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Divali Greetings
OM SAI SRI SAI JAI JAI SAI
Sai Devotees Pranamums,
"Wish You & Your family A Very Happy Divali".
Samarth Sadguru Sri Shirdi Sainath Maharaj and Guru Vanamma shower their divine blessings on all sai Devotees on this Divali Festival.
May they destroy wickedness and weakness and light up our hearts with compassion, empathy, love and giving.
On this auspicious movement I would like to recite the evolution of Divali and its significance.
ORIGINS OF DIVALI: Divali is a Hindu festival celebrated in India and across the world on Amaavasya, that is, the fifteenth night of the dark fortnight of the month of Kaartik (October/November). The word "Divali" is a variation of the Sanskrit word "Deepavali" - Deepa meaning light and Avali, meaning a row. This festival has been referred to as Divali, Diwali, Dipavali and Deepavali among other variations. Generally, however, it is considered the Festival of Lights. Traditionally, it is marked by the lighting of deeyas which are made from clay and filled with oil or ghee. Devotees also clean their homes and surroundings wear new clothing and give charity to the needy.
The Goddess Lakshmi: Divali represents the day Lord Vishnu (the Preserver) married Goddess Lakshmi (the Goddess of wealth and prosperity). The marriage of Lord Vishnu to Goddess Lakshmi denotes the connection between preservation and wealth
The Story of Rama and Sita: Divali is the return of Lord Rama (Lord Ram) and his wife Sita to Ayodhya after their fourteen year exile. This is related in the Ramayana (i.e. the Story of Rama). It tells the tale of how Lord Rama, with the aid of the monkey warrior, Hanuman, vanquished the evil king Ravana of Lanka and rescued his wife Sita who had been captured.
The day he destroyed Ravana was called Dussehra, and the day on which he returned to Ayodhya was called Divali.
Throughout Ayodhya devotees were fasting, anxiously waiting for the arrival of Lord Ram. Ram returned to Ayodhya with Sita and was greeted with joy and celebrations and the people lighted rows of clay lamps welcome him. This signified the triumph of good over evil and the coming of God-consciousness into the life of the devotee
The Defeat of Narakaasura by Lord Krishna: Another story behind the evolution of Divali is that Lord Krishna destroyed Narakaasura with the aid of his consort Satyabhaama
The Story of King Mahabali and the Dwarf: To check King Mahabali's power. Vishnu came to earth in the form of a dwarf (Vamana) dressed as a priest.
The dwarf approached King Mahabali and asked if he would you give him the space that he could cover with three strides. King Mahabali agreed to the dwarf's request and at this point, the dwarf changed into Vishnu and his three strides covered the Earth, the Skies and the whole Universe! King Mahabali was sent to the underworld. Lord Vishnu however, granted him one wish because of his magnanimous nature. Thus, Mahabali is allowed to visit the earth for one day a year (Divali) and his subjects light deyas and join in joyful celebration
The Philosophy: Through learning, man is expected to advance to the stage of enlightenment in which he realizes that God is the Light of lights, and that God brings warmth, love and illumination to all beings and therefore there can be no light greater than God.
The aim of Divali celebrations is to get man moving on the spiritual path and ultimately attain illumination by becoming one with God. As they light the lamps in their houses, those celebrating Divali are reminded to light the lamps of wisdom, goodness and God-consciousness in themselves. It is through this, that they can attain the "Light of Lights" – God
Om Sai Ram,
Sai Sevaks,
Lax Ventrapragada & Sridevi
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Hi all,
Thanks to all of you for participating in this week's Sai bhajan. It was really great as we could see lot of new people. I would like to appreciate Vijay for building the web site, blogspot, & yahoo group. He is putting lot of thinking and hardwork in building all these. Kudos to him once again. We all will support Vijay, in completing the website by giving good ideas when ever needed.
Coming to today's bhajan, it was really good. I felt very happy seeing 60+ people under one roof. All songs were good especially the last song which Lax has sung, it was amazing, it was easy, catchy and almost made my tears fall. Hope to see many more bhajans like this. Thanks much to each and everyone of you for being part of this wonderful activity.
Jai Sai Ram........... Jai Sai Ram
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