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Oṁ somā jyotir gamaya, mṛtyormā amṛtaṁ gamaya, asatomā sadgamaya. Om Dīpa Jyoti Parabrahma Dīpam Sarve Mohanam Dīpanam Sajjati Sarvam Sandhyā Dīpam Sarva Śakyam Śubham Karoti Kalyāṇam Ārogyam Dhanḍa Sampadā Śatru Buddhi Vināśāya Dīpa Jyotir Namastute Om Śānti, Śānti, Śānti Rabhavatu. Salutation to the cosmic light, the light of the universe, the Lord of our hearts, omniscient and omnipresent. In His divine presence, adoration to Om Śrī Alagpurī Jīsīda Pīṭha. Blessings to all of you, dear brothers and sisters around the world. Today is the most holy day, the Pavālī, and this blessing comes to you from the Holy Land, India. This day is the day of the light. This day is the day of happiness. This day is the day of the victory of the pious one, the victory of spirituality. This is the day when darkness is removed and light is illuminated. According to the creation of this universe, over billions of years counted by Vedic mathematics—the yugas, the manvantaras—we are here. For the last 10,000 years, more than 10,000 years, this tree of life has been illuminated, remembering the victory over evil. God Rāma, the incarnation of Lord Viṣṇu, appeared approximately 10,000 years ago. That was known as the time of the Rāmāyaṇa, the era of Lord Rāma. Lord Rāma went to the forest for 14 years to bless all creatures, saints, and yogīs. You may know, dear brothers and sisters, the whole story of the Rāmāyaṇa, the life of God Rāma. Overjoyed at his return, people placed oil lamps along the path as many journeyed to Ayodhyā. People walked day and night. At that time, there was no transportation except horses, and of course, not everyone had a horse. They did not ride because they were full of joy, dancing and walking. They forgot their tiredness. Day and night, their aim was to welcome the coming of the Lord Rāma. They also placed lights in the trees and hung fruits, milk, yogurt, and sweets. When people were hungry, they could find something to eat. Thus began the tradition of placing lights on trees and hanging fruits and sweets. They even placed handmade wooden toys for the children who came with their parents. Today is the day, Diwali, Deepāvalī. Dīpa means the light. Oṁ Dīpa Jyoti Parabrahma. This is the light, the flame of the Supreme One, Brahman. Oṃ Dīpa Jyoti Parabrahma. Deepam, all the lamps illuminated here, create a beautiful decoration. Śubhaṁ karoti kalyāṇam. When you light this light with this mantra, śubhaṁ karoti kalyāṇam: bless us with happiness and liberation. Ārogyam dhana sampadā: bless us with good health and prosperity. Śatru buddhi vināśāya: destroy the evil thoughts—evil thoughts from me and evil thoughts from others—so that no one will fight. No one will fight and create wars. No one will kill each other or other creatures. Positive, divine, loving, harmonious thoughts should dwell in our consciousness and in our intellect. Ārogyam dhan sampadaḥ śatru buddhi vināśāya. The evil thoughts should be destroyed. Dīpa Jyotir Namaḥtute. My adoration, my salutation again and again to this divine light. This is a very ancient festival, more than 10,000 years old, involving the decoration of a beautiful tree. Tomorrow, everyone will say, "Happy Dīvālī, Rām Rām Sā." In Hindi or Rajasthani language, tomorrow everyone will say when they see each other, "Rām, Rām, Sā." Can you pronounce it once more loudly? Say, "Ram, Ram, Sa." Ram, Ram, Sa. Happy Diwali. Diwali kā? That’s it. Diwali kā? Ram, Ram, Sa. That’s it. So tomorrow you should say to each other, "Diwali kā, Ram, Ram, Sa." It means the Lord has come. Lord Rāma has come back, and we greet each other in God. So it is the day of the light, the day of happiness, the day of joy, and the day of forgiveness. It doesn’t matter who is who, or what has been done to you, whether anything is wrong. Tomorrow is the chance to excuse or forgive. One has to begin one day. Now we will not fight. Okay, I will not be angry with you. So tomorrow is the chance to forget all the unpleasant things, or if someone has done anything wrong to you, and to create love in your heart. That is why Diwali is the message of the light. Light also means wisdom. Where there is wisdom, where there is knowledge, there is no fighting. Where there is no knowledge, there is fighting with all legs, four together, like two donkeys. Donkey to donkey comes together, kicking with the back legs. But a wise man comes together with wise people. There is a discussion of the divine, God, happiness, love, harmony, forgiveness, and oneness. Therefore, tomorrow is the day to forgive everyone, and tomorrow is the day to make friendship again. Tomorrow is the day of sweetness. So all will get some sweet, especially the children. Homemade sweets—at that time there was no chocolate—very nice, healthy sweetness. The sweetness of the nearness of parents, the sweetness of the nearness of your partners, the sweetness of the nearness of the whole family, the sweetness of harmony and understanding in society, and the sweetness of feeling love for all creatures—that is the message of Diwali. Diwali is the day dedicated to God Viṣṇu. Rāma was incarnated as Viṣṇu, or Viṣṇu was incarnated as Rāma. But