The Ramayana and Hinduism
Author: Anita Ganeri
Publisher: Evans Brothers
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 30
ISBN-13: 0237536374
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Rama and the Early Avatars of Vishnu
Author: Swami Achuthananda
Publisher: Relianz Communications Pty Ltd
Published: 2019-08-03
Total Pages: 171
ISBN-13: 0975788345
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Full-blown trade wars, nuclear threats, attacks on nation's sovereignty...are we dangerously at the crossroads of a world war that may even threaten entire humanity? Maybe we are, but fear not. Hindus believe that whenever cosmic balance is threatened, Vishnu descends into the world as an avatar of change. "I am born age after age," says Krishna (Vishnu) in the Bhagavad Gita. Vishnu has many avatars, but his top ten avatars are special and known as the Dashavataras. In this volume, we enter the most exciting part of Hindu mythology--the Dashavataras--and discuss the early avatars of Vishnu. The avatar saga begins with a wicked demon stealing the Vedas while Brahma is sleeping. Vishnu takes the form of a giant fish and not only saves the Vedas but rescues mankind from a great deluge. As we progress through the avatars, you will come across Prahlada, whose story offers a shining example of the extent to which Vishnu would go to protect his devotees. In another incarnation of Vishnu, a generous king called Bali is dispatched to the netherworld for being too ambitious. While ambition is a virtue, not vice, this may seem unfair to the people of Kerala who hold Bali in high esteem. But Vishnu makes amends by bestowing the gift of longevity on Bali. Next, the axe-wielding Parashurama, a Brahmin by birth, embarks on a mission to exterminate the warrior caste from the face of Earth--and largely succeeds until he bumps into another avatar of Vishnu. The highlight of this volume undoubtedly is Rama, the hero of the Ramayana and a name that is synonymous with dharma (religious duty). About half the book is dedicated to Rama as we dissect Ramayana in detail, particularly the controversies. Although Rama is famous for defeating the ten-headed demon king of Lanka, it seems he waged a bigger battle with the dictates of dharma--and lost. We meet the monkey-faced Hanuman for the first time in this book. He is closely associated with Rama and highly revered among Hindus. Also in the Ramayana, we encounter one of the ultimate villains of Hindu mythology--the mighty Ravana. Even though Ravana abducted Rama's beloved wife, Sita, you will be surprised to know that not everyone regards Ravana as an antihero. In fact, at the end of the Ramayana, we are left with many bitter, thought-provoking questions that are debated even today.
Hinduism and Ramayana
Author: Singh M Parashar
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2019-07-22
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 1984590839
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Ramayana gives importance to truthfulness , charity , obedience to parents and other virtues . God Rama is different from historical Rama . Sita told the demons that she was not knowing Hanuman .Sita had received from Hanuman Rama’s finger ring , and she had given to Hanuman her jewels . Sita uttered a lie . Hence , Sita was not a divine being . Rama killed Vali by fraud . Rama killed a shudra Shambuka for making a yogic penance .God is all-knowing Rama was not knowing if Sita was pure or impure . A test of Sita was conducted in a fire . Rama was not knowing that the golden deer was demon Maricha .Ramayana has failed to put an end to the abduction and selling of women to brothels .Ramayana creates false beliefs in the caste system , the doctrine of correspondence , idolatry , incarnation of God in human form , doctrine of boon , curse , fate , omens , dreams , astrology , miracles etc. Valmiki is responsible for high rate of suicides in india . Rama was a non-vegetarian . Hence , a ban on eating beef is immoral .Guru Gobind Singh asked people to use sword for the protection of righteousness and justice . Guru Gobind Singh said that Rama was not a God . Martyr Satwant Singh said :” I do not want to escape from the cycle of birth and rebirth . I want to take birth again and again and become martyr again and again” . Wise Bodhisattvas said that a service done to society is better than seeking Nirvana . Vedas , Bhagavad Gita and Ramayana should be published onl y after removing few pages containing the caste system .There is no penal code in Ramayana . The penal code of Manu is weak and Manu needs a h elp from Mose s . In the eyes of hinduism homosexuality was always a crime . Innocent people have to reap what is sown be evil doers .People should boycott the courts of India till a privatisation of judiciary takes place and cases are decided within six months . This book contains a solution for bringing hindu muslim conflicts to an end . Hinduism was reformed by Brahmosmaj , Aryasamaj and Sikhism . The blood and seed of Hindus and muslims is same . There is s an urgent need for making more reforms in Hinduism . Long live Nathu Ram Godse
The Ramayana and Other Hindu Texts
Author: Anita Ganeri
Publisher: Evans Brothers
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780237523473
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →America's "small wars," "imperial wars," or, as the Pentagon now terms them, "low-intensity conflicts," have played an essential but little-appreciated role in its growth as a world power. Beginning with Jefferson's expedition against the Barbary Pirates, Max Boot tells the exciting stories of our sometimes minor but often bloody landings in Samoa, the Philippines, China, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Mexico, Russia, and elsewhere. Along the way he sketches colorful portraits of little-known military heroes such as Stephen Decatur, "Fighting Fred" Funston, and Smedley Butler. From 1800 to the present day, such undeclared wars have made up the vast majority of our military engagements. Yet the military has often resisted preparing itself for small wars, preferring instead to train for big conflicts that seldom come. Boot re-examines the tragedy of Vietnam through a "small war" prism. He concludes with a devastating critique of the Powell Doctrine and a convincing argument that the armed forces must reorient themselves to better handle small-war missions, because such clashes are an inevitable result of America's far-flung imperial responsibilities.
