Sitting on the banks of the river Ganga, the sage Vishvamitra spoke to Shri Rama and Lakshmana about the greatest of rivers. He explained how the holy river purifies not only living beings but the whole universe. Vishvamitra, the son of Gadhi, went on to perform his daily prayers together with a host of […]
Sitting on the banks of the river Ganga, the sage Vishvamitra spoke to Shri Rama and Lakshmana about the greatest of rivers. He explained how the holy river purifies not only living beings but the whole universe. Vishvamitra, the son of Gadhi, went on to perform his daily prayers together with a host of […]
The following post is one from the Ramacharitmanas series by Hanuman Dass. Every week, we move forward in our journey through the Ramayana of Love, as spoken by the great Saint Tulasidas. The Ramacharitmanas has been described by the Acharya Vinoba Bhave as being similar to a cross between the Bible and Shakespeare. The Ramacharitmanas is […]
The following post is one from the Ramacharitmanas series by Hanuman Dass. Every week, we move forward in our journey through the Ramayana of Love, as spoken by the great Saint Tulasidas. The Ramacharitmanas has been described by the Acharya Vinoba Bhave as being similar to a cross between the Bible and Shakespeare. The Ramacharitmanas is […]
The following post is one from the Ramacharitmanas series by Hanuman Dass. Every week, we move forward in our journey through the Ramayana of Love, as spoken by the great Saint Tulasidas. The Ramacharitmanas has been described by the Acharya Vinoba Bhave as being similar to a cross between the Bible and Shakespeare. The Ramacharitmanas is […]
The following post is one from the Ramacharitmanas series. Every week, we move forward in our journey through the Ramayana of Love, as spoken by the great Saint Tulasidas. The Ramacharitmanas has been described as being similar to a cross between the Bible and Shakespeare. The Ramacharitmanas is like an ocean of love and bliss and […]
In the city of Ayodhya, there lived a great king called Dasaratha, a name now famous in the Vedic texts. He always tried his best to rule virtuously, had many good attributes, a man of wisdom, and a devotee of Shri Hari. He lived with his two eyes on the Kingdom but his spiritual eye […]
Mandodari, the daughter of Maya, married Ravana. As part of this marriage Maya constructed for them a majestic fortress on the island of Lanka. It was greater than anything that existed on Earth. Decked with gold, silver, and precious jewels, even the fortress walls shone resplendently. The oceans surrounding the island kissed the Kingdom’s golden […]
By means of a Brahmana’s curse, the once virtuous King Pratabhandu was reborn as the terrible demon King Ravana. Ravana had two brothers, Kumbhakarana, who was a powerful giant, and Vibhishana, who was Ravana’s minister. All though each of them performed exactly the same yogic austerities and various kinds of penances, due to their individual natures, they […]
To Brahmas beautiful prayer, Rama responded by saying: ‘Do not be fearful. For all of the good and saintly people of the world, for all of the Yogis, for all of the Gods and for righteousnesses, I shall come. I shall be born as a human on Earth. In the glorious solar dynasty, I shall […]
