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Rama means the real bliss, and all the yogis, either dhyana-yogi or a jnana-yogi or a bhakta-yogi - there are three kinds of yogis - everyone tries to enjoy that eternal bliss, and that is real pleasure. Therefore Rama

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Rāma means the Supreme Enjoyer. Ramante yoginām anante sac-cid-ānanda- cid-ātmani iti rāma-padenāsau (Padma Purāṇa). Rāma means the real bliss, and all the yogīs, either dhyāna-yogī or a jñāna-yogī or a bhakta-yogī—there are three kinds of yogīs—everyone tries to enjoy that eternal bliss, and that is real pleasure. Therefore Rāma.

Kṛṣṇa is svayam. Kṛṣṇaḥ svayaṁ samabhavat paramaḥ pumān yo. Kṛṣṇa is paramaḥ pumān. Paramaḥ pumān means the ultimate Supreme Personality of Godhead. But He is always manifest in different incarnations, and of all the incarnation, Lord Rāma is the foremost, Balarāma. You have heard the name of Balarāma, Baladeva. Similarly Rāma.

Rāma means the Supreme Enjoyer. Ramante yoginām anante sac-cid-ānanda- cid-ātmani iti rāma-padenāsau (Padma Purāṇa). Rāma means the real bliss, and all the yogīs, either dhyāna-yogī or a jñāna-yogī or a bhakta-yogī—there are three kinds of yogīs—everyone tries to enjoy that eternal bliss, and that is real pleasure. Therefore Rāma.

So this verse . . . our this respectable Indian lady, she will begin Rāmāyana . . . this Tulasī . . . this actually is not Rāmāyaṇa. It is called Rāma-carita-mānasa.

Rāmāyaṇa means Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, but people have taken it as Rāmāyaṇa. Actually, Tulasī dāsa has expressed his own feelings about his devotion to Lord Rāma, and therefore he has named it Rāma-carita-mānasa: his mind full with service attitude for Lord Rāma.

That is the real meaning of this book. But people have misinterpreted; they are going on just it is Rāmāyaṇa. And Rāmāyaṇa, of course, anywhere where Rāma's activities are described, that is called Rāmāyaṇa. That is another sense. But real Rāmāyaṇa means the Rāmāyaṇa composed by Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa. Rāmāyaṇa composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki.

And this is . . . it is a popular notion that this is Rāmāyaṇa, but actually this book is called Rāma-carita-mānasa. So some of the description of Rāma are there, but not all the description. Rather, there are many differences from the original Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa. Anyway, this is song of a devotee for his Lord Rāma. In that sense, you can call it Rāmāyaṇa, but this book is actually Rāma-carita-mānasa.

So in the fifth chapter, Sundara-khaṇḍa it is a very nice verse. What is that? Śāntaṁ śāśvatam aprameyam anaghaṁ nirvāṇa-śānti-pradam. Each word is meaningful. Śāntam. The Lord is never disturbed. Why He shall be disturbed? Just like we are, in this material world, we are always disturbed in so many ways. The duration life is short, and we are always embarrassed with so many problems, political, social, religious, cultural, so many things. And family, maintenance of family is more difficult than maintaining an empire.

Page Title:Rama means the real bliss, and all the yogis, either dhyana-yogi or a jnana-yogi or a bhakta-yogi - there are three kinds of yogis - everyone tries to enjoy that eternal bliss, and that is real pleasure. Therefore Rama
Compiler:Nabakumar
Created:2022-10-31, 17:31:43
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