2021 Celebrating Holī festival: “Sahaja Yoga’s Holī should be the Holī of Śhrī Kṛiṣhṇa.”
"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.
[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
"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), Day 1, Prabhu ke Prem kā Anubhav (Experiences of Lord's Love), Gita Mandir Hall, Bharatiya Vidyā Bhavan (3rd floor), 29, Kulapati K.M. Munshi Mārg, Chowpatty, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
"Holī was started during the time of Śhrī Kṛiṣhṇa. Before Him in the time of Śhrī Rāma ... He was very austere. Because of that, the society became very peaceful but people were devoid of all joy. So He thought that there should be a way by which people should be able to laugh freely and be joyful. And like it happens to all such ventures it happened in the case of Holī also that it produced an opposite effect.
...... The story of how it started is like this. There was a demoness called Holikā. She was the sister of Prahlād and Prahlād’s father used to trouble him a lot. Holikā had a boon that she would not be burnt by the fire. Prahlād’s father wanted to kill him and told Holikā to take the child [Prahlād] and sit on the burning pyre thinking that she would not die. But it is surprising that she died and Prahlād was not hurt in the fire and came out of it unscathed.
This is a very big happening which demonstrated that it is very wrong to be cruel and aggressive. She had the boon but still, she got burnt. That’s why we have this custom on Holī. In our country [India] all such things have a lot of truthfulness. We have to understand that if we do wrong things, trouble others ... then these are demonic qualities.
...... We should not have these demonic qualities because we are Sahaja Yogis. We are a special race of people who have taken birth to transform this world and we should pay our attention towards that. We are very highly placed, higher than all others and we have to save all others from such tendencies. These days it has spread a lot. That’s why all such hateful, cruel behavior by which we dominate others, torture others is very, very bad and there is no need to do all that in Sahaja Yoga."
2002-0329 Holī Pūjā (Hindi) (Holī Raṃgavalī), Palam Vihar, Gurgaon, Haryana, 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), Raṃgavalī Holī Celebrations, Universal Sahaja Yoga Temple, Āśhram, 78 Kṛiṣhṇa Nagar, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi, India
"So, with Holī after dahan [scorching], like I said yesterday, let us decide today, that now Holī will be like Diwālī. The joy of it should be overwhelming. Why the joy of Holī? Although we burn just one Holikā but afterward, the joy flows in the Collective Consciousness, whether he is a sweeper or a garbage collector or even any other person working in the house. Like in My family, in Lucknow, from where My family belongs, these people are landlords. So the sweeper does not dare to enter inside the house. People don’t like them coming even their threshold, to that extent. They reprimanded them.
But on the Day of Holī, any person, whether he is a master or a servant, anybody, they all play Holī together. Even if you tear the clothes of the master then also no one will reprimand you on the Day of Holī. This is the way a social and collective celebration of happiness started in our country."
1983-0329 Talk to Sahaja Yogis (Hindi), Raṃgavalī Holī Celebrations, Universal Sahaja Yoga Temple, Āśhram, 78 Kṛiṣhṇa Nagar, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi, India
"Always with Shri Krishna’s blessings you all should enjoy your Holi. But the greatest Holi is within yourself when you fill yourself with all kinds of colors. Your nature should be such that everybody should enjoy that color.
That color that is within you, color of beauty –- not artificial, just showing off, just giving something without any love."
1984-0317 Talk to Sahaja Yogis (English+Hindi+English), Raṃgavalī Holī Celebration, Universal Sahaja Yoga Temple, Āśhram, 78 Kṛiṣhṇa Nagar, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi, India
"He started playing with colors and so on.
All the colors also, if you see, are the colors of the Devī Holi is played with the colors of the seven chakras.
Put all the colors of the chakras onto you! play with joy, enthusiasm and happiness."
1983-0329 Talk to Sahaja Yogis (Hindi), Raṃgavalī Holī Celebrations, Universal Sahaja Yoga Temple, Āśhram, 78 Kṛiṣhṇa Nagar, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi, India
"Then the colors are, the colors are all representing your chakras. These are all the chakras as you know. Every chakra has got different color. So what happens? These colors just get distributed in the air, in the atmosphere. During Holī time you [unclear know you] are representing those colors which are completely permeating into the atmosphere. So this is another thing when you play colors. When you color another person, you are just expressing that these, your chakras will be blessed. Red color is of the Mūlādhāra. All those colors that you use here are of different chakras. So just you are making the whole expression of your love that let it be you become completely filled with red color, means innocence, means innocence. Because as a child in the womb of the mother just sees the red color of the mother, color of the blood.
