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Syāvāṁ chandram kī | Śrī Deveśvar Mahādev kī | Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān kī Jai | Sab viddhi purī mano jā | Sakal siddhi prad-maṅgaḷ khānī | Vimalaka thākar kī na rambhā | sunata na sahika mamada dambha | Likewise, the glory of the holy place Ayodhyā is, in every aspect, the most beautiful and attractive place. It gives all kinds of perfection—siddhis, kalyāṇa, and mokṣa—and purifies the mind. With this, I begin to describe the glory of God. Those who will listen with adoration and a pure mind will be freed from kāma, mada, and dambha: passion, ego, and pride. Rāmacaritamānas, yeh ināma. The name of this holy book is known as Rām Mānas Caritra. The name of this holy book is Rāmāyaṇa, Rām Caritra Mānas—Rāma Carita Mānas. This is the līlā, the divine play of God Rāma, in my mind, in my consciousness, in this world. By listening to this holy book, one realizes śānti, peace. This mind is like an elephant, a mighty elephant. And this mind, this elephant, is burning in the fire of desires. There are different kinds of fires. One of the fires is called Dāvanala. This Davānal fire exists in the cold. When it is very cold, everything is burning; your skin burns from the cold. There is a certain cold wind that comes and destroys everything. So, like this, that mind, the elephant of that mighty mind, is burning in this dhāvanālī. If it will come and jump into this Mānasārovar, into this Rāmcharitra Mānas, then it will find its happiness again. Do you understand? Our mind is a mighty elephant. Sādhava, yeman baḍā anādi, Holy Gurujī said. This mind is very rude, very unlearned. In this bhajan, he said, "This is a mighty elephant." You know, to catch a mighty elephant and ride him is not an easy job. When the wild, mighty elephant comes towards you, what will you think? "My dear, disappear." That elephant comes like a dark night. They are beautiful from a far distance. That mighty elephant is suffering in this forest of the world, suffering and burning from the desires in the heat. He is suffering. He will find peace only if he finds a beautiful lake, with nice, cool water. Not only the elephant—every creature is happy. But when the elephant goes in, his skin feels good. He takes a full trunk of water and makes it all sour. So now we know from where comes the solar system. It is an imitation from nature, the elephant. It takes a lot of water, I think 100 liters, at least 50 liters, and then he makes salt. And sometimes when the whole bathroom is wet, you say, "Oh, I was showering like a wild elephant." So that suffering mind, that restless mind, finds peace and happiness if it will dive into the lake of Rāmcaritamānas, into this glory of God, Rāma. It’s not nice? Sigh. It’s not very cold, not very hot. It is pleasant, so your mind will be peaceful and happy when you listen to the glory of God. This Rāmāyaṇa, which all saints and holy men love, this divine, very pure Rāmāyaṇa was told or created by God Śiva. This Rāmcaritra Mānas will remove all three duḥkhas, three troubles: Ādi Boddhik, Ādi Devik, and Ādi Ātmik. It will remove all troubles and will remove poverty. Yes, it will make you rich. "Poor" means in karmas; our luck is very poor—whatever we are doing turns in the wrong direction. But through God’s name, you will become rich: happiness, satisfaction, joy, ānanda, bliss, divine consciousness, śraddhā, confidence, and all these best qualities. In this Kali Yuga, the remover of all sin is the Rāmāyaṇa. God Śiva created this Rāmāyaṇa, brought this Rāmāyaṇa. It was in his mind, in his heart, in his consciousness—a beautiful, beautiful thing. Sometimes we have in our mind something beautiful to tell, to create, to explain. It’s your inner project, but you don’t tell everyone; many will not understand. Still, you preserve it in your mind, and you will find the right time to tell or give these ideas. And many have negative things, just waiting to tell further something. These are free communication techniques. It doesn’t cost anything. Is advertising free of charge? Charge, and those have no values. So, think over what you have in your consciousness, in your mind, and to whom you should tell, and how you should tell. And if this will have value, it helps you, it helps others, it will help all yugas and yugas. And like this, Lord Śiva had in his mind this divine glory of the Rāmāyaṇa, and he was waiting for a particular time. Then God Śiva, when he found the best time, preached this to Pārvatījī. One day, when Śiva saw that today Pārvatī is more concentrated, more relaxed, and more happy—when you are relaxed and happy, how does your face look? Like a full moon, a nice full moon, smiling. So when she was so… When Shiva noticed that Pārvatī is in Ānanda, she is ready to give everything to the whole world, whatever they want. Mother love. A mother is never angry with any children. She loves all kinds of children, whether human children, animal children, or her own children. She will not kill other children to feed her own children. So don’t kill the chickens to feed your children. So, Divine Mother, the Mother of the Universe, Pārvatī Jī, she was very happy sitting there. Shiva saw in his heart, and Shiva was very happy also. When you are happy, then others are happy. Your family members are happy. There are very rare people who want to see you unhappy, but all would like to see you happy. And if one person is unhappy in the family, the whole family is unhappy. If you are unhappy, they go to the doctor, they go to a psychiatrist, they go to someone to talk to because you are unhappy. And you are not born here to make others unhappy; you are born here to make others happy. You were born to make others happy. And no one can make you happy. Only you can make yourself happy. So you must come out of your inner cold, dark, foggy weight, that November month. You know what November