2020 Celebrating Holikā Dahana on Full Moon Day (Holī Pūrṇimā)
"As you know, on the Day of Holī, Holikā was burnt. Agni [God of Fire] had a very big blessing and task, because Agni Devatā had given Holikā a boon that in any circumstance, she will not burn, that death could come to her in any form, but not by fire. And after giving this boon, he regretted a lot because she took Prahlād in her lap and sat in the fire. And Agni Devatā had a big dilemma, that “I have given this promise to her, that I will not burn her and how can I fulfill this promise? And Prahlād, is Himself innocence personified, He is Himself an Incarnation of Śhrī Gaṇeśha and how can I burn Him? Nobody can burn Him. And He is also beyond my powers. He is formed from my power.” So he thought, “What is this ego? that in front of such a Great Power what can I talk about my power? I have no such power which can face Him. His Power is so great that I cannot burn Him whatsoever I may try. But at this time I have a very big dilemma in front of me.”
So in between duty and dharma the dilemma is in between these two. In this situation, we must understand that dharma is higher than duty. The duty of dharma is higher than a normal duty and even higher is the Dharma of the Ātmā."
1983-0329 Talk to Sahaja Yogis (Hindi), Holī Celebrations, Universal Sahaja Yoga Temple, Āśhram, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi, India
"So, today, on the Holi day if you only say the mantra of Holika Dahan, then with the mantra of Holikamardinī you can wash My Feet."
1983-0329 Talk to Sahaja Yogis (Hindi), Holī Celebrations, Universal Sahaja Yoga Temple, Āśhram, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi, India
"Today, the great day of Holikā Dahan, where the symbolism of this occasion is that the satanic forces were burnt by the innocence of Prahlāda."
1983-0328 Public Program (Holikā Dahana), Concept and Reality, Birthday Celebration, Ajwan-E-Ghalib, New Delhi, India "[SYNOPSIS!]
[People Celebrate Holī only on the outside, the real Holī is to be burnt within first. This means the negativity within has to be burnt first. Delhi being the capital is full of politics. Sahaja Yogis absorb this politics and it spreads in the Sahaja collectivity like flu. We cannot ascend by it. We should not form any groups or believe to any caste. Someone like Nārad Muni comes along and fans the flames of animosity one against the other. But we should not play into the hands of such people. We should realize that our relationship is with Mother only.]
1995-0318 Holī Pūjā (the day after the Raṃgavalī Holī), Holī Message, Sahaja Yoga Temple, C-17, Qutub Institutional Area behind Qutub Hotel, New Delhi, India
[1979-0314 Havan, before or after the Holī Pūjā, New Delhi, India]
"Agni is the best purifier. It also enlightens, glows and destroys the evil. It is the best of all earth elements and the worst also. It can burn you as well."
1900-0000 Quote on Śhrī Agni from Anant Jeevan, Issue 4 (February- April 1980), Page 17
[SYNOPSIS!]
[On Holī we should burn all those things which spoil our attention and damage the Āgñyā. Then this attention will clear out and we will celebrate Holī with joy and understanding. The day the complete combination of this will happen then on both chakras the similarity will come. Then at Sahasrāra the question does not arise.]
1991-0228 Talk to Sahaja Yogis (Hindi+English), Raṃ- gavalī Holī Celebrations, New Delhi, India
"The experience of God’s Love has been described in many books of ours but nobody believes in them. For example, when Prahlād, in whose presence Narasiṃha incarnated, was asked, “What do you want?” he replied, “Tav Charaṇa arvinde prīti" [The love of Your Lotus Feet], that is, “O God, give me the love of Your Lotus Feet.” "
1975-1222 Public Program (Hindi), Bharatiya Vidyā Bhavan, Chowpatty, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Jai Śhrī Mātājī!
On behalf of the festivity team!