What Can We Learn From Lord Hanumana?

Today is the Birthday of the highest devotee of Lord Shrirama, Hanumana or Maruti - The Hanuman Jayanti. About Hanuman if we see the deep information in different Ramayanas, we get totally new knowledge.

From Valmiki Ramayana (The epic on life of Lord Shrirama written by Sage Valmiki)- He has the knowledge of nine types of Grammars, these are from Sanskrit Language. Nowadays The Grammar by Panini is used in Sanskrit. What a wonderful brain Hanumanji has! I am writing in present tense, because from the devotional stories about Hanuman, it is said that He is immortal, He has got this Varadana from Lord Shrirama because He wants to chant the name of Rama forever and He wants to sing and listen the Story of Rama - The Ramayana forever.

The second point about Hanumana, which makes me study deeper and deeper about Him, is His strategic knowledge, if we go through various situations in Ramayana, we can find the main presence of Hanuman, many times. He is the adviser of Sugriva - The King of Monkeys. Sugreva was not that perfect in strategies and decisions, his mind was not that stable, but it was Hanuman who used to give right advice at the right time.

He has done rightly this by his advices with Angad who was Vali's son, Vali was Sugriva's brother. Without Hanuman there could be hatred or division between Sugriva and Angad, as Angad was Vali's son. So Hanuman maintained the unity amongst all Monkey - Vanara Kingdom, and all this was successfully devoted to Lord Shrirama's war against the cruel dictator Ravana. If our leaders focus on this point, majority defense related problems, strategic defeats will be solved. But most of the Indian leaders are focused on divide and rule policy, so they will never focus on Unity and Integrity of the country. Now, we can understand how partition of India could be avoided. If we don't learn from history, we can not protect our future.

Ideal leader should not be just adviser, but they should have ability to implement right decisions, they should be able to take risks with very cool head, without emotional excitement. After recalling again and again about Hanumana's life which I have studied in different Ramayanas , I can not find a single incident when Hanumana goes in emotional pressure. Even in worse situation when Laxmana was unconscious during the war, Lord Shrirama was very sad, but Hanumana was as usual ready to find and work on the solution, not wasting a single moment in the emotions. 

Before the war, when He met, Seetaji, actually he had the job only to find Seetaji and give the massage of Lord Shrirama to Her, but doing this skillfully, He analysed the army of Ravana, and by some simple typical acts like monkeys, He destroyed His army, then He burned Lanka too. Some may say, all this is mythological, He has Sidhhis, He could fly in the sky and was able to change size of His body according to His wish, and all this is impossible and superstitions. 

My opinion is, how to use our brain for strategies is taught by Hanumana's character, if we see all this with this vision, we will get how to work and deal strategic affairs. I feel very sad, from many decades we have stopped all our expectations from the political leaders. The political party who is not concerned for the internal security and borders of the country, why they will do anything  against other problems like corruption, poverty?


Adding to the above point, Hanuman is ideal in physical strength too, without which healthy and strong mind will not be possible.

And finally the point, which we all know, Lord Hanumana's highest devotion for Lord Shrirama, He is the ideal of all the devotees. His surrender and love towards Lord Shrirama is shown by His entire life, He never asks for anything. He only loves to chant 'Rama...Rama' and listen Ramayana. He doesn't want any Kingdom , or even the desire of every devotee, The Supreme Abode - Vaikuntha. He wants to live in this world full of sorrows , just to chant Rama's name. What more can be explained in the devotion. 

Goswami Tulsidasji, has depicted all His characteristics in Hanuman Chalisa. Please do have a look at its meaning. Who am I to write more when Goswamiji has written everything.

One more important point, it is current trend to ridicule religious faiths, without any sense. The Gods and Goddesses who are called as Hindu Gods and Goddesses are targeted by some cheap people who don't know the meaning of being human. Please boycott such people, who are hurting religious faiths. This is against Secular status of India. These Gods and Goddesses are not only for Hindus, they are the inspiration for the highest level human life, humanity, justice, equality. So ultimately world will not get anything by senseless mockery  of Them.

Let's pray to Lord Hanumana to get the real wisdom, devotion and physical and psychological strength, to fight with all the personal and social problems and to have a life with the eternal love of Lord Shrirama!


P.S. : 
Hanuman Chalisa with beautiful translation in English is available here on hanuman.com. Please check it out for a divine bliss and a new vision towards life.