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2021-07-26 13:00:12 ⁣I asked my mother: "Why our Gods like Narasimha, Ganesha, Varaha and Hanuman are given the face of animals"?

She replied: "To tell you that we should not judge anyone by their looks but by their heart and their deeds".

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2021-07-25 19:00:53 ⁣How was the Mahabharata written?

The Mahabharata is the longest epic poem ever written in the world, with 200,000 individual verses in 18 chapters.

The Mahabharata is ten times lengthier than Iliad and Odyssey combined. The Bhagavad Gita appears in the middle of Mahabharata. This poem is actually tremendously vast volume, and no human would be capable to write that.

Narada insisted that the sage Veda Vyasa, who has written many wonderful books, should also write the Mahabharata epic to help the common man to understand the subtle truths of the universe.

So, sage Vyasa sought the help of Ganesha to write down what he is saying. Ganesha on his part said that the moment Vyasa will stop reciting he will stop writing forever. Veda Vyasa agreed Ganesha's terms, provided he fully understand the meaning of everything he is saying before he write.

Both agreed and wrote the great epic Mahabharata.

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2021-07-25 13:00:14 ⁣Did you know?

It is said that the first version of the Ramayana was written by Hanuman, who engraved it on rocks with his nails. Seeing the version composed by Hanuman, Valmiki became sad and disappointed, because his version was nothing compared to the one composed by the legendary Vanara and his effort to write it was all wasted.

Seeing the Maharishi sad and disappointed, Hanuman took the rocks where he engraved his version of Ramayana and threw them into the ocean. Since then the Ramayana composed by Hanuman is lost forever.

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2021-07-24 16:00:23 ⁣When Shri Rama was 16, he went through the experience of seeing the pain that exists in the world and how everything is temporary. He had ventured out of the palace to see life as it was for everyone. He went into a bout of depression and contemplation.

At that time Rishi Vashistha approached King Dasharatha and suggested that Rama needed to be taken through a spiritual process to "ground" him. Towards that Rishi Vashistha then started a dialogue with Rama. What happened between them is recorded as the third longest book in history of mankind, called the "Yoga Vashistha".

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2021-07-24 13:00:12 ⁣Who is real Guru?

The best Gurus are the ones who teach how to become active for the protection of Dharma as a part of Sadhana (spiritual practice) when the Dharma is under threat, instead of getting engrossed in devotion to God. The best Guruseva (service unto the Guru) in today's adverce times is to direct our efforts for the protection of Dharma.

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2021-07-22 16:00:01 "Arise, O Son of Kunti, give up the petty weakness of heart and slay your enemies!"

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2021-07-21 13:00:06 Remember, we live in Kali Yuga.

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2021-07-20 18:00:04 Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram [Original Version]:

Hindi:

रघुपति राघव राजा राम ।
पतित पावन सीताराम ॥प॥
सुंदर विग्रह मेघश्याम
गंगा तुलसी शालग्राम
भद्रगिरीश्वर सीताराम
भक्तजनप्रिय सीताराम
जानकीरमण सीताराम
जयजय राघव सीताराम ॥१॥
जल में राम ताल में राम
सारे जग में तू हि राम
राम राम राम राम
प्रेम से बोलो जै सियाराम ॥२॥
कौसल्या के प्यारे राम
दशरथ राज दुलारे राम
राम राम राम राम
प्रेम से बोलो जै सियाराम ॥३॥
जग में जो सो सुन्दर राम
सीता राम जै जै श्री हनुमान ॥४॥

Transliteration:

raghupati rāghava rājā rām
patita pāvana sītārām ॥P॥
sundara vigraha mēghasḥyām
gangā tuḷasi sḥālagrām ।
bhadragirīshwara sītārām
bhaktajanapriya sītārām ।
jānakiramaṇa sītārām
jayajaya rāghava sītārām ॥1॥
jal mein rām tal mein rām
sāre jag mein tū hi rām
rām rām rām rām
prēm se bōlō jai siyārām ॥2॥
kausalyā ke pyāre rām
dashratha rāj dulāre rām
rām rām rām rām
prēm se bōlō jai siyārām ॥3॥
jag mein jō sō sundar nām
sitā rām jai shrī hanumān ॥4॥

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2021-07-20 14:00:01 Ram Dhun [Original Lyrics]

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