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...You may worship Rama, Ishvara, Vishnu, Allah, Jesus or Sai. But you should realize that the undercurrent of divinity is the same in one and all. Then the difference of name and form will not affect you in any manner. If you do not like other Gods, you can remove their photographs and replace them with those that you like. If you do not like Sai Baba’s or Rama’s photograph, you may remove the same. But this will not serve any purpose. What is essential is recognising unity in divinity. Story For Recognising Unity In Divinity Here is a small story. A student was to appear in an examination. He w...

...e Him and closed his eyes and started praying for His darshan. After a little while, he opened his eyes and asked the Brahmin who he was. The Brahmin replied that he was the Lord come in that form, but the illiterate devotee would not believe it as the idea that the Lord would come riding on a white Garuda was so firmly imprinted in his mind. Thus, by adhering to a symbolic description intended only to help the illiterate people, without knowing the sacred inner meaning, he deprived himself of food and water for a long time. We have to learn from this story that the Puranas have always describ...

...age, he announced that he would stay without food and without rest till Rama returns to Ayodhya. He decided and began to live a life of austerity in the village Nandigram in the same manner in which Rama was living in the forest. In this context, the rishis and elders have been telling us that the attributes and aspects of Rama and Bharata became one and the same. This exemplary conduct of Bharata, by which he had accepted fully the orders of his brother, and was carrying on the rule of the country, demonstrates his greatness. If we carefully look at the main characters in the story of Ramayan...

...ns for a specific purpose, He is known as Avatara. In fact, Manu and Prajapati and other persons are Divine persons entrusted by Brahma with the mission of peopling the world. Everything happens in consonance with the Divine Will. So, we can assert that the saints, sages, ascetics and men both good and bad, are all Avataras of the Vishnu Entity. Avataras are as countless as living beings are, for, each is born as a consequence of Divine Will. But the story of the Yugavatar alone is worth perusal for the Advent is to restore Dharma and moral life. The story of all the rest is but a story of dis...

...a-samadhi (the state of blissful feeling). The hearts of the listeners were filled with the bliss of the soulful music. At that moment, Rama was coming in his chariot to the spot. He heard the singing. Returning to the palace, he sent word to the two boys to come to his palace and sing their songs. Accordingly, Lava and Kusa sang the story of Rama in a manner that moved the hearts of one and all—from commoners to King Rama himself. Rama Story: Great Ordeals Met With Fortitude Thus, Rama himself enjoyed the narration of his story in song. He posed as if he did not know his own story. In this co...

...mself to be the servant of his servants. The mind has been provided with a master, whom it is neglecting and ignoring, through its degrading subservience to the senses. That master is buddhi (intelligence), the faculty of discrimination. When controlled and directed by this faculty, the mind becomes a sacred tool. This day, the birth of Sri Rama is celebrated in all lands. Rama had deed, word and thought, body, speech, and mind, ever pure and totally free from blemish. Really speaking, one ought to revere the story of Rama as a profound allegory. Every act and actor in that story attracts atte...

...Gods! This day is a happy reminder of the destruction of demonic forces. It is the day on which old accounts are closed. The meaning of this custom is: the activities of egotism and ignorance associated with darkness are closed; the light of intelligence, discrimination and inquiry is inaugurated and welcomed. With truth as the ally, the Atma, named Krishna, wages war on the demonic qualities that have grown upon man, and Diwali signifies the Victory. This is the meaning of the story depicted in the epics which are the sacred texts of this land—the story known as Narakasuravadha—where Krishna ...

...who is God and how He looks like. Then, how is it that you see something and believe it to be God? This is sheer foolishness. Everything is the manifestation of God. When you develop firm faith in this truth, you will realise that there is no faith greater than this. When King Parikshit came to know that he was left with only seven days of life sojourn on earth due to the curse of a Rishi, he thought, “Why should I waste this precious time of seven days? Let me spend it in the contemplation of God.” He prayed to Sage Suka to narrate to him the story of Bhagavata in seven days. Suka beautifully...

...aya Namah, Kalaswarupaya Namah, Kalaniyamitaya Namah (salutations to time, to the one who is beyond time, to the one who has conquered time, to the one who transcends time, to the one who is the embodiment of time, and to the one who ordains time). Everything is Kala. Time is God. Some children have some doubts. Our sacred texts say, Kala (time) is the son of Surya (sun). Children may consider it a laughable story. They may ask how the sun can have a wife, a son, and a family? Where do they live? The children may consider it as a concocted story. No, no. It is all truth. How? Who is Kala? Kala...

... The story of Rama is eternal and eminently readable. No matter how many times it is heard, it still does not satiate the desire to hear again and again. This sacred story can never be forgotten. Rama’s divine actions can never be ignored. Everything that he did was steeped in righteousness. All that he spoke was only truth. In such a sacred epic, several scholars have introduced distorted explanations and have picked holes in some events and incidents. There can be no scope for perversions in Ramayana. There can be no place in it for even an iota of untruth or falsehood. The entire story, fro...