastiks be made on canvas and fixed?
Yes, they can be made or printed on canvas and fixed.