By which, these things that are receded (departed) from ?

We know that if one thing is achieved , the other thing is lost. But in life the most important things happen according to the evolutions. In the Nature also it happens if we observe.

In the month of Vaisakha (maasa), by the end of Vaisakha Kaarte the clouds get diluted.

When a woman begets a child she looses her beauty and youthness.

When a man dies, the enemity goes.

The respct and decency is lost when a man starts begging.

The values and character will be lost by Vices.

Because of unlaw and unjustice, the humaniy is lost.

Because of evil thoughts and jealosy one can loose his own wealth. with all happiness.

What is the meaning of “Ati Sarvatra Varjayet” and
When are not they to be applied in life ?

Sanskrit is the most ancient and almost it is foremost
language in the world. It has
marvellous meanings even for a single world.
“Ati” means excessive. In the Sastras, it is said the
excessiveness should always be abandoned in the actions
of our lives.

If we have desire to accquire any thing, after the desire
is fulfilled, we should not go beyond the limits to get more
and more. Due to the too muchness the ultimate result
would be grief, loss and toubles.

In the Mythologies it shows, because of excessiveness some
great people had lost their happiness and got sorrowness.
The sacred Sita Maata was most beautiful in Ramayana.
Because of her beautiness she was plundered by Ravana,
the mighty Rakshasah. Hence she was away from Sree Ramachandra for one year and had the troubles and grief.

Because of too much arrogance and prigness the mighty Ramana
was killed by the Lord Sree Ramachandra.
In the Kruta yuga, the king Bali (Bali Chakravarti was a Demon ) was the grand son of the great devotee, Prahlada. When Lord Sree Mahavishnu approached Bali Chakravarti in the form of
Vamana ( most beautiful short boy) for yachana (asking)
for three feet of ground. Then King Bali donated Him the entire world and finally the king lost every thing was suppressed
to Patala Loka.
Because of excessiveness one loses everything.
If anyone eats excessive food and drinks liquor certainly
he will die.
Because of excessive talking (noise) one will get ridicule.
Because of greediness one can get misfortune.
Hence it is said too muchness should be removed and
it should not be entertained at any time.

What is the Holyness and speciality  of Kaartika Masa ?

According to the Almanac there are twelve Hindu maasa

 (months) starts from Chaitra maasa as per Lunar system .

After Asweeyuja maasa (immediately after Deepavali festival)

the Kartika Masa begins. This masa (month) is so sacred for 

Lord Parameswara.

All the Hindus treat this month so special for devotion and

follow the customs so firmly. They get so early in the monring,

 get head bath and do the nitya Siva pooja and  worship Tulasi .

 Some do fasting complete day  and at the twilight time when

the moon rises then again do the pooja and then take their

day meal. Some do the head bath in the Sacred Rivers

like Ganges, Godavari, Krishna, Cauveri, Tungabhadra etc.,

As per the Kartika Puran and Siva Puran, they say in this masa

 one has to observe  strictly the controlling of  sense organs

 (Indriya Nigrah). Those who do that Indriya nigrah and do

 Mantra and Japa Anushtanam with the following of all sacred

customs, certainly they will get relieved from the sins.

In this Kartika Masa the Lord Sri Vishnu also  must be

worshipped with Tulasi (Basil) leaves and river water.

Worship the tree of Indian Gooseberry (Amalaki Vrukshah) and also under that tree,

one has to do the Pindapradanam  with embryo of food

ceremonially to the spirit of a deceased ancestors. 

One has to eat  the Amalaki  either in the form of pickles or curries.

At nights it is restricted.

And every one wear that Amalaki garland as sacred thing.

In this Kartika Masa , fix a pillar Sthambham) in ground, and hang  a vessel  

which contains some holes  and keep the oil (cow ghee) lamp and make 

that  lustre of lamp spread  to all sides and pray to that lamp also. 

By doing this, we are praying to all the Deities and Gods.

Why should not we keep the Sivalinga and worship it at our homes ?

Lord Siva is Abhisheka Priyah. Every day we have to do the Pooja for Him and 

also do the Abhishekam without fail.  And also sometimes the Sivalinga should 

be worshipped by reciting Namaka Chamaka and Rudra Parayanam. And also

 after worship Prasad Nivedana must be done. Means preparing any Pulihora, Chitrannam, Payasam etc must be cooked and offered to the Lord for the 

Shanti  and content purpose,

If we do this daily  without any obstruction, then we can keep the Sivalinga at 

our homes.

