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Rāmāyaṇa
in His transcendental activities. It is so because the
Absolute is absolute by His name, fame, form, pastimes,
entourage, paraphernalia, etc. The Lord descends
on this material world out of His causeless mercy
and displays His various transcendental pastimes as
a human being so that human beings attracted towards
Him become able to go back to Godhead. Men are
naturally apt to hear histories and narrations of various
personalities performing mundane activities, without
knowing that by such association one simply wastes
valuable time and also becomes addicted to the three
qualities of mundane nature. Instead of wasting time,
one can get spiritual success by turning his attention
to the transcendental pastimes of the Lord. By hearing
the narration of the pastimes of the Lord, one contacts
directly the Personality of Godhead, and by hearing about
the Personality of Godhead, from within, all accumulated
sins of the mundane creature are cleared. Thus being
cleared of all sins, the hearer gradually becomes liberated
from mundane association and becomes attracted to
the features of the Lord. The whole idea is that simply
by hearing about the Lord’s pastimes one can become
one of the associates of the Lord. One can attain to the
highest perfection of life simply by attentive hearing of
the transcendental pastimes of the Lord from the right
sources. This process of hearing in the association of
the devotees is especially recommended in this age of
quarrel (Kali).” (Adapted from Śrīmad- Bhāgavatam 1.5.26
purport, by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupāda)
Bhakti Vikāsa Swami