Deepavali Celebrations 2013
Ashram wishes you and your loved ones a very Happy Diwali
The following two verses explain the significance of Dipavali (the festival of lights):
The demon Naraka (ego) who rules hell, (has)
The notion ‘I am this body’,
‘Where is this demon?’ enquiring thus
With the discus of jnana, Narayana
Destroys the demon. And this day
Is Naraka-Chaturdasi.
Shining as the Self in glory
After slaying Naraka,
The sinner vile who suffered much
Because he deemed as “I” the wretched
Home of pains, the body of flesh —
this is the festival of light,
Dipavali.
(Translated by Prof. K. Swaminathan)
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The most important way to improve the brain is to stop thinking. Thinking and thinking is the cause of heated brain. When the brooding or thinking completely subsides, I am happy. Describing the state of feeling, then, will be vague – I feel ‘me’ or the ‘self’ – which vanishes as soon as thinking begins.
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