The Ramayana should not be treated merely as the story of Rama. It has a life giving message for every human being. People lead artificial lives today. When they understand the Ramayana, they will know how to lead true lives.
The first requisite is to know what is right. Then it has to be practised. There is no meaning in merely repeating the name "Ram, Ram, Ram". The Rama Principle has to be fully understood. And one has to live up to it.
This is possible only if there is love. Through love, one realises the Rama Principle and is transformed into an image of Rama. All scholarship and religious observances are of no value without such a mental transformation. The mind should be divinised. Faith in the name of the Lord is the basis for this transformation.
From Bhagawan's discourse on 20.5.1996.
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