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Part 1: The Light of Diwali: From Ayodhya to the Ātman Oṁ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ. Śrīdīp nāmaḥ. Jñāna kī jaya. Śrīśrīdeveśvara mātā devī kī jaya. Śrīmad avadhūta kṛṣṇa mātā jñāna kī jaya. Viśva guru mahā maṇḍaleśvara paramātmā viśvamayāśvaranta purījī guru deva kī jaya. Guru caraṇoṁ ko koṭi koṭi praṇām. Respected Guru Deva, respected Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Saṃjāsarāja Purījī, our dear sannyāsīs, guru brothers and sisters, all bhaktas around the world. It is a great pleasure to be in this moment, whether we are physically present in Jadon or with us through the webcast. This is our yearly tradition, being here in Jadon on this holy constellation, near this holy tree which symbolizes the light of God—the deep jyoti, the light of knowledge, the light of the universe. That light is the meaning of Mahāprabhujī’s name. All the bhaktas of the yoga and the life of Śrī Alagpurījī Siddhapīṭa Guru Paramparā celebrate this great festival as the moment of incarnation of our universally worshipped Bhagavān Siddhīv Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī. Diwali is a tradition from the most ancient Vedic times, from the culture of love, understanding, knowledge, true knowledge, and self-realization—ātmā jñāna. This light carries that message from the oldest times till the present. As you can see, the lights are all around, symbolizing that ātmā, that light which is within every one of us and which we have the chance to uncover through the blessing of our Gurudev. Now, let us have the blessing words of Śrī Gurudev and our representatives of our paramparā, and let us celebrate this great festival which comes once per year but should fulfill us with a message that carries us through the whole year. Thank you very much. Always, the night before Diwali is in Nepal, where they celebrate a special event. People from surrounding villages bring a candle, the symbol of knowledge, from many different villages, and everyone goes to the ashram. Many years ago, there was a tense situation between the villagers. Viśvagurujī managed to resolve it thanks to the celebration of Dīvālī. When they come to the ashram, all barriers and social differences fall, and they celebrate Dīvālī together. This is a tradition that has lasted for many thousands of years, and to this day it is a very important holiday for the entire Hindu world. It is the most important festival, comparable to Christmas in the Christian world. For us, the followers of yoga in our daily life, Śrī Alak Puruṣa Siddhāpīṭa Paramparā, it is mainly a holiday of the arrival of Mahāprabhujī on this planet, which gives us the chance to do something with our life—to reach knowledge and get rid of suffering. Mahāprabhujī is the light that is our hope and our goal. Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān, kī chāyā. Today, Svāmī Jinarājan Purī very nicely explained the principles of Diwali. We know that from time immemorial, there is a struggle between light and darkness. In each yuga, an avatāra appears to destroy the darkness and support the light. So it happened at the end of Tretā Yuga, when the incarnation of Lord Viṣṇu, the avatāra Rāma, was incarnated. After a very long story where he struggled with the darkness represented by Rāvaṇa, the king of the three worlds, after long wars and search, he found his wife, defeated Rāvaṇa. The day he was coming back was celebrated as the day when light conquered darkness. At that time, people hung lights along the path and on the trees on the way to Ayodhyā. We can bring that into the present time. As Nirañjanpurījī nicely said, for us today, the day of Dīvālī is very important because that night, when the dīpakas had burned out, they got a flame again, as if they came back. For that night, Mahāprabhujī was incarnated on this planet. He brought the divine light to this part of Rajasthan and, further, through the Gurujī and Gurudev, into the whole world. We are the result of that. A dīpaka also represents our soul. We know that within us there are very good qualities and less good qualities, and between them is a struggle. On this day, which we call the Indian New Year, we can analyze what we have done well