Tag Archives: Valmiki

Day 1, Initiation, Balakanda – Chapters I and II

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Bijoy Misra

Sai Temple in Billerica For about three years now, I have started visiting the Sai Temple in Billerica.  I was invited to participate in a Tulasi Ramayana reading in October, 2010, organized by my friend Sri Prabhulal Rathi. The Temple … Continue reading →

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Reading the Valmiki Ramayana

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Bijoy Misra

Indian Literature and Ramayana Indian thinkers distinguished themselves in the olden times by an important empirical realization that the universe must be run by a cosmic concept, which they called “mana”, in English we translate as “mind”.  But “mind” as … Continue reading →

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Reading the Valmiki Ramayana

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Bijoy Misra

Background Strange stories are told about the origin of Poet Valmiki.  It is taught in the school that the poet began his life as a violent robber, killing men for robbing them and killing animals for food.  He went by … Continue reading →

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Reading the Valmiki Ramayana

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Bijoy Misra

Introduction I start this blog on July 10, 2013, to record my experiences of the experiment I am doing by taking the task of reading the complete text of Valmiki’s Ramayana with a group of associates at the Sai Temple … Continue reading →

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