looks like, right? Fogs, weight, cold. The whole of nature is falling apart. The birds are sad. No joy. What is that life where there is no joy? What is spirituality when there is no joy? That’s why it’s called temple dance. Temple dance—even in the temple there were dances. And in front of the temple, there is a space, the hall that’s called Nṛtya Śālā, the dancing hall. In front of the temples, there was a Nṛtya Śālā, a place for dancing, where the deities came and danced. The deities danced, the bhaktas danced. In religion, there must be joy, beauty. But in November, even the birds are sad. So, don’t let November come into your consciousness. Always be in the spring, beautiful, ever-blooming, and ever-sunshining. You must work for yourself. Otherwise, no one can help you. And if someone tried to help you to come out of it, you don’t come out. There is a nice, small waterfall, very nice, pure, cool water. And one farmer had one goat, and the goat was outside in the garden eating some plants and grass. But the goat was very thirsty, so the farmer put the rope around her neck and took her towards the water. And when the water was nearer, he wanted to pull her a little quickly. But you know, the goat doesn’t like any kind of force. And immediately she stretched both her legs. And that man was pulling and pulling. Though she was very thirsty, she didn’t want to come to drink water because she would lose her pride. So, tell her, your inner goat, please don’t make any barriers, give up, be gentle. And so, Bhagavān Śiva, God Śiva, when he saw in his heart, then he told about this Rāmcaritmānas, and he also gave the name of this as Rāmcaritmānas: the play of God Rāma in his mind, in his imagination, in his intuitions. How beautiful is that? Where in your consciousness, in your mind, the divine glory of God is playing. It’s beautiful. Or, in your mind is playing some person whom you don’t like. One day, one person was very unhappy and very jealous. God came to him and said, "My child, why are you so sad?" The person said, "Yes, Lord, I don’t understand. Though I have my mantra, I have your name, my Lord. I pray. I make anuṣṭhāna. But still I am unhappy. God, tell me, please, why?" God said, "Well, I came to ask you a question, and you are asking me now the question. I always ask that. If I ask you a question, do you ask me that question?" He said, "Lord, please, only You can answer me. Though I so much meditate and practice mantra, and pray to You." God says, "During your prayer, during your meditation, during your mantra practice, during your free time, how much do you think on me? And how much do you think of those persons whom you don’t like? If you are jealous about someone, constantly his or her picture is in your consciousness. Is it true or not? Am I wrong? If you have some problem with something, though you are praying, you have those pictures or that telephone. Either that telephone call or that letter, which is written by a person or someone, or those words of that person, and that picture of that person, which you don’t like. Though you don’t like it, it is there because you are always thinking about that." God said, "My child, you repeat my name and you are praying to me, and you are meditating on me only as a formality. In reality, your entire feelings are dedicated, concentrated on those persons or those things. So, unfortunate are they in whose mind is dwelling such a quality, and such people, which makes them jealous and unhappy. And happy and lucky and fortunate ones are they, in whose mind is dwelling the divine play of God. That’s different. No one makes differences. Only you make the difference. That’s all. Move from one room to the other room, that’s all. That’s all. You go from one room to another, but you are torturing yourself internally. And when you are tortured day and night by yourself, you go to the mirror, and you will see completely exhausted. There is no energy left at all to move your cheeks a little bit up." So, God Śiva, in his consciousness, in his mind, was beautiful: the glory of God, the light, the joy, the happiness, the miracles, the kindness—how God is. My dear friends, oh wise one, I tell you this glory of God Rāma. Listen, listen carefully. Do not miss even one small sound of this Kathā, this telling. Do you know the glory of water? We don’t know. We are merely sitting in the water. But sometimes some situation appears. Suddenly, someone is in such a Sahara or in dry mountains. There is no water at all. Hundreds of kilometers, nothing. If you have there water with one water bottle, each drop of that water has a great value for you. You don’t want to lose even one drop. Then we will know what water means. Now we don’t know. Similarly, those who are searching for God in that way, those who have a thirst for spirituality, they don’t miss anything. They will listen, and listening means not just that you understand the words that are told. You have to accept it, think over, and realize this: when you are a small baby, you begin to say some words. As soon as that child tells you something, at the same time you become happy. Or someone makes a phone call, for which you were waiting a long, long time, and tells you something. At the same time, you are listening, and at the same time, you are happy. That means now you understand, that means you realize. So, Tulsidās said this. God Śiva said just now. When you listen to the Rāmcaritamānasa, then you will be happy. And if still you are not happy, there must be something wrong. That means water is falling, but not on the earth, but on the iron rock, which does not absorb the water. Like Mahāprabhujī said, an iron spoon stirring the halvā, but that spoon never tastes the taste of halvā. If after that you clean it, that iron doesn’t take any taste of the halva. But if it is a wooden spoon, it will absorb the whole taste. So don’t be iron. Just be like wood.