and what we have done less well, and see how much we have improved, how much we have conquered the negativity within us, and how much we have increased the positive part of our human phenomenon. Thus, Dīvālī can also represent our spiritual growth, because that light of the dīpaka, the Dīvālī light, is within every one of us in the Anāhata Cakra. The one who carries that light from time immemorial is Gurudev. When we follow the Guru Vākyas, when we follow his path and teachings, then we have only one way: the light will conquer the darkness within us, and the result is one—we will all achieve ātmā jñāna and liberation from this physical world. Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān kī jai. Hind Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān kī. Śrī Śrī Dev Purījī Mahādeva kī, Alak Purījī Mahādeva kī, Hindu Dharma Samrāṭ Paramahaṁsa Svāmī Śrī Madhavānanda Purījī Bhagavān kī, Viśva Guru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Paramahaṁsa Svāmī Śrī Maheśvarānanda Purījī Gurudeva kī, dhyāye nityam. Maheśaṁ rājatagirnibhaṁ cāru candravataṁsaṁ ratnakalpojvalāṅgaṁ paraśumṛgabharābhītihastaṁ prasannaṁ padmāsinam samantatistutam amaragaṇair vyāgrakṛtim vasanam viśvādyam viśvāndhyam nikilharabhayāram pañchabhātram trinayatram vāgāratavivasamprektau vāgārataḥ pratipatthaye jagataḥ pitarau vande pārvatī parameśvarau. Gurur Brahmā, Gurur Viṣṇu, Gurur Devo Maheśvara, Gurur Sākṣāt Parabrahma, Tasmai Śrī Guruve Namaḥ. Akhaṇḍa Maṇḍala Kāram, Vyāptam Yena Cāracaram, Tatpadaṁ Darśitaṁ Yena, Tasmai Śrī Guruve Namaḥ. Śruti Smṛti Purāṇānām Ālayaṁ Karuṇālayam, Namāmi Bhagavata Pādaṁ Śaṅkaraṁ Loka Śaṅkarācāryam. Param Ādarnīya Parampūjanīya Māma Guravaha Svāmī Śrī Maheśvarānanda Purī Guru Devaḥ Namāmi. Tasyāparasve Tiṣṭhati Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Vajrasāraja Purī Namāmi. Sarvebhyo Namo Namaḥ. Idānīṁ Dīpāvalī Mahotsavaḥ Asti. Eṣaḥ Asmākam paramparāyāḥ atyanta prācīna utsavaḥ. Asyā dīpāvalī ityasya artam asti: dīpaḥ divu krīḍāyam dhāto ityasmin atraḥ divu dhyotane artāḥ, tatra dhyotane prakāśakaḥ. Dīvālī, āvalī ityasya paṅktiḥ ityam. Militvā dīpā avali, dīpasya paṅktiḥ hi kathyati dīpāvalī. Hathpāmr̥gam ādauram tapovanādigamanam, hathpāmr̥gam kanchanam vaidehīharaṇam, jaṭāyumaraṇam, sugrīvasambhāṣaṇam, balinirdalanam, samudratāraṇam, laṅkāpurīdahanam, paścādravanam ādau. Ādau Rāmāyaṇa hathvā, tath paścāt Rāvaṇaṃ Sītā mādayatyā sya haraṇaṃ kṛtvā, tath paścāt Jaṭāyu Rāvaṇasa yuddhaṃ kṛtvā, Jaṭāyu maraṇaṃ, tath paścāt Sugrīvasaṃ vāsanaṃ, Rāmaḥ Sugrīvasaḥ maitrī kṛtvā, tath paścāt Hanumānjī Laṅkāpurī dahāyanam, tath gatvā Laṅkāpurī dahāyanam kṛtvā, jvālanam kṛtvā, tath paścāt Rāmaḥ sa sehnā, tath Laṅkāmadya. Pariyantam avidyā nagrī madhyagaṅchati sarve janāḥ prapulanti yasanti gāyanti nṛtyanti tatra sarve janāḥ. Tatra divase amāvasyā api jatam eṣa dvairātam asti, guru api andhakāraṁ prakāśaṁ dadhāti. Eṣa dīpāvalī prakāśakaḥ eṣa. Api, ityasmin dine amāvasyā asti, tat paśyat. Amāvasyā hai prakāśam api karoti, to ubhayo ek māratām asti. Rāmam tatra āgachati. Sarve dhanāḥ utsavaṁ manyante, sarve dhanapraphulanti. Ityasmin Dīvālī utsavaṁ manyante, tatra prakāśak kriyante, mārgam madhye, dīpakam tatra iṣṭayanti, phalam api iṣṭapeyanti, utsavaḥ kriyante. Dīpānāma Bhagavān kī jai, Dev Gurujī Mahādeva kī jai. In India, we have many festivals. Among them, this Deepāvalī is a major festival. What does this Dīvālī mean? Deepavali: 'Deepa' means the light, 'Avali' means a line. So we put the lights in lines. We celebrate this festival on the Amāvasyā, when there is no moon, no light. That is why we put a deepak. It brings us from darkness to light. This same meaning applies to the Guru. The Guru also brings us from darkness to light. We always have to follow the guru, guru vākya, and always do whatever the guru says. I will say the same story that was said in Sanskrit, but in English. Long ago, when Bhagavān Śrī Rāma went to the forest for fourteen years, Rāvaṇa took Sītājī. Rāmajī went in search of Sītājī. He went after the golden deer to kill it. At that time, the golden deer shouted "Rāma, Rāma!" in the voice of Rāma. Then Lakṣmaṇjī went to catch the deer, and the deer, in the voice of Rāma, shouted, "Lakṣmaṇa, Sītā, save, save!" Sītājī said, "This is Rāma's voice, please go and save