Today was one of the most memorable days at our Satsangh. We had an Akanda Rama Nama Japa session at our residence.
Last Saturday, we received a message from our Guruji asking each satsanghi to chant 1 Lakh Ram Naam, for acquiring the various qualities of a devotee such as Sama (balance in pain and pleasure), Dama (control of senses), Uparati (tranquillity), Titiksha (forbearance, bearing heat and cold), Sraddha (faith and sincerity) and Samadhana (balanced state of mind).
On that day, we thought we would do a Sankalpa for each devotee and try and accomplish what seemed an uphill task of chanting 1 lakh Ram Naam in one day itself.
Sureshji recorded the chant at home and gave us the audio clip, which we played in the background. Here is a clip for those who want to hear.
Here is the Music Player. You need to installl flash player to show this cool thing!
We had around 30-35 Satsanghis attending during the day and can comfortably say that we managed to chant over 20-25 lakh times together! It was quite memorable and amazingly we did not feel any stress or exertion at all at the end of a long day of chanting. Surely, this is the power of Ram naam and our Guruji’s blessings.
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BYMs. Anandhi RamasubramanianMs. Usha Satyan
After Hanuman returned to lord Rama’s camp after completing his mission of finding the whereabouts of sita, Lord Rama and Sugriva marched with their Vanara army towards the southern sea. When the Vanara army reached the Mahendra mountains they rested for a while. The spread of the Vanara army on the hill tops was a glorious sight though fiery. It appeared as if the whole earth was covered with monkeys, monkeys and more monkeys.In Lanka, Ravana, who learnt through his spies about the Vanara army camping on the other side was very much worried. He summoned his ministers for advice. All of them praised Ravana to the sky declaring that he was unconquerable . These words comforted him and boosted his pride. Ravana also consulted his brothers Vibishana and Kumbhakarna . Vibishana advised Ravana to return Sita to Rama and make peace with him but Ravana would not listen to him. Vibishana and his 4 friends left Lanka and took refuge in Rama. However Kumbha karna agreed to fight for his brother Ravana.
BYMs. Sonia Sethi
My obesciences to the Master, to the guru, and to all of you, fortunate, blessed devotees assembled here this evening.From time immemorial, the Lord has descended in various forms, to uphold dharma, and set things right. From amongst these innumerable avatars, one of the most well known, and best loved, is Rama.
BYMr. DevarajanMs. Lakshmi Varma
Kishkinda was ruled by a monkey king Vali who was renowned for his strength and valour. Once, an asura named Mayavi challenged him for a duel. A fierce fight erupted between Mayavi and Vali in the outskirts of Kishkinda, and Vali’s brother Sugriva watched them praying that his brother should win the duel. The two entered a cave and continued fighting in the cave for more than a year. Sugriva who waited all this period, returned home in sorrow assuming his brother was dead. The elders of Kishkinda appointed Sugriva as the king to succeed Vali.After some years, Vali suddenly returned to Kishkinda, and found that his country was now being ruled by his brother Sugriva. He mistook that his brother usurped his kingdom and threw him out of the Kishkinda and captured his wife. “A wise monkey is the monkey that does not monkey with another monkey’s monkey ” Sugriva took refuge on a mountain named Rishyamooka as he knew that his brother could not pursue him there because of a curse on him by a sage.
BYMs. Usha RavichandranMs. Padma Paremeshwaran
This Kanda describes about Thirteen years of SriRama’s exile. In a nutshell, this Kanda starts at Chitrakoota with the departure of Bharata, describes the Satsangh of SriRama with an array of great Saints and Sages, destruction of Rakshasas like Khara,Dushana, Maricha and a consequent abduction of Sita by Ravana. The purpose of Rama Avatar was to liberate his devotees and to protect Dharma. Sri Krishna in Gita retold the same philosophy,
BYMs. Jayshree VaitheeswaranMr. Suresh
The “Ayodhya Kanda” which I will be talking about is a very important chapter as its the turning point or the knot of the Ramayana Epic.
BYMs. Vidya GaneshMs. Priya Setu
In the kingdom of Kosala ruled King Dasaratha of Ishwaku dynasty. Ayodhya was its capital. Under the able stewardship of the ruler the kingdom flourished and prospered. The proof of the pudding is that he managed to have three wives Kausalya, Kaikeyi and Sumitra and keep them all happy too !
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Ms. Suma Ragavendra
My pranams to Lord Ramachandra, Guruji and My dear Satsanghiis,
Talk By: Vasanth
After discovering Sitadevi, Lord Raama’s messenger Hanuman flies back to his army camp. As he approached the Mahendra Hills, He roared his greetings to Raama , Lakshmana, King Sugriva and all his Vaanara gang.
By: Lakshmi Varma
Sundara Kandam comprises of 2885 verses & is fifth in order. Sundara’, as we all know in the literary sense means ‘beautiful’. ‘Kandam’ means ‘section’. It is also interpreted beautiful because it is the recovery of something precious that is lost, and that is a very unique experience. According to the belief of Hindus, Sundara Kandam is a mine where we can draw powers to support us in worldly situations. This is the core of Ramayana and provides all values for overall welfare of mankind.
