Rama Quotes

“It's a shame that we humans are never able to pull in the same direction . . . [n]ot even when confronted by infinity.”
― Gentry Lee, Rama II

“Shri Ram said: “Ever since I have been separated from you, Sita, everything to me has become its very reverse. The fresh and tender leaves on the trees look like tongues of fire; nights appear as dreadful as the night of final dissolution and the moon scorches like the sun. Beds of lotuses are like so many spears planted on the ground, while rain-clouds pour boiling oil as it were. Those that were friendly before, have now become tormenting; the cool, soft and fragrant breezes are now like the hissing serpent. One’s agony is assuaged to some extent even by speaking of it, but to whom shall I speak about it? For there is no one who will understand. The reality about the chord of love that binds you and me, dear, is known to my heart alone; and my heart ever abides with you. Know this to be the essence of my love.”
― Tulsidas, Ramayana

“Abandon pride, which is the same as Tamas-guna (darkness), rooted as it is in ignorance and is a source of considerable pain; and adore Lord Shri Rama, the Chief of the Raghus and an ocean of compassion.

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― Tulsidas, Ramayana

“Ah, Toulouse, you have travelled too much. You know the gods of a hundred lands, those of the trees and mountains, the sky and sea, the stars and planets, of demons and angels, and even the Master of the Cosmos. But I am speaking of God. There are others, I’m sure, but only one God who created even great Zeus and Rama. Yet travel is like philosophy: a few years of it will perk the eye to differences, which you shall be able to notice with ease. Yet living as I have, travelling to lonely lands and through a thousand metropolises and hidden woods, you rather see the similarities. All becomes one, and God too becomes one. Not the sum of all those gods here, but beyond them, a being few philosophers have truly grasped. He has always been one, but he is severed in our minds. So it is up to us to piece him back together. If our souls possess a clarity beyond what our mortal nature can bestow, we shall see him.”
― Mary-Jean Harris, Wrestling with Gods

“Lord Rama means One. When one gets this Oneness within and this Oneness is corroborated by the members of the human race, then no other desire arises. The mind is filled with the ambrosia of Oneness - any and every kind of desire (Kama) disappears, not to speak of any distinction.”
― Sri Jibankrishna or Diamond

“The Bhajan of the death of the breeze

Through the incredible red of the leaves
I have seen death!
The sky was a yogurt of flying monkeys,
or the inner Ramayana of all the red leaves
The breeze overflowed itself
with a heart of wood,
clarifying my size
of subtle forgetfulness and bajans,
towards the naked torso
of the sun and the earth.
Through the incredible red of the leaves
I have seen death !.
I saw my guru.
I saw the God of Gods telling me:
YOU ARE RAMA.
YOU ARE RAMA.
Since ever!
And since before you were born:
YOU ARE RAMA
And in the naked torso
of the sun and the earth
my heart today spills
between subtle forgetfulness and bhajans,
because you are also Rama.
because you are also Rama.”
― Daniel Wamba

“El Bhajan de la muerte de la brisa

Por el increíble rojo de las hojas
he visto a la muerte!
El cielo era un yogur de monos voladores,
o el Ramayana interior
de todas las hojas rojas.
La brisa de desbordaba de si misma
con un corazón de madera,
aclarando mi talla de sutiles olvidos y bajans,
hacia el torso desnudo
del sol y la tierra.
Por el increíble rojo de las hojas
he visto a la muerte!.
Vi a mi gurú.
Al Dios de Dioses
diciéndome ; TU ERES RAMA
TU ERES RAMA
Desde siempre!
Y desde antes que nazcas
TU ERES RAMA
Y en el torso desnudo
del sol y la tierra
mi corazón hoy se derrama
Entre sutiles olvidos y bhajans
porque tu también eres Rama.
porque tu también eres Rama.”
― Daniel Wamba