him." Lakṣmaṇjī said, "No, this is just a trap." Sītājī insisted, "No, this is true, just go and save him." Then Lakṣmaṇa took an arrow and drew the Lakṣmaṇa Rekhā around the hut where Sītājī was living, and went to rescue Bhagavān Rāma. At that time, Rāvaṇa came dressed as a sādhu ṛṣi, saying, "Bhikṣāṃ dehi, please give me food." Sītājī did not want to cross the Lakṣmaṇ Rekhā because Lakṣmaṇ had said not to cross it, otherwise it would not be good for her. But still, she crossed the Lakṣmaṇa Rekhā. Rāvaṇa revealed himself as Laṅkeśa and took her with him to make her one of his wives, but she did not want to. Then Rāmjī and Lakṣmaṇjī went to save her, and they killed Kumbhakarṇa, Rāvaṇa, and all the Rākṣasas. After 14 years, when the period was over and Bhagavān Śrī Rāma came back to Ayodhyā, for that celebration all the people were very happy. They lit the whole Ayodhyā with dīpakas. Since that time, the festival is celebrated because of the happiness of the Ayodhyā people when Bhagavān Rāma came back. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān kī jai. Gurur Sākṣāt Parambrahma Tasmai Śrī Guruve Namaḥ. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī, Alak Purīṣa Mahādeva Kī, Deveśvara Mahādeva Kī. Hindu Dharma Samrāṭ Sadguru Svāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān Kī. Viśva Guru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Yogīrāj Parampīṭa Parameśvara Śrī Sadgurudev Kī Ānanda Śrī Vibhūṣita Parivrāj Kācārya, Brahma Niṣṭhā Sarotrīya, Param Pūjya Ārādhya Gurudev Ke Caraṇoṁ, Koṭi Koṭi Saṣṭāṅga, Ātampriya Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Svāmī Jasarāj Purījī Mahārāj, Yogeśa Purījī Mahārāj, Mantra Purījī, Umā Purījī, Jñāneśa, Apne Nirañjan Purījī, and all the devotees of Gurudev who have come from all over the country, from all corners of India, all of Gurudev's great disciples, all of them. Namo Nārāyaṇa Hari Om. Today is a day of great joy, a day of joy because life is in darkness without light. Life needs light, and today this festival of Deepāvalī is going to be celebrated in light. It is a day of great joy that Param Pūjya Ārādhya Gurudev's incarnation took place here at this Tapo Vistārī. One day, this land was like Khaṇḍu Prasthya, where Gurudev's incarnation took place. This land became like Tapo Maiyā and Indra Tulya, Indra Swarga. The Mahāpuruṣas said that where Gurū Mahārāj holds his feet, that land becomes Chandan and Abhīra. And Abhīrabaṇī, who gave birth to Śiśu Śraddhā, became his destiny. Today, Gurudev has come here. He made this land as a forest, and we are all living here in Gurudev's presence. The celebration of Dīp Prajvalit is for human life, for light, for happiness, and for a bright future. As Rājan Purījī has just said, the importance of Dīpāvalī: when Lord Rāma went to the forest, at that time in Ayodhyā, his mother and father, his devotees and followers, all were spending their lives in sorrow. When Lord Rāma lived in the forest for fourteen years and returned to Ayodhyā, the day when the lamp was lit, everyone celebrated Lord Rāma's return with happiness and joy. The lamp was lit and his life was brightened. The second thing that Gurudev used to say was: Ārādhi Dādā Gurujī Mahārāj, Dhanya Bhārat Bhūmi, Jahan Sadguru Darśan Hoi. Ātmā Gyān Yā Mile, Aur Deśh Na Koī. The land of Bhārata is the land of Gurus, Pīras, Ṛṣis, Munīs, and Devatās. Here, Guru Mahārāj has made this land a light and a joy not only for Indians but for the whole world. We are living here and experiencing this bliss that is Swaraj, Śabda people, Janaloka, Ataloka, Vithaloka, Bhūrloka, Sūrloka, Talātloka, Merloka, Rasātaloka, Tapaloka, Mahātapaloka, Śhateloka, Pātāloka. From so many people, this Viśvadīpa Gurukula, Śikṣā and Saud Saṁsthāna, Jajan ke Indra me, Bābājī Mahārāja ne, in this Bhoomī ke Indra me, jo ye āśram banā kar ke, Śabda lokom se bhī, bad kar ke, is Bhoomī ko jo he, mahatva diyā he. Gurudev's feet are worshiping that Gurudev. You have made our life from animals to humans, and from humans to spirituality and to the way of God. You are making our life. He says that this life was suffering from many births, many endless births. At this time, in this life, by coming in the presence of Gurū Mahārāj, we have found a source to live this life in