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Ramanujamma Mudumbai • Thu Jul 25 2002 - 16:52:19 PDT 


                Srimathe: Ramanujaya Namaha!
                Sri Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam!

                Anasu:yakaha:

                Jealousy is a common qualily. A jealous person
                cannot stand a good quality in others, can
                neither admire nor appreciate the good traits
                and there by tends to regard their good as
                bad. Inability to tolerate the good in others
                is jealousy. The jealous try to project the
                virtues' of others as a drawback.


                But SriRamachandra’s nature was to see the
                good in everyone. Bharatha, who was in a way
                responsible to SriRama’s exile, came to
                Chitraku:ta along with all his ministers and
                army. Watching the approaching troops from a
                tree top Lakshmana accused Bharatha of evil
                designs and wanted to punish him. Then
                SriRama prevented Lakshmana and praised
                Bharatha’s good nature and also his love for
                him. SriRama said, “Not only to me he would
                give the kingdom even to you if I ask him
                to”. One day while walking to the river
                Godavari, Lakshmana started blaming Kaikeyie
                and praising Bhatatha. Then SriRama told him,

                “nathe:m ba: madhyama: tha:tha garhithavya:”

                ‘You should not accuse our(middle) mother
                Kaikeyei’

                SriRama taught people to live without
                jealousy towards all.

                Bhagavan as ‘Para’ has no jealousy towards
                the jeevas. He tries to find out if there is
                anything good in the offences the ‘jeevas’
                commit and awards them better and better
                births in future. The reason to be born as
                a human being who had been a stone or a tree
                or an animal or a bird due to one’s earlier
                karma is due to this quality of His, only.
                Though it's the nature for a tree to provide
                shade who ever comes under it, if by chance
                a great soul(maha:purusha) enjoys its shade,
                the Lord considers it as an act of ‘punya’
                and blesses the tree with a superior birth
                next time. Likewise if a mountain or hill
                becomes a dwelling place for some noble great
                persons, then it is considered as its fortune
                and the souls in those ‘stha:vara:s’ will be
                granted better births. After attaining this
                human body, even when one behaves with a
                ‘thamasik’ and ‘rajasik’ way with no
                intention of turning to Him preferring to
                lead a foul, sinful and wicked life , the
                Lord scans for something good in one’s
                actions committed without one’s intention.
                He accepts that as their good. One, who is
                not in the habit of going to a temple, if
                goes around the temple without the knowledge
                of it while attending to some chores,
                Bhagavan regards it as a ‘pradakshinam’ to
                the temple. When one calls out to his dear
                sons and dear relatives whose names fortunately
                happen to be the names of the Lord, He will
                consider this as chanting the divine names.
                While helping somebody, if a great person
                (maha:thma) is benifitted unintentionally the
                Lord will consider even that act of him and
                give him an exalted position. This is
                Bhagavan’s nature and He never dishonours
                anything good as bad.

                People should cultivate this attitude and to
                establish the good conduct in the human race
                the Lord took the human form in the world and
                Na:rada answered Va:lmiki’s question telling
                briefly the story of Sri Ramayana. This is
                ‘Sankshe:pa Ramayana’. Its beginning is
                Va:lmiki’s question, "who has the sixteen
                qualities?". All these qualities can be
                possessed by a human but due to his ignorance
                and karma these are neglected and over looked
                and the mankind is drifting from the path of
                dharma. To teach the humankind the correct
                conduct the 'para' had incarnated as 'nara'
                ‘SriRama’. This is being explained by
                Na:rada to Va:lmiki in SriRa:ma:yanam.




                To be continued...

                Jaisrimannarayana!

                Ramanujamma Mudumbai
                Ramanujadasi




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