There is no point teaching anything relating to Ramayana in schools. Teachings of spirituality contained in Bhagavad Gita sufficed for humanity to reach stage of enlightenment and finally moksha salvation. One just could not gain enlightenment following teachings contained in Bible and Koran. Enlightenment can be gained following path of spirituality never religion. By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… […]
Maryada Purushottam Rama existed about 800 years before coming of Lord Krishna. King Janaka (father of Sita in Ramayana) was an enlightened one who gained his wisdom under able preceptorship of sage Yajnavalkya (composer and compiler of most voluminous Brihadaranyaka Upanishad). All Upanishads (record of above 200 Upanishads exists in India today) came into being after coming of four […]
Whatever is contained in epics Ramayana and Mahabharata must be interpreted in light of today! We must never indulge in scriptures literally. If during times of Krishna the battle was fought with bows and arrows, we do not fight our enemy today loaded with AK-47 in similar fashion. All scriptures of different religions of world were divided into two […]
If our goal of life was materialistic… where was the need to indulge in religion or spirituality! Ramayana primarily relates to religious practices (rituals) and Mahabharata to study of scriptures (path of spirituality). He must seriously indulge in religion or spirituality only if we had a religious or spiritual goal to pursue. Half-heartedly nothing could be achieved on path of […]
Born an ordinary mortal, Rama knew from the beginning that he would become a man god, one who gained enlightenment in his lifetime. The 12 years of Vanvas (forests exile) Rama was forced to undergo is only symbolic, for 12 years practice of absolute celibacy was necessitated for full awakening of kundalini shakti, the coiled Serpentine energy lying dormant in […]