Is your Diwali really full of light?
A brief word from Pujya Maharaj Ji — watch the video above to hear the full discourse.
The Full Discourse
All our festivals are devotional. Each of them has some connection to the leelas of our Lord. Take this Diwali, for example. In Awadh, when Lord Shri Ramchandra Ji returned after fourteen years of exile and took his seat as emperor, this festival was celebrated. The whole of Ayodhya was lit up with lamps. Now, we feel that this happens in every house, across all of India. There is certainly goodwill, but we have to understand this: just as during Diwali people start gambling, saying, "Brother, we don't gamble the whole year, but on Diwali let's play." Why, brother? Where is it written that on Diwali you should commit the wrong that brings the presence of Kali Yug? Great, virtuous people have suffered grave calamities because of this. I don't know much about Diwali, but in the village we saw that those who did not gamble also started to gamble, saying, "Today we will place a bet." Instead, worship the Lord, worship your beloved Priya-Pritam or the Bhagavat Vigraha of anyone, and sit down with a mala in your hand. This festival of ours also has an inner form: the light of knowledge within us. When we light a lamp in the house, the darkness goes. But if the darkness outside goes, the darkness of our heart is not removed, is it? So we have to destroy the darkness of the heart too.
When the outer Diwali can give so much joy, imagine how much bliss there would be if the inner Diwali happened. Then we would be immersed in the ocean of bliss.
This text is taken from the auto-generated subtitles of the video — there may be word errors in it. Please do watch the video for the authentic words.
Original video: Bhajan Marg (YouTube)
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