bliss and light. We are moving towards that. We bow at the feet of Gurū Dev. Gurū Mahārāj says that whenever you are born on earth, then only you will get the opportunity to live at your feet, so that our life can be enlightened. To get rid of the darkness of our life will be the importance of our Deepāvalī, and it will be the rightness to celebrate Utsava that we will live at the feet of Gurū Mahārāj and go towards enlightenment through darkness. Asato mā sadgamaya, tamaso mā jyotirgamaya, mṛtyormā amṛtaṁ gamaya. So, from the end of the light to the end of death, the Guru Mahārāj, who is doing the work of taking us towards the immortal element, at the feet of the Guru Mahārāj, he gives koṭi-koṭi śāṣṭāṅga praṇāma. Dhanye dhanye Bhārat bhūmi jai, Satguru darśan hoi, aur deśh na mile koī, jai ātmā gyān yahī miltā hai, Gurū Mahārāj kī śaraṇi me miltā hai. So, I bow to the feet of Gurū Mahārāj, and again I bow to the feet of Gurū Mahārāj, and again I bow to the feet of Guru Mahārāj, and again I bow to the feet of Guru Mahārāj. Śaṅkaraṁ Śaṅkarācāryaṁ Keśavaṁ Bādarāyaṇaṁ Sūtrabhāṣyakṛto Vande Bhagavanto Punaḥ Punaḥ. Sahanā Bhavatu Sano Bhuñaktu Sahavīryaṁ Karavāvahai Tejasvināvadhitamastu. Oṁ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ. Mṛtyor mā mṛtaṁ gamayā. Sarveṣyāṁ svasthir bhavatu. Sarveṣyāṁ śāntir bhavatu. Sarveṣyāṁ maṅgalam bhavatu. Sarveṣyāṁ pūrṇam bhavatu. Lokaḥ samastaḥ sukhi no bhavantu. Om Śānti, Śānti, Śānti. Om Bole Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jaya. Śrī Śrī Dev Puruṣa Mahādeva Kī Jaya. Dharma Kī Jaya. Samrat Paramahaṁsa Śrī Svāmī Madhavānanda Purījī Mahārāj Kī Jaya. Viśva Guru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Paramahaṁsa Śrī Svāmī Maheśvarānanda Purījī Satguru Deva Kī Jaya. Hari Om. Firstly, I’d just like to say on behalf of all of us who are here in Jhara, and to all of the karma yogīs, to all of our guru brothers and sisters around the world: happy, happy Dīvālī and happy new year. We’re so glad that we can share this moment together, and also so glad that we can share it with Gurujī here in Jhara. Already, so many beautiful things have been said. I’m sitting here and thinking how amazing it must have been, how wonderful to be someone in Ayodhya at that time when Rāma was coming. Imagine that feeling: fourteen years of waiting, fourteen years of wishing that he would come, and suddenly that moment has come. Everyone is waiting there, lighting lamps, just waiting for him to arrive with Sītā, with Hanumanjī, all of them together. And somehow, at that time, also knowing that the next day is going to be the start of a new dawn, of a new era in Ayodhyā, of a new time, a new experience within the city. Rāma was not just famous as the incarnation of Lord Viṣṇu, but also as the great leader of the people and the one who brought truth into the city, into the way of living—a whole form of life, a whole way of life. As he comes today in Diwali into Ayodhya, tomorrow starts that time, that Rāmarājya, with him leading everybody and guiding everybody on a new way of living with new principles. One of the especially beautiful things that I love about this time of Diwali, besides the fact that Swāmījī is also always here, is that tomorrow everyone will start to come from the villages around, and everybody will go to everybody’s house and greet everybody for the New Year. Because, in a way, every year these lights are here, and we have, in the form of Mahāprabhujī, a new year starts; Rāma comes to Ayodhyā, the new year starts; and Gurujī is here and a new year starts. So, in a way, we also start with a new beginning every year. Part 2: The Light of a New Beginning Everyone comes, greets their family, greets their friends, greets the people of their village. Together with that greeting, they also leave behind all the arguments, the fighting, the animosity, or the anger of the past year, and start fresh. It is a day of forgiveness. It is a very beautiful day in that respect as well, to start the new year. It is again a new year of the financial new year, but also a new year within relations—a new year, everything with a fresh kathā, with a fresh book. It is a very special chance. So tomorrow, as we are greeting everybody or welcoming everybody, wherever it may be in