What ideal should we follow now?

Disciple: What ideal should we follow now?

Swamiji: You have now to make the character of Mahavira your ideal. See how at the command of Ramachandra he crossed the ocean. He had no care for life or death! 

He was a perfect master of his senses and wonderfully sagacious. You have now to build your life on this great ideal of personal service. Through that, all other ideals will gradually manifest in life. Obedience to the Guru without questioning, and strict observance of Brahmacharya -- this is the secret of success. 

As on the one hand Hanuman represent the ideal of service, so on the other hand he represents leonine courage, striking the whole world with awe. He has not the least hesitation in sacrificing his life for the good of Rama. A supreme indifference to everything except the service of Rama, even to the attainment of the status of Brahma and Shiva, the great World-gods! 

Only the carrying out of Shri Rama's best is the one vow of this life! Such whole-hearted devotion is wanted. 

Playing on the Khol and Kartal and dancing in the frenzy of Kirtana has degenerated the whole people. They are, in the first place, a race of dyspeptics -- and if in addition to this they dance and jump in that way, how can they bear the strain? In trying to imitate the highest Sadhana, the preliminary qualification for which is absolute purity, they have been swallowed in dire Tamas. In every district and village you may visit, you will find only the sound of the Khol and Kartal! Are not drums made in the country? Are not trumpets and kettle-drums available in India? Make the boys hear the deep-toned sound of these instruments. Hearing from boyhood the sound of these effeminate forms of music and listening to the kirtana, the country is well-nigh converted into a country of women. What more degradation can you expect? Even the poet's imagination fails to draw this picture! 

The Damaru and horn have to be sounded, drums are to be beaten so as to raise the deep and martial notes, and with "Mahavira, Mahavira" on your lips and shouting "Hara, Hara, Vyom, Vyom", the quarters are to be reverberated. The music which awakens only the softer feelings of man is to be stopped now for some time. Stopping the light tunes such as Kheal and Tappa for some time, the people are to be accustomed to hear the Dhrupad music. Through the thunder-roll of the dignified Vedic hymns, life is to be brought back into the country. 

In everything the austere spirit of heroic manhood is to be revived. In following such an ideal lies the good of the people and the country. If you can build your character after such an ideal, then a thousand others will follow. But take care that you do not swerve an inch from the ideal. Never lose heart. In eating, dressing, or lying, in singing or playing, in enjoyment or disease, always manifest the highest moral courage. Then only will you attain the grace of Mahashakti, the Divine Mother.

- Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, 'From the Diary of a Disciple', Vol VII, P232-33

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How kakbhushundi was a time traveler?

How kakbhushundi was a time traveler? And how did he watch ramayama for 11 times?

Kakabhushundi is depicted as a devotee of Rama, who narrates the story of the Ramayana to Garuda in the form of a crow. He is described to be one of the Chiranjivis, an immortal being in Hinduism who is to remain alive on earth until the end of the current Kali Yuga.

He witnessed a cosmic vision in Rama's mouth, observing millions of suns and moons within, and a vision of the sage himself in Ayodhya within each celestial object. He resided within each of these realms for centuries, and returned from Rama's mouth to find himself return to the same moment in time as he had left.

It is said that Shri Kakabhushundi has seen 11 different Ramayana and 16 different Mahabharatas each with different endings.

meaning of Kakbhushundi;-

According to Hinduism, who and what is Kakbhushundi? Kakbhushundi is a sage who was a great devotee of Lord Ram. Kak literally means crow

Kakabhushundi Time Travel

According to Vedas and Puranas, Kakabhushundi has witnessed 11 Ramayanas and 16 Mahabharata. He will continue to live in his eternal form till the end of the Kalpa.

Who is Kakabhushundi? How was he born? How is he able to travel around time? Is there any reference of him in any of Hindu scripture? If so, where?

What were the 11 more ending results of Ramayana and 16 different results of Mahabharata watched by Kakbhushundi?

What are the different endings of Ramayana and Mahabharata accoring to Kakbhushundi? Please don't explian his origin, I have read enough answers that only mention his origin etc. I specifically want to know the alternate stories and endings.

It is said that Shri Kakabhushundi has seen 11 different Ramayana and 16 different Mahabharatas each with different endings. Is there any mention of these different endings?

Does Kakbhushundi in Ramcharitmanas claims that he has seen different Ramayans with different outcomes of various universes?

It is said that Shri Kakabhushundi has seen 11 different Ramayana and 16 different Mahabharatas each with different endings. Is there any mention of these different endings?

i only know some part of it and will be answering the same,

shri kakabhushundi when they went into prabhu shri ramji’s stomach, they saw infinite number of universes, infinite number of ayodhas, infinite number of saryu rivers, infinite number of kaushalya ji and dashrath ji and infinite number of everything, everything was different from one another in different timelines but there was only one paramtattva nirakaar prabhu shri ramji who was same in every universe and every timeline, there was no change in them as they are the cause of all the causes and everything originates from them and will

Who is Kakabhushundi? How was he born? How is he able to travel around time? Is there any reference of him in any of Hindu scripture? If so, where?

There was once a learned Brahman, who was also a devotee of Shiva. He happened to meet a young man from Ayodhya who was very arrogant and egoistic. But the young man was also a Shiva devotee and wished to be the disciple of the Brahman.

