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Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Ramcharitmanas Also Called Tulsi-Kirtan-Ramayan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramcharitmanas
http://www.ramcharit.in/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/6004670/The-Ramayana-of-Tulsidas-Ramacharitamanasa
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http://www.ramcharit.in/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/6004670/The-Ramayana-of-Tulsidas-Ramacharitamanasa
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Monday, August 19, 2019
Parbrahma
Vedic god was nirgun.All this started from Purans. Each puran has different chief God. Some mentions parbrahm created trinity , some say aadishakti and in some upnishads each trinity in itself is parbrahm.
Lets see what famous bhakts say about it:
First read following lines of Saint Tulsidas:
व्यापक ब्रह्म निरंजन,निर्गुण विगत विनोद।
जो अज प्रेमभगति बसे, कौशल्या के गोद।।
सोइ सच्चिदानंद घन रामा। अज बिग्यान रूप बल धामा।।
ब्यापक ब्याप्य अखंड अनंता। अखिल अमोघसक्ति भगवंता।।
अगुन अदभ्र गिरा गोतीता। सबदरसी अनवद्य अजीता।।
निर्मम निराकार निरमोहा। नित्य निरंजन सुख संदोहा।।
प्रकृति पार प्रभु सब उर बासी। ब्रह्म निरीह बिरज अबिनासी।।
Ram of Tulsi is Parbrahma ,a nirakaar who has become sakar owing to love and devotion. Tulsidas further says: सगुनहिं अगुनही नही कछु भेदा means there is no difference between sagun and nirgun ishwar.
Now see Saint Kabir’s Ram : निर्गुण राम निरंजन राया, जिन वह सकल श्रृष्टि उपजाया । निर्गुण सगुन दोउ से न्यारा, कहे कबीर सो राम हमारा । Kabir’ s Ram is nirakaar parbrahma.
Aadi Shankaracharya says परब्रह्म ब्रह्मादिर-वंद्यमानं, शिवं शंकरं शंभु मीशानमीडॆ ।।
So, for Bhakts ,their ishtdevta is Parbarhm.
God is Almighty: It means he can be in any form or formless. So dispute over it has no logical validity.
Ramcharit Manas has answer of all such doubts. In Balkaand, saint Tulsidas makes it clear:
अगुन सगुन दुइ ब्रह्म सरूपा। अकथ अगाध अनादि अनूपा॥
ब्यापकु एकु ब्रह्म अबिनासी। सत चेतन घन आनँद रासी||
God is nirgun as well as Sagun. Nirgun god resides in each and every atom but people due to their ego dont realize it. But when people start bhakti, that nirgun god appears in their heart as sagun.: in a form bhakt wants to see. When heart of a bhakt become so pure that it becomes invincible (i.e. ayodhya) by vices ( moh , maya, ahankaar), God appears.( Ram takes birth). Ayodhya is Heart of Bhakt & Bhakti and Vishwas are Dasrath and Kaushlya.
Brihdarnyak Upnishada says
ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात् पूर्णमुदच्यते।
पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते॥
Means God in itself is so complete that when complete is taken out, complete remains. This shloka proclaims everything.
I am going beyond question asked. but i love to.
Parbrahm is like zero which is in everyone.
1+0=1. 1 cant realize parbrahm resides in it.
1–1=0: When 1 discards his aham bhav i.e. his existence, one finds: oh parbrahm is in me. (इदं ब्रह्म)
1×0=0 When 1 Bhakt mingles with parBrahm, he becomes parBrahm( ब्रह्स्वरूपम)
1–0=1 : when 1 denies god, (god is there in form of zero though); he sees only himself. (अहमेव केवलं)
1/0 =indeterminate: When Parbrahm after realization comes in our heart..ie. supports us we see everything as brahmswarop.(अहम्ब्रह्मास्मि/तत्वमसि)
Ram, Shiv Vishnu or Durga or Ganesha any God is parbrham. He is sagun and nirgun. Worship any form any way. The differences are only in names. Meditate /chant upon any one as per choice. When you start your journey , you will go through steps 1–1, 1+0,1×0 and finally 1/0. You will see no difference.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Vinaya Patrika
A criminal used to beg everyday with the call: ‘For the love of Ram, give me—a murderer—alms.’ Hearing the name of Ram, the delighted Tulsidas would cheerfully take him inside his house and give him food. This behaviour of Tulsi infuriated the orthodox brahmanas, who demanded an explanation. Tulsidas told them that the name ‘Ram’ had absolved the person concerned of all his offences. This attitude of Tulsi incensed the people further. In a fit of anger, they demanded that if the stone image of Nandi—the sacred bull in the temple of Shiva—would eat out of the hands of that murderer, then they would accept that he had been purified. A day was selected for this ritual, and to the consternation of the people, the Nandi image actually ate from the murderer’s hands. The brahmanas were thus compelled to eat humble pie. However, this did not settle matters. This event increased Tulsidas’s popularity even more and enraged the already defeated people afresh, triggering off more attacks and assaults. The troubled Tulsidas then turned to Hanuman for help. Hanuman appeared to him in a dream and asked him to appeal to Sri Ram. Thus was the Vinay-patrika born. It is a petition in the court of King Ram. Ganesh, Surya, Ganga, Yamuna, and others are propitiated first, just as the courtiers would be approached first. Then follows wonderful poetry soaked in bhakti:
He Hari! Kas na harahu bhram bhari; Jadyapi mrisha satya bhasai jabalagi nahin kripa tumhari.
