This short video is a talk given by Sri Nandanandana dasa (Stephen Knapp) called “The Power of the Ramayana,” given at the 2nd World Ramayana Conference held in Jabalpur, India, in January 26-29, 2020. He was a special invited guest for the conference, and his talk explains from the Valmiki Ramayana the different ways it helps uplift humanity from the ordinary miseries of life, up to and including liberation or freedom from material existence altogether. At 17:53 in the video, it shows Dr. Akhilesh Gumastha introducing Stephen for receiving a special certificate of appreciation for his service to Vedic culture from the well-known Murari Bapu. He also mentions that Stephen is so dedicated to the Vedic culture (being a Krishna bhakta) that he has changed his name to Shri Nandan (short for Sri Nandanandana dasa as given by Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada).
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