2024 Celebrating the Festival of Diwālī: “the second day is where Narakāsura [Tārakāsura] was killed”
"Today we are here, all of us, to celebrate the Diwālī, that is Dīpawali, meaning the rows of lights.
In the darkness of Kali Yuga when you find from every place confusion of the worst type creating the darkness which cannot be penetrate into, and which looks like a solid mountain around us, and which can never be covered, as we feel, by the Grace of God. And even with the Grace of God it would never melt. In that darkness, in that hopeless state, when the creation is on the verge of its destruction, the light of Sahaja Yoga has arrived. And you are the lights, you are the dīpas, you are the little, little lights, which were waiting to be enlightened, to be enlightened to see for yourself what's wrong within your own lamp, what's missing in your own lamp."
1988-1113 Diwālī Pūjā (5th day after Diwālī Day), You Are the Dīpas, Tent, Marque, Back Garden, Śhuddhi Camp (now The Hall, Shudy Camps Park), Shudy Camps, Cambridgeshire, UK
"On the fourteenth day, he was killed by Ṣhaḍānana, Kārttikeya, was the Son of Pārvatī and Śhaṅkar who was a very powerful expression of Rudra Śhakti, is that He is the Killing Power of God. And He was created specially for this purpose to kill Narakāsura [Tārakāsura].
Then the ... this one was, this rākṣhasa was such a menace and he had ruined so many people slight. He has done such a havoc and people didn't know how to find protection.
That time, when Narakāsura [Tārakāsura] was killed by the Śhakti in the form of Ṣhaḍānana, Kārttikeya, there was celebration all over. People celebrated the next night. And the next night was the darkest night of the whole year, is tonight."
1979-1020 Diwālī Pūjā, Āśhram, Dollis Hill, London NW10 1NX, UK
"The light which can enlighten can also burn. But this light will burn all those who try to burn the Kingdom of God. So on a Diwālī day let us know that we should have the lamps, burnt in such a way that it has purest of pure love in it. Not a lip service, lip service of love, but from your heart, it should pour, like the Nature pours all its blessings upon you."
Then, wherever the flowers of your feet will touch, the nature will blossom with joy. There will be a dīpāwali.
1985-1117 Diwālī Pūjā (6th Day after Diwālī Day), Bagni di Tivoli (24 kms E of Rome), Lazio, Italy
Pranatha sureswari, bharathi, bhargavi
shoka vinasini, rathna maye,
Mani maya bhooshitha karma vibhooshana,
Santhi samavrutha hasyamukhe,
Nava nidhi dhayini kalimala harini,
Kamitha phalapradha hasthayuthe,
Jaya Jaya he madhusoodhana kamini
Vidhyalakshmi sada palaya mām
Victory to the Goddess!
Who is the daughter of the Bhṛigu Mahaṛiśhi
Who chases away all our sorrows.
Who radiates with all her ornaments containing precious gems
Who blesses us with nine kinds of wealth
Who grants boons with Varada hastam (hand)
Please protect us all the time
From Aṣhṭa Lakṣhmī (praise of Śhrī Vidyā Lakṣhmī)
"Then there is, the second day is where Narakāsura [Tārakāsura] was killed. Now Narakāsura [Tārakāsura] was the one who was the devil from the Hell, let's say -- very cunning, very clever -- and he was killed by the Goddess. Actually he was killed by a, another Incarnation, Kārttikeya, but Goddess gave Him the power to kill. So when he was killed it was celebrated because the evil was killed. But we don't find that these days the evil people are getting peace awards. So what is the reason for this kind of a perverted brain? How is it they are using perversion? Just the opposite of it. What has worked out these things? So again we find the same so-called freedom to become also evil. So we have freedom to become evil. First of all we have freedom not to be benevolent, and secondly to become evil we have freedom.
So the Narakāsura [Tārakāsura] within us must be killed, the one which teaches us evil, to do evil to others. If you are busy doing evil to others you can never enjoy. Because you enjoy doing evil to others. So that has to be faced within ourselves, not in other people. It's very easy to say that this Sahaja Yogi is caught up, that Sahaja Yogi is like that, but very difficult to say, 'Mother, I am caught up. I have got this problem within myself.' So when you start seeing yourself your heart opens out. Unless and until you learn how to open out your heart how can you enjoy? Open your heart.
