A HANUMAN STORY for RAM DASS
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  Several years ago, I met Ram Dass at a small gathering in the San Francisco area and told him this story. He said he had never heard it before and asked me to send it to him. This book fulfills that promise. 

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  The ePUB book includes a printed and illustrated version of that story and many other tales that embroider and enrich the original. For illustrations, I drew from the vast amount of art surrounding the Ramayana: Indian Miniature Paintings, including Mughal, Indian Devotional Art, and old Poster Art from India.

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​  'A Hanuman Story for Ram Dass' arises out of the Ramayana, one of India's two great spiritual epics, the other being the Mahabharata. While the story of the Ramayana speaks of Lord Rama, the abduction of his wife Sita by the demon king Ravana, and the great adventure and battles of winning her back, this particular tale tells of Rama's gift to Hanuman of a ring: After examining the ring and finding it to be without the name of Rama inscribed upon it, Hanuman tosses it off the flying Pushpaka chariot where it falls into the ocean below. Rama asks Hanuman to bring it back, and the aerial chariot is halted in the air, and Hanuman dives into the ocean. Hanuman discovers beneath the ocean the mind-transcending Mystery of reincarnation and life and the omnipresence of Rama or God.

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  Although the Ramayana is the Story of Lord Rama, what many people remember most about it is the character of Hanuman. In the various versions of the Ramayana, from North to South India and Valmiki to Tulsidas, stories and images of Hanuman abound. Hanuman embodies the ideal of how to relate to God; indeed, he is the greatest of all the devotees of Rama. And he is also a Monkey. In him, we find the extremes of a wild, simple, powerful jungle animal and a great Bhakti, or lover of God. These disparate traits have made Hanuman attractive to children and adults for thousands of years, and these qualities are wonderfully dramatized in this story. 

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  As far as I know, this story has not been written down before. It is taken from the oral tradition of India and is but a small part of Hanuman's adventures in the Ramayana. It presents the nature of an individual’s life in the broader context of reincarnation and is a beautiful story for children and adults.

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  The book is written in such a way that it explores individuals, philosophies, terms, ideas, and stories of the Indian tradition of Religion and spirituality along with the Ramayana, Ram Dass, and Neem Karoli Baba.

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  The ePub is 400 pages long and full of pictures from the Indian art tradition surrounding the Ramayana. It has many picture galleries and audio stories, including the Hanuman Chalisa and other kirtans. There are (2) Videos/Books and links to many other online articles and videos.

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  The large Glossary offers stories about the main story, where, just like the Puranas, the main tale is enhanced using other stories, and the Glossary is full of stories. Hundreds of words are underlined and hyperlinked; clicking on any will transport you to a wider world of story and meaning.

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But you can forget the above and enjoy the story; consider it simply a gift given back to the giver.

- Peter Malakoff

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  Click in the center of many pictures (those with a green oval on the right side of the picture) and you will be taken to a story about that picture. In the back of the book is a "Picture Index" offering immediate access to all the pictures in the book; just touch any picture in the index and you will be taken to the page of the story where that picture resides.

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But you can forget all of the above and just enjoy the story; consider it simply a gift given back to the giver.

- Peter Malakoff

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A HANUMAN STORY FOR RAM DASS

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Below are a few pages from the book:

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