Friday, February 5, 2010

Dalai Lama: The modern Vibhisana

There is a very interesting analogy between the story of Ramayana and the modern world.

In Ramayana, there are two main characters: Rama, the prince of Ayodhya, and Ravana. Ravana, the king of Lanka, abducts Rama's wife, Sita. In order to rescue Sita, Rama gathers a huge army to fight a battle with Ravana. But Ravana is very powerful and cannot be defeated so easily in battle. To Rama's help comes Vibhisana, who is Ravana's younger brother. Vibhisana pleaded before Ravana many times and asked him to return Sita to Rama, but to no avail. Finally, Vibhisana decided to join Rama's camp and help him in securing a victory in the battle with Ravana. And, of course, Rama won the battle and Sita was rescued!

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