Tuesday, December 28, 2010
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Sudarshan crowning Sikhar of Sri Ram Temple
‘Sudarshan Chakra ‘ crowning Sikhara of Shri Ram Temple , Bhadrachalam Stamp
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
The Tiger And The Monkey A Story Told By Lord Ramachandra
Before the battle with Ravana began, Ravana’s youngest brother Vibhishan came to take shelter of Rama. Rama immediately gave him shelter. That is the duty of a king, a ksatriya. If someone seeks shelter, you must give him protection. But the advisors of Lord Rama said, ”No! Don’t give him shelter. He’s from the enemy’s camp. He has come here as a spy.” Lord Rama then told his advisors a story:
Once, a man was passing through a dense jungle. In that forest were many tigers, lions, and ferocious animals. One tiger came to attack that man, so he climbed a tree and saved his life. But the tiger had developed greed to drink human blood. So the tiger sat down underneath the tree to wait. He then noticed a monkey in the tree. He told that monkey, ”You are my brother. This human is your enemy. When you jump from one tree to another to get fruit, the human beats you and throws stones at you. And when you come down to the ground he sends his dog to catch you. Also, human beings cut down trees. So they are your constant enemy. You should understand this. You are very intelligent; you are my brother and my friend. Don’t stay with such an enemy. It is very dangerous. Push that man down from the tree. I am hungry. If you do this then I’ll get food. I’ll satisfy my hunger and our friendship will remain forever. I’ll be very, very grateful to you.”
The monkey replied, ”O my brother tiger, I understand what you have said. But the human being has dharma. Although I am an animal with no dharma, still my conscience says that it is wrong to put one in danger who is trying to save himself.”
Then the tiger thought of another plan. He gave assurance to the man, ”O my brother, you have dharma, you are a human being. Is it not your dharma that you should give food to one who is very hungry? I am very hungry now, you must give food to a hungry jîva. You should push down this monkey, then I’ll get food. The man thought, ”Yes, very good”, and he pushed down the monkey, who fell in front of the tiger. But the tiger didn’t eat him and the monkey climbed back up the tree. The tiger had developed greed to drink human blood, so he didn’t eat the monkey. No one eats the flesh of a monkey.
Then the tiger said, ”O my brother monkey, you see, we are friends! I didn’t harm you. I spared you because we are friends. But see what that irreligious man did. He pushed you down right in front of me. So now you should push him down so that I can satisfy my hunger, and thereby he will get a good lesson. The monkey said, ”This man may be adharmic. Although I am only an animal, I am not adharmic. I cannot do this.”
It is considered that the human birth is a rarely achieved, superior birth. But they have a history of irreligiousness which is not even found in the society of animals.
Bhagavan Ramachandra told this story, and said, ”This is my mission. I have come to establish ideal behavior in human society.” Therefore he is known as maryâdâ-purusottama, the topmost example of and enjoyer of Vedic propriety. He never transgressed veda-maryâdâ, Vedic regulation and etiquette. Lord Ramachandra was the ideal king, father, son, friend, brother, and husband. He was ideal in every respect.
Lord Ramachandra said, ”If someone comes to take shelter of me, I never think of his past history. I immediately give him shelter. Vibhishan has taken shelter of me. I have given him shelter and he is our friend. No one should have any doubt about him. He has been made the commander-in-chief.” This is the nature of Lord Ramachandra.
Once, a man was passing through a dense jungle. In that forest were many tigers, lions, and ferocious animals. One tiger came to attack that man, so he climbed a tree and saved his life. But the tiger had developed greed to drink human blood. So the tiger sat down underneath the tree to wait. He then noticed a monkey in the tree. He told that monkey, ”You are my brother. This human is your enemy. When you jump from one tree to another to get fruit, the human beats you and throws stones at you. And when you come down to the ground he sends his dog to catch you. Also, human beings cut down trees. So they are your constant enemy. You should understand this. You are very intelligent; you are my brother and my friend. Don’t stay with such an enemy. It is very dangerous. Push that man down from the tree. I am hungry. If you do this then I’ll get food. I’ll satisfy my hunger and our friendship will remain forever. I’ll be very, very grateful to you.”
The monkey replied, ”O my brother tiger, I understand what you have said. But the human being has dharma. Although I am an animal with no dharma, still my conscience says that it is wrong to put one in danger who is trying to save himself.”