the world, take that chance also to let go of anything which you have—any argument you have with anybody, any ill will that you have—and start anew. Rāma offers that light. Mahāprabhujī offers that light. Gurujī offers that light. We can actually take that strength from their light and start anew. Start with love. Start with compassion. It may not also be with other people, but to greet ourselves again for the new year, to offer all of those things we did in the last year and leave them there, and start again with a new account. Start to do something special to take this light from this day, and then take it forward into the new year and make the new year really special, and make the whole year really special—to take the guidance of Gurujī, of Swāmījī, and to take that throughout the whole year, and to somehow, in our own small way, try to carry a small light of His blessings throughout the year. So, to everybody, happy new year, and hope it is a great one. Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai, Satguru Deva Kī Jai. Yes. Yeah, come over here. Pushpa, you are going to say something? Otherwise, I cover that. Three Swamijī. No problem. Pranām, beloved, respected Swamijī, Viśvakurujī, Jaswāchī, all Sannyāsīs, dear friends, and also around the whole world via webcast. Today’s Dīvālī festival we heard so many excellent speakers, so many beautiful words and thoughts, and to think over what Dīvālī means. For us, in reality, what means the light in our life, and why just now is Dīvālī celebrated? It is just the time when the dark season starts, the dark months come when the sun is getting less and less power. Then we sing again about what the light means for us. What is the darkness, and what means the light? What means the sun, and what means the highlight? Just on our journey, when we came from Udaipur, we were in one hospital in the Mahāmaṇḍaleśwar Marāj Kelāsjī. I was observing him, how he is working, how he is doing, and he cannot see with these physical eyes. And I was thinking really over what it means for us to see, to communicate with the eyes, and what means the light, the light of our soul. It reflects in our eyes, and we can see within the eyes the inner self. And this is symbolically the light. When we make light, when you light the candle, or we see what means the light, it is not self-verständlich. It is a gift. It is a blessing that we can realize this light in our life, like very beautiful, our Rājindā Purījī said—Swāmī Rājindā Purījī and Full Purījī—this light in our life as a disciple, as a bhakta from the Alagpurīchī Sītā Pīṭa Paramparā. Śrī Devpurījī is the sun. Now, our beloved Guru Dev is the light in our life. Shrī Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān. Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān kī Deva Dī Dev, Deva Īśvara Mahādeva kī Alagpurīcī Mahārāj kī Satguru Dev Svāmī Madhavān Jī Bhagavān kī Śrī Avadha Rāmacandra Bhagavān kī Satya Sanātana Dharma Kī Jaya, Ārādhya Bhagavān Siddhīp Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhū Jī Keśava Caraṇa Kamala Me Koti Koti Sahasrāra Daṇḍavata, Ārādhya Gurudeva. Sabhi Dharma Premi Sajna, Matai and Baino. All dear brothers and sisters around the world who are with us now to the webcast, on the name of Alagpuriji, Siddhapita Parampara, and Bhagavān Śrī Rām, blessings from him. Humans have been creative and active from the very beginning. It is not only that now, in this modern world, in this civilization, humans could do miraculous things through technology. It is said that at the time of Bhagavān Rāma, there was an aeroplane which was stolen by Rāvaṇa. The name of the aeroplane was Puṣpa Vāhan. The Vāhan is a vehicle, so the word "vehicle" comes from Sanskrit, Vāhan. Pushpa was like a flower, very light, Bukramayan, holy Bukramayan. And they were reading the chapter, only that chapter where was written something about Pushpaban aeroplane. Two, three years, the same thing they were reading. Same chapter, same ślokas. And they were thinking more and more. They knew by heart everything. But maybe some knowledge will be revealed in that new day when they will go and read what they wanted to know: what kind of technology they were using, so that at that time there was an aeroplane. Similarly, before that