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Open the heart. And opening the heart is only possible if Narakāsura [Tārakāsura] sitting on your heart is killed, finished, once for all."
1989-1029 Diwālī Pūjā (Diwālī Pāḍavā), Be Honest to Yourself, Auditorium, Gymnasium, Montecatini Terme, Tuscany, 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.
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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
"A woman who has majesty and a firm character is Rājalakṣhmī. You might be feeling that Lakṣhmī Pūjā means giving a lecture on women, but it is not so.
The third is Gajālakṣhmī [the Lakṣhmī riding on an elephant]. Gajālakṣhmī means, the principal form of Gaṇapati He has the head of an elephant] is that He is the sinless One. So, she should be sinless. Despite having a very sharp intellect, an elephant understands what is good and what is bad. The wisdom is of an extremely good quality.
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All things should be done with grace and beauty."
1986-1101 Diwālī Pūjā (Hindi + Marathi) (Diwālī Day), Puṣhpa Maṅgal Karyalaya, Mote Mangal Karyalay Road, Sheth Narayan Das Dugad Chowk, Bibwewadi, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Jaya jaya durgati-nashini kamini
Victory to the ever-loving distorter of all our ills.
Sarva-phala-prada shastra maye
O Goddess of Divine Knowledge, You are the giver of all the fruits (of our desires and actions),
Ratha gaja turanga padati samavruta
You are surrounded by chariots, elephants, horses and foot soldiers,
Pari-jana mandit loka nute
The whole world bows down to you in worship.
Hari-Hara-Brahma supujita sevita
The Lords Viṣhṇu, Śhiva and Brahmā serve You and offer auspicious Pūjā.
Tapa nivarini pada yute
You wash away the extreme sorrows of those who meditate upon your feet. Jaya jaya he Madhu-sudan-kamini
Jaya jaya he Madhu-sudan-kamini
Victory to the beloved of Śhrī Viṣhṇu, the deserter of demon Madhu.
Rājalakṣhmī, Śhrī Nirmalā Devī, sada palaya mam
O Śhrī Rājalakṣhmī, the giver of prosperity, Śhrī Nirmalā Devī, please protect me forever.
From the 'Aṣhṭa Lakṣhmī Stotram' by Śhrī Ādi Śhaṅkarāchārya
"Then there is Rājalakṣhmī. She is the one who gives grace to the kings. If the kings behave like servants, then they are not called as kings. They have to behave in a dignified manner. The dignity, the majesty of the king comes from the Rājalakṣhmī in him. But a Sahaja Yogi need not be trained. He walks very straight in a very stately manner. In his movements he's stately, he's very majestic in handling people. He's very gracious in doing anything in such a manner that people think, 'Oh, here comes a king.' "
1987-1025 Diwālī Pūjā (3rd day after Diwālī Day), Power of Innocence, Meaning of Nine of the Lakṣhmīs, Lecco (50 kms N of Milan on Lake Como), Lombardy, Italy
"But this ego can be easily managed if you worship the Rājalakṣhmī.
She is the giver of balance. Firstly, She rides on the elephant. Is not easy for a lady to climb on an elephant, I have done it, it's not easy. Without fear. And She sits straight with a complete balanced attitude.
And Her blessings are tremendous.
The first blessing one gets: the imbibement of dignity. Dignity of a king, dignity of a queen. You are a queen so you can't behave like street women. With Her blessing, first of all, you get that dignity. That dignity is full of love, love for others. That personality emits nothing but love and benevolence for others, nothing else. Wherever She looks, in every glance She blesses people. She doesn't expect anything. She is a queen, what can you give to the queen? She's the highest of all in every way, what can you give it to Her?
These, all these politicians and all these so-called presidents of all these countries are beggars. All the time, 'Give me this,' 'Give me this,' like greedy people going around are beggars! They are not the people who can rule. Hankering after things.
