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July 2023

• 204) Was Ravana an ideal brother for he risked his life to avenge his sister’s dishonor?

April 2022

• 203) Was Rama’s killing of Vali unfair? Ramayana Ethics – Chaitanya Charan
• 202) Is the RRR movie a contemporary retelling of Ramayana?
• 201) RAMA NAVAMI SPECIAL: Relishing Lord Rama’s remembrance & appreciating Ramayana retellings
• 200) RAMA NAVAMI SPECIAL: Indrajita’s snake attack & the attack of snake-like desires

January 2022

• 199) If the Sita who had sweet interactions with Hanuman in Lanka was Maya-Sita, then were those interactions also Maya?

August 2021

• 198) Can we quote the Shabari pastime when it is not mentioned in the Valmiki Ramayana?

July 2021

• 197) Analyzing Bhagavatams Retelling Of Ramayana Subjectivity and Objectivity In Scripture part 2
• 196) Analyzing Bhagavatams Retelling Of Ramayana Subjectivity and Objectivity In Scripture part 1
• 195) Wasn’t it immoral for Rama to exile Sita on just a rumour?

April 2021

• 194) How Rama’s apparent humanity enhances his divinity

December 2020

• 193) Ahalya cursed and blessed – How our consciousness shrinks and expands

November 2020

• 192) Self-Acceptance, Team Spirit and Success – Wisdom from Ramayana

October 2020

• 191) Why did Rama kill the shudra Shambuka simply for doing a good activity like austerity?

June 2020

• 190) Why did Rama spy on his own citizens?

May 2020

• 189) Rama Navmi class – Glory Revealed Amid Adversity
• 188) Naam Ramayana 4 – Rama charms the hearts of everyone
• 187) Naam Ramayana 3 – Rama exhibits his miraculous abilities

April 2020

• 186) Naam Ramayana 2 – The Lord brings joy to everyone
• 185) Naam Ramayana 1 – How the transcendental descends as the historical
• 184) Rama Navmi class – Glory Revealed Amid Adversity

November 2019

• 183) How does God helps those who help themselves apply to Rama in Ramayana?
• 182) When people betray us – Ramayana wisdom
• 181) How can we become determined like Hanuman?

October 2019

• 180) Comparing Ramayana and Mahabharata 1 – What caused the exiles
• 179) How character is deformed and reformed – Ramayana wisdom

September 2019

• 178) Is the incident of Lord Rama worshiping Lord Shiva not mentioned in Valkmiki Ramayan?
• 177) Teamwork in Ramayana 2
• 176) Teamwork in Ramayana 1

August 2019

• 175) How association influences our choices – Three case studies from Ramayana
• 174) Mandodari’s lament after Ravana’s death 1 – Can some people never change

July 2019

• 173) Hanuman’s journey through the cave – Persevering through life’s obstacles – Hindi
• 172) Why did Vishvamitra lose his power on creating another heaven?
• 171) Was Ravana intelligent in fighting Rama, knowing that his followers would get liberation by being killed by Rama?
• 170) Was Ravana from north India?

June 2019

• 169) Detachment doesn’t make us hard-hearted, attachment does – Learning from Kaikeyi
• 168) How strengths become weaknesses and weaknesses become strengths – Learning from Ravana and Vibhishana
• 167) If Sita in Lanka was Vedavati, why do we say Sita, not Vedavati, prayed for Hanuman?
• 166) How to live at the junction of order and chaos – Learning from Dasharatha’s destiny
• 165) How temptation attacks visibly and invisibly – Lessons from Indrajita’s attack on Rama-Lakshmana
• 164) Relationships flourish by sharing, not by dominating – Rama Lakshmana interactions
• 163) Understanding difficult pastimes such as Rama’s banishing Sita
• 162) Relationships flourish by sharing, not by dominating – Rama Lakshmana interactions

May 2019

• 161) Did Ravana have immense knowledge?
• 160) The story of Vishvamitra – part 2 – Overcoming anger and arrogance
• 159) The story of Vishvamitra – Obstacles on the spiritual path – Part 1
• 158) Hanuman in the cave – Persevering in bhakti through pleasure and trouble
• 157) Curses and Choices – How to change our consciousness
• 156) How obstacles become opportunities – Hanuman’s burning tail
• 155) What goes around comes around – Ravana & Maya-Sita
• 154) Ravana -Ten Heads, Zero Brains – Keeping our desires in control

