hare krishna to all!
today is Hanuman jayanti....Hanumanji who is the greatest Bhakt of SriRamji....is so inspiring as in how he always lives in Ram naam.Should we then also pray to Hanumanji and recite Hanuman Chalisa...to have his mercy...so that he can give us Ram bhakti.I was wondering how can Hanumanji be of worship to struggling devottes like me.Kindly elucidate! Hari Bol!
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shrImathe rAmAnujAya nama:
shrIlakshminArAyaNabhagavanthau namAmi
shrIlakshminrsimhaparabrahmane nama:
rAmAyaNa glorifies the heroic past times of Lord rAma and his consort and is done gloriously done by sage vAlmIki. one of the rAmAyaNa's DhyAna shloka quotes :
Hare Krsna Prabhuji,
PAMHO.
Yes, Hanuman ji is a very big devotee and like all the devotees in our parampara, we can observe half day fast on his appearance day and pray for pure devotion to God. There is no harm to that at all. The problem is we become entangled and start asking for material benefits. As long as our target is bhakti and that is what we are asking, we can pray to Hanuman ji. Not a problem at all.
I am aware of ISKCON devotees who observe half day fast on Hanuman jayanti. It is not advertised because he is not from Gaudiya Vaishnava parampara.
Haribol,,
Your servant,
Rashmi