What is the central message of the Ramayana? Bhagawan explains in simple and clear words today.

Man attains peace and bliss by the grace of Atma-Rama (indweller Atma called Rama). The central theme of the Ramayana is that everybody should distance themselves from attachment to the body and should bring forth their inner divinity. So long as materialistic passion remains in the heart, it is not possible to attain Paramartham (supreme knowledge). Sita followed Rama to the forest with intense love and devotion to Rama. She obtained his divine company. But, when she was overtaken by kama (passion) for the golden deer, she lost Rama. We go near Rama when we renounce desires. This is the moral we learn from the Ramayana. The dictum, ‘Passion is disease; Renunciation is Yoga,’ is applicable to everybody and to all nations. Sanctify your hearts with thoughts of Rama. Realise that the principle of Rama is your own reality, so that your life becomes fulfilled.