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Diwali
Saint's Blessings on Diwali
The real
Diwali |
| When Saints visit one's home,
it is the real Diwali. |
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The lamps lit
on Diwali symbolize divine, eternal Light! |
Diwali holds special importance among
the various festivals that the founders of the Hindu religion
benevolently planned with the intention of bringing about
everyone’s upliftment. All our religious and Holy festivals
are based on discriminating, divine reasoning and benevolent
thinking. The thousands of lamps lit on Diwali are symbolic
of everything eternal and everlasting, that is, of the divine
light of Spiritual Knowledge (Dnyan). Compilers of the Hindu
Holy text SriSukta say, "Remove the alakshmi
from the premises." It means that whatever is unholy,
overshadows the divine soul within, puts limitations on a
Blissful life, or is unfavorable to the experience of our
everlasting, divine nature, needs to be driven off, needs
to leave our
residence/existence. Our body itself is the temple of the
Supreme God principle (Paramatma). We light lamps on Diwali
in gratitude to the life-giving energy of this bodily temple.
Though our actions and planning are manifest, may each action
occur Blissfully and divinely, realizing the unmanifest eternal spiritual emotion
(bhav) behind
everything. If we cherish each day of Diwali by spending it as originally intended
(per the science of Spirituality), in divine introspection and Blissful performance
of activities right from early morning, this 4-day festival will last for the
entire year. And such a year would light the divine light of Knowledge in our
lives, making our life radiant and Blissful. For this, we should act, keeping
the ideal of the active Lord Krushna, Who vanquished the demon Narkasur.
Let your activities consider the benefit of your family, community, country,
humanity and noble philosophies. This will lead to your not
only worldly, but also spiritual upliftment. Think about it, experience at least
some of it, pray and remain engrossed in worship (sadhana),
and you will be uplifted.
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- H. H.
Gurunath Vishwanath Mungale,
Atharva DnyanPeeth, Kolhapur, India. |
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