Today was pretty amazing and also one of my favorite past times of Krishna as Lord Ramachandra.
The morning hadn't started off so great for me as I had some stomach cramps but they went away by the afternoon. The Mangal Aarti kirtan was very very estatic. Especially the second half of the morning program. Then Bhagavatam class was all about Lord Ramachandra. I always loved the story of Rama and Sita. I want to buy the book Ramayana. It's a very transcendental story and it's also a love story because Lord Ramachandra's wife Sita was kidnapped by the demon Ravana. Lord Ramachandra was very angry and Sita felt severe separation from her husband Lord Ramachandra goes to rescue her from this powerful demon. To me the story is very enchanting.
I spent most of the morning trying to get rid of stomach cramps. By 3pm I went downstairs to help make the bathing juices for the bathing ceremony of Lord Ramachandra. I only cut the fruits up for it and bhaktin shannon made the fruit juices for it. Then by 5pm the bathing ceremony began. It was a very beautiful ceremony. The larger Deities were wearing pink purple and blue outfits. We even had small Deities of Lord Ramachandra and Sita and Hanuman. During the ceremony I noticed Radha Vrndavan Chandra were looking down at the bathing ceremony with smiles on Their Lotus Faces. Usually They are looking straight ahead but tonight. They weren't They were very pleased with the bathing ceremony and kirtan. And They looked even more beautiful to me today because today is a very auspicious day because of Lord Ramachandra.
The 7pm Aarti was so much fun for Lord Ramachandra. Even I was dancing some even though I cannot dance very well. But I tried at least. And by Lord Nrsimahadeva prayers I was pretty blissed out. It felt like Maharaj was physically here in the temple almost because I know how wild his kirtans can be. Usually I can feel Maharaj's presence through the kirtans because he loves kirtans. So I will try to focus on that to ease the pain of separation from my guru Maharaj.
All glories to Lord Ramachandra and Sita!
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