Hanuman Chalisa - Chinmaya Swaranjali UK (Raaghavam) | #HanumanJayanti

Wishing you all a joyous Hanuman Jayanti! What Do You Mean When You Say "Hanuman?" “What do you mean when you say, “HANUMAN?” Is it a tailed freak of nature, neither man nor animal? Is it a bullying gada-bearing god or a mountain-lifting Hercules whom you bribe with laddoos every Saturday, so that your difficulties in life may go away? When you lead a life in complete surrender to Lord Rama, then the strength that rises from within you, THAT is Hanuman. When love and beauty, learning and courage, determination and success, come to your life from a source beyond your body, mind and intellect, THAT is Hanuman. When you reach your life’s goal like a sure-shot arrow from Shri Rama’s bow, THAT is Hanuman. "Keep him always within your heart as the situation demands — small and chanting the Lord’s name in times of peace, or big and powerful in the face of challenges. Keep him always within your heart. For that is where he belongs.” A devotee says: “Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda said this one beautiful evening outside his kutia in Sidhbari, under the gaze of Hanuman, just as the lights came on for the evening arati. I think that is one of the most beautiful and meaningful explanations of Hanuman that we have ever heard. For even children can understand the greatness and power of Hanuman through these words of Gurudev."