What is marvelous system Indian Culture has set up Thorough the regimen of festivals, rishis have laid down the path of realization of the Ultimate Truth and have taught us how we can joyfully proved towards the Eternal with the help of the intransient body fugitive resources fleeting time and short lived relationships. In other religious there are about forty festivals and the crowning festival in festival of Deepawali. Deepawali is a bouquet of five festivals Dhan Terms (the thirteenth day the dark half of Kartik). Kali (dark) Chaudas (*the fourteenth day of the dark half of Karin), Deepawali proper Indian New Year day and bhai dooj a festival when sisters apply tilak on the forehead of their brothers.
Dhan Teras is the day when we worship Mothers Lakashmi and dray for wealth not only material wealth but also spiritual wealth that of inner peace inner love.
That wealth alone is real wealth which is useful for Go0d realization whether the wealth is in the form of money cows’ elephant’s intellectual wealth or the wealth of public support. On the Dahn Teras day think of the spiritual wealth and spend some part of your wealth for good causes so as to attain self bliss. The wealth which is unjustly earned inevitably ruins one’s family and lone children. Therefore guard against filthy lucre takes care not to earn wealth by corrupt means. Wealth has sixty four vices as against sixteen virtues. To purge the wealth vices, Mother Lakshmi the goddess of wealth is worshipped on the Dhan tears day as the consort of Lord Vishnu and resolution is made to use the wealth for noble purposes.
Wealth brings in its wake desire anger greed luxuriousness and egtism. One indulges in things one should not. But there are virtues as well in wealth. If one has wealth he can make offerings to manes he can serve his parents and his religion one can also use one’s wealth in furthering Guru divine woks and in propagating spiritual knowledge and study of scrputers.Thus one should steer clear on vices and should cultivate virtue. This way by guarding against the vies of wealth a revealing get positives the wealth will becomes such as to brings happiness and joy. This is what is meant by worshipping Mothers Mahalaksmi the divine wealth.
We worship Mother Lakshmi in the course of Deepawali festival so that our wealth is converted to divine wealth Lakshmi and we get sanctified by the grace of the kin Weller Lord Vishnu’s he wealth used for great and noble purposes is termed Lakshmi and if wealth brings worry and maliciousness it is just affluence. Affluence is acclaimed by the fear of insecurity but Mother Lakshmi is accompanied by Lord Vishnu himself. The wealth is the same but we adore is as Mahalakshmi by perfuming religious pacificator rites.
Nest comes Narak (hall) Charurashi.It is also called Kali (dark) Chaudas or mini Deepawali. Mini Deepawali refers to petty Joy if one is energetic and free form carelessness one will get some joy but absoluter joy and come only when the lamp of Knowledge is it.
Lord Krishna killed the demon, Narakasur on this day. We too should resolve to bring the Light in lives and to weed out the hellish thoughts of pessimism littleness malice’s worry and escapism and also the vices for laziness, carelessness negligence an indulging in futile pursuits keepings vigil and doing japa in the night of Narak Charurdashi is immensely helpful in truing the Chit shakti energy lying dormant towards the Supreme being. Rubbing oil on the body is otherwise prohibited in the month of Katrina but rubbing sesame oil on the body and taking a bath there after on the Narak Chaturdashi day is height beneficial.
Nest comes Deepawali proper the festival blighting lamps a one’ life with knowledge. Light the lamp of knowledge in your hart as well. If the house is lit with lamps but the heart is full of darkness o ignorance one will always keep on complaining such and such thing has happened; I ma miserable such thoughts actually make on miserable. On the other hand one who thinks I am born to trample troubles and to know my Real self and remains engaged in good deeds with equanimity comes out with flying colors. So banish the darkness form lyour hart and live in the Light of Knowledge. Everying will pass away there in no need to get fixate to any situation one self miserable or worried nor is it advisable to take pried in anything. The river of the world is flowing just keep swimming across it finally making your way to the Lord.
Merchants settle their old accounts on Deepawali. Similarly we should silt our old disputer swath the helps of satsang that cures the body of disease eliminates the ignorance of the hear and eradicates the hatred form the mind. If somebody is able to do so what better day can be there in his life
People consume and distribute sweetmeats on Deepawali day. But the spiritual Deepawali is celebrated by having the sweetmeats of self bliss bye making ones amicable and by paging one’s heart of all its bitterness.
