{"id":9958,"date":"2009-12-29T14:06:26","date_gmt":"2009-12-29T13:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/?p=9958"},"modified":"2010-03-18T15:06:32","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T14:06:32","slug":"morari-bapu-the-ramayana-epic-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/morari-bapu-the-ramayana-epic-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"MORARI BAPU &#8211; THE RAMAYANA EPIC POEM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11740  aligncenter\" title=\"hanumanji\" src=\"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/hanumanji.jpg\" alt=\"hanumanji\" width=\"121\" height=\"175\" \/><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iiramii.net\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iiramii.net\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">www.iiramii.net<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">The Ramayana (Devan&#196;?gar&#196;?: \u0930\u093e\u092e\u093e\u092f\u0923, R&#196;?m&#196;?ya\u1e47a) is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is attributed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon (sm\u1e5bti). The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of India, the other being the Mahabharata. It depicts the duties of relationships, portraying ideal characters like the ideal servant, the ideal brother, the ideal wife and the ideal king. <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">The name Ramayana is a tatpurusha compound of R&#196;?ma and ayana (&#8222;going, advancing&#8220;), translating to &#8222;Rama&#8217;s Journey&#8220;. The Ramayana consists of 24,000 verses in seven books (k&#196;?\u1e47\u1e0das) and 500 cantos (sargas), \u00a0and tells the story of Rama (an incarnation of the Hindu preserver-god Vishnu), whose wife Sita is abducted by the demon king of Lanka, Ravana. <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Thematically, the epic explores the tenets of human existence and the concept of dharma. Read More:<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ramayana\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">&gt; HERE &lt;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">The various <\/span><a title=\"Indian religions\" href=\"\/wiki\/Indian_religions\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Indian religions<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">, such as <\/span><a title=\"Hinduism\" href=\"\/wiki\/Hinduism\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Hinduism<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">, <\/span><\/span><a title=\"Buddhism\" href=\"\/wiki\/Buddhism\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Buddhism<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">, <\/span><\/span><a title=\"Jainism\" href=\"\/wiki\/Jainism\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Jainism<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">, and <\/span><a title=\"Sikhism\" href=\"\/wiki\/Sikhism\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Sikhism<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">, have all accorded a central focus to dharma and advocate its practice. Each of these religions emphasizes Dharma as the correct understanding of reality in its teachings.<sup> <\/sup>In these traditions, beings that live in accordance with Dharma proceed more quickly toward <em>dharma yukam<\/em>, <em><a title=\"Moksha\" href=\"\/wiki\/Moksha\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">moksha<\/span><\/a><\/em> or <em><a title=\"Nirvana\" href=\"\/wiki\/Nirvana\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">nirvana<\/span><\/a><\/em> (personal <\/span><a title=\"Liberty\" href=\"\/wiki\/Liberty\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">liberation<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">). The antonym of dharma is <em><a title=\"Adharma\" href=\"\/wiki\/Adharma\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">adharma<\/span><\/a><\/em> meaning unnatural or immoral.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">In traditional Hindu society, dharma has historically denoted a variety of ideas, such as Vedic ritual, ethical conduct, <\/span><a title=\"Caste system in India\" href=\"\/wiki\/Caste_system_in_India\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">caste rules<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">, and civil and criminal law. Its most common meaning however regarded two principal ideals; namely, that social life should be structured through well-defined and well-regulated classes (<em>varna<\/em>), and that an individual&#8217;s life within a class should be organized into defined stages (<em>ashrama<\/em>, <em>see<\/em> <em>dharmasastra<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Dharma also refers to the teachings and doctrines of the founders of Buddhism and Jainism, <\/span><a title=\"Gautama Buddha\" href=\"\/wiki\/Gautama_Buddha\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">the Buddha<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"> and<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> <\/span><\/span><a title=\"Mahavira\" href=\"\/wiki\/Mahavira\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Mahavira<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">. In <\/span><a title=\"Buddhist philosophy\" href=\"\/wiki\/Buddhist_philosophy\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Buddhist philosophy<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">, dhamma\/dharma is also the term for &#8222;<\/span><a title=\"Phenomenon\" href=\"\/wiki\/Phenomenon\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">phenomenon<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8222;<\/span> . Read More:<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dharma\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">&gt; <strong>HERE<\/strong> &lt;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Dharma, artha and kama areimportant in matters of worldly life. Dharma and moksa should be followed judiciously if they are to lead to Self\u2212realisation. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><strong>Patanjli, at the end of the of life and the qualities of nature moksa. Yoga Sutras, concludes that the practice of yoga frees a yogi from the aims(gunas), so that he can reach the final destination\u2212\u2212kaivalya or moksha.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Health and Harmony:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">To acquire knowledge\u2212\u2212whether mundane or spiritual\u2212\u2212bodily health, mental poise, clarity and maturity of intelligence are essential. Health begets happiness and inspires one to further one&#8217;s knowledge of the world and of the Self. Health means perfect harmony in our respiratory, circulatory, digestive, endocrine, nervous and genito\u2212excretory systems, and peace of mind. Hatha yoga practices are designed to bring about such harmony.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">HATHA YOGA, HATHA VIDYA\u00a0 from Yoga Swami Svatmarama: <\/span><\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hermetics.org\/pdf\/HathaYogaPradipika.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">&gt; HATHA YOGA PRADIPIKA <\/span>&lt;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a> . <span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Foreword by B K S Iyengar, Commentary by Hans Ulrich Rieker<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: x-small\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: verdana,geneva\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: x-small\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: verdana,geneva\"><strong><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: xx-small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/home.php?ref=home#\/group.php?gid=2349377785&amp;ref=search&amp;sid=1447445613.3213776435..1\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">&gt; Meet Morari Bapu , Katha dates\/Venue\u00b4s at facebook&lt;<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: x-small\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: verdana,geneva\"><strong><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: xx-small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/home.php?ref=home#\/search\/?flt=1&amp;q=ramayana&amp;o=69&amp;sid=1447445613.675747146..1\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">&gt; Meet Ramayana, friends, studies at facebook &lt;<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: x-small\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: verdana,geneva\"><strong><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: xx-small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/?flt=1&amp;q=patanjali&amp;o=69&amp;sid=1447445613.4184706416..1&amp;s=20#\/group.php?gid=47163715131&amp;ref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">&gt; Meet Patanajali friends, yoga, studies at facebook &lt;<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: x-small\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: verdana,geneva\"><strong><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: xx-small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/?q=iyengar&amp;init=quick#\/search\/?flt=1&amp;q=iyengar&amp;o=69&amp;sid=1447445613.2855363871..1\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"COLOR: #000080\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: xx-small\">&gt;Meet Iyengar Groups, Yoga &amp;\u00a0 friends\u00a0at facebook &lt;<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\nwww.iiramii.net<br \/>\nThe Ramayana (Devan&#196;?gar&#196;?: \u0930\u093e\u092e\u093e\u092f\u0923, R&#196;?m&#196;?ya\u1e47a) is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is attributed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon (sm\u1e5bti). The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of India, the other being the Mahabharata. 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