2021 Celebrating Diwālī Festival: “You are the reflector of Sahaja Yoga, not Me. You have to reflect Sahaj Yoga.”
"Diwālī word comes from two words: dīpa and āwali. Dīpa means, you know, lights and āwali means rows, rows, and rows of lights. Seems it’s a very, very ancient idea and all over in the world, you see, whenever they have to celebrate something then they put lights. And lights because light gives joy, gives happiness. So to overcome the darkness of ignorance also we have to enlighten ourselves. And that is why is important that everybody should get Self-realization to feel the light within themselves. And you must have noticed that after Realization the eyes also sparkle. There’s light in the eyes of every Sahaja Yogi."
1990-1021 Diwālī Pūjā (4th day after Diwālī Day), Touch Your Depth, Chioggia/Sottomarina, Venice, Italy
"This is a lotus you have made for Me here. Such a beautiful lotus, I am sitting in a beautiful lotus.
In the same way, is reflected in your heart as a beautiful lotus. Feel that lotus, how beautiful, how delicate.
It’s pink because pink is the lotus which invites everyone, a sign of generosity, of invitation. Pink color attracts all kinds of insects, everybody.
So lotus is pink and it invites everything, open to everything, not frightened of everything.
You can make people see what a spiritual person is. You are the reflector of Sahaja Yoga, not Me. You have to reflect Sahaj Yoga.
For such people are always in joy and wisdom."
1991-1110 Diwālī Pūjā (5th day after Diwālī Day), Joy and Happiness, Tent, Cabella Ligure, Alessandria, Italy
"Today is a great day of Diwālī. That means today is the great day of [unclear putting up] lights of your heart together to make a greater light for the world to move in a proper direction. It’s a day of great joy, and those who join in this, are spreading also great joy. But the problems are there, as they say, but for us, there is no problem because there is no darkness, we don’t see any darkness anywhere, we see lights, and lights, and lights.
Then what is the thing missing, missing is our sincerity. We have to be very sincere with ourselves because it is not just a borrowed love or a borrowed joy, but it is from within the source, it’s flowing, flowing, and flowing. So that is to be awakened, and that love should flow, and our small petty things like jealousies and competitions and all those things which spoil us must be washed away. And it can be washed if your heart is full of love.
Today is a day of spreading love, light of love so that everybody feels enlightened and happy and forgets these petty problems."
2003-1109 Diwālī Pūjā (16th day after Diwālī Day), The Need for Sincerity, Holiday Inn Express and Suites, 1080 Navigator Drive, Ventura, CA, U.S.A.
"The joy was dancing in your eyes. I could see the lights in your eyes and this is the real Diwālī."
1990-1021 Diwālī Pūjā (4th day after Diwālī Day), Touch Your Depth, Chioggia/Sottomarina, Venice, Italy
"Today is the day when we worship the Lakṣhmī, Lakṣhmī Principle, which is in our Nābhī. Lakṣhmī Principle that is understood, I’ve told you many a time, described Lakṣhmī to you that She stands on a lotus and She has two lotuses in Her hands. That means She’s so benevolent, so kind that She doesn’t pressurize anyone. But normally you don’t find that. Anybody who has money, he’ll just try to pressurize or try to push down. Even in Sahaja Yoga, I’ve seen people like that. If they are little better off, they try to push people, organize them, to control them as if they think this is a power they have got out of the money that they have.
But She Herself stands on a lotus – that means on the beauty. The beauty of Her being is shown that She doesn’t trouble anyone, She can stand on a flower. So the first thing, those who have to worship Lakṣhmī have to remember one thing that they are not to pressurize anyone, to push anyone, to control anyone, or destroy. But She with Her Feet on the lotuses nourishes the lotus."
1990-1021 Diwālī Pūjā (4th day after Diwālī Day), Touch Your Depth, Chioggia/Sottomarina, Venice, Italy
"You know that today is the Pūjā of Śhrī Lakṣhmī. Here nobody performs Lakṣhmī Pūjā. So, it must be understood that today is a very important day. Lakṣhmī gives you everything. She is Mother. She gives everything, all blessings, all comfort, and most important is that She enlightens your inner being.
