Ramayana

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Dear All in TBP,

Love and Love alone...

 

Here is another one regarding understanding Ramayana in a different,

or for that matter real sense. It is a good one and I enjoyed

reading it. I hope you also.

 

Love and Love alone...

 

P. Gopi Krishna

Important Characters of Ramayana

Posted by: " Bhakta Dhruva " bhakta_dhruva bhakta_dhruva

Wed Dec 6, 2006 1:20 am (PST)

Hari Om,

 

Important Characters of Ramayana

 

 

Shri Rama was the Paramatman and that Sita was the Jivatman, and

each man's or woman's body was the Lanka (Ceylon). The Jivatman

which was enclosed in the body, or captured in the island of Lanka,

always desired to be in affinity with the Paramatman, or Shri Rama.

 

But the Rakshasas would not allow it, and Rakshasas represented

certain traits of character. For instance, Vibhishana represented

Sattva Guna; Ravana Rajas; and Kumbhakarna, Tamas. Sattva Guna means

goodness; Rajas means lust and passions, and Tamas darkness, stupor,

avarice, malice, and its concomitants. These Gunas keep back Sita,

or Jivatman, which is in the body, or Lanka, from joining

Paramatman, or Rama.

 

Sita, thus imprisoned and trying to unite with her Lord, receives a

visit from Hanuman, the Guru or divine teacher, who shows her the

Lord's ring, which is Brahma-Jnana, the supreme wisdom that destroys

all illusions; and thus Sita finds the way to be at one with Shri

Rama, or, in other words, the Jivatman finds itself one with the

Paramatman.

 

- Swami Vivekananda in " The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda " :

Volume - Five ,Section - Sayings and Utterances.