2026 Celebrating Diwālī Festival: “Women as in you know that we call them is the embodiment of śhaktis. But the Gṛuhalakṣhmī is the most powerful Śhakti. And She is the power of tremendous love, and compassion, and forgiveness.”

"Today we have assembled here to celebrate the Diwālī, the Dīpawali.
Actually, only after Sahaja Yoga started, the real Diwālī is taking shape. We had many beautiful lamps, and we had lot of oil to burn, but there was no spark, to enlighten the dīpas. And the wick, as you call it -- is called as bātī in Hindi language -- is like your Kuṇḍalinī, so the Kuṇḍalinī had to meet the spark. The beautiful lamps were all a waste, purposeless, pointless. And this is the great blessings in modern times, that so many lights are enlightened and we are having a dīpāwali of human hearts. When you become the light, you don't worry about the lamp, how it looks, how it is to be made, it's all done. You just have to worry about the flame, about the oil, because it's the oil that burns and gives light.
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Actually after getting Realization, you just start spontaneously giving because you are the light. But respect your light and the light of others. The darkness is too much and we need so many lights to remove this darkness. These lights are to be maintained, to be looked after, to be loved.
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It is through your behavior, through your pure lights, through your fragrance, people are going to know God Almighty."
1985-1117 Diwālī Pūjā (6th Day after Diwālī Day), Bagni di Tivoli (24 kms E of Rome), Lazio, Italy

"The significance of Diwālī is spread out in about five days.
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And they are all together somehow, these five days are all put together. So they have different aspects, but in every aspect there’s one common point is that the Goddess plays the main role."
1992-1025 Diwālī Pūjā, Sala Olimpia (Olympia Sports Hall), Timişoara, Romania

Śhrī Lakṣhmī Welcome Song 1987

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"The first day of Diwālī is called as Dhanatrayodaśhī: is the thirteenth day of the Moon. Because that day is the first day when Lakṣhmī, the first ... was born on the thirteenth day. That means She was born as a Gṛuhalakṣhmī, as a housewife.
Now there are eight Lakṣhmīs, which she will read it out. And I will tell you later on what is the meaning of all [them]. So one of them is Gṛuhalakṣhmī.
So the first is the form of a Gṛuhalakṣhmī. She is born as a Gṛuhalakṣhmī, to begin with. That means the awareness, of human beings also, started really getting into evolutionary process when they started their family life. When they were vagabonds, moving about, then the awareness was just like animals. Though they had become human beings, but they were like animals. Then when they established their families, then the Gṛuhalakṣhmī started working and that's how the first Advent of Gṛuhalakṣhmī was felt.
So She is the first Lakṣhmī who was born, and that's why on that thirteenth day is the day of the Gṛuhalakṣhmī, of the housewife. And so, one has to go in the market and buy some utensils or something that she uses for cooking in the house. In India on the thirteenth day everyone goes and buys a pot or, say, we can say, what you call, a cooking utensil or something. Or they may buy a sāṛī or something or gold or something for the gṛuhalakṣhmī. That is the day of the housewife.
So, to reach the Lakṣhmī one has to understand that motherhood is very important. The motherhood as a gṛuhalakṣhmī is important."
1980-1109 Diwālī Pūjā (Bhāūbīj Day), The Mahālakṣhmī Power, Temple of All Faiths (now demolished, 11c Pond St), Belsize Park, Hampstead, London, UK

"Gṛuhalakṣhmī is the woman who should know that she has the great responsibility of creating a very great society of Sahaja Yoga."
1991-0428 Śhrī Haṃsa Chakra Pūjā, The Source of Discretion, Queens, New York City, NY, U.S.A.

Shrī Mātājī: Aham Sākshāt Gṛuhalakṣhmī, Aham Sākshāt Gṛuhalakṣhmī, Aham Sākshāt Gṛuhalakṣhmī, Aham Sākshāt Gṛuhalakṣhmī, Aham Sākshāt Gṛuhalakṣhmī – ah!
1980-0313 Public Program, The Meaning of Sahaja Yoga, Caxton Hall, 10 Caxton Street, Westminster, London, UK

"So the ladies of these place have to be good housewives, it’s very important. They have to be the Gṛuhalakṣhmīs. The one who is the Goddess of the household.
...... And Gṛuhalakṣhmī is a very powerful institution. In India, it is regarded as the highest, in a way. More than any prime minister or more than any highest position. The Gṛuhalakṣhmī’s position in the spirituality is regarded as the highest. Because, you see that it is said that a Satī, a Gṛuhalakṣhmī is higher than Yatis, Yatis is means are realized Souls of a very high level, Avadhūtas.
...... Women as in you know that we call them is the embodiment of śhaktis. But the Gṛuhalakṣhmī is the most powerful Śhakti. And She is the power of tremendous love, and compassion, and forgiveness."
1986-0921 Talk to Sahaja Yogis, The Role of Belgium and Holland, after the Śhrī Mahālakṣhmī Pūjā, Upper Room, House of Trees and Willy Maes, Maastrat, Mechelen (27 kms S of Antwerp), Belgium

"So it is today we are here to enjoy our joy, our Ātmānanda, Nirānanda and Paramānanda.
All these we are here to enjoy, which are of eternal value.
You have to understand that now believe that you are in the Kingdom of God and all the subtle beauties of your being are going to be opened out to you.
You are going to see yourself all the beauty.
But here, if your eyes are already closed, if your heart is already closed and you don’t want to see something that’s so beautiful, how can I say what a beautiful thing they have made?
Is a very important thing in life, is to have a very positive attitude.
For Sahaja Yoga also. In Sahaja Yoga, we have to develop ourselves within."
1991-1110 Diwālī Pūjā (5th day after Diwālī Day), Joy and Happiness, Tent, Cabella Ligure, Alessandria, Italy

Auṃ Twameva sākṣhāt Śhrī Gṛuhalakṣhmī sākṣhāt Śhrī Ādi Śhakti Mātājī Śhrī Nirmalā Devī namo namaḥ!
O Divine Mother, You are verily the ideal housewife! Salutations to You!

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Hasat Ali
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Kanakadhara Stotram by Pt. B. Subramanian
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Aṣhṭa Lakṣhmī Storam
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Pavan Utsav ayya re
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Lakshmi Ali
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Wishing you all a very Happy Dhanteras and Happy Diwālī!