Lord Hanuman

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Om Sai Ram

 

Can you please help, I need a Discourse on Lord Hanuman.

 

Thanks.

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Sai Ram,

 

Below are extracts from 2 of Baba's discourses from

Ram Nuavmi. Hope this helps.

At SAi SERVICE.

 

 

Hanuman's Supreme Devotion

 

What happened to Sumitra's share of pudding that was

carried away by the eagle? It was left on a mountain,

which Anjani Devi consumed. As a result, Hanuman was

born to her. This is the reason for the intimate

relationship that existed between Hanuman and the four

brothers, Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata and Satrughna. Very

few are aware of it.

 

When Sita and Rama returned to Ayodhya, people's joy

knew no bounds. At the time of His coronation, Rama

distributed gifts to all those who had helped Him in

the war, except to Hanuman. On being questioned by

Sita, Rama said that Hanuman did not care for any gift

and that He had no worthy gift to be given to Hanuman.

Then Sita took out her pearl necklace and presented it

to Hanuman. He plucked each pearl, put it between his

teeth, placed it near his ear and with a face

indicating disappointment threw it away in disgust.

Surprised at this behavior of Hanuman, Sita said,

"Hanuman, this is a precious pearl necklace given to

me by my father, but you are throwing away the pearls

without realizing their value. You don't seem to have

given up your monkey tricks." Then Hanuman replied, "O

mother, I examined each pearl in order to see whether

it had the sacred name of Rama in it. I could not find

it in any pearl. Without the name of Rama, they are

but stones and pebbles. So, I cast them on the ground.

Even the hair of mine is filled with the name of

Rama." Saying so, he plucked out a hair from his hand

and put it near Sita's ear. She could hear Rama's name

emanating from it. Then she started praising Hanuman

thus: "You are the crest jewel among the monkeys who

fulfilled Rama's mission. You are the great hero who

found the whereabouts of Sita and destroyed the city

of Lanka." (Telugu Poem) It can be said that but for

Hanuman, Ramayana would not have existed. He is the

embodiment of devotion and surrender. Hanuman is

present wherever Rama's name is chanted. Rama's name

and form are not different. Hanuman experienced this

unity. That is the principle of non-dualism. You call

yourselves devotees of Rama and go through the sacred

text of Ramayana repeatedly, but is there any

transformation in your mind? Not at all. This is not

true or real devotion, but only a show of devotion.

Rama does not approve of pomp and show. He gives

importance only to practice. Bliss can be attained

only through practice. Try to understand the principle

of Rama correctly.

 

>From Baba’s discourse (2000)

 

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RAMA AND HANUMAN

 

 

For all the mighty deeds done by Hanuman and great

help rendered by him, Rama asked him: "Hanuman! What

reward can I give you? Apart from expressing my

gratitude to you I cannot give you any fitting

recompense. The only way I can show my gratitude to

you is that whenever you think of me at any time in

your life, I shall appear before you." Rama was

showing his gratitude to Hanuman in this manner.

 

This indicates that the primary duty of man is to be

grateful all his life to the person who has done him a

good turn.

 

Man has to realize his divinity and look at all Nature

from the Divine point of view. Instead man looks at

everything only from the mundane point of view. The

body is indeed perishable. But it is also the means

for realizing the imperishable Truth.

 

This means, all speech should be about the Divine. All

actions should be godly. Every thought should be about

God.

 

That is the appeal which Thyagaraja made to his mind:

"Oh mind, think always about Sri Rama." (Bhagavan sang

in His own mellifluous voice Thyagaraja's song in

which he said: "Oh Kausalya, what penance did you

perform to enjoy the privilege of calling Sri Rama

affectionately as a mother and showering your kisses

on the divinely beautiful child Rama. What penance did

Dasaratha perform to call Sri Rama to come to him?")

Thus Thyagaraja was chanting Rama's name all the time

and singing his glories. This is an example to the

world.

 

( 1995 Discourse)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

--- Shereen Jaggernath

<sjaggernath wrote:

>

> Om Sai Ram

>

> Can you please help, I need a Discourse on Lord

> Hanuman.

>

> Thanks.

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Jai Sri Krishna

 

Sai Ram,

 

go to http://www.eaisai.com/baba/ and look for the Ram Navami discourses. In

the 2002 and other discourses, Swami has spoken on Hanuman.

 

 

 

Shereen Jaggernath <sjaggernath wrote:

Om Sai Ram

Can you please help, I need a Discourse on Lord Hanuman.

Thanks.