2021 Celebrating Diwālī Festival: “today is the great day when I am worshiped by all the vīras and vīrāṅganās.”
"It’s a very, very great day today, I should say, where the evil has been suppressed. Their evil that spreads its power all over is only because of two factors. One is that you are not knowledgeable, you are still blind, and you follow things which are not right but you think are powerful.
This illusion creates not only problems but absolute destruction.
Now we’re going, coming to Sahaja Yoga: you know all the knowledge, where is s-subtle knowledge, very subtle. Is not superficial knowledge. It is very subtle. And because they don’t know this subtle knowledge, they fall into the wrong path of, I should say ignorance, and then they try to oppose the people who are doing good.
But above all is the Power of God. All this drama is played to prove the existence of that Great Power. It has all worked out so well. And for all of you, Sahaja Yogis, it’s a very great achievement that you can see the play. Many people who have achieved so-called success cannot see that point, but you can see it because you are spectators. Though all the world is a part and parcel of that drama, you are outside and you can see it so clearly."
2001-1118 Diwālī Pūjā (4th day after Diwālī Day), Soldiers of Divine Power and Sahaja Yogi Is a Special Character of a Soldier Who Fights for the Truth, Lake Piru Recreational Area Campground, 4780 Piru Canyon Rd, Piru (87 kms NW of Los Angeles), CA, U.S.A.
Jaya jaya durgati-nāshinī kāminī
Victory to the ever-loving destroyer of all our ills.
Sarva-phala-prada shāstra maye
O Goddess of Divine Knowledge, You are the giver of all the fruits (of our desires and actions),
Ratha gaja turaṅga padāti samāvṛutā
You are surrounded by chariots, elephants, horses and footsoldiers,
Pari-jana mandita loka-nute
The whole world bows down to You in worship.
Hari-Hara-Brahmā supūjita sevita
The Lords Viṣhṇu, Śhiva and Brahmā serve You and offer auspicious Pūjā.
Tāpa nivārinī pāda-yute
You wash away the extreme sorrows of those who meditate upon Your feet.
Jaya jaya he Madhu-sūdana-kāminī
Victory to the beloved of Śhrī Viṣhṇu, the destroyer of the demon Madhu.
Rāja Lakṣhmī, Śhrī Nirmalā Devī, sadā pālaya mām
O Śhrī Rāja Lakṣhmī, the giver of prosperity, Śhrī Nirmalā Devi, please protect me forever.
(From the 'Aṣhṭa Lakṣhmī Stotram' by Śhrī Ādi Śhaṅkarāchārya)
"On this day of Diwālī, I want to tell you all that the meaning of Diwālī is that the Hell is full of darkness and you all are enlightened. You are expected to fight wherever there is darkness and let them know that they are wrong deeds. By doing this our country will improve and you have to do this. We have been performing Pūjās and rituals but the Śhakti [Divine Power] which is there within us, is there to oppose all that is not truthful. Many people do not know that making money is a sickness. They will go straight to Hell. I am telling you all this because no one has said it like this before. On the day of Diwālī, I am telling you that we are going to light lamps and celebrate happiness in our hearts."
2007-1110 Talk to Sahaja Yogis (Hindi) (Diwālī Pāḍavā Day), Honesty and Patriotism, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
"So there are so many aspects for this that, after Rāma had killed Rāvaṇa, another satanic force, this Diwālī was celebrated. Also, this was celebrated much earlier, when Narakāsura was killed.
And this is how we express our joy and happiness, our gratitude to God that He has protected us always with His Power, with His Śhakti and has destroyed all the rākṣhasas and all the evil forces of this world.
This is the time of Thanksgiving. On this day we have to go to our elders and give thanks to them for whatever they have done for us. To all those people whom we have to give thanks, today is the day when we have to ask God to bless all these people.
For us also, to be very jubilant, I am very happy, is a day because now I feel from tomorrow Sahaja Yoga is going to take new strides."
1979-1020 Diwālī Pūjā (Diwālī Day), Āśhram, 8, Hamilton Road, Dollis Hill, London NW10 1NX, UK
"Only the vīras, the courageous, can worship the Mother.
And I hope you are all that, and today is the great day when I am worshiped by all the vīras and vīrāṅganās.
May God bless you all. May God bless you."
