Manas Ravan - A Ram Katha by Morari Bapu to the extent understood by me.

Day 4

We can quench our thirst by approaching river of self realization at different places on it's banks.

If  we approach Ramcharitmanas through God Shankar we are following the path of knowledge.
Mahadev has three eyes. Knowledge, Detachment and Yoga.
He has a very detached and broad vision.

The highest impact occurs on listening. Reading is not a method of devotion, listening is.
The enlightened speaker removes illusion from the minds of people. People can't be free from illusion unless they awake.

Please don't indulge in calling names to the speakers, you won't gain anything.
A mind that gets into the habit of ill reasoning loses all it's creative powers.
If there is no ill reasoning there will arise love for the feet of the benefactor.
The worst improbable events won't take place if you are protected by the benefactor.

The other speaker Kakbhushundi has wings. It is not so that he doesn't have eyes. Rather he has an eye of advaita. Similarly it is not so that Mahadev doesn't have wings, you should see everything in the right perspective.

A speaker with wings means one who doesn't get imprisoned in the cage of prestige, appreciation, title and money.
You can't catch a crow, a crow is always on move, doesn't take any fixed path.

Rama has taken birth in the lineage of the Sun (dispels darkness), Ravana in the lineage of the Monsters (becomes active at night)
Rama is always providing comfort, Ravana always taking efforts full of labor.
Rama is always for cosmic harmony, Ravana for personal superiority.
Both Rama and Ravana are disciples of Mahadev. Rama's skin color in the color of Mahadev's throat while Ravana's skin color is the color of Mahadev's body.
Ravana is a brahmin by lineage and his aptitude to study the scriptures. He became a brahma rakshasa by his deeds. He was a warrior. He was not a trader but he weighed Mount Kailash by his hands.

Rama is for bridging the gaps Ravana distances away his own people and creates gaps.
Rama is a great donor and he gives away. Ravana is a poacher and robs away.

Both are devotees of Mahadev. There existence is to be seen in the context of relativity.

Manthara is the Ravan in Ayodhya.
Ravana knows all the arts of a politician. 1. saam : treating others with equality. 2. daam :  offering price for others' loyalty. 3. danda : levying penalty 4. bheda : divide and rule
Manthara can't treat others with equality as she is a hunched back person. She doesn't have any resources to buy loyalties. She doesn't have any power to levy penalty. She has a malicious mind and she can create cracks in the mindset of others.
Manthara can't remain in the company of Kaushalya (she symbolizes knowledge) and Sumitra (she symbolizes devotion / adoration). Manthara can only remain in the company of Kayikayi who symbolizes action (karma).

Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore likes most the incarnation of Vishnu as Buddha. All other incarnations have descended from divinity to humanity. Buddha has ascended from humanity to divinity.

There can't be any donation of food. It is the duty of well fed people to see that the have-nots are provided with food. A mother is not donating any food when she breast feeds her baby.

A kerchief gets dirty after cleaning hands, Raam-Naam doesn't get dirty after wiping impurities, it is a pearl.

If we remember that we are human beings we can live happily. If we remember that we are abodes of Mahadev we can have supreme happiness.

Those who are confused are bound to perish.

We should act with dexterity and not with miserliness.

We should do good with good faith and not to compete with others.
We 'should do' good understanding it well that it will still be done if we won't do it.
We should not keep an eye on the fruits of action but we should enjoy performing the action.
We should do good to expand our scope of identity, to sacrifice our ego and never to humiliate others.
If we are not attentive we are bound to be hit by lust and anger.

Day 5

Ravana has many marks of God. But Ravana is not God.

Ravana is death, Rama is Life.

Valmiki says that wherever these 14 are Rama is.














Angad says that wherever these 14 are Ravana is.


Death is a mark of God.

Gorakhnath asks Yogi to die, he doesn’t ask a person engaged in sensual pleasures to die.

An orator was asked to speak to a gathering of audience. The orator said that he will speak if the audience undertakes to do what he says. The audience said that are ready. Then he asked the audience if they are really ready. The audience thought and said that they are ready to do anything but they should not be asked to give money. The orator said OK. He will not ask for money but are they ready to give what he will ask for. The audience thought again and said OK they will do what he asks but he should not ask for their time. He said OK. He will not ask for money or time but are they willing to do what he asks for. Again the audience thought for a while and said OK they should be asked to do the thing which they are capable of doing. He said OK he will ask for something which they are capable of doing. The audience said OK, tell us what we should do. The orator said die. There is no monetary cost involved in dying, there is no question of giving any time and everyone has the capability to die.

Death is the prerequisite to reach God.

Lord Krishna says, He is Death and He is Amrit.

A mirror is an excuse to see oneself.

Saki Sharab Laa Kyo Ki Tabiyat Udaas Hai
Muttarim Rabab Laa Kyo Ki Tabiyat Udaas Hai

If the existence would have been a miser, we would not have existed.

He who carries weapons is a coward.

Vyavasay doesn’t mean business in scriptures, it means determination.

Not  being an adamant but having strong determination, there is no need of any target.

Day 6

The truth is like an ice-cream. There will be some some transformation in the process of transfer.

Hanuman didn't do any worship by allocating a specific time for that activity. He was always doing Raam Kaam and chanting Raam Naam.

Bhagwan Shankaracharya says that we are at our best when we are at our ease. The states of dhyan and dharna are inferior to sahajawastha.

We are not doing any worship when we are making comparison with others, we should see how far we have progressed.

Your soul is Mahadev. Your intellect is Parvati. Your home is temple. Your walking and moving is performing parikrama. Your true and loving words are chanting of stotras. This is how Shankaracharya has defined the sahajawastha, the state of being at ease without breaks.

Those who do special worships are superior and those who are in the state of ease are inferior is not true.

Instead of focusing your mind at the tip of your nose you should look at the whole universe with kindness.

Raam Kaam means working for Rama. It means doing the following....
bridge the gaps in the society
search Sita
arrange for the medical treatment to some needy person

Kabir has also said 'Sadho Sahaj Samadhi Bhali'
The best state of meditation is to remain in the state of one's ease.

Two eyes means one vision, so twenty eyes means 10 visions.

Ravana has 10 visions.
The vision of knowledge - Gyan Drishti
The vision of fault finding - Dosh Drishti

The vision that divides - Bheda Drishti
The infinite vision - Apar Drishti
The vision of emotion - Bhaav Drishti
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There can't be any good by kidnapping, there can be good by offering oneself to truth, compassion and love.

It is very obvious that Ravana has a vision that divides. He was born to Diti, diti means division.

Why there are temples of Rama? It is because he didn't have any jealousy towards his enemy. He asked Lakshamana to gain knowledge from Ravana when the latter was lying on his death bed. The world won't find any fault if Ravana is ended but the world will find fault if the knowledge that Ravana had also ends.

One should never go to preceptors with empty hands, one should have something to offer as sacrifice in the fire of knowledge. Hanuman gave some grass to Lakshamana when he approached Ravana for acquiring knowledge. This is an indication to the underlying principle.