The Ramayana is a guidebook on ideal relations between mother and children, between husband and wife, between brothers, between ruler and the people, between master and servants and many other human relationships. Rama showed compassion to dying eagle Jatayu, which
Thought for the Day from Prasanthi Nilayam 9 April 2022
The name, Rama, was once indicated by Rama Himself as a potent liberator. When Rama was passing through the forests with Sita and Lakshmana, hermits who recognised Him as Divine gathered around Him with a prayer that they be initiated
Thought for the Day from Prasanthi Nilayam 8 April 2022
The nectar in the story of Rama is like the Sarayu river, which moves silently by the city of Ayodhya, where Rama was born and ruled. Sarayu has its source in the Himalayan Lake of Mind (Manasa-Sarovar), just as this
Thought for the Day from Prasanthi Nilayam 7 April 2022
Rama is the indweller in every body. This Atma Rama is the source of bliss in every individual. His blessings upsurging from that innerspring can confer peace and bliss. He is the very embodiment of dharma ,of all the codes
Thought for the Day from Prasanthi Nilayam 6 April 2022
Ramayana has to be read not as a record of a human career but as the narrative of the advent and activities of an incarnation of God (Avatar). One must endeavour with determination to realise through one’s own experience the
Thought for the Day from Prasanthi Nilayam 5 April 2022
Animals like cattle and birds cannot change the qualities which they acquire with their birth. The lion, for instance, is born as a cruel animal. It lives and dies as a cruel animal. The cat is born with the quality
Thought for the Day from Prasanthi Nilayam 4 April 2022
Rama is the bee that sucks the honey of devotion from the lotus of the heart. The bee loosens the petals of the flower it sits upon; but Rama adds to its beauty and fragrance! He is like the Sun,
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Thought for the Day from Prasanthi Nilayam 3 April 2022 God does not reside in any distant place. He is the Hridayavasi (resident of your heart). Krishna responded to Draupadi’s call the moment she appealed to Him as the Indweller
Thought for the Day from Prasanthi Nilayam 2 April 2022
People greet the new year as if it is going to confer on them some new benefits. The good or evil, the gains or losses, the renown or infamy experienced by people are not the outcome of the passage of
Thought for the Day from Prasanthi Nilayam 1 April 2022
Just as soap is necessary to make this external body clean, repetition of the divine name, meditation, and remembrance (smarana) are needed to clean the interior mind. Just as food and drink are needed to keep the body strong, contemplation