“He is splendorous like the sun. He is pleasing to the whole world like the moon. He is the king of all the worlds like the demigod Kuvera, and He is endowed with valor like the greatly famous Vishnu.” (Hanuman,… Read More ›
hanuman the messenger
Understanding In Your Terms
“He is splendorous like the sun. He is pleasing to the whole world like the moon. He is the king of all the worlds like the demigod Kuvera, and He is endowed with valor like the greatly famous Vishnu.” (Hanuman,… Read More ›
Anukula
“Understanding Sita’s worry, the son of the wind, Hanuman, brought great joy to her by speaking words favorable to the ear.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 34.27) Download this episode (right click and save) sītāyāḥ cintitam buddhvā hanūmān māruta ātmajaḥ ||… Read More ›
Not A Good Time For That
“I do not think it is a dream, for seeing a monkey in a dream certainly is not prosperous. And prosperity has come to me.” (Sita Devi, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 34.22) Download this episode (right click and save) na… Read More ›
Slow and Steady Wins The Race
“O monkey, please discuss the glories of my dear Rama. O gentle one, like a current against a riverbank you are winning over my heart.” (Sita Devi speaking to Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 34.19) Download this episode (right click… Read More ›
The Different Gunas
“O monkey, please discuss the glories of my dear Rama. O gentle one, like a current against a riverbank you are winning over my heart.” (Sita Devi speaking to Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 34.19) Download this episode (right click… Read More ›
If No One Is Around
“If you have arrived as Rama’s messenger, then may there be all good fortune to you. O best of the monkeys, I am asking you to please speak of Rama, for that is very pleasing to me.” (Sita Devi speaking… Read More ›
Parivrajakacharya
“You are indeed the Ravana I saw in Janasthana, who gave up his real form and took the form of a wandering religious mendicant.” (Sita Devi speaking to Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 34.15) svam parityajya rūpam yaḥ parivrājaka rūpadhṛt… Read More ›
Revealing Your Mind To The Devotee
“From that conversation a wonderful delight came over them. They then conversed with each other with mutual confidence.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 34.7) tayoḥ samāgame tasmin prītiḥ utpāditā adbhutā | paraspareṇa ca ālāpam viśvastau tau pracakratuḥ || Download this episode… Read More ›
Forgetting the Past
“Alas, the common saying, ‘Bliss eventually comes to a man who lives, even after one hundred years,’ appears to me to be true.” (Sita Devi, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 34.6) kalyāṇī bata gathā iyam laukikī pratibhāti me | ehi jīvantam… Read More ›