April 2019

• 153) Ahalya cursed and blessed – 3 I’s for changing our consciousness
• 152) Hanuman Jayanti talk – Balance ability with maturity
• 151) Rama Navmi class – How Rama’s selflessness decreases others’ distress
• 150) The sweetly topsy-turvy world of Ramayana
• 149) “Do demons exist?” and lessons from Kabandha – Ramayana wisdom

March 2019

• 148) Rama at home in exile 2 – The power of diligence
• 147) Rama at home in exile 1 – The power of acceptance
• 146) How to be intelligent in dealing with people – Ramayana wisdom

February 2019

• 145) Why did Rama banish Sita?
• 144) Ramayana wisdom – Sugriva-Rama meeting – Why doubts arise and how to overcome them – Hindi

January 2019

• 143) Resist the mind just as Sita resisted Ravana – Hindi
• 142) Ramayana wisdom – How devotion frees us from doubt and dissension – Hindi

December 2018

• 141) Wisdom from Ramayana – New Book

November 2018

• 140) Ramayana series 4 – Sita’s faithfulness – The strength of devotional acceptance
• 139) Ramayana series 3 – Shurapanakha’s manipulativeness – Exploiting others’ weaknesses doesn’t make us strong
• 138) Ramayana series 2 – Ravana’s recklessness – Attachment makes us overvalue things
• 137) Ramayana series 1 – Comparing Dasharatha and Dhritarashtra – What we do is not as important as why we do it

April 2018

• 136) How does Hanuman embody humble ambitiousness?
• 135) When the abducted Sita was not the real Sita, why was Rama distressed by her abduction?
• 134) Was Ravana a good person who just committed one mistake?

March 2018

• 133) Bring out the Hanuman within, not the Ravana within
• 132) Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 4 – How Hanuman provoked to deter Ravana from war
• 131) Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 3 – Keeping our intention above our emotions
• 130) Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 2 – Earning trust through emotional intelligence
• 129) Lessons from Hanuman’s devotion to Rama 1 – When we hide ourselves from the Lord, he hides himself from us
• 128) Ramayana series 3 – Rama-Lakshmana – Does destiny control everything?
• 127) Ramayana series2 – Vali-Sugriva – Don’t judge without understanding
• 126) Ramayana series 1 – Manthara-Kaikeyi – How manipulators mislead

October 2017

• 125) Ramayana series 4 – SEES acronym – 4 explanations why Rama abandoned Sita
• 124) Ramayana series 3 – Shurapanakha’s slyness – Beware of those who manipulate us using our weakness
• 123) Ramayana series 2 – Maricha’s miscalculation – Our destination is not as important as our action
• 122) Ramayana Series 1 – Dasharatha’s dilemma

July 2017

• 121) How could Lava-Kusha defeat Rama who is the undefeatable Lord?

June 2017

• 120) How is Rama’s treatment of Sita justified?

May 2017

• 119) When Ravana had been seen going southwards, why did Rama send monkeys in all four direction?
• 118) Why did Vali attribute negative intention to Sugriva – was he already suspicious?
• 117) After Valis death why didn’t Sugriva console himself by focusing on Valis atrocities?
• 116) When Sugriva had planned Vali’s fall, why did he feel remorse?

April 2017

• 115) From misunderstanding to understanding – Rama katha 4
• 114) From misunderstanding to understanding – Rama katha 3
• 113) From misunderstanding to understanding – Rama katha 2
• 112) From misunderstanding to understanding – Rama katha 1

February 2017

• 111) When Ravana knew scripture, why did he abduct Sita – Hindi?

December 2016

• 110) Why did Rama worship Shiva?
• 109) Ramayana Reflection – Hanuman in Lanka 3 – Exceeding Expectations
• 108) Ramayana Reflection – Hanuman in Lanka 2 – Discouraged yet determined
• 107) Ramayana Reflection – Hanuman in Lanka 1 – Overcoming Obstacles
• 106) Ramayana Reflection – Why Rama abandoned Sita
• 105) Why did Rama abandon Sita?

November 2016

• 104) Hanuman manifests a combination of bhakti and shakti
• 103) ​What is the relation between Valimiki Ramayana and Rama-charita-manasa?
• 102) What is the devotional reason why Rama sent Sita away?
• 101) ​​Why Rama banished Sita – Hindi
• 100) Why did Rama not stand by Sita when she was defamed?
• 99) Was Ravana an ideal brother who stood by his sister at all costs?
• 98) ​Why didn’t Rama uphold the truth of Sita’s purity?
• 97) ​Why did Rama take people’s criticism of Sita so seriously?
• 96) ​When Sita was devastated on Rama’s exiling her, how can we say that she just accepted her exile?

