How we view Rāma depends on how we view the Rāmāyaṇa. There are at least three ways the Rāmāyaṇa can be studied—as history, as literature, and as scripture. How we want to study Rāma’s story is up to us.
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"Where Shall I Stay?"
When Śrī Rāma was exiled to the forest by his stepmother, he first went to the hermitage of Sage Vālmīki and sought his advice about a good place to stay in the forest for the next fourteen years. Vālmīki’s answer to Rāma’s question has become a luminous guide to devotees seeking to fill their hearts with God’s presence.