Ramakatha Rasavahini - Part 1

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all the Codes of Morality that hold mankind together in Love and Unity. The

Ramayana, the Rama story, teaches two lessons: the value of detachment and the

need to become aware of the Divine in every being. Faith in God and detachment

from objective pursuits are the keys for human liberation. Give up

sense-objects; you gain Rama. Sita gave up the

luxuries of Ayodhya and so, she could be with Rama, in the period of 'exile'.

When she cast longing eyes on the golden deer and craved for it, she lost the

Presence of Rama. Renunciation leads to joy; attachment brings about grief.

Be in the world, but, not of it. The brothers, comrades, companions and

collaborators of Rama are each of them

examples of persons saturated with Dharma. Dasaratha is the representative of

the merely physical, with the ten senses. The three Gunas - Sathwa, Rajas and

Thamas - are the three Queens. The Four Goals of Life - the Purusharthas - are

the four Sons. Lakshmana is the Intellect; Sugriva is Viveka or Discrimination.

Vali is Despair. Hanuman is the embodiment of Courage. The Bridge is built over

the Ocean of Delusion

FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'">. The three Rakshasa chiefs are

personifications of the Rajasic (Ravana), Thamasic (Kumbhakarna) and the

Sathwic qualities (Vibhishana). Sita is Brahmajnana or the Awareness of the

Universal Absolute, which the Individual must acquire and regain undergoing

travails in the crucible of Life. Make your heart pure and strong,

contemplating the grandeur of the Ramayana. Be established in the faith that

Rama is the Reality of your existence. -BABA-

0in 0pt"> Chapter 1Rama - Prince and Principle The name 'Rama' is the essence

of the Vedas; the Story of Rama is an ocean of

Style'">Milk, pure and potent. It can be asserted that no poem of equal grandeur

and beauty has emerged from other languages or from other countries until this

very day; but it has provided inspiration to the poetic imagination of every

language and country. It is the greatest treasure inherited by his good fortune

by every Indian. Rama is the guardian deity of the Hindus; the Name is borne

by the bodies in which they dwell and the buildings in which those bodies

dwell. It can safely be said that there is no Indian who has not imbibed the

nectar of Ramakatha, the story

of Rama. The Ramayana, the epic that deals with the story of the Rama

Incarnation, is a sacred text that is reverently recited by people with all

varieties of equipment, the scholar as well as the ignoramus, the millionaire

as well as the pauper. The Name that the Ramayana glorifies cleanses all evil;

it transforms the sinner; it reveals the Form that the Name represents, the

Form that is as charming as the Name itself.

FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'">(Chapter 1 To Be Continued..)

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translation and the original text from where the information regarding the

aftermath of Lord Hanuman and Lakshmana can be inferred... Can you help.[

Anyone else who reads and knows of the source and site +url] Thanks

yours-n-sai fraternity nayanika