Hanuman's adventures in Laṅka

About this episode

This episode explores Hanuman's adventures in Laṅka as part of the teachings from the Rāmāyaṇa.

The Rāmāyaṇa is one of the most treasured stories in the history of humanity. It was my privilege to soak in the teachings of this great epic of the yoga tradition during an autumn 2025 online course. This was also part of a yoga education program at ashtangayogavevey. During the 12 hour course, we explored the extraordinarily rich story of Rāmāyaṇa and gave speical attention to some key episodes, including Hanuman’s traversing the ocean to Lanka and in the example shared in this episod...

People in this episode

Host: James Boag

Topics covered

• Rāmāyaṇa
• Hanuman
• yoga tradition
• spiritual teachings
• mythology
• education

Keywords

• Rāmāyaṇa
• Hanuman
• Laṅka
• yoga education
• spirituality
• mythology
• epic stories

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ashtangayogavevey

Books & works: Rāmāyaṇa

Places: Laṅka

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