You will take only some joy in lighting laps on Deepawali day. But the moths will enjoy lights much more only to get hunt jot death in little while. Taking pleasure in sense enjoyments is the way of moth imbibing the of self bliss of equanimity lighting the lamp knowledge bringing out the supreme Love and the supreme bliss is the spiritual Deepawali.
Do light earthen lamps in your house on this day but if there is a poor neighbor do care for him as well. Light a few earthen laps in his house too. Distribute clothes and sweetmeats among poor children. Shun all pride and treat even the meanest of men with love and affection. One who thinks for the welfare of others and does well to others actually does well to himself. The Vedas pronounce on who aptly serves other becomes cheerful himself he become exited and distinguished too.
Then comes the Hindu New Years day. Deepawali is the last day of the years and the next day the first lunar day on Marshiest is the first day of the years (according to Gujarat Vikaram Sam vat). This is the day when you should turn over a new leaf in the diary of your life. On this Lord Vishnu in the Vamana (pigmy) incarnation took away all that the Demon king. Bali possessed Bail too had the wise seen of giving away all to him. Who is the supreme lord of the Universe and the proprietor of everything that exist therein and the by was successful in pleasing him.
In the Mahabharata Bhijshma says to yadhishthitr one who remains cheerful on New Year day is going to be cheerful though out year and the one who is gloomy on this day will remain so all through the year”
Next comes Yammer (the god of death) dwitiya (second lunar day) or Bhai Dooj. This is the festival meant to awaken divine feelings in the harts of brother and sister towards each other. On this day amen had served a meal to her bother Yama the God of death at her home. If a bother takes a meal prepared by his sister on this day he is saved form punished at lands of yama. No sister would like her bother to be mired in this phenomenal world to be beset with desire anger greed delusion egotism and sin and to under go the grind of birth and death. Therefore with the wise that her bother third eye (of Knowledge) should be opened and he should live in the Light of Knowledge.
‘You light a series of lamps out side; Light the lamp in your heart someday. You have decorated your house with flowers; How about cleaning the mind someday? Even if he gets all the wealth of the world, the greedy one will remind as poor as before. Wealth warned honestly alone is prosperity spending it thaen in noble endeavors
Deepawali is called the question of festive. It is celebrated over a period of five days with great joy. Form the point of view of similes, if one gets the good fortune o blighting the lamp of knowledge within by virtue of Darshan of and association with Sadguru and without exaggeration the Emperor of festivals.
Dhan Teras is the day when we worship Mothers Lakashmi and dray for wealth not only material wealth but also spiritual wealth that of inner peace inner love.
That wealth alone is real wealth which is useful for Go0d realization whether the wealth is in the form of money cows’ elephant’s intellectual wealth or the wealth of public support. On the Dahn Teras day think of the spiritual wealth and spend some part of your wealth for good causes so as to attain self bliss. The wealth which is unjustly earned inevitably ruins one’s family and lone children. Therefore guard against filthy lucre takes care not to earn wealth by corrupt means. Wealth has sixty four vices as against sixteen virtues. To purge the wealth vices, Mother Lakshmi the goddess of wealth is worshipped on the Dhan tears day as the consort of Lord Vishnu and resolution is made to use the wealth for noble purposes.
Wealth brings in its wake desire anger greed luxuriousness and egtism. One indulges in things one should not. But there are virtues as well in wealth. If one has wealth he can make offerings to manes he can serve his parents and his religion one can also use one’s wealth in furthering Guru divine woks and in propagating spiritual knowledge and study of scrputers.Thus one should steer clear on vices and should cultivate virtue. This way by guarding against the vies of wealth a revealing get positives the wealth will becomes such as to brings happiness and joy. This is what is meant by worshipping Mothers Mahalaksmi the divine wealth.
We worship Mother Lakshmi in the course of Deepawali festival so that our wealth is converted to divine wealth Lakshmi and we get sanctified by the grace of the kin Weller Lord Vishnu’s he wealth used for great and noble purposes is termed Lakshmi and if wealth brings worry and maliciousness it is just affluence. Affluence is acclaimed by the fear of insecurity but Mother Lakshmi is accompanied by Lord Vishnu himself. The wealth is the same but we adore is as Mahalakshmi by perfuming religious pacificator rites.