Ramayana
Author: Daljit Nagra
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 2013-10-01
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 0571294898
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Attributed to Valmiki, thought to be India's first poet, the Ramayana's origins date back thousands of years when it was first committed to Sanskrit. Since then, generations of children the world over have grown up with its story of Rama's quest to recover his wife Sita from her abduction by Raavana, the Lord of the Underworld. The tale has been celebrated in many languages and has spread to many other countries including Nepal, Tibet, Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia. It is used as a Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, Islamic, Sikh as well as a secular text, and lives in in many art forms too: in drama and dance, in sculpture and painting, in prose and in poetry. Daljit Nagra was captivated by the versions his grandparents regaled him with as a child. Now an award-winning poet of dazzling gifts, he has chosen to bring the story to life in a vivid and enthralling version of his own. Accessible and engaging, and bursting with energy, Nagra's Ramayana is a distillation and an animation for readers of all ages, whether familiar with or entirely new to this remarkable tale.
Ramayana and Hinduism
Author: Anita Ganeri
Publisher: Turtleback
Published: 2004-01
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780613794800
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Sacred Texts is an extraordinary introduction to six of the world's most prominent religions. Each book examines a holy text in depth as well as its context within the origins, beliefs, and rituals of the religion. Through stories, artwork, and photos, re
What Came First
Author: Devdutt Pattanaik
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2016-10-28
Total Pages: 10
ISBN-13: 9385990543
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Itihas means this is how it was, this is how it is, and this is how it will continue to be. It means history, but it also means timeless. The Ramayana and the Mahabharata form a rich tapestry of Indian itihas. Which came first–the Ramayana or the Mahabharata? Are they actually historical events? Which one has Krishna’s raas-leela? Where is Shiva in this? What about the Devi? India’s favourite mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik tells you everything you didn’t know about our myths–a story born 2000 years ago teaching us the ageless tale of how to live in grace. Did you know the Laxman-rekha didn’t exist in the original Ramayana? Or that Radha is never mentioned in the original Krishna story? Perfect for this festive season, find out all this and more in this short, sweet read from Devlok.
Re-figuring the Ramayana as Theology
Author: Ajay K. Rao
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-10-03
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 1134077424
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Rāmāyana of Vālmīki is considered by many contemporary Hindus to be a foundational religious text. But this understanding is in part the result of a transformation of the epic’s receptive history, a hermeneutic project which challenged one characterization of the genre of the text, as a work of literary culture, and replaced it with another, as a work of remembered tradition. This book examines Rāmāyana commentaries, poetic retellings, and praise-poems produced by intellectuals within the Śrīvaisnava order of South India from 1250 to 1600 and shows how these intellectuals reconceptualized Rāma’s story through the lens of their devotional metaphysics. Śrīvaisnavas applied innovative interpretive techniques to the Rāmāyana, including allegorical reading, ślesa reading (reading a verse as a double entendre), and the application of vernacular performance techniques such as word play, improvisation, repetition, and novel forms of citation. The book is of interest not only to Rāmāyana specialists but also to those engaged with Indian intellectual history, literary studies, and the history of religions.
The Book of Ram
Author: Devdutt Pattanaik
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780143065289
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →He Is Eka-Vachani, A King Who Always Keeps His Word; Eka-Bani, An Archer Who Strikes His Target With The First Arrow; And Eka-Patni, A Husband Who Is Eternally And Absolutely Devoted To A Single Wife. He Is Maryada Purushottam Ram, The Supreme Upholder Of Social Values, The Scion Of The Raghu Clan, Jewel Of The Solar Dynasty, The Seventh Avatar Of Vishnu, God Who Establishes Order In Worldly Life. Hindus Believe That In Stressful And Tumultuous Times Chanting Ram&Rsquo;S Name And Hearing His Tale, The Ramayan, Brings Stability, Hope, Peace And Prosperity. Reviled By Feminists, Appropriated By Politicians, Ram Remains Serene In His Majesty, The Only Hindu Deity To Be Worshipped As A King.
The R-am-aya.na Revisited
Author: Mandakranta Bose
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004-09-30
Total Pages: 397
ISBN-13: 0198037635
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Ramayana is one of India's foundational epics, and it demonstrates a continuing power to influence social, religious, cultural, and political life. Brought to textual life in Sanskrit by the legendary "first poet," Valmiki, over the ensuing centuries the tale has been recycled with extraordinary adaptability and diversity through the varied cultural heritages of India and other parts of Asia. The basic tale of the Ramayana is continually adapted to new contexts, forms, and media. It is read, recited, sung, danced, and acted in one form or another, and renewed so constantly by changing times and values that it demands constant revaluation. The Ramayana Revisited presents the latest in Ramayana scholarship. Fourteen leading scholars examine the epic in its myriad contexts throughout South and Southeast Asia. They explore the role the narrative plays in societies as varied as India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Cambodia. The essays also expand the understanding of the "text" to include non-verbal renditions of the epic, with particular attention to the complex ways such retellings change the way the narrative deals with gender. This volume will be invaluable to students and scholars interested in mythology, Hinduism, Asian studies, and anthropology.
