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    Hanuman Sowing Dissension
    Hanuman Sowing Dissension
    Hanuman Sowing Dissension
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    Hanuman Sowing Dissension

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    “If you sway from the mission, Lakshmana’s exceedingly violent, vehement, ghastly and sharp arrows, travelling very fast and being difficult to even look at, will make you their target for destruction.” (Hanuman speaking to Angada, Valmiki Ramayana, Kishkindha Kand, 54.19)
    Hanuman Sowing Dissension is a collection of eleven essays discussing the verses in the Ramayana where Hanuman uses the divide and conquer method of diplomacy to try to get Angada to continue on in the search for Sita instead of give up.

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    PublisherKrishna's Mercy
    Release dateJun 6, 2012
    ISBN9781476040936
    Hanuman Sowing Dissension
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    Krishna's Mercy

    Krishna’s Mercy is a nonprofit organization established to serve Lord Krishna. Our primary activity is to serve Lord Krishna with our thoughts, words and deeds as much as we can. Though He may be referred to by different names such as Jesus, Allah, or Krishna, God is one. Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as mentioned in the ancient Vedic texts of India. Mankind can attribute all of its suffering due to forgetfulness of his relationship to God. We are all constitutionally spirit souls, but from time immemorial we are associating ourselves with our physical bodies in this material world. Thus the soul has been transmigrating from one body to another through the laws of karma. This human form of life is our opportunity to break out of this cycle of birth and death and return to our original home, with Krishna, or God.

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      Hanuman Sowing Dissension - Krishna's Mercy

      Hanuman Sowing Dissension

      Krishna’s Mercy

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      INTRODUCTION

      In all areas Shri Hanuman is the best,

      Up to every challenge, to every test.

      In service to Rama, any method he'll invoke,

      Like when dissension in ranks he tried to provoke.

      Of principal methods of diplomacy he is fully aware,

      So with division leader Angada he once tried to scare.

      Depths of his devotion incident shows,

      And how Rama and Lakshmana so well he knows.

      Wanted monkeys to continue, on the course to stay,

      And not quit and give in to fear and dismay.

      Though unsuccessful, many things still we can learn,

      Such as how to love God and His supreme favor earn.

      CHAPTER 1 - DIVIDE AND CONQUER

      O son of Tara, in fighting you are more capable than your uncle, and you are certainly able to control the monkey kingdom as firmly as your father. (Hanuman speaking to Angada, Valmiki Ramayana, Kishkindha Kand, 54.8)

      Life is about overcoming obstacles and persevering through struggles. Our personal battles are difficult enough to handle on our own, but when the struggles affect a large group of individuals, people with whom we are meant to cooperate, they become almost impossible to overcome. In this regard, no one has a tougher task than a king or a government leader since he must marshal many forces together and keep them committed to the protection of justice and the adherence to the rules of propriety. When faced with a difficult situation in his kingdom, a king can employ several tactics to effectively maintain order, with one of them being dissension.

      When encountering opposing forces, there are different ways to still get what we want, but each method has consequences. For example, if we want someone to perform a particular task, we can use brute force to physically compel them to take action. The downside to such a tactic is that the induced worker may not be very motivated, nor will they have much desire. In addition, the person inflicting the force must have superior strength. If the enforcer is weaker than the enforced, there will be no chance for success in the endeavor. For there to be law, order and peace in society, a strong government is required, one that is able to successfully use force, or at least the threat of it, to stop deviant behavior.

      There are other tactics that don’t require force, but which can be equally as effective. In America, the CIA and FBI employ psychological tricks to get their prisoners and detainees to spill the beans on future attacks. The idea is to gain the trust of the person being detained, enticing them with rewards and promises of leniency in future judicial action. Dangling carrots will hopefully coax them into giving up vital information about their cohorts and co-conspirators.

      The manipulative psychological tactics are certainly effective in the material affairs of running a government, but they can also be employed in spiritual life. In fact, the great saintly kings of the past were all taught these different tactics as part of their studies pertaining to their occupational duties in the varnashrama-dharma system. The Vedas are the ancient scriptures of India, and as they represent complete knowledge, they don’t fail to cover the critical components of a good government. Bhakta Prahlada, the great devotee of Lord Vishnu, was taught lessons on government and politics when he was in school as a young child. His father was a very powerful king, so it was hoped that Prahlada would one day be equally as powerful and capable a ruler, succeeding his father on the throne.

      Though Prahlada was not interested in anything pertaining to diplomacy or ruling over a kingdom, he certainly took in the information taught to him and retained it. The highest theoretical and practical discipline in life, spiritual or otherwise, is bhakti-yoga, or devotional service. Sometimes those who are unaware of the inner workings of divine love scoff at the bhakti cult for being tailored for the less intelligent. The elitist class of transcendentalists known as Vedantists also often charge the bhakti movement with being responsible for the dumbing down of spirituality. In the absence of pure love for God, an elevated transcendentalist is left to take knowledge, renunciation and the practice of austerities to be the ultimate activities in life, those practices which will bring about emancipation of the soul. The Vedas certainly subscribe to the idea of reincarnation, or the transmigration of the soul. The changing of bodies for the soul can only cease once the embodied living entity [dehinam] no longer desires to possess a material body. In order to be rid of the desire to enjoy a particular outward dress, one must be free of desires for material enjoyment, i.e. sense gratification. Renunciation and detachment, two wholly recommended practices of the Vedic tradition, surely can help a sincere soul achieve the aim of being materially desireless at the time of death. Transcendental knowledge also helps one remain committed to their renunciation and austerity practices.

      But the bhakti cult, the system that champions divine attachment, is not deficient in any way. Rather, it is the only discipline which addresses the constitutional position of the soul. At its core, individual spirit is a lover of Supreme Spirit, or God. The practice of bhakti takes directly to serving the Supreme Spirit in lieu of the gradual progression through dry renunciation and the acquisition of knowledge. In fact, bhakti really can’t be tied down to any particular activity, though it is generally associated with the chanting of the holy names of God, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. Bhakti means pure love, so it involves any activity that aims to please the Supreme Lord. Depending on the desired aim, the acquisition of knowledge, the performance of penance and austerity, and detachment from material affairs can certainly constitute devotional acts, but pure love for God is not dependent on anything except the individual’s sentiments.

      A devotee will adopt any practice that can help them serve the Supreme Lord. By taking to dry renunciation and the study of Vedanta in the absence of attachment to the original compiler of all Vedic wisdom, Shri Krishna, the focus of the transcendentalist remains on the personal self, with the Superself being neglected. The dry renunciate, who is known as a jnani, is desperately seeking liberation from the mire of material existence. There is certainly nothing faulty with this pursuit or the intended goal, but devotees perform devotional service in an uninterrupted and unmotivated manner. Pure love doesn’t seek anything in return. As Goswami Tulsidas so eloquently reminds us, the Chatak bird simply stares at its beloved raincloud without any desire for water. If the cloud remains in the sky for days and days without pouring any rain, the Chatak’s devotion doesn’t wane a bit. Even if there is a downpour of rain and thus a sufficient supply of food for the hungry onlooker, the Chatak will still remain firmly fixed on the dark blue raincloud. The devotional practices of pure bhaktas operate in a similar manner, thus making the Chatak the ideal emblem for devotion, as the bodily

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