October 2016

• 95) How Rama tests Bharata – and how we can pass the test of desires
• 94) Sumanta-Akrura parallels and ADD acronym for dealing with doubts
• 93) ​Understanding why Rama banished Sita
• 92) ​Respond to adversity with dignity

May 2016

• 91) Why did Rama worship Shiva?
• 90) Naam Ramayana – Pride induces and perpetuates misjudgment

April 2016

• 89) ​Naam Ramayana – When the supreme appears to be deluded, that appearance is a delusion
• 88) ​Naam Ramayana – Disciplining is not punishing
• 87) Naam Ramayana – Devotion requires no qualification except the desire to serve
• 86) ​Naam Ramayana – The supreme blesser blesses and is blessed
• 85) ​Naam Ramayana – The all-pure purifies at multiple levels – tangible and intangible
• 84) Naam Ramayana – Our worldview shapes our responses to the world’s ups and downs
• 83) ​Why did Dashratha distribute the ambrosia differently among his wives?
• 82) ​Rama disregarded Ayodhya citizens when going to exile himself, but not when exiling Sita – Why?
• 81) ​Why did Rama not consult Vashishtha when sending Sita away?
• 80) ​Why did Rama not obey Vashishtha when asked to return to Ayodhya?
• 79) Angada’s journey – Unity within begets unity without
• 78) ​Sugriva’s journey from doubt to faith

March 2016

• 77) When Lakshmana left Sita unguarded because of her harsh words, whose mistake was it?

February 2016

• 76) Was Ravana revenging the dishonor of Shurapanakha by kidnapping Sita?

January 2016

• 75) Sugriva: Comfort – Material and Transcendental
• 74) Wasn’t Hanuman’s anger in burning Lanka excessive?
• 73) Is Tulsi-Ramayana more biased against Ravana than Valmiki-Ramayan?
• 72) When Hanuman was a monkey, why did Sita see him as a man and decline to be carried by him?
• 71) Did Vibhishana betray his brother by defecting to Rama’s side?
• 70) Why did Dasharatha not go with Rama to the forest when he felt separation from him?
• 69) Was Ravana virtuous because he didn’t violate Sita forcibly?

December 2015

• 68) Why did Dasharatha not follow Ram into his 14 year exile?
• 67) Wasn’t Hanuman’s burning Lanka excessive vandalism?
• 66) Wasn’t Lakshmana’s disfiguring Shurapanakha disproportionate and cruel?
• 65) When Rama descended in the Surya Vamsha why is he called Ramachandra?

November 2015

• 64) Dont let comfort cause complacency – Ramayana Reflection
• 63) Was rain an adequate reason for Rama to delay his search for Sita?

October 2015

• 62) Association reminds us of our spiritual glory

July 2015

• 61) Defiance used in the service of devotion – Ramayana reflection

April 2015

• 60) Why did Hanuman not defeat Vali?
• 59) Hanuman – An endearing blend of bhakti and shakti

March 2015

• 58) The Recipe for Ruining Relationships – Ramayana Wisdom 1
• 57) Nāmarāmāyaṇam (The Ramayana conveyed in 108 names)
• 56) Ramayana’s enduring message – Rise from me to we
• 55) Value Education and Spirituality 35 – Ramayana 17 – Hanuman 2 – Never lose heart
• 54) Value Education 34 – Ramayana 16 – Hanuman 1 – Overcome distractions by determination
• 53) Value Education 33 – Ramayana 15 – Jambavan – Help bring the best out of others
• 52) Value Education 32 – Ramayana 14 – Angada – Overcome dissension by focus on common
• 51) Value Education 31 – Ramayana 13 – Sugriva – Comforts breed ingratitude

