Speech of HH Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji at end of last (5th) day of Sundarakanda chanting – May 31, 2021 – Mysore
Compiled by: Viktor Vijay
Jaya Guru Datta
These past five days, you have listened to Sundarakanda Paarayan with great faith and concentration. I am very happy. Lord Hanuman will bestow unto you Health, prosperity, Jnana and fame… all.
All kinds of fears, all kinds of difficulties… He removes, and He, Lord Hanuman, provides remedies as well. Sri Ramachandra Himself prayed, Sita Mata Herself too prayed, to Lord Hanuman. Such a great Sundara Kaanda Paarayana (Religious Chanting) we all heard. When the recital was going on, some read along from their homes. Some trained some to chant, as well. About 1000 people were trained to chant the Sundara Kanda. Many are requesting that they be trained too. People from America, from Dallas, People from these places say, “We too want to do this Paarayana, like, see and read and chant the way it has been done”. We will begin such a training, have online training for that again, soon.
The happy news is that, starting today, and to continue from tomorrow, we will do Paarayan of sampoorna Ramayana, the entire 24,000 verses of the original Ramayana – Valmiki Ramayana. This will happen till the 18th of June and be completed on that day. Because on June 21st, we are prepared to dedicate to mankind, to all people/public, a great Hanuman Temple. On June 21st it is Ekadasi day – Jyeshtha Shuddha Ekadasi. That day we do the dedication of this temple and on Dwadashi, the 12th day/next day, we will conduct the Holy Feast for the Priests, for those who took part in the Recital, the partaking of food after a Vrata.
We have a wish, we have resolved to do the Sampoorna Ramayana before that date. It is Hanuman’s sankalpa (resolve/wish) as well. We wanted to do this a long time back, but maybe the Lord wanted it happening only now, it looks like that.
Ashram family members – those who were born/grew up in ashram, got married here and have children here in the Ashram, they will be taking part in this. For the welfare/health/happiness of all kinds of devotees/people, to cure off this terrible disease of the world, to see peace/shanti prevail over this calamity, we are starting the Paarayana from tomorrow for universal welfare.
This being the complete sampoorna Ramayana recital, not like just Sundara Kaanda Paaraayana which took 5 days, this recital will go on for a few hours in the morning, and a few hours in the evening as well. Ramayana is very vast. Listen to this Recital as much as you can. You can listen to it according to your time availability and convenience. You can listen to it from start to finish, or as much as you can. Listen to those Mantras, the Holy Verses, it will give you a whole lot of benefits.
The impoverished Brahmins, musicians, tribal/s, poor, because of Covid they don’t have job/income/food, and they are suffering in these testing times. You, wherever you are located, there in those locations you can do charity to them in Swamiji’s name.
Everyone participate in this Sampoorna Ramayana program. It is a great fortune, and it is very rare to be able to listen to Sampoorna Ramayana.
During this time, Homa will be happening in one place, the Salagrama of Sri Rama Coronation will be receiving Abhishek in another place and there will be Archana/worship going on in another place. All these will be happening during the recitals.
The mantras are so powerful, just listening to them with faith is enough to get the benefits.
Jaya Guru Datta
Sri Guru Datta