too, Bhagavān Kapila, or even before that, Rishis who researched the whole universe, the Vedas. The Vedas are a source of knowledge, the essence of the entire universe. How did they research this? So it means not that their brain was not so developed. It was not that they were just tribes living in the forest, hunting the animals. They have no dress, no cloth, not civilized. The dress and cloth do not mean anything. They knew how to survive. They knew what they needed. They loved nature, and they were sleeping just on the grass. At that time, there was more wildlife, all kinds of snakes and such, but they did not bite them. They were sleeping, and snakes were going over them, except the python. So at that time, they had that knowledge which we have lost. We do not have that knowledge, but all technology we have found has a background in the Vedic culture, in Vedānta, in the Upaniṣads. The language Sanskrit is a divine language, a science. If you learn Sanskrit, then you will know what is the knowledge, what is the technology, what is the meaning of life. So everything is coming from those ancient thoughts, the research of great ṛṣis. So the language, which is very important, and they preserved that language after a long time, after ages. Bhagavān Vedavyāsa realized that coming generations will have no memory. It will be lost. The knowledge will be lost. Science will be lost. So Bhagavān Vedavyāsa, he used to think and to write down the Vedas. So he asked Ganeśjī, and it was written in the Himalayas between Kedārnāth and Badrīnāth, near the cave of Śrī Alagpurījī. So, this is what Dr. Śāntī told us in detail, very nicely, about this. For the last ten years, she has been researching. There is a cave where Bhagavān Vedavyāsī was sitting, and where Gaṇeśjī was sitting in his cave. I think they were writing with telepathy. We all know how it was. They had an understanding with each other. Vedavyājī said that you should not ask me again a second time, then you can write, otherwise you cannot. And Gaṇeśa said, "I will not wait even one second. You should not just think over and then tell me." So there was such a beautiful work, spontaneously, consciously, continuously. It was flowing, the knowledge of the Vedas, and this is what we call the great saints of India. They preserved, they brought the language, they brought the science. And there is the science of yoga. It is the first one. This religion, what we call it, is just a few centuries, not ages. The ages is only the one which is what we call the Sanātana Dharma. Sanatana dharma is not that kind of dharma, what we think, dogma. No, it is the reality. When one tree is sprouting from the seed, it is sanātana. When growing is a sanātana, giving the blossoms and leaves is a sanātana. Coming flowers add fruits, and again the seeds. This entire process is the sanātana. So, the entire nature, the Vedas would be better to say that we, not as a holy Vedas only, but the Vedas will say, live in harmony with nature. And that is why the Sanātana Dharma is that which is Ādi and Anādi, eternal, and that is the Sṛjan, the creation on this earth is through the Sanātana Dharma. So, the incarnation, Nitya and Nimit are incarnations. So, the choice of Tārās, which are called the Avatāras of Bhagavān Viṣṇu, 24. And these are the Nimitā Avatāras. So, Bhagavān Rāma is also the incarnation of this, one of the 24 incarnations of Viṣṇu. Every incarnation has a different duty, a different aim, so they are not all the same. Different ages, they come. The last one was more or less Kṛṣṇa, but still we call Buddha also an incarnation, and there are some. But Kṛṣṇa was the last incarnation. Now it will come, which is a Kali Avatāra that will have the same miracle, same energy, same function. And there, when he comes, he has more work than any others, because the Kali Avatāra has to neutralize all these atom disasters, nuclear, the atom nuclear, which will be the biggest disaster for the Earth, but Kālī will come and he will neutralize everything. Nuclear will also have no effect on it. So he had hard work. In that is also human, because humans went too far with their selfishness, through their ego, through their pride, through their greed, through their jealousy and hate, the duality. For