O Hari, why do you not remove this heavy illusion of mine (that I see the world as real)? Even though the samsara is unreal, as long as your grace does not descend, it appears to be real.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinaya_Patrika
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=vinay+patrika
http://hariharji.blogspot.com/2011/01/vinaya-patrika-introduction.html
He Hari! Kas na harahu bhram bhari; Jadyapi mrisha satya bhasai jabalagi nahin kripa tumhari.
O Hari, why do you not remove this heavy illusion of mine (that I see the world as real)? Even though the samsara is unreal, as long as your grace does not descend, it appears to be real.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinaya_Patrika
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=vinay+patrika
http://hariharji.blogspot.com/2011/01/vinaya-patrika-introduction.html
Friday, August 17, 2018
Monday, April 2, 2018
Rekha
The Lakshmana Rekha is not depicted in Valmiki’s Ramayana. Valmiki does not mention the existence of any line known as a Lakshmana Rekha. The episode on Sita’s abduction is contained in the Aranya Kanda. In chapter 45 of the book, the scene of Lakshmana, moving away from the hut, after folding his hands before Sita. He couldn’t bear her harsh criticism regarding not going to support Rama, who went out alone in the forest to fetch the golden deer for Sita. Lakshmana was reluctant to leave Sita alone, but he had to, when he saw Sita very tensed. The verses in chapter 45 and sarga 29 show that Lakshmana just moved away from Sita, with his hands folded. There was no verse depicting the presence of any kind of line. Tulsidas in Ramcharitmanas introduced the popular story of the Lakshmana Rekha, which was a perimeter drawn by Lakshmana around the hut, inside which any being or wild animal from outside would be destroyed. He drew this line to ensure Sita’s absolute protection within it. This story of the Lakshmana Rekha is really popular, and people still use it as a metaphor to signify situations where in a line should be crossed under no circumstances.
Kandas
Valmiki’s Ramayana is written in seven Kandas(books) known as Bala Kanda, Ayodhya Kanda, Aranya Kanda, Kishkindha Kanda, Sundara Kanda, Yuddha Kanda, and Uttara Kanda. Even Ramcharitmanas is divided into seven books, or Kandas.
However, Tulsidas renamed the Yuddha Kanda as the Lanka Kanda. This is one of the major differences between Ramayana and Ramcharitmanas.
However, Tulsidas renamed the Yuddha Kanda as the Lanka Kanda. This is one of the major differences between Ramayana and Ramcharitmanas.
General Differences
General Differences :-
- Ramayan was written by Sage Valmiki who was a contemporary of Lord Ram. It was written in Sanskrit. Ramcharitmanas was written by Goswami Tulsidas in the 15th century C.E. It was written in Awadhi language.
- Ramayan translates to Ram’s Journey whereas Ramcharitmanas means Bof Deeds of Lord Ram.
- Ramayan has been written in ‘Slokas’(essentially a form of couplets) while Ramcharitmanas has been written in ‘Chaupais’(quatrain verse) .
- Ramayan is the original version of Ram’s story (debated) while Ramcharitmanas is a retelling of the Ramayan. Tulsidas even acknowledges Valmiki in his book.
- Both the books are divided into 7 parts known as ‘Kaands’. 6of the seven parts have the same name however, the penultimate kaand is known as ‘Yuddha Kaand’ in Ramayan and ‘Lanka Kaand’ in Ramcharitmanas.
Differences in Story :-
- Dashratha has 3 wives according to Ramcharitmanas while he had 350 according to the Ramayan out of which 3 were principal wives.
- Lord Hanuman is described as a human belonging to a tribe called ‘Vanar’. In Ramcharitmanas he is described as a monkey and ‘Vanar’ is used to refer to his specie of Monkeys.
- There is no mention of Sita’s Swayamvara in Ramayan. There is no contest and Lord Parshuram never comes.
- In Ramayan Ravan kidnaps Sita. After Ram rescues her, he asks her to prove her purity(although, he himself never doubted her) to the world by taking the test of fire(Agni Pariksha). According to Ramcharitmanas Ravan kidnaps a magically created duplicate of Sita as Ram foresees this and sends the real Sita to Agni Dev(the God of fire). The test of fire episode is just a way to take back the original and replace the duplicate.
- Ravan enters the battlefield twice in Ramayan. First, on the first day when he is humiliated but left alive by lord Ram and then in the end. According to Ramcharitmanas he only comes in the end.
- The story of Ramayan ends with Lord Ram ending his mortal incarnation by willfully drowning in water after being saddened by the death of Lakshman and Sita. Ramcharitmanas on the other hand never mentions the banishment if Sita or the death of Lakshman . It ends with the birth of twins Luv and Kush to Ram and Sita.
- Ramayan in general portrays Ram as a hero, a human being with excellent virtues. Some of his deeds depicted can be debated as being right or wrong. Ramcharitmanas portrays him as the all knowing incarnation of God and has celestial and mystical touches to each of his deeds. His actions are shown to be
- God’s righteous ways to establish Dharma.
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