Rama

intentions themselves are desires, again going against dharma. The Ramayana also shows how women introduce chaos with the demoness character Surpanakha as she tried to seduce Rama. As Surpanakha falls in love with Rama, she becomes animalistic and uncultured describing how she wants to eat Sita so that she will have Rama all to herself. This animalistic chaos is how the text

Throughout time, western women’s roles have developed into a popular topic within politics that the people often use to gauge the all important morals and values of leaders. However, in the east, women’s roles have remained rather static and assume a slower, or perhaps unmoving, progression towards change. Eastern women are known to be the caretakers of the family and sacrifice their own personal desires for the good of their husband and children. On the other hand, western women are given more freedom

involved and the aftermath can be just as destructive as the initial fighting. The characters in these stories are defined by their status as a warrior and hero. A man’s ability to be successful in battle has been praised in these stories. Odysseus and Rama are both viewed as strong heroes and they have been praised for the violent actions taken in order to solve the situations in their lives. Arjuna was a warrior who was expected to fight against loved ones because that was his job as a solider. The

Without the concept of dharma there is no Hinduism. Following ones dharma is to maintain the well being of oneself and others, and to depart from it leads to misdirection and ruin. Dharma in Hinduism is thought of as being an individual’s duty to themselves and their society in both a faith and societal obligation context. Three of Ninian Smart’s dimensions where dharma is most relevant are the ethical, social and mythological dimensions. Dharma details how a follower of Hinduism should go about

The Ramayana shares a story about how the character, Rama goes about his life following the rules of the caste system. During his journey of life he shows many different levels of the caste system. Rama is able to display moral righteousness by sparing Vibishana’s life, asking for peace with Ravana in an attempt to avoid war, and by not killing Ravana during the battle when he is faint. He also shows courage by going to battle with Ravana to get Sita back. Spiritual purity is apparent when he marries

characters portray ideal figures in society. The titular character Rama, the eldest and most favored son of King Dasharatha is portrayed as the perfect son, husband and an excellent warrior – he is referred to as “the best of men” on occasion and lives his life on the principle of righteousness. As a result, these qualities have earned him the praise and respect of everyone in their kingdom, as well as the favor of the Gods. Just as Rama is the ideal man, his wife, Sita is portrayed as the ideal woman

Haran Introduction: Dasaratha, King of Ayodhya was blessed with four sons and the eldest being Rama. Rama had great skills of warriors as well as in the ways of being a king. But, Rama went into exile for fourteen years in order to respect his father’s promises to his second wife Kaikeyi. Exile period: Rama, wife Sita and brother Lakshmana were living in exile. They moved from one place to another and Rama, a mighty warrior, protected holy sages from evil demons of the forest by destroying them and

portraying ideal characters like the ideal father, the ideal servant, the ideal brother, the ideal wife, and the ideal king. The name Ramayana is a tatpurusha compound of ' and ', translating to "Rama 's Journey". The Ramayana consists of 24,000 verses in seven books and 500 cantos, and tells the story of Rama, whose wife Sita is abducted by Ravana, the king of Lanka . Incidentally the first letter of every 1000 verses make the Gayatri mantra. Thematically, the Ramayana explores human values and the

Hindu concept of dharma and answer the following questions: what is Rama 's dharma? What is Sita ' dharma? What is Hanuman 's dharma? Because Hanuman is non-human, does this alter his dharma? What is Ravana ' dharma? Since he is a demon, he might fulfill his demon dharma by committing evil. The question still remains, Through Ravana ' actions how does this help prove the existence evil? By the end I will consider the marriage of Rama and Sita and how it was restored through divine intervention. To begin

Ravana, is a demon Rakshasa and is “in love” with Sita. Sita is the sister of Rama and is taken by Ravana. Ravana heard that their was a beautiful maiden and he was just in love with the description that he was getting of her. Ravana said that he needs to go and get her. Ravana than comes up with his master plan. He tells Mareecha to disguise himself as a deer and try to lead Rama to chase you into the forest. When Rama runs into the forest Ravana swoops in and takes Sita to Lanka, where Ravana