1985-1117 Diwālī Pūjā (6th Day after Diwālī Day), Bagni di Tivoli (24 kms E of Rome), Italy
"So what do we do to remove the darkness of the night is to put lights. In the same way, people should be enlightened.
There should be light in the heart of people. Once they’re enlightened, this darkness from which we are suffering because of our ignorance will be finished and we’ll have the Absolute Knowledge.
So this is a new age that they are talking about is here right now, here, that it is going to work out in such a manner that it will be all enlightened personalities together, and they’ll know what is light is, what is Real Knowledge, Gyāna.
So ours is a Path of Knowledge: Knowledge that is Love, Knowledge that is Compassion. This is what we have to understand, that we have come into another area, arena, where all the skirmishes and the troubles of Kali Yuga cannot enter.
...... With the darkness in the heart, darkness in the mind that you don’t know where are you, what are you doing, and what you should be doing, just like going amok you go on hitting each other. This is what is Kali Yuga, and the one who recognizes it and gets out of it is the Sahaja Yogi. Otherwise, you are just like other people if you are still indulging into the same periphery, in the same circles of imbalance.
...... So you are all enlightened souls. For Me, that’s the Diwālī. If the people are enlightened that’s the Diwālī: that they remove all the darkness of Kali Yuga and you all enjoy the beauty and joy of Kali Yuga. It’s very, very symbolic I should say, that Diwālī has already started. We have many lights, and we have to get more lights – not because it is short of light; why are we taking more lights, why do you want? Because all must be saved."
1999-1107 Diwālī Pūjā (Diwālī Day), You Have to Be Very Meditative to Mature or Remove All the Darkness of Kali Yuga, Apollon Camping, Delphi, Greece
"Sahaja Yogi is a special character of a soldier who fights for the Truth.
That kind of a personality, when you will have, there will be lights all over.
In this Diwālī Day, I bless you all from My heart and I want you to respect yourself and understand what is the position of your being in this l... something ... organization we can call or a, in this Movement of Sahaja Yoga, and how are we working it out.
The attention should move from all this nonsensical, mundane things to your Self.
It should be a very dynamic force that should work out. And I am sure next year it will be very different.
We’ll have all the beautiful blessings of the Divine. We must do it collectively, understandingly.
May God bless you!"
2001-1118 Diwālī Pūjā (4th day after Diwālī Day), Soldiers of Divine Power and Sahaja Yogi Is a Special Character of a Soldier Who Fights for the Truth, Lake Piru Recreational Area Campground, 4780 Piru Canyon Rd, Piru (87 kms NW of Los Angeles), CA, U.S.A.
Auṃ Twameva sākṣhāt Rakṣho-bala Vimardana sākṣhāt Śhrī Ādi Śhakti Mātājī Śhrī Nirmalā Devī namo namaḥ
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Andhar Phar Ahe (Śhrī Mātājī gives the meaning of the bhajan and sings along)
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Ādimāyā Aṃbābāī
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Apne Panah Mein Hame Rakhna
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"Then the fourteenth day is very important, because that is the day the Goddess as a power, as a power, because it was Kārttikeya who killed Narakāsura, the devil.
And he was one of the worst of all, could not be killed.
So Śhiva and Pārvatī were married for this special purpose to produce this powerful Śhakti Putra, means the Son of the Śhakti, known as Kārttikeya.
And He was just born to kill this horrible devil, called as Narakāsura. And He killed.
That is the day, fourteenth day. It is something like Halloween, that day.
Because that is the day they opened the gates of hell and put all the devils into Hell.
And that’s why that day one has to rest in the morning time as long as possible. So that let all the devils be put in nicely because some of them might be hanging around still.
It’s better to allow them to get out. I mean in the realm that you are you do not feel much their existence.
But if you were in the realm of subconscious area or Collective Subconscious, people see even some of the spirits and also can feel their existence, they see the black spots and all that.
So that day is very dangerous, but because Narakāsura was killed, people celebrated.
That celebration is expressed next day, which that day is the day of Diwālī they say."
1981-1101 Diwālī Pūjā (5th day after Diwālī Day), The Mahālakṣhmī Powers and the Powers of Water, Āśhram, 44 Chelsham Road, London, Clapham, UK
Jai Śhrī Mātājī!
On behalf of the festivity team!