Thursday, September 22, 2011
Bhakti(Devotion) Controller of Jnana (knowledge) - Vairajna (detachment)
Monday, September 12, 2011
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Manas Hanuman and Mahabharat / Videos
This is a recitation of the Hanumanji and Mahabharat Kathas
as seen thru the viewpoint of Ramcharit Manas hence the title,
"Manas Hanuman and Mahabharat "
http://www.google.com/search?q=Manas+Hanuman+and+Mahabharata&tbo=p&tbm=vid&source=vgc&aq=f
as seen thru the viewpoint of Ramcharit Manas hence the title,
"Manas Hanuman and Mahabharat "
http://www.google.com/search?q=Manas+Hanuman+and+Mahabharata&tbo=p&tbm=vid&source=vgc&aq=f
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Born With
He was born with all the thirty-two teeth intact Which is rare and Signifies the
Words of the child will Come True
Words of the child will Come True
Encounter With Theives
Some thieves came to Tulsidas’s Ashram to take away his goods. They saw a blue-complexioned guard, with bow and arrow in his hands, keeping watch at the gate. Wherever they moved, the guard followed them. They were frightened. In the morning they asked Tulsidas, "O venerable saint! We saw a young guard with bow and arrow in his hands at the gate of your residence. Who is this man?" Tulsidas remained silent and wept. He came to know that Lord Rama Himself had been taking the trouble to protect his goods. He at once distributed all his wealth among the poor.
Grace of Spirit and Hanuman
While returning from answering the calls of nature, Tulsidas used to throw the water that was left in his water-pot at the roots of a tree which a spirit was occupying. The spirit was very much pleased with Tulsidas. The spirit said, "O man! Get a boon from me". Tulsidas replied, "Let me have Darshan of Lord Rama". The spirit said, "Go to the Hanuman temple. There Hanuman comes in the guise of a leper to hear the Ramayan as the first hearer and leaves the place last of all. Get hold of him. He will help you". Accordingly, Tulsidas met Hanuman, and through His grace, had Darshan or vision of Lord Rama.
Family Man to Ascetic - Wife as Spirtual Guide
Tulsidas was passionately attached to his wife Ratnavali Deen Bandhu. He could not bear even a day’s separation from her. One day his wife went to her father’s house without informing her husband. Tulsidas stealthily went to see her at night at his father-in-law’s house. This produced a sense of shame in Buddhimati. She said to Tulsidas,
“My body is but a network of flesh and bones. If you would develop for Lord Rama even half the love that you have for my filthy body, you would certainly cross the ocean of Samsara and attain immortality and eternal bliss”. These words pierced the heart of Tulsidas like an arrow. He did not stay there even for a moment. He abandoned home and became an ascetic.
अस्थि चर्ममय देह मम, तामे ऐसी प्रीती,
तैसी हों श्री राम में, होती न तव भव भीती
“My body is but a network of flesh and bones. If you would develop for Lord Rama even half the love that you have for my filthy body, you would certainly cross the ocean of Samsara and attain immortality and eternal bliss”. These words pierced the heart of Tulsidas like an arrow. He did not stay there even for a moment. He abandoned home and became an ascetic.
Encounter With Emperor
It is believed that Tulsidas’s blessings once brought the dead husband of a poor woman back to life. The Moghul emperor at Delhi came to know of the great miracle done by Tulsidas. The emperor asked the saint to perform some miracle. Tulsidas replied, “I have no superhuman power. I know only the name of Ram”. The emperor put Tulsi in prison and said, “I will release you only if you show me a miracle”. Tulsi then prayed to Hanuman. Countless bands of powerful monkeys entered the royal court. The emperor got frightened and said, “O saint, forgive me. I know your greatness now”. He at once released Tulsi from prison.
Tulsidas absolved a murderer from his sins
One day a murderer came and cried, “For the love of Ram give me alms. I am a murderer”. Tulsi called him to his house, gave him sacred food which had been offered to the Lord and declared that the murderer was purified. The Brahmins of Varanasi reproached Tulsidas and said, “How can the sin of a murderer be absolved? How could you eat with him? If the sacred bull of Siva—Nandi—would eat from the hands of the murderer, then only we would accept that he had been purified”. Then the murderer was taken to the temple and the bull ate from his hands. The Brahmins realised their Mistake.
World Poet
Tulsidas started composing poetry in Sanskrit in Varanasi on the Prahlada Ghat. Tradition holds that all the verses that he composed during the day, would get lost in the night. This happened daily for eight days. On the eighth night, Shiva – whose famous Kashi Vishwanath Temple is located in Varanasi – is believed to have ordered Tulsidas in a dream to compose poetry in the vernacular instead of Sanskrit. Tulsidas woke up and saw both Shiva and Parvati who blessed him. Shiva ordered Tulsidas to go to Ayodhya and compose poetry in Awadhi.
Married Life
When he grew up, he lived as a householder and married Ratnavali, daughter of Dinabandhu Pathaka He had a son named Taraka
Goswami Tulsidas Jayanti / Note
http://www.blessingsonthenet.com/temple/festival3.asp?festivalid=F0770
Tulsidas Left the World on the same day that he was born.
The devotees visit temples of Lord Ram and Hanuman on Goswami Tulsidas Jayanti. The Ramcharit Manas is read with pious feeling on the day. Several seminars and symposiums are arranged on the teachings of Tulsidas are also held on the day
Tulsidas Left the World on the same day that he was born.
The devotees visit temples of Lord Ram and Hanuman on Goswami Tulsidas Jayanti. The Ramcharit Manas is read with pious feeling on the day. Several seminars and symposiums are arranged on the teachings of Tulsidas are also held on the day
Incarnation of Valmiki
Tulsidas is regarded as an incarnation of the great sage Valmiki. In Bhavishyottar Purana, Lord Shiva tells Parvati how Valmiki got a boon from Hanuman to sing the glories of Lord Ram in vernacular language in the Kali Yuga.
Valmiki reincarnated as Tulsidas.
"वाल्मीकिस्तुलसीदासः कलौ देवि भविष्यति |
रामचन्द्रकथामेतां भाषाबद्धां करिष्यति ||"
-Bhavishyottar Purana, Pratisarga Parva, 4.20
Valmiki reincarnated as Tulsidas.
"वाल्मीकिस्तुलसीदासः कलौ देवि भविष्यति |
रामचन्द्रकथामेतां भाषाबद्धां करिष्यति ||"
-Bhavishyottar Purana, Pratisarga Parva, 4.20
Nabhadas, a contemporary of Tulsidas and a great devotee(author of Bhaktamala), also describes Tulsidas as incarnation of Valmiki in his work Bhaktmaal. Even the Ramnandi sect (Tulsidas belonged to this sect) firmly believes that it was Valmiki himself who incarnated as Tulsidas in the Kali Yuga.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsidas#Incarnation_of_Valmiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsidas#Incarnation_of_Valmiki
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