Raavan and rape

Originally posted by: Ami25

Was ravana a rapist as well ?? did u rape many women ?? Really ??

Originally posted by: sonu_ishradivan

Yes. If u c Ramanand's Ramayan, it showed that Ravan was trying 2 forcefully drag away Sita 4m Ashok Vatika 2 his palace but he suddenly stopped cz of a reminder 4m d one who cursed him that he did rape many women. If he tries 2 do d same wid any woman henceforth, he'll blast smthng like that. This is d reason y he cudn't force himself upon Sita n blackmailed her instead 2 cm on her own 2 him.

Originally posted by: Ami25

are these stories true ?? I mean did ramayan actually happened ?? because if u read it as a story there is nothing much rama did !!! why people worship him ?? Any fair person would do what ram did for his wife -- also more than ram!! atleast a normal person wont send his preganat wife to forest ! Lord krishna character was more divine tham ram !! by the way i am devotee of Lord Shiva !!

Originally posted by: Justlikethat1

Ramayan is NOT a story. It is an epic and for millions, it is an absolute truth.
It takes a lot of patience and sincerity to understand the divinity of Shri Ram. It also requires good teachers and those who can explain what you mention as 'divinity'.
The avatars of Shri Ram and Shri Krishna were in 2 different yugs and were there for 2 very different reasons. Shri Ram was God in complete human form without actually using any of his powers because he wanted to show mankind the Dharam way of life. He wanted the world to know that ' I am human' should not be an excuse for the mistakes we make.
Shri Krishna on the other hand knew and always did show that he was Narayan himself..

The purpose of their birth and the way they went about it were different but their main aim was to show mankind righteousness and Dharam.

Originally posted by: Ami25

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One thing i know these are avatras of lord vishnu but they are not God !! God is formless --- and he is neve born or dies like these avatars !! But still i feel who wrote these stories an can u plz help me understing divinity in ram ?? I understand diffrent saints -- but lord ram is most controversial for me !! what kind of example he laid in society when he asked seeta to do agnipraiksha !!! I still dont get his divvinity !!!

Originally posted by: Ami25

I am sorry no offence to any religion but as a woman i do ask these question !! for some reason after reading lord rams story i can not find any divinity in him !! he was a bad husband who didnt trust his wife !!! just imagine how seeta migt have felt ?? even in todays world if some one do that to his wife -- poeple are gonna bash him and his wife is gonna leave him forever !!!

Originally posted by: Justlikethat1

You know what Amy... You have to read Ramayan before jumping to conclusions.. and by Ramayan I mean the actual version before trying to read the other interpretations. Interpretations tend to color the narrative from the author's PoV..
There are multiple explanations that have been given even in this forum to your question about Shri Ram.. the reasons for what he did and why he did what he did at that time. You can refer back to them. these discussions will sure happen again and hence you will get to know them again.
As for God being formless.. that is one school of thought. God's form is what we imagine it to be.. for some it is Shri Ram, for some it is Lord Shiva.. How can something so omnipresent, so divine, so perfect be defined or imagined? This is how... The first step is to give it a form and then realize God's divinity..