Essence of Ramayana

by Swami Sivananda

Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj’s main purpose in life is to serve aspiring souls and humanity, and one of the forms it has taken has been the production of over three hundred books on almost all aspects of religion and culture of India.

Sri Swamiji has rightly called the Ramayana as being Dharma in theory and practice. IT has influenced and molded Indian life and thought for hundreds of years and is still a living force in the inner depths of Indian consciousness.

Table of Contents:

• Section one: Preliminary
  • Ekasloki Ramayana
  • Sri Rama Mangalam
  • Ahalya’s Prayer
  • Story of Valmiki
  • Introduction
• Section two: Synopsis of the Seven Kandas
• Section three: The Ramayana
  • Bala Kanda
  • Ayodhya Kanda
  • Aranya Kanda
  • Kishkindha Kanda
  • Sundara Kanda
  • Yuddha Kanda
  • Uttara Kanda
• Section four: Characters of the Ramayana
  • Sri Rama
  • Sita Devi
  • Lakshmana
  • Bharata
  • Satrughna
  • Dasaratha
  • Sri Hanuman
  • Jatayu and Sampati
  • Vali
  • Lava and Kusa
  • Ravana
• Section five: Srirama's Teachings
  • Sri Rama’s Instructions to Lakshmana
  • Rama Hridayam
  • Rama Gita
• Section six: Sri Ramanavami Messages of Swami Sivananda
  • Glory of Ramanana
  • Be Devoted to Hari
  • Way to Rama Rajya
  • Lord Rama -Light of Truth
  • Rama Rajya Within
  • Let Sri Rama Be Your Ideal
  • Sri Rama, The Universal Ideal
  • Fellow the Path of Righteousness
  • The Hero of the Ramayana
  • The Ideal of Highest Duty
  • Lesson of Ramayana
• Section seven: A Divine Garland for Sri Rama
  • Rama Rajya
  • Svadhyaya
  • Adityahridayam.

About the Author:

Sri Swami Sivananda , born on the 8th September, 1887, in the illustrious family of Sage Appayya Dikshita and several other renowned saints and savants, Sri swami Sivananda had a natural flair for a life devoted to the study and practice of Vedanta.

He was an inborn eagerness to serve all and an innate feeling of unity with all mankind. He is the author of over 300 volumes and has disciples all over the world, belonging to all nationalities, religions and creeds. To read his works is to drink at the Fountain of Wisdom Supreme. On 14th July, 163 he entered Mahasamadhi.