All those sacred pooja devotionally and firmly. The days are modern and fast forwarding days and people are running after the changing technology, media fashion , money and other fascinating things. So very difficult to do those devotional worship. First of all the concentration and the sacredness are being declined day by day. Totally the complete geneation gap has been placed in 

every house.

So. if not possible to do the worship of Sivalinga daily certainly there will be negative effects will be happened to those persons who keep the Sivalinga 

at their homes. Hence, Nitya pooja must for the Lord Siva.

Then always, better to give the Sivalinga to any Temple where always the Nitya Pooja rituals are done.

What are the Ashtabhogas, Ashtamadamu (eight Arrogances) and 

Ashta Gandhas ?

In this world . by the creation  of man’s materialistic intelligence there are

 so many things can seen if we go through deeply.

But in the mythological scripts it is said certain things particularly called as a 

group which make the man downfall by his meanful lust.

But if it is under control and limit everything would be fine and happy. If it

 exceeds it spoils us.

The Ashtabhogas (eight luxuries) :

The cooked rice, the Cloths, the Sandalwood paste, the fragrant flowers, the comfortable bed, 

the pan ( betels and betel-nut), the beautiful woman and the melodious Music.

The Ashtamadamu (arrogance) :

The arrogance due to wealth, the arrogance due to woman, the

isolence by education, the arrogance by one’s own community, by his/her beautiness, by his profession, by his /her youthness, by possessing his food.

The Ashtagandham:

The Musk, the Goroodzanam ( fragrant medicinal substance taken from the 

Cow’s belly), the Saffron (the plant and polien of the flowers of Crocus sativus), the

 Devadaru (the Deodar tree called Pinus longifolia), the Patchakarpoor ( the edible camphor), 

the Agaru ( kind of sweet-smelling grass or wood used in preparing perfurmes, the Sree Gandham ( superior kind of sandal wood or Sri Chandanam) and  the Raktachandanam ( red sandal wood called Pterocarpus santalims).  By preparing with all those eight gandhas are 

called Ashtagandham.

Why do we  have to have the Darshan of God , Siva through the horns of Nandi (Bull) in the Siva Temple ( Sivalaya) ?

The Devotees who visited the Lord Parameswara Temple, for having the Darshan they see  Him through the horns of Nandi which is installed at a distance infront of the God, Siva.

There is inner meaning  for it. For every thing in the Vedic Scripts it is elucidated the inner meaning.

Nandi is the Vahanam for the Lord Shiva.  People those who are not aware of the real meaning of why the God has the Ox for his Vahanam (Vehicle).

Nandi is the image of Vedic Dharma, means the Vedas are in the form of Nandi. 

The Horns of Nandi is the symbol for Wisdom (knowledge). In general the Nandi is an  Ox which is animal. The animal has its beastliness which is Pasutwam. So the 

Nandi the symbol for our beastliness (Pasutwam).  But we hold the horns and 

keep our hands on the back side of tail and through the horns we do the darshan

 of Lord Shiva who is in the Garbhaalayam (inner temple) and pray to Him as 

“ O Lord, Siva, I can control my beastliness, I will be good and do the good to all and live virtously. By praying like that and we do have the Darshan of Lord Siva.

More over, as said we are like beasts,  though having knowledge we can have the Athma Samdarshan ourselves. The Horns are like knowledge and the Lord Siva who is inner temple is Athma. Hence we have to have the Darshan of Athma by 

our knowledge.

Do not we make our journyes on Poornima and Amavasya 
and other days ?

The Hindu Sastras coat that we should not make our journeys on different

 tidhis to different directions.

On Navami (9^th day) and Padyami (1^st day) tidhis  the journey towards East

 is restricted. So we should not go to East on those days. 

on Vidiya (2^nd) and Dasami (10^th ) tidhis we should not go towards North, 

On Tadiya (3^rd) and Ekadasi (11^th ) tidhis towards Sourth East the journey 

is restricted. On Chaviti (4^th ) and Dwadasi (12^th) tidhis we should not make 

our journey towards South West. On Poornima (15^th ) and Saptami (7^th ) tidhis 

towards North West, the journey is restricted. On Amavasya ( 15^th  means

  before new moon day) and Ashtami (8^th ) tidhis we should not go towards

 North East

Suppose, if it is urgency to make the journey on our duties and on any other work,

 then we have to do the worship and then leave the house, what the Sastras say.