that, Śaṅkarācārya gave the beautiful philosophy, which is one of the best or the highest philosophies, called Vedānta. And in Vedānta, both what we call duality and non-duality. So duality, but still there is a duality. One soul and another soul cannot be the same. The souls are different. Destiny is different. But finally, the soul also will merge into the Ātmā, pure Ātmā. That is why some do not tell the duality, but non-duality. So this is the work of Satguru Dev. And when everything goes out of the hands too much, then, as a nimitta, only for that purpose, an incarnation comes. And so Bhagavān Śrī Rāma had great miracles. He gave life to many, and he also taught humans social skills, how to be socialized, and ethics, morals, and spirituality. This has been instructed to people by God, Rāma. But the same thing has been repeated by Kṛṣṇa. So when you see the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa and then you see the Gītā or the Bhāgavatam, it is more or less the same. Can you imagine 18,000 ślokas or mantras in Śrīmad Bhāgavatam? How much? 18,000. Can you write 18,000-some words only? So who was that great ṛṣi? Each śloka has immense meanings. So when they read the Bhagavad-gītā, what they are doing is only one percent, not even one percent. In these 18,000 mantras, it is not easy to get that book. The time was not like this. Nowadays, what they are doing, dancing and jokes and this and that, kathā hotā hai na. So, kathā kyā? Bas khānā pīnā, bas hari om tat sat. So those ṛṣis, they were also incarnations. They were the great. There is no difference between Satguru, those greats, and God. They made the God. If those will not write what God is, nobody will recognize what God is. When God is going through the forest and they are sitting, the tigers and lions, they will not know that is a God. Maybe they attack him if they are hungry. So there are great ones who have been and will come again. So the Pavli is a festival of the light which is spread in the whole world. In every culture, there is a festival of light. Tamaso mā jyotir gamaya. And so, similarly, what we have this year, once a year, we light the following of the Diwali festivals. Why not? Everything is connected to each other. Finally, today, after a few hours, the beautiful constellation is coming. Bhagavān Śrī Dīpna and Mahāprabhujī are incarnating. So for us, it is the day of the incarnation of Bhagavān Śrī Dīpna and Mahāprabhujī. And the incarnation of all holy saints, the arrival of every positive thing. Light means knowledge, light means the truth, light means love, light means understanding, light means the guide, light means knowledge, and light means the enlightenment of ātma-jñāna. So Diwali is the greatest festival for humans to learn to be in the light, not in the darkness. Means, love all, respect all, forgive everyone’s mistakes, try to understand them. So, this is a beautiful festival. And as our fellow who was talking before said, now the sun is moving to the north, and it will be less light, it will be more cold. And in January, the middle of January, the sun will move again to the south. And so, what we call the festival Makarasaṅkrānti. So, everything connected with nature and the seasons, the effect of the seasons on the vegetation means also on human life. Our life and this tree’s life have the same system, same system. So the season is not only changing for the trees, but for us too. We are not aware. If we eat according to the season, I think we will be more healthy, happy, and have a long life. So in this way, we wish you a happy Diwali. Blessings of Bhagavān Śrī Dīpānanda Mahāprabhujī, Alagpurījī, Devapurījī, Gurujī. And tomorrow we will say, "Rām Rām Sā." You greet everybody tomorrow. Rām Rām Sā. Shrī Rām, Jai Rām, Jai Jai Rām, Rām Rām Sā. So it means that we greet Bhagavān Rāma, he arrived. Everybody is coming and greeting, "Ramji, Ramji, Ram Ram." Repeat the beautiful name. So tomorrow will be the beginning, then the new year. This year now, this one festival, this festival is that it is a financial year in India. The financial, the last for the, for the, what you call them? You have... To pay the government taxes, so this is a tax, and today you have to complete everything. Tomorrow is New Year, so tonight