Desire & the state of happiness

It is desire that prompts all beings to action. Desire when analyzed shows that there is either a memory of past experienceof pleasure or a vivid imagination of possible pleasure and that tjere is present prompting to secure that pleasure, coupled with a present inability to grasp it immediately. This simultaneous consciousness of conceived pleasure and the present absence of the same alongwith the present inability to enjoy it cannot but give rise to a state of mental disturbance of a painful character. Desire by itself therefore cannot be a state of happiness.

Wise message from Hanuman

‘There is great joy in satisfying oneself,’ said Hanuman. ‘But there is greater joy when we satisfy ourselves by satisfying others. Still greater joy when we do not need satisfaction. And even more joy, when despite not needing satisfaction, we provide satisfaction to others.

One story behind Sita's birth...not sure if it is true

King of Lanka, Raavan habitually stored the blood of all sages that he killed, in a pot. He believed that drinking this blood in future would make him consume all the yogic supreme powers of all the sages.

 

Meanwhile, sage Gritsamada stored all the milk from Darbha grass inside a pot, purifying it with Mantras, so that with his strict penance he could get Goddess Laxmi as his daughter. One day, Ravana killed Gritsamada and mixed the entire sacred milk with the blood of sages. This act enraged Mandodari, and she decided to drink the pot’s content in order to commit suicide.

 

Instead of dying, Mandodari gets impregnated with the incarnation of Goddess Laxmi, due to Gritsamada’s milk and supreme powers of all sages. She hurriedly buries her daughter in faraway barren land, where the baby was discovered by King of Mithila. However, this is one of the most controversial stories of the Hindu mythology. There is no text that supports the same and the origin of this theory is totally unknown.