Friday 18 May 2012


Vastu Sastram and Meditation

Astrologer Dayanidhi Iyyengar

Vastu Sastram deals with the architecture and building science and in fact it gives a fair touch in every aspects of life on the earth as well as the universe. The basic theme remains a link that is ever-present between the man and cosmos. The word 'Vastu' was originated from the term 'VASTOSHPATI' which had its usage in the Rig Veda and is said to render happiness, prosperity, and protection in life and after death too. However, Vastu Shastra truly conceives in the presence of Vastu Purushan, who is considered the main deity of a building.


Building a house as per the vastu norms is very much essential because it brings congruent balance amidst assorted atmospheric natural energies including cosmic energy, solar energy, lunar energy, and much more. Vastu for house involves several important traits, which depicts unique style in building every room of your home. Constructing a house by closely sticking with the vastu principles will greatly bring peace, success, and opulence to the dwellers residing in the home. Moreover, a good vastu shastra will drive away the negative powers and brings holiness and supreme powers into the home. Here are some brief descriptions that describe, in which style your house and rooms should be built by closely sticking with the vastu norms.

While constructing a house you need to mainly apply the principles of vastu for kitchen, pooja room, bedroom, and bathroom:


Kitchen is a place, where you cook your everyday food. You must have to consider quite several factors, while constructing your home kitchen. You must be very considerable in placing the sink, location of the gas, refrigerator, gas cylinder, and other things.

The right place to set your kitchen is in the south-east corner. If you never find an apt position, then you can avail the alternative of locating it in the north-west corner. Building kitchen in north-east, mid-west, mid-north, mid-south, south-west or in the centre is strictly not recommended, as they are out of vastu norms.

Bedroom is a place where you wind up all your worries and tensions thereby stay relaxed with pleasant memories. So, it is really essential to design your bedroom with great care sticking very much to the vastu principles. The direction, which you face while sleeping will badly affect your physical workout in your everyday activity. If you have constructed your bedroom with the inappropriate structure that stands out of vastu principles will badly disturb your sleep and make you to turn restless. Moreover, you often get clashes and misunderstandings with your better-half. Along with that, you might experience everlasting health troubles.

The right direction to set your master bedroom is on south-west. Ensure to place your head positioning towards the direction of south corner. Placing head towards north is not recommended, as it will badly disturb your sleep,

Similar to other rooms, you must give close attention while you construct your home bathroom. The best location to construct the bathroom is the eastern part of the home. If you never find the right appropriate place to set your bathroom, then you can avail the vastu remedy by placing geyser in the south-east corner.

Here are some of the essential vastu tips for home and office that will really help you to make a peaceful living!

  • Construct your house in such way it admits bright light into the main doorway
  • It is really advisable to allow 5 doors of a maximum opening
  • Setting television in the bedroom area is not recommended
  • Keep the plants far from your bedroom
  • Never split bed sheet and bed mattresses
  • Set your house furniture in the form of circle, square, or as octagon
  • Keep the corners bright
  • It is good to fix an image of bright sun in the southern wall of the living area
  • Construct your bedroom, where wind must blow from south to west
  • Your house dinning hall must never get exposed to the entrance door of the house
  • Setting a mirror in the kitchen room is not recommended
  • Do not place the mops and brooms in the kitchen
  • It is good to keep the doors of your toilet and bathroom closed most the time
  • It is good to set your windows opened towards out face
  • Growing of pricking plants like cactus in your house is not advisable
  • It is good to place the fish aquarium in the southeast corner in your living area
  • It is good to stick a happy family photograph or picture inside your living room
  • Growing of high trees such as Bangan, Thorny, and Pipal trees is not good and recommended
  • Ensure that the lift gate is not set in face of the entry main gate of your house
  • Building your house rooms in shape of oval, circle, or triangle is strictly not advisable
  • Your house should never be in disturbed by any obstructive buildings
  • Ensure that your house is good with right air circulation and water source
  • Your latrine seat must be kept facing towards northern south
  • It is good to sit facing the doorway, while you sit in your office
  • It is good to set mountain wallpaper behind you in your office
  • Never keep a ladder that faces towards west or north, as it makes waste of money
  • Never wear torn clothing or withered flowers as these will prevent the Goddess Lakshmi entering into the home
 Meditation helps…

Vastu Dosha is a proposed defect or deficiency in the familiar features of the eight directions and these directions have been empowered with characters based on an assortment obtained from the Pancha-Bhutas. However, Vastu Dosha signifies spoiling the characters of the directions under circumstances. Also, such doshas are closely related with Pancha-Bhutas associated qualities of mind, soul, and human body. It is possible to settle down the ill effects through meditation.


Looking very closely, these qualities have the ability to provide a shield exhaling from the human soul that could protect the concerned person from ill effects of vastu doshas. However, this idea is especially effective when the human efforts are put forth for wanting obstructions made by the vastu doshas. Thus, meditation practices can serve the purpose as they are gaining popularity with innovative techniques in meditation.


Vastu Yantras can be used in improving the energy circles in some cases, after careful analysis.

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