masterpieces have shaped our ideas about human life and spiritual growth and have sparked riveting debates about the existence of God and the importance of spirituality. Among these great works of art is the Ramayana‚ a tale where Dharma‚ or right-conduct‚ pervades throughout. Though the Ramayana is set in an era far different from our own‚ several of the values‚ events and teachings are still relevant today. Many of the situations that take place in the epic relate to the issues we face in today’s
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this final episode of the Ramayana involved reading the Amar Chitra Katha‚ and asking my sister where Sita went (on being swallowed up by Mother Earth)‚ baffled by physical realities more than anything else as an eight year old. A few years and another read later‚ my first instinct was to reject Rama’s apparent chink in the armour. Now‚ I seem to find consolation in the fact that most Hindu divine figures are fallible‚ Rama being no exception. To sum up‚ the Ramayana narrates the abduction of Sita
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happenings and uses the story of Ramayana to relate and re- create her own story. For example‚ in the movie‚ she goes back and forth between her life and Sita’s life. Sita Sings the Blues is tethered around the theme of love. She emphasizes the love that Sita has for Rama as well as the love she has for her husband. Although the story mostly remains the same‚ there are a couple differences I would like to point out between these two versions of myths. In Ramayana‚ there are specific details on Rama’s
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Woman: Sita Valmiki’s Ramayana‚ published in 551 BC‚ is an epic focusing on all of the different elements of dharma. Dharma is defined as divine duty and means literally “that which holds‚” as in the way that one should live their life. There are four spheres of dharma‚ also called goals‚ with dharma being the first one. The second is artha‚ meaning worldly profit‚ possessions‚ and political power. The third is kama: pleasure and love. The idea behind pursuing dharma is to ultimately achieve the
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biased rules of Dharma and emerges as a bold individual. Sita’s Promise by Uma Parameswaram is a dance drama created to link modern Canada with India through myth and dance. It is the story of Rama‚ Sita and Laxmana with some bold deviations. In this play‚ dance is given the prominence than the myth and various forms of dance have been presented through mythical characters. Retelling the Ramayana: Voices from Kerala is a compilation of a play and five short stories based on The Ramayana by C.N Sreekantan
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For the most part‚ Eastern religions are polytheistic‚ meaning there is more than one god that is worshipped by the followers. Whereas Western religions are generally monotheistic in that only one god is worshipped. While some estimate the gods of Hinduism to run into the thousands‚ there is one true god or supreme reality called Brahman. The many gods of the Hindu way of life are a manifestation of Brahman. Thus‚ Hinduism sometimes gets looked at as a Western religion instead of the Eastern religion
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RAMAYANAYA Introduction The Ramayana is one of the India’s priceless epic that provides insights into many aspects of Indian culture and still today influences the politics‚ religion and art of modern India. It is the immortal tale of Shri Rama that teaches us the values of ideology‚ devotion‚ duty‚ relationships‚ dharma and karma. The hero‚ Rama‚ lived his whole life by the rules of dharma; in fact‚ that was why Indian consider him heroic. When Rama was a young boy‚ he was the perfect son. Later
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but angering them is wrong (12). Ziggurats were constructed to praise the gods and do offerings to flatter the gods and keep them happy. The next epic hero to be discussed is Rama. The Ramayana allows us to see the values and concerns in early Hindu culture (1500 B.C.). He is the main protagonist of the Ramayana. Rama is an epic hero who is the incarnation of the god Vishnu established human values in society. The hero was willing to give up everything no matter the cost to preserve the integrity
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beings to the divine‚ and ways to attain the pure calm of infinity.” (Excerpt Elements 1). For example‚ through Krishna it is explained how the life of an Indian man is all about putting duty and honor before desires. To preserve honor and fulfilling dharma is even more important than death‚ which results in good karma. Karma is is the ideal that for every action there is an equal reaction‚ what a person gives to the world its the reciprocal of what the world will return. Indian people however do not
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the Hindu religion and through influential sacred texts such as the Dharma‚ the Vedas‚ and the Ramayana‚ the meaning of innocence in Hinduism can be explored and can help in the comprehension of the relevance of purity in the religion. Purity must begin with the explanation of the two important
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