So somehow you recognize Lakṣhmī. Lakṣhmī doesn’t mean money. You have to understand that She is a Goddess, and you have to respect money like a Goddess. In our country, people do a lot for the sake of money; wrong things that are very bad. But you have got a responsibility to recognize Lakṣhmī as Devī, and worship Her and understand that you cannot make fun of Lakṣhmī. Lakṣhmī blesses you and will go on blessing you. Such evil people are a few only, and you should be contented that Lakṣhmī resides in your being and has accumulated many moments of joy and comfort for you. You are going to get all that and have already got it.
...... I am sure that everyone will worship Lakṣhmī, and in the Lakṣhmī Pūjā, one should understand all forms of Lakṣhmī and what Her nature is. We cannot understand Her, and if we cannot understand Her, we will follow the wrong path. So it should be understood that She is Devī and that She is your Mother, and that She can do anything for you because She is very powerful and very affectionate, She doesn’t give you any problem. If you get trapped somewhere, She will save you. Such is the blessing [greatness] of Lakṣhmī."
2008-1026 Diwālī Pūjā (Hindi) (Dhanatheras Day), House, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
padmalayam padmakaram
padma patra-nibheksanam
vande padma-mukhim devim
padma-nabha-priyam aham
"I offer my obeisances unto the Goddess who is the abode of lotuses,
who holds the lotus, whose eyes resemble the petals of a lotus,
whose face is a lotus, and who is dear to the Lord who has a lotus navel."
Śhrī Lakṣhmī Stuti, from Viṣhṇu Purāṇa
"And, today’s day is a very great day for us because the Saints are celebrating Diwālī. I’m celebrating My Diwālī enlightening light in your hearts that you enjoy your own joy and your own beauty; that you are now the Spirit. Enjoy it. That you are there. Now, you are in the Kingdom of God. No doubt.
I mean, even if you don’t do anything anymore, you will be all right there. But you should not take it for granted. You have to come forward because your Mother needs your help. You have to stand up. You have to rise. You have to come up. You have to become the leaders of tomorrow. So, you have to work it out. And, not just be talkers and thinking big and saying big, big things ......"
1981-1027 Talk to Sahaja Yogis (Diwālī Day), Lakṣhmī Principle and Relationship between Men and Women, Āśhram, former Hotel, Bramham Gardens, Earl's Court, Kensington, London, UK
Chandrām Prabhāsām Yashasā Jvalantiim Shriyam Loke Deva-Jussttām-Udārām
Tām Padminiim-Iim Sharannam-Aham Prapadye-[A]lakssmiir-Me Nashyatām Tvām Vrnne
Who is the Embodiment of Śhrī and Whose glory shines like the Splendour of the Moon in all the Worlds;
Who is noble and Who is worshipped by the Devas.
I take refuge at Her Feet, Who abides in the Lotus;
By Her Grace, let the alakshmi (in the form of evil, distress, and poverty) within and without be destroyed.
(from Śhrī Suktam)
"Today is the day to take an oath, to think of something great, to visualize something big, to ask a boon, to do a big Pūjā, is one of the greatest uh day."
1979-1020 Diwālī Pūjā (Diwālī Day), Āśhram, 8, Hamilton Road, Dollis Hill, London NW10 1NX, UK
Namami Śhrī Gan raj Dayal
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Ayi, Ayi, Āj Diwālī
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Hum Āj Rāth
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Śhrī Mahālakṣhmī Bhajan
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Tujhjya Pujani archani lina vhave
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Viśhwa Vandita
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Ārati and the Three Great Mantras
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"Then the fifteenth is that darkest night, that's the darkest night when there is no Moon.
Absolutely that's the day when they celebrate the Diwālī.
But symbolically in India also, Śhrī Rāma returned to Dwari - to His [place, Ayodhya] on that day and was crowned on that day.
So the significance of Diwālī is expressed in this manner, that this is the day when Narakāsura, with all of them, are killed, they have all gone to Narak,
they have gone to the Hell, and the people now are safe from them and they are celebrating the joy.
And that is the time when Christ was born.
That's why lights are lit just in the night, `cause He was born at twelve o'clock in the night."
1980-1109 Diwālī Pūjā (Bhāūbīj Day), The Mahālakṣhmī Power, Temple of All Faiths, Hampstead, London, UK
Auṃ Twameva sākṣhāt Śhrī Lakṣhmī sākṣhāt Śhrī Ādi Śhakti Mātājī Śhrī Nirmalā Devī namo namaḥ!
O Divine Mother, You are verily Śhrī Lakṣhmī. Salutations to You!
Wishing You all a very Happy Diwālī!
On behalf of the festivity team!</font>