This week I chose to do the one-week reading over the Ramayana, specifically about Rama and Sita. I will be reading the part B section today and writing some notes over that.
- During his banishment, Rama made the most of it exploring with his wife Sita
- One day Lakshman spotted Bharat with his army coming to save Rama and tell him his exile was over
- Lakshman was filled with anger
- Rama wanted to abide by his promise to stay in exile and felt no reason to return
- Rama was told that he should return and be the king
- he was told about the death of his father and he had never felt so much sadness in his life
- it was a though all the trees were cut off by axes.
- he still did not want to return
- they decided to hold a funeral for the spirit of his father in the forest
- Rama continued to keep his promise even when speaking in private with his brother that he would not return and take the throne
- A brahman came down to tell Rama that words said by the dead are no longer bounded once they pass
- Rama still did not give in
- 10 years had passed and everything was going smoothly for Rama and Sita
- Ravana was overwhelmed with all of his failures
- he grabbed his sword and ran to the Ashoka grove
- he screamed on and on about how Sita did all of these malicious things
- He promised to kill her himself
- Sita sat calmly and prepared for her death
- She regretted not letting Hanuman take her away
- she blamed herself
- an honorable rakshasa named Suparshva restrained Ravana
- He was told that Sita is not his enemy and his enemy is on the battlefield
- So finally Ravana went to go challenge Rama himself
(Image of Rama, Sita, and Lakshman in the Forest)
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