4. Vastu Course - Homemade Bricks

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There are several wonderful verses from Vedic scripture that talk about the auspiciousness of bricks that are marked with auspicious symbols:

praśasta prāni rūpāṇkāḥ
praśasta dravya lāñchitāḥ
yathokta lakṣaṇo petāh
śilām nityaṁ hitāvahāh

Stones that are adorned with markings of an auspicious animal or other auspicious object, and which have the required characteristics that are mentioned in the scriptures, are always considered auspicious. [Śrī Hari-bhakti-vilāsa 20.219]

Ekavarṇaḥ supakvāśca
supramānā manoramāh
nandyādyāś ca aṣṭakāḥ kāryyāś
caturasrāḥ susammitāḥ

To build a temple for the Supreme Lord, one should use bricks of a single color, which were perfectly prepared, of a proper size, that are beautiful, and are a perfect rectangular solid. [Śrī Hari-bhakti-vilāsa 20.221]

śikā rūpāḥ smṛtā vidyā
nandādñaśca aṣṭakānvitāḥ
sampūrnāḥ sutalāh snigdhāḥ
suṣama laṣanānvittāḥ

kuśa dūrvvānkita dhanyāḥ
sadhvaja cchatra cāmarāḥ
sāṇkuśas toranopetāh
kūrmma matsya phalāñchitāḥ

A stone used for constructing a temple is considered to be a form of knowledge, and a brick is considered to be a form of bliss. The stone slabs should be flat, unbroken, smooth, attractive, glorious, and decorated with markings of kūśa grass, durvā grass, a flag, an umbrella, a cāmara, an anchor, a pillar, a tortoise, a fish, a piece of fruit, a mirror, an elephant, a thunderbolt, birds, a deer, and an ox. Such slabs and bricks are always auspicious. [Śrī Hari-bhakti-vilāsa 20.214-215]

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CEB Brick recipe:

3.5 Wheelbarrows of sand
Half wheelbarrow of clay soil
25 kg of cement