October 2014

• 50) Value Education 29 – Ramayana 11 – Vali 2 – Judging without understanding ruins relationships
• 49) Value Education 30 – Ramayana 12 – Vali 3 – Real repentance is seen in rectification
• 48) Value Education and Spirituality 28 – Ramayana 10 – Vali 1 – Judging without understanding ruins relationships
• 47) Value Education and Spirituality 27 – Ramayana 9 – Shabari – See not the body’s caste – see the heart’s character
• 46) Value Education and Spirituality 26 – Ramayana 8 – Jatayu – Fight atrocities against women
• 45) Value Education and Spirituality 25 – Ramayana 7 – Lakshmana – Don’t ascribe intention to what is spoken in tension
• 44) Value Education and Spirituality 24 – Ramayana 6 – The illusory dear – Use intelligence to see beyond appearance to substance
• 43) Value Education and Spirituality 23 – Ramayana 5 – Shurapanakha – Don’t let the selfish exploit our sexual vulnerabiity
• 42) Value Education and Spirituality 22 – Ramayana 4 – Bharata – Stick to integrity amidst opportunity for immorality
• 41) Value Education and Spirituality 21 – Ramayana 3 – Dasharatha – Honor one’s word even at great personal cost
• 40) Value Education and Spirituality 20 – Ramayana 2 – Rama – Go beyond fight or flight to choose the best response
• 39) Value Education and Spirituality 19 – Ramayana 1 – Kaikeyi – Don’t be deluded by malicious misinformers
• 38) Why did Ravana despite being obstinate listen to Maricha first and give up his plan to abduct Sita?
• 37) After seeing Rama’s power why did Akampana not flee entirely as did Maricha?
• 36) How does Akampana reach Lanka before Shurapanakha?
• 35) Dussehra meditation – Differentiating between obstinacy and determination

April 2014

• 34) Prayer to Hanumanji – Welcome the Rama-duta in the heart with eagerness
• 33) Hanuman Appearance – Blend submission and aggression in devotion
• 32) When the Ramayana says monasteries shouldn’t accept donations from women, why does ISKCON accept donations from women?

March 2014

• 31) When Vali and Sugriva are born from the union of demigods (Indra and Surya with Aruni) why do they have a monkey form?

December 2013

• 30) What is the authenticity of Lord Rama’s pastimes that are not mentioned in the Ramayana?

November 2013

• 29) Is the Lanka in the south of India the same as Ravana’s Lanka?

October 2013

• 28) Did Dasharatha Maharaj go to heaven instead of the spiritual world?

August 2013

• 27) Did Lord Rama have to be separated from Sita due to Bhrigu Muni’s curse to Vishnu?

July 2013

• 26) Is the bridge between India and Lanka Rama-setu?
• 25) How were Ikshvaku kings rulers of the earth when Ravana was in Lanka?
• 24) Why did Lord Rama run after a deer not realising it was a demon from the beginning?

June 2013

• 23) Lord Rama says janani janma bhumischa svargad api gariyasi. How to understand it?

April 2013

• 22) Ram Jinka Nama Hai song explanation – Rama Navmi 2013 Hindi
• 21) Rama Katha – 4 lessons from the abduction of Sita Hindi
• 20) Ramayana characters 2 – Kaikeyi 2
• 19) Ramayana characters 1 – Kaikeyi (Trapped by Blind Belief and Baseless Doubt) – 1
• 18) As Kaikeyi’s demands led to the unfoldment of the Ramayana why is she considered the symbol of ignorance

March 2013

• 17) If Tulsi das was a devotee, why did he want to merge in impersonal brahman?

December 2012

• 16) Is Sita the daugher of Ravana?

November 2012

• 15) What was Srila Prabhupada’s position on Goswami Tulasidas?

October 2012

• 14) Are the vanaras of Ramayana similar to the monkeys on earth today?
• 13) The Obstinacy of Ravana – Dussehra class

September 2012

• 12) How were Jatayu and Sampatti able to fly towards the sun when there is no air in the space intervening between the earth and the sun?

August 2012

• 11) Team work in the Ramayana
• 10) Why was Dasharath M ready to forgo his word to Vishvamitra but not Kaikeyi?

May 2012

• 9) As Ravana and Kumbakarna are also devotees in disguise, why do scriptures not glorify them?

April 2012

• 8) When exactly was the Ramayana written – before, during or after the pastimes of Lord Rama?
• 7) Why did Lord Rama kill the shudra Shambuka for doing the pious activity of tapasya?
• 6) Rama-Lila lectures in Hindi
• 5) Is the Ramayana relevant today?

January 2012

• 4) Why did Lord Rama kill Vali from behind a tree?
• 3) Why do I feel more attracted to Lord Rama than to Lord Krishna?

October 2011

• 2) What is the significance of Diwali?

October 2010

• 1) Why did Lord Rama banish Sita?