The Dharma Dispatch

Srimad Ramayana: The First Poem. Maharshi Valmiki: The First Poet THE RĀMĀYAṆA STANDS as a timeless testimony to the fact that human language does not merely have a utilitarian purpose but can also be used for artistic purposes. The Rāmāyaṇa paved a hitherto untrodden and unrealised path – the path of artistic charm, where everything worldly is sublimated to the spiritual. The Ramayana tells us that the first poetic verse emerged naturally from Sage Vālmīki’s mouth when he was emotionally driven and dhārmically inspired. Right at the beginning of the epic, we see that Sage Vālmīki is on a quest after perfection. -- Do read this profound essay! 📑🙏🕉🛕🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/srimad-ramayana-the-first-poem-maharshi-valmiki-the-first-poet

The Essential Ramayana: An Introduction This is the introductory episode of a series exploring the various nuances of Maharshi Valmiki's immortal epic, Srimad Ramayana. It is part of the Prologue written by scholar and researcher, Sri Arjun Bharadwaj's latest work titled The Essential Ramayana. Here is an alarming but truthful note from the introduction. If an adult in India needs to be formally introduced to the Rāmāyaṇa and the Mahābhārata, it is a sorry state of affairs. I hope this situation never arises. --- Do read the whole piece!🙏🕉🛕📑🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/the-essential-ramayana-an-introduction

The Karma Yogi Merges with Eternity: P.K. Gode's Final Journey Parashuram Krishna Gode passed away just two months before his 70th birthday. He ranks as one of the brightest stars in the galaxy of the New Indian Renaissance. It was a rank he did not aspire for. In fact, he aspired for nothing. He carried out his Dīkṣā like a true Karma Yogi — immersed, yet detached. --- Read the final episode of the profound and noble life of this great luminary of the New Indian Renaissance. 🙏🕉🛕🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/the-karma-yogi-merges-with-eternity-pk-godes-final-journey

When P.V. Kane Honoured P.K. Gode P.K. Gode lived in a fortunate period which not only recognised his contribution but valued and celebrated it. The highest point in Gode’s productive and distinguished life arrived on May 18, 1949. He was honoured by the redoubtable Mahamahopadhyaya Pandurang Vaman Kane in a public function held in the BORI premises in Poona. The felicitation lasted for more than three hours and became the talk of the Poona of that period. --- Read the full piece! 📑🙏🛕🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/history/when-pv-kane-honoured-pk-gode

The 1949 Dehradun Session of the Congress reveals how Nawab Nehru was an apologist for corruption https://www.dharmadispatch.in/commentary/the-1949-dehradun-session-of-the-congress-or-nawab-nehru-as-an-apologist-for-corruption

Rahul Gandhi's brazen hate speech against Hindus in the Parliament is a great pointer that Hindu Dharma has no place in the Parliament of the very country and civilisation which it built. A lot of stalwarts of the freedom struggle, people who drafted our Constitution had foreseen precisely this erosion of Hindu Dharma right in 1947. 😡🛕🕉🪔 --- Watch the illuminative podcast! https://www.dharmadispatch.in/podcasts/decoding-rahul-gandhis-hatred-of-the-hindu-community

I explain why we shouldn't be surprised at Rahul Gandhi's Hindu hatred. The Nehru clan has always treated Hindu samaj, its customs & traditions with contempt. *Watch now!* https://youtu.be/Y5gq0LZUQ90

P.K. Gode: The Ajātaśatru and his Scholarly Brotherhood --- P.K. GODE was an Ajātaśatru — a person who had no enemies. Throughout his career, he had amassed a wealth of mentors and had forged close friendships and lasting relationships within the scholarly community. The list of stalwarts with whom P.K. Gode had forged lifelong friendship reads like a lexicon of eminence. A sublime Sanskrit word describes the striking trait that earned him such widespread and enduring esteem and goodwill: Dīkṣā. A common theme that we notice in all writings by and about P.K. Gode is his penance-like immersion in Sanskrit studies. --- Do read this ennobling essay in full! 🙏🕉🛕🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/pk-gode-the-aj%C4%81ta%C5%9Batru-and-his-scholarly-brotherhood

The Meticulous Rigour and Discipline of P.K. Gode's Research --- MUCH TO OUR DELIGHT, P.K. Gode reveals the secret that made his research almost perfect and unimpeachable. This is what he says: "To me all old manuscripts, documents, printed books, not to say other sources of history, are worthy of reverence and careful preservation. In fact they are the very life-blood of all historical research." For each topic of research, Gode maintained something he called the Problem File, and he noted on separate sheets each new bit of information or clarification that he discovered. --- There is an ocean of insight, inspiration and guidance in this essay. Do read it in full! 📑🙏🕉🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/history/the-meticulous-rigour-and-discipline-of-pk-godes-research