VALMIKI JAYNTI : Lessons We Can Learn from Maharishi Valmiki.

The birth anniversary of sage Valmiki, the Sanskrit poet who wrote Hindu epic Ramayana, is celebrated as Valmiki Jayanti. The date of the Valmiki Jayanti varies every year and is determined by the Indian lunar calendar. It falls on the full moon (Purnima) of the month of Ashwin, in late September or early October. This year, Valmiki Jayanti will be celebrated on October 13. Per drikpanchang.com, Valmiki Jayanti Purnima Tithi Begins at 12:36 am on October 13, 2019 and ends at 2:38 am on October 14, 2019.

THE HISTORY OF MAHARISHI VALMIKI

Valmiki authored the Hindu epic Ramayana which has 24,000 verses and 7 cantos (Kandas) including the Uttara canto. Sage Valmiki also appears as one of the characters in the Ramayana, as a monk who reived Sita, Lord Rama's wife, into his hermitage and taught her sons, Luv and Kush during their exile period.

Sage Valmiki is revered as adi kavi, the first poet and also referred as Maharishi Valmiki.

The birth date and timings of Valmiki, famous as Maharishi Valmiki, are not known but his birth anniversary, also known as Valmiki Jayanti is celebrated on Ashwin Purnima, according to Hindu lunar calendar.

LESSONS WE CAN LEARN FROM MAHARISHI VALMIKI

During his early years, Maharishi Valmiki - a highway robber named Ratnakar. It is believed that sage Narada Muni transformed him into a great devotee of Lord Rama by giving him the Rama Nama mantra.

Sage Narada Muni asked him to repeat the words "Mara", which means to "kill". On constant repetition, the words became "Rama", Lord Vishnu's avatar.

After years of meditation, and repeating the mantra given by sage Narad Muni, huge ant hills formed around him, giving him the name Valmiki, which means the "one who is born out of ant hills".

If a robber "RATNAKAR" can transform himself into "MAHARISHI VALMIKI" then the possibilities for you to change is unlimited. the story of "maharishi valmiki" was not a religious story but I took it as a lesson about the abilities to change your self. the story tell clearly that there is no such perfect time or age to change yourself it was just the right intention to change.

Bringing a change in your life or in your behavior is something that anyone can start anytime.