Although the young man had grown up in Ayodhya, he had a very strong aversion for Rama and worshipped only Shiva. His guru, the kind Brahman, always tried to make him realize that even Shiva and Brahma bow before Rama, and if you think you can attain Shiva by disrespecting Rama then you will be not be able to attain anything at all. However, the young man did no

What are the different endings of Ramayana and Mahabharata accoring to Kakbhushundi? Please don't explian his origin, I have read enough answers that only mention his origin etc. I specifically want to know the alternate stories and endings.

Kakbhushubdi saw 11 Versions of Ramayana unfold

Each time a different outcome

The first was an outcome where Dasaratha never took the divine nectar and remained Childless and died at the hands of Ravana and Ayodhya was broken to pieces

Another was Ravana being assassinated by his own son Meghanadh

Another was Laxman dying and Rama losing heart in the battle

Another was Bali killing Sugriva

Another was Ravanas son Mahiravana sacrificing Laxman to a Goddess and the Goddess angered burning down Lanka

Each time Kakbhushubdi flew in circles from the beginning to the end and each time he flew back to a new version of Ramayan. 

Ma Anandmayi and Sri Udiya Baba

"Sri Udiya Baba was a realized saint of great fame Northern part of India. Udiya Baba was guru of Haribaba and Avadhootji. They  often stayed at Vrindavan in Udiya Baba’s ashram. In 40's when Ma Anandmanyi ( MA) would visit vrindavan, Uriya baba would look situations around her from distance and criticize her. He would say "Who is this woman in white clothes that people are going crazy about?! She is not even a saint. She is not wearing safron, just a white saree!" One day when Ma was in Vrindavan She asked Nirmalananda to get a rickshaw and told him to take Her to Udiya baba's ashram! They went. On reaching the ashram they saw a huge crowd and Baba was giving some discourse in the hall and ladies were sitting on one side and the men on the other side as is usually done. Ma covered Her head with saree right upto Her stomach in Ghunghat style. (Ladies in olden days were supposed to do the Ghunghat and not show their faces to the males.) She went and sat in the female section in the crowd and asked Nirmalda to go and sit in the male section in the crowd, on the floor. When the discourse got over all went to do pranam to Udiya baba, some with flowers, some with garlands. Ma stood in line and when Her turn came, she went to him with Her Ghunghat till Her tummy and extended just Her two hands towards him as if to let him hold both of them! The moment he saw the two hands, he screamed-"These are the hands of the Jagat Janani!" Saying this Ma immediately removed Her Saree, looked at him and burst out in her very loud laughter. Later Udiya Baba revealed that previously he had seen in his vision this hands. So he immediately recognized the hands of the Jagat Janani. 

Thereafter Ma often visited his ashram to attend satsangs and ‘Raslila’ there. Udiya Baba had great affection and devotion towards Ma. Once, in presence of mahatmas, Udiya Baba caught hold of Ma’s hand in great emotion and with tears, he said — "Ma, I failed to recognize you.” At Vrindavan, Many times, when Udiya Baba was ill he would not leave Ma and would demand her presence by his sickbed.  Ma had given a hint to Gurupriya didi that Udiya Baba's demise was close. Soon after, Udiya Baba suddenly met with an accident in his ashram and passed away. Ma was present during Babaji’s ‘phandara’ (feast) and other functions of his mahasamadhi."

 

There are many divine and miraculous stories between the two of them. One time also, After Uriya Babas demise, years later, Haribaba was in his deathbed. MA revealed that Uriya Baba came to her in astral body  and asked her saving Haribaba. -"He shouldn't die, he has lot to do. Save him" Haribaba was definitely saved and his visions about MA  during those  sick days are whole other divine story.

Ramlala - The Divine Child

About the year 1864 there came to Dakshineswar a wandering Vaishnava monk, Jatadhari, whose Ideal Deity was Rama. He always carried with him a small metal image of the Deity, which he called by the endearing name of Ramlala, the Boy Rama. Toward this little image he displayed the tender affection of Kausalya for her divine Son, Rama.

Sri Ramakrishna, much impressed with his devotion, requested Jatadhari to spend a few days at Dakshineswar. Soon Ramlala became the favourite companion of Sri Ramakrishna too. Later on he described to the devotees how the little image would dance gracefully before him, jump on his back, insist on being taken in his arms, run to the fields in the sun, pluck flowers from the bushes, and play pranks like a naughty boy. A very sweet relationship sprang up between him and Ramlala, for whom he felt the love of a mother.

One day Jatadhari requested Sri Ramakrishna to keep the image and bade him adieu with tearful eyes. He declared that Ramlala had fulfilled his innermost prayer and that he now had no more need of formal worship. A few days later Sri Ramakrishna was blessed through Ramlala with a vision of Ramachandra, whereby he realized that the Rama of the Ramayana, the son of Dasaratha, pervades the whole universe as Spirit and Consciousness; that He is its Creator, Sustainer, and Destroyer; that, in still another aspect, He is the transcendental Brahman, without form, attribute, or name.

While worshipping Ramlala as the Divine Child, Sri Ramakrishna's heart became filled with motherly tenderness, and he began to regard himself as a woman. His speech and gestures changed. During this time he worshipped the Divine Mother as Her companion or handmaid.

(The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna/Introduction/RAMLALA)