Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Week 7 Reading Diary B



None of the Kosala men wore normal clothes while Rama was away—they dressed as hermits or wore poor colorless clothes; people ate hermit’s food
When Bharata asks Hanuman what all has happened to his family, Hanuman starts with Sita being abducted, then jumped to Ravana’s death
People, animals, and objects could talk to each other while Rama was king
“all is spirit, there is nothing else in existence. War and peace, love and separation are hidden gateways to other worlds and other times”—Sumantra to Sita page 394
“King Janaka the husband of Earth looked on smiling to see land bought and sold by mortal men.”—page 405; that’s disturbing, like he enjoys watching his wife be prostituted
Who is Saunaka? Page 408
Hearing the Ramayana is supposed to bless you with all sorts of things
Janaka asks Rama to step down as king and join his army and offers him decreasing amounts of money to do it, but Rama refuses—what?—it was to make a point about how short life is
Who is Maharaja? Rama?
Rama knows he is Narayana now page 421
Durvasas was impatient, then didn’t even thank Rama for the food

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