Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta (Ram Chandra #3)

by Amish Tripathi

Why does the soul insist on hanging on to the body until the absolute last minute? Even when death is clearly the better alternative?

‘Refusing to believe the truth doesn’t make it any less true.

‘Let’s travel eastwards, towards the rising sun. Some light of wisdom may dawn on us as well.’

The lotus was a flower that retained its fragrance and beauty even while growing in slush and dirty water. It posed a silent challenge to the humans who visited the temple, to be true to their dharma even if those around them were not.

The union of the lingam and the yoni represented creation, a result of the partnership between the masculine and the feminine, an alliance between passive Space and active Time from which all life, indeed all creation, originated.