Nest comes Narak (hall) Charurashi.It is also called Kali (dark) Chaudas or mini Deepawali. Mini Deepawali refers to petty Joy if one is energetic and free form carelessness one will get some joy but absoluter joy and come only when the lamp of Knowledge is it.
Lord Krishna killed the demon, Narakasur on this day. We too should resolve to bring the Light in lives and to weed out the hellish thoughts of pessimism littleness malice’s worry and escapism and also the vices for laziness, carelessness negligence an indulging in futile pursuits keepings vigil and doing japa in the night of Narak Charurdashi is immensely helpful in truing the Chit shakti energy lying dormant towards the Supreme being. Rubbing oil on the body is otherwise prohibited in the month of Katrina but rubbing sesame oil on the body and taking a bath there after on the Narak Chaturdashi day is height beneficial.
Nest comes Deepawali proper the festival blighting lamps a one’ life with knowledge. Light the lamp of knowledge in your hart as well. If the house is lit with lamps but the heart is full of darkness o ignorance one will always keep on complaining such and such thing has happened; I ma miserable such thoughts actually make on miserable. On the other hand one who thinks I am born to trample troubles and to know my Real self and remains engaged in good deeds with equanimity comes out with flying colors. So banish the darkness form lyour hart and live in the Light of Knowledge. Everying will pass away there in no need to get fixate to any situation one self miserable or worried nor is it advisable to take pried in anything. The river of the world is flowing just keep swimming across it finally making your way to the Lord.
Merchants settle their old accounts on Deepawali. Similarly we should silt our old disputer swath the helps of satsang that cures the body of disease eliminates the ignorance of the hear and eradicates the hatred form the mind. If somebody is able to do so what better day can be there in his life
People consume and distribute sweetmeats on Deepawali day. But the spiritual Deepawali is celebrated by having the sweetmeats of self bliss bye making ones amicable and by paging one’s heart of all its bitterness.
You will take only some joy in lighting laps on Deepawali day. But the moths will enjoy lights much more only to get hunt jot death in little while. Taking pleasure in sense enjoyments is the way of moth imbibing the of self bliss of equanimity lighting the lamp knowledge bringing out the supreme Love and the supreme bliss is the spiritual Deepawali.
Do light earthen lamps in your house on this day but if there is a poor neighbor do care for him as well. Light a few earthen laps in his house too. Distribute clothes and sweetmeats among poor children. Shun all pride and treat even the meanest of men with love and affection. One who thinks for the welfare of others and does well to others actually does well to himself. The Vedas pronounce on who aptly serves other becomes cheerful himself he become exited and distinguished too.
Then comes the Hindu New Years day. Deepawali is the last day of the years and the next day the first lunar day on Marshiest is the first day of the years (according to Gujarat Vikaram Sam vat). This is the day when you should turn over a new leaf in the diary of your life. On this Lord Vishnu in the Vamana (pigmy) incarnation took away all that the Demon king. Bali possessed Bail too had the wise seen of giving away all to him. Who is the supreme lord of the Universe and the proprietor of everything that exist therein and the by was successful in pleasing him.
In the Mahabharata Bhijshma says to yadhishthitr one who remains cheerful on New Year day is going to be cheerful though out year and the one who is gloomy on this day will remain so all through the year”
Next comes Yammer (the god of death) dwitiya (second lunar day) or Bhai Dooj. This is the festival meant to awaken divine feelings in the harts of brother and sister towards each other. On this day amen had served a meal to her bother Yama the God of death at her home. If a bother takes a meal prepared by his sister on this day he is saved form punished at lands of yama. No sister would like her bother to be mired in this phenomenal world to be beset with desire anger greed delusion egotism and sin and to under go the grind of birth and death. Therefore with the wise that her bother third eye (of Knowledge) should be opened and he should live in the Light of Knowledge.
‘You light a series of lamps out side; Light the lamp in your heart someday. You have decorated your house with flowers; How about cleaning the mind someday? Even if he gets all the wealth of the world, the greedy one will remind as poor as before. Wealth warned honestly alone is prosperity spending it thaen in noble endeavors
Deepawali is called the question of festive. It is celebrated over a period of five days with great joy. Form the point of view of similes, if one gets the good fortune o blighting the lamp of knowledge within by virtue of Darshan of and association with Sadguru and without exaggeration the Emperor of festivals.
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