Then the tiger thought of another plan. He gave assurance to the man, ”O my brother, you have dharma, you are a human being. Is it not your dharma that you should give food to one who is very hungry? I am very hungry now, you must give food to a hungry jîva. You should push down this monkey, then I’ll get food. The man thought, ”Yes, very good”, and he pushed down the monkey, who fell in front of the tiger. But the tiger didn’t eat him and the monkey climbed back up the tree. The tiger had developed greed to drink human blood, so he didn’t eat the monkey. No one eats the flesh of a monkey.
Then the tiger said, ”O my brother monkey, you see, we are friends! I didn’t harm you. I spared you because we are friends. But see what that irreligious man did. He pushed you down right in front of me. So now you should push him down so that I can satisfy my hunger, and thereby he will get a good lesson. The monkey said, ”This man may be adharmic. Although I am only an animal, I am not adharmic. I cannot do this.”
It is considered that the human birth is a rarely achieved, superior birth. But they have a history of irreligiousness which is not even found in the society of animals.
Bhagavan Ramachandra told this story, and said, ”This is my mission. I have come to establish ideal behavior in human society.” Therefore he is known as maryâdâ-purusottama, the topmost example of and enjoyer of Vedic propriety. He never transgressed veda-maryâdâ, Vedic regulation and etiquette. Lord Ramachandra was the ideal king, father, son, friend, brother, and husband. He was ideal in every respect.
Lord Ramachandra said, ”If someone comes to take shelter of me, I never think of his past history. I immediately give him shelter. Vibhishan has taken shelter of me. I have given him shelter and he is our friend. No one should have any doubt about him. He has been made the commander-in-chief.” This is the nature of Lord Ramachandra.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur used to say "Fake it until you make it"
"When Ravana couldn't console Sita to marry him, he asked Kumbakarna to give him some idea. Then Kumbakarna suggested Ravana to assume the form of Lord Rama. Ravana replied, if he wants to take the form of Rama, then he has to meditate on that form. If he starts meditating on that form of Rama, then the tinge of Gunavaan quality of Lord Rama will change him completely and he can see Sita as his mother only. If meditating on Rama's form for a moment can have such an effect, just imagine how much effect it will have if we meditate on the glorious qualities of Lord Rama all the time?!
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Mantras of Lord Rama
“Aum Shree Rama Jaya Rama jaya jaya Rama Aum Siya
Rama jaya Rama jaya Siya – Rama”
“Aum Shree Rama Sharrannamm Prapaddhaiy Aum Shree
Rama Sharrannamm mamma”
Rama jaya Rama jaya Siya – Rama”
“Aum Shree Rama Sharrannamm Prapaddhaiy Aum Shree
Rama Sharrannamm mamma”
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Lord Rama and OM(AUM) - Three Meanings
Rama Pranava itself(AUM)Lakshman was "A," Bharath was "U" & Satrughna was "M"
OM(A - Rama, U - Sita (GURU), M - jivas(Souls))Maya is World
OM(A - Rama, U - Hanuman(GURU), M - Sita(Soul))Maya is Ravan
OM(A - Rama, U - Sita (GURU), M - jivas(Souls))Maya is World
OM(A - Rama, U - Hanuman(GURU), M - Sita(Soul))Maya is Ravan
Three Gunas in form of three women
Rama, while going with the Sage, encountered three women of three different temperaments.
- The first woman he confronted was Tataki of Thamasik temperament. The Thamasik nature makes a person mistake truth for untruth and untruth for truth. It robs one of the capacity for discrimination. Rama killed Tataki while keeping guard over the performance of Viswamitra's Yajna. The two brothers saw to it that the Yajna was performed without any obstruction.After the successful completion of the Yajna, Viswamithra proceeded to Mithila, accompanied by Rama and Lakshmana.
- On the way Rama came to the hermitage of Sage Gauthama. There he absolved Ahalya of the curse which had turned her into a stone. Ahalya might be deemed a woman of Rajasik temperament. After imparting moral advice to Ahalya, Rama went to Mithila with Viswamithra.
- It was in Mithila that Rama encountered Sita, representing the Sathwik quality. Having killed Tataki of the Thamasik temperament and redeemed Ahalya representing the Rajasik temperament, He accepted Sita, who represented the Sathwik quality. The marriage of Sita and Rama is symbolic of the union between Prakruthi and Paramaatma. The citizens of Mithila greatly rejoiced hearing about the prospective marriage of Rama and Sita.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
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