So like that you see different colors are spread on the face. And abīra is the green color of the Guru Tattwa. Like that all these colors have got significance that they are the colors of your chakras which you are spreading all over to your friends, to your other brothers and sisters who are Sahaja Yogis. So it has that symbolic expression that you are spreading your – actually the essence of your chakra, the basis of your chakra, the colors of your chakra, the fragrance of those chakras to other Sahaja Yogis.
You just permeate, permeating. I don’t know in Hindi language if there is a better word like in Marathi udār, udār [bountiful, magnanimous]. Udār means just ...
[Hindi.]
... red color, is the sign of innocence. So Kabīra says that, ``You put me into such a color. Oh, the one who is going to color me is the One." Raṅgarāj is the one who colors things. So He says, ``Oh Raṅgarāj, make me so that the whole thing becomes red -- innocence, fills me up with complete innocence." And innocence is the one he has asked for to be filled in. And same is with Śhrī Kṛiṣhṇa that He played with all these different colors to show that there are different chakras within us apart from the red and the others that are there. All of them play a part to create a beautiful joyful personality."
1984-0317 Talk to Sahaja Yogis (English+Hindi+English), Raṃgavalī Holī Celebration, Universal Sahaja Yoga Temple, Āśhram, 78 Kṛiṣhṇa Nagar, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi, India
Abeer Gulaal Udhalitha Rang
Natha Ghari Naache Maajha Sakha Pandurang
Amidst the fragrant colorful powder strewed in the air,
Panduranga who is my master as well as my friend is dancing in his abode.
-Abeer Gulaal - Abhang by Sant Chokhamela
Abir Gulal
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"So, Holi has this aspect, which has to be renounced to in Sahaja Yoga, of obscenity. And the aspect of Holi which is love, has to be embraced, that without taking any cannabis we all are one. You all know this sentiment. This time one should embrace with special warmth because Śhrī Kṛiṣhṇa’s work was of love.
He said we should enjoy completely love, because the whole world is Almighty’s play of love. There is no seriousness in it. Līlā [play], Lilādhār, the One who sustained līlā was Śhrī Kṛiṣhṇa. That’s why He said that everything should be seen as a play.
[Aside:] I have such strong vibrations.
Lilādhār. And in the play of this Lilādhār there should be no obscenity."
1983-0329 Talk to Sahaja Yogis (Hindi), Raṃgavalī Holī Celebrations, Universal Sahaja Yoga Temple, Āśhram, 78 Kṛiṣhṇa Nagar, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi, India
"I think we have had a nice time in this Holī, and we should always have such a nice time. Always with Śhrī Kṛiṣhṇa’s blessings, you all should enjoy your Holī. But the greatest Holī is within yourself when you fill yourself with all kinds of colors. Your nature should be such that everybody should enjoy that color. That color that is within you, color of beauty – not artificial, just showing off, just giving something without any love."
1984-0317 Talk to Sahaja Yogis (English+Hindi+English), Raṃgavalī Holī Celebration, Universal Sahaja Yoga Temple, Āśhram, 78 Kṛiṣhṇa Nagar, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi, India
"He started also this Holī, in which you should play with colors, maybe to get rid of the color barriers we have, maybe. In America, it is a very good idea to play with colors and put some black on the Whites and some whites on the Black and they can see for themselves how stupid it is to fight in the name of color."
1996-0901 Śhrī Kṛiṣhṇa Pūjā, Śhrī Kṛiṣhṇa and Sahaja Culture, Hangar, Cabella Ligure, Alessandria, Italy
Tere ranga me aise range ham, dujā ranga nā lāge,
We are colored so deep and complete in Your color
Tum bin koi nazar nā āe, in naino ke āge
No other color will reflect through us, We are unable to see anything but You
Jala ko sthala ko sāre jagata,Rangā ranga banāyā
Through these eyes, You have made not only water and land But the whole universe very colorful
Ranga de jhini Hari, Mā ke ranga me kāyā, (kāyā)
God (Hari) please color my body (kaya) in the color of my Holy Mother
Ranga nā de ise, chanchala mana ko, Apne ranga me māyā
Let my body not be adorned, By the hideous color of materialism
Ranga de jhini Hari, Mā ke ranga me kāyā, (kāyā)
God (Hari) please color my body in the color of my Holy Mother
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Holi Khelat
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Shri Maa Hain Rang Raij Chunar Mori Rang
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Śhrī Mātājī Playing with Dandiya Sticks
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Āj Rang Hai Sahaj Ka
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[SYNOPSIS!]
"[Inner awareness and a good attention is very important for burning your inner negativity. Only when it is burnt can you ascend on Nirmala Tattwa. Then you celebrate the real Holī, enjoy and play with color. Sahaja Yoga's Holī should be the Holī of Śhrī Kṛiṣhṇa.]"
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
Wishing you all a joyful Holī!!
Jai Śhrī Mātājī!
On behalf of the festivity team!