| RAM NAVAMI |
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| Celebration :
Birth of Lord Rama |
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| Religion :
Hindu |
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| In the month
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March - April |
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Om
Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram
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| SALUTATIONS to Lord Rama, an
Incarnation of Lord Vishnu, who is measureless, who is of the nature of pure
Consciousness and bliss, who is the consort of Sita, Master of Sri Hanuman, and
the Lord of the three worlds, who took His birth at His own will in order to
establish righteousness, destroy the wicked and protect His devotees. |
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| Ramnavmi or the birthday of Lord Rama falls on
the 9th day of the bright fortnight of the month of Chaitra (March-April)? |
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| Rama was the Lord Hari Himself incarnate on
earth for the destruction of Ravana. He was well accomplished, beautiful and
endowed with royal marks. His glory and prowess were unlimited. He was peerless
on earth. He was free from malice. He was gentle. He was the protector of all
His people. He always addressed them in gentle words. He never used any harsh
words even when somebody provoked Him. He held sway over the whole world. |
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| Let Sri Rama be your ideal. Ideals are
remembered and adored for the purpose of adopting them in your own life. The
Ramnavmi celebration or the Vasanta Navaratri every year is an opportune period
for us to saturate ourselves with the spirit of Lord Rama. We love and adore
our ideals because we express thereby our yearning to unite with them. In our
worship of God it is implied that we should be virtuous, good and perfect even
as God is. Hence the wise instruction: "One should become divine in order to be
able to worship God". One cannot be a real worshipper of Lord Rama unless one
makes an honest attempt to grow in the virtues that the Lord represents. On the
other hand, worship of Lord Rama is itself the surest means to develop such
virtues. |
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| One who approaches Sri Rama with love and
worshipfulness becomes large-hearted, pure in spirit good-natured and
dispassionate in thought word and deed. A true devotee of Lord Rama is His
representative, with His power and His knowledge.
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| Lord Rama was the prince of the Ikshvaku race.
He was virtuous and of manly strength. He was the Lord of the mind and the
senses. Brave and valiant, He was yet gentle and modest He was a sage in
counsel, kind and sweet in speech, and most courteous and handsome in
appearance. He was the master of all the divine weapons, and a great warrior.
Ever devoted to the god and prosperity of His kingdom and His subjects, He was
a defender of the weak and the protector of the righteous. Endowed with
numerous wondrous powers of the mind, He was well versed in all sciences-in
military science as well as the science of the Self. |
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| Deep and unfathomed like the ocean, firm and
steadfast like the Himalayan mountains, valiant like Lord Vishnu, He was the
joy of Kaushalya. Though fierce like fire on the battlefield, He was calm like
the cool breeze of the Mandara Hills, Patient like Mother Earth, bounteous like
the god of wealth and righteous like the lord of justice himself. In the pains
and the griefs of His people, His heart swiftly sympathized with the sufferers.
In the festive scenes which held them in joy, He like a father, shared their
joys. By His honour and heroism, as well as by His gentleness and low for His
subjects, He greatly endeared Himself to the hearts of His people. Such a great
person was the Lord Rama! |
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| Lord Rama was the best of men with a sterling
character. He was the very image of love. He was an ideal son, an ideal
brother, an ideal husband, an ideal friend and an ideal king. He can be taken
to embody all the highest ideals of man. He led the ideal life of a householder
to teach the tenets of righteousness to humanity. He ruled His people so well
that it came to be known as Ram-Rajya, which meant the rule of righteousness,
the rule which bestows happiness and prosperity on all. |
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| The noblest lesson embodied in the Ramayana is
the supreme importance of righteousness in the life of every human being.
Righteousness is the spiritual spark of life. Cultivation of righteousness is
the process of unfoldment of the latent divinity in man. The glorious
incarnation of the Supreme Being in the form of Lord Rama has exemplified the
path of righteousness. Let mankind follow His footsteps and practise the ideals
cherished by Him, for it is only thus that there can be everlasting peace,
prosperity and welfare in this world. |
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