everybody is counting and doing this. So everyone comes to their office and makes all the papers in order. So they are asking Bhagavān Gaṇeśa to write their good things. Tonight Lakṣmījī is coming. So when Lakṣmījī is coming in that house, where there is purity, pure thought, pure behavior, pure sādhanā, if you have any time negative thinking, then you destroy all your energy. Therefore, do not be offended. When you are offended, it means you fell into depression. Mostly, people who have depression means they are offended. Angry, they have lost all the beautiful spiritual work. So angry, lost, jealous, and proud—there are so many negative energies which harm, damage, and bring us down from our spiritual path. So this is the day of understanding, forgiveness, and union. Bhagavān Rāma comes back. It means the truth again enters our heart. And that final truth is called Brahma Satya, Jagat Mithyā. So when you come to the heart, then you will love. If you are shouting at someone, if you blame someone, and you become negative, have you, if a yogī, become angry at him? Did you see? I said, "No." Where then? But we like negative things. We like negative things. When people are going through the street, singing a little bit or talking nicely, nobody is looking. But if someone is boxing there and fighting, everyone opens windows and looks, because we look at the negative spot. And if there is not, then you create. One man said, "I will collect here on this port, within four hours, 2,000 people, without invitation." So there was a big park, so he ran into the park. And then he was looking at the sky, and he was looking up, and then he was like this, and like this. Others said it is crazy, but he said, "Ah, with the camera he was making, other cameras also began to look. The third camera also looked." Slowly see. He said, "Oh yes, there is flying, flying sausage." Others also came. All taxi drivers stopped and came to the park, and the whole park was not 2,000 or 5,000 people. And he went away. Nobody knew who it was. He went to his house, took his friend, and drank coffee. Look, this is called management. So, people believe they destroy their own spirituality, they destroy their work. Therefore, use the vivekā, go in your heart, and do not judge negatively what you gain and what you lost. That is it. So many blessings for Dīvālī and for the New Year. All the best. Ālak Purījī’s blessing, Dev Purījī’s blessing, Mahāprabhujī’s blessing, and Gurujī’s blessing. So, blessings of Śrī Alak Purījī and the Siddha Pīṭha Paramparā for all of you. Happy Diwali. Śrī Rām Jaya Rām Jaya Śrī Rām, Śrī Rām, Jai, Śrī Rām, Jai, Rām, Jai, Śrī Rām, Jai, Rām,... Jai Rām, Śrī Rām, Jai Rām, Jai Rām, Śrī Rām, Jai Rām, Jai Rām, Śrī Rām, Jai Rām, Jai Rām, Śrī Rām, Jai Rām, Śrī Rām, Jai... Rām, Śrī Rām, Śrī Rām, Jai, Rām, Śrī Rām, Śrī... Rām, Śrī... Rām, Śrī Rām. So Diwali is also a family festival. All people, no matter where they are working, come home. All families are together, and they celebrate together in their house. And they light the oil lamps. So in our ashram also, hundreds of people are working. Today they took the holiday, and all went home to be with their family, and this is very important because God Rāma came also back to his family, to his mother. And so it is a very unique occasion and day. And Mahāprabhujī’s incarnation, so blessing of Mahāprabhujī. Deep Nara and Bhagavān, all the bhaktas around the world bless you in the name of Līlāvāḷī and in the name of our Guru Paramparā. Think over, always be the light. If you have darkness, then you will be angry and you will blame others. And when someone tells the same thing to you, my God. There will be, then, both sides like boxing. And you know from which nature they are boxing? They learn from kangaroos. You do not know how the kangaroos are boxing. Do not think that they have only little hands and a big tail and go like this. You know, Jasaji, the kangaroos are boxing, no? My God, morning. If you want to see the kangaroos boxing at morning dawn time, at sunrise time, oh God, so quickly, so quickly. No boxer can go so quickly like they are doing, and with the back back legs. So do not be. Boxing like a kangaroo, so peaceful and prayerful. Shri Deep Narayana Bhagwan, all the best.