Indian Wisdom
The Ramayana, the Gita and the stories that shaped India. 6 books.
▶ 22 minValmiki Ramayana: Why Sita Refused Hanuman's Rescue
In Valmiki's Ramayana, Sita could not choose what happened to her, but at every test she chose what she would accept.
▶ 22 minValmiki Ramayana: Hanuman's Journey (Kishkindha, Sundara, Yuddha)
In Valmiki's Ramayana, Hanuman is carried through his mission by four qualities of mind, not by his strength.
▶ 19 minValmiki Ramayana: The Lakshman Rekha and Other Later Stories
Many loved Ramayana scenes, from the Lakshman Rekha to Shabari's tasted berries, come from later tellers, not from Valmiki's poem.
▶ 28 minValmiki Ramayana: Books 4–7 (Kishkindha to Uttara)
In Books 4 to 7 of Valmiki's Ramayana, Rama's every promise is kept, and the last one costs him his brother.
▶ 27 minValmiki Ramayana: Books 1–3 (Bala, Ayodhya, Aranya)
In the first three books of Valmiki's Ramayana, every promise is kept, and someone always pays for it.
▶ 23 minValmiki Ramayana: Why Ravana Lost
In Valmiki's Ramayana, Ravana falls not for lack of power but because he ignored every warning, and his wife says his own senses defeated him.