Bharat-Vs-India‚ Swami Vivekananda and DNA of Intellectuals Published: Tuesday‚ Jan 08‚2013‚ 19:00 IST By: Mihir Jha My grandfather used to tell me a story. There used to live a great astrologist and palmist in a village. He could look after the palms and foretell future of anyone as if through the power of prophesy. One day‚ a gentleman came to him with his son and requested him to examine streaks of his son’s thenar. Upon a careful examination‚ the Palmist said: - “Your son doesn’t exhibit
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Rama is a man unlike many of the leaders in Greek and ancient literature. For one‚ The Ramayana of Valmiki is a much older story‚ one passed from around 2‚000 years ago. Instead of focusing on worldly riches and possessions‚ Rama instead “cannot swerve from the path of dharma”‚ shunning worldly desires such as greed and lust. Like Gilgamesh who is “two-thirds” god and “one-third”‚ he is also a god‚ but a much higher one‚ the “imperishable cosmic being” Visnu (Foster: Tablet I: 50)‚ (Venkatesananda:
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brother and husband. The Navami tithi during the Chaitra month is celebrated as Lord Ram’s birthday. This occasion important Hindu texts are read‚ hymns praising Rama are chanted‚ and Holy songs are sung in His praise. Significance of Ram Navami Puja Ramayana has instilled in us stories about Lord Ram’s divine nature‚ his love and sense of duty‚ and his choice of Dharma and moksha over desire. The birthday of Lord Ram is an important occasion for all Hindu’s. Lord Vishnu took the form of Lord Rama who
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begin the financial year on the first day of Diwali wishing for good luck the following year. In Hinduism‚ Diwali marks the return of Lord Rama to his kingdom of Ayodhya after defeating (the demon king) Ravana‚ the ruler of Lanka in the epic Ramayana. It also celebrates the slaying of the demon king Narakasura by Lord Krishna. Both signify the victory of good over evil. In Jainism‚ Diwali marks the attainment of moksha by Mahavira in 527 BC.[3][4] In Sikhism‚ Diwali commemorates the return of
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Lessons from Ramayana Lessons from Ramayana 25 25 By H H Radhanath Swami 1. Power of Bad Association: It was a known fact in Ayodhya that Kaikeyi loved Lord Rama more than his own son Bharath‚ then how could she become so evil. It is by her bad association with Mantara. 2. Attachment to service & not to the position: Lord Ram was willing to become the king as a service to Maharaj Dasarath and He was also willing to go to the forest as a service to His father. 3. Mission
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forms and guises‚ across Asia - from Turkey and China to Indonesia and of course‚ Malaysia. Wayang Kulit is a traditional theater art-form using puppets and shadow-play to tell the epic tales of the ancient classical Hindu legends‚ Mahabharata and Ramayana. The puppets are made of buffalo hide and mounted on bamboo sticks. There may be as many as 45 puppets - handled entirely by a single master puppeteer‚ known as the Tok Dalang. There are four main varieties of the form in this country: the Wayang
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familiarity with the different characters of the epic.” (Naidu 2012:172) The epic Mahabharata is full of myths and mythical characters. But‚ in the context of the Mahabharata‚ we can say that the characters are more human than the characters of the Ramayana. In the Mahabharata‚ Shri Krishna has supernatural powers and there are many incidents that show his extraordinary powers. Though the birth of Pandavas and Kauravas are not natural‚ they are not stronger than Shri Krishna. Divakaruni speaks through
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southern direction is the famous shrine Bhadrachalam-The name derived from Bhadragiri (Mountain of Bhadra-a boon child of Meru and Menaka). According to an Ithihasas‚ the significance of this shrine dates back to the Ramayana Era. This coherent hill place existed in "Dandakaranya" Of Ramayana period where Rama with his consort Sita and brother Laxmana had spent their vanavasa- and Parnashaala(the place connected to the famous Golden Deer and the place from where Sita was abducted by Ravana.) is also in
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In the forest‚ Rama caught the eye of Surpankha‚ sister of Ravana who is the most powerful king of Asura. Rama and Lakshman both rejected Surpankha. Lakhsman even mutilated her nose. Offended and hurt‚ she came to his brother for help. As a revenge for his sister‚ Ravana abducted Sita. The brothers sought the help of the monkey king‚ Sugriva‚ to find and rescue Sita. Before agreeing to help them‚ Sugriva first asked them to kill his brother Vali. When this was done‚ they sought Sita. Sugriva’s
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The Bhagvad Gita is a holy book of the Hindus. It is a part of the Mahabharata. Then‚ Lord Rama‚ with the help of It is a book of collection of teachings of Lord Krishna to Arjuna in the battlefield. It is the longest epic in the world. 5. Ramayana The Ramayana is a story of Lord Rama written by the SageValmiki. Lord Rama‚ the
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