So first thing is the sign, is that such a person has a personality that just blesses people, thinks of their benevolence, cares for each and every person who comes along. This is a blessing of the Goddess. Then the second blessing of the Goddess is that you develop a kind of a temperament, which is very dignified, but also very humorous and understanding what other people are like."
1994-1204 Śhrī Rājalakṣhmī Pūjā (English + Hindi), The Royal Principal, Bharat Scouts Ground and Guides Marg, Nizamuddin, National Zoological Park, Sundar Nagar, New Delhi, India
"You are Saints because inside you there is the fragrance of -- beautiful fragrance of your lotus. That's the Spirit. 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, 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. But it comes out of the mire, comes out of absolutely horrible ponds. There are lots of worms going round it, all right, but it emits the fragrance and makes the whole pond so beautiful. That's what you are. Wherever you'll be, you can create that beauty. You can flow that beauty. You can make people see what a spiritual person is. You are the reflector of Sahaja Yoga, not Me. You have to reflect Sahaja Yoga. For such people are always in joy and wisdom."
1991-1110 Diwālī Pūjā (5th day after Diwālī Day), Life Is For Giving Joy to Others, Tent, Cabella Ligure, Alessandria, Italy
Ayi-kali kalmaṣha nāśhini kāmini, vaidika rūpiṇi veda-maye,
You come in this Kali Yuga to remove darkness, O loving Goddess in the form of sacred knowledge,
Kṣhīra samud-bhava mañgala rūpiṇi, mantra nivāsini mantra-nute,
O Auspicious Form who arose from the Ocean of Milk, You reside in the mantras that praise You,
Mañgala dāyini ambuja-vāsini, deva-gaṇ’āśhrita pāda-yute
Giving auspiciousness and abiding in a lotus, the Gods and Gaṇas take refuge at Your Feet,
Jaya jaya he Madhu-sūdana kāmini; Dhānya-lakṣhmi sadā pālaya-mām
Victory to the loving consort of Shrī Viṣhṇu, O Giver of Sustenance, protect me always.
"Once you come to Sahaja Yoga, and enlighten yourself, you see in that light, in that light, what's is good and what is bad, to begin with. And then you grow into it, beautifully, just like these flowers who are all the time happy, all the time giving you joy. In the same way, when you are enlightened, with that light you don't seek anything, you got everything within you. Keep the lights on.
The another thing you can do is, with your light you can enlighten other people. Like we have done here, we had enlightened one candle, with that we have enlightened all of them. So you all can do it, because you have got that light within you. With that light you can enlighten others, and they can feel their joy of their Spirit. It's something to be seen now, like so many lights you have put, in the same way, you are the lights for the whole world. It's not sufficient that you have got the light, but also you have to give light to others, you have to enlighten others, just like these candles.
Once you start doing that, you'll realize what you have got, and then you'll respect yourself, and you'll behave in a matter ... manner that behoves [behooves] a Saint, could be a Sage, without proclaiming anything. Inside your being, you just develop that beautiful, extremely beautiful temperament that is joy-giving."
2002-1103 Diwālī Pūjā (Naraka Chaturdaśhī Day), The Importance of Meditation, Lake Piru Recreational Area Campground, 4780 Piru Canyon Rd, Piru (87 kms NW of Los Angeles), CA, U.S.A.
"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 Śhrī Rāksho-bala Vimardana sākṣhāt Śhrī Ādi Śhakti Mātājī Śhrī Nirmalā Devī namo namaḥ! Mahālakṣhmī Mahāsaraswatī Mahākālī Triguṇātmika Ādi Kuṇḍalinī sākṣhāt Śhrī Ādi Śhakti sākṣhāt Śhrī Bhagavatī sākṣhāt Śhrī Mātājī Śhrī Nirmalā Devī namo namaḥ.
(Victorious over the Asuric forces)
Andhar Phar Ahe (Śhrī Mātājī gives the meaning of the bhajan and sings along)
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Ādimāyā Ambābai
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Apne Panah Mein Hame Rakhna
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Mateche Gondhari
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Jai Śhrī Mātājī!
On behalf of the festivity team!