it is said, where there is Viṣṇu, there is Lakṣmī. Where Viṣṇu goes, Lakṣmī goes. Lakṣmī means penisa—you know? Money. That’s it. That’s why people love Lakshmī more than Viṣṇu. You know, 90% of people are devotees of Lakshmī, and 10% are devotees of Viṣṇu. Maybe Viṣṇu is a little bit jealous, but what to do? That’s life. Tate jīvot. So wherever purity, light, love, and wisdom go, Lakshmi, which means prosperity, follows. Prosperity means richness of your thoughts: the quality of creating beautiful bhajans, beautiful poems, beautiful writings, beautiful singing, a beautiful voice—that is richness. The real richness is spirituality and your wisdom. Therefore, it is said, O mother, if you give birth to a child, then please give birth to a wise child. There is no need for millionaires, because when one child is spiritual or wise, thousands of millionaires fold their hands and bow down to him. So we surrender to the knowledge, to the reality, to the truth, to the wisdom. So love every creature: sabhī prāṇī merī ātmā hai—every entity is myself. Ātmā sahi paramātmā, and that ātmā is the supreme one. To see the equalness, see the oneness, and to understand the suffering of others, understand the pain of others, understand the needs of others. That is the message of Diwali. Love means help. Helping hands have more value than folded hands: mercy, kindness, and justice. There is one story. When God Rāma came back, everything was very harmonious, peaceful—no fighting, no wars, no jealousy, nothing. In Svarga there is a lot of fighting; in heaven there is very much fighting, because in heaven both Asuras and Devīs and other Śaktis are fighting all the time. But in Brahmaloka, everything is Brahman. That which enters into that is Brahman. Water which enters into the Gaṅgā is known as Gaṅgā water. But when that water separates from the Gaṅgā, no one will call it Gaṅgā water. It will become dirty water. So one day, a man called Paṇḍit was walking to the park for an evening or morning walk, and he had a walking stick. Beside the path, a dog was lying, sleeping. The Paṇḍit, while walking, when he came near the dog, had a stick in his hand and he hit the dog. The dog, of course, felt the pain. The dog was crying, and the dog went directly to God Rāma. He sent an appeal the next morning to tell God Rāma and seek justice. God Rāma immediately called a meeting. There were many, many of his secretaries and ministers, all who were sitting there, including Hanumanjī. The dog came. God Rāma asked the dog, "Yes, my dear one, what happened?" He said, "Lord, I was sitting out of the way, off the path. I didn’t bark at all, never in my life. I didn’t even look at the Paṇḍitjī. I have done nothing against him. I was sitting peacefully, sleeping there, and he had a stick in his hand, and he hit me. You see that my buttocks and my hips are nearly swollen. I want justice." God Rāma asked Paṇḍitjī, "Why did you do this?" He said, "I don’t know why I did it, but I did it. I had a feeling, and I hit the dog." So Rāma said, "Then, okay, you have to be punished. You have to face the consequences of your deeds. What kind of punishment should we give him?" Everyone spoke, and Rāma asked the paṇḍit, "What kind of punishment would you like?" So Paṇḍitjī was thinking: this dog cannot speak, and he is not clever; he is a dog. So he said, "Whatever the dog’s wish, I am ready to suffer or go through." So all decided, "What will the dog say? What kind of punishment should this man get?" They asked the dog. The dog said, "In the next life, this Paṇḍit should become the head of one big āśram." Everybody said, "Hey, dog, do you know what you are talking about? Mota Maṭkā meant?" He said, "No, I know what I am talking about." Then they said, "Why?" They asked, "Paṇḍitjī, do you accept?" He said, "Yes, happily I accept." A head of a very big monastery, like in Rome, or like a Shankaracharya, or like the Dalai Lama, or any Lama—I mean, not Lama in Peru, but in Tibet. They asked the dog, "Why did you choose this kind of judgment to give the punishment in this way? That’s not a punishment." The dog said it’s a very, very big punishment. I wouldn’t do it for anyone. They said, "Why?" He said, because he will become head of that monastery. Many people will come and give money and many things, and he will utilize it only for himself. Then he will get the karma of all. And in the second life, he will have to go through many, many sufferings. Rāma said, "That’s true." So, in the kingdom of Lord Rāma, at the time of his rule, even every animal had its rights. God was listening very carefully to them, and God helped them. Who is listening today to our animals? The torturing of many animals. Now there are some people who try to make a kind of demonstration called animal rights. And now you know what they are thinking? They are thinking to develop such a kind of gene in their body that they will not feel pain when their throat is being cut. How about these cruel things? So, God Rāma was born as a Lord of love, Lord of justice, Lord of mercy, Lord of forgiveness, and Lord of wisdom—the divine light. It is said, Maryadā Puruṣottam Bhagavān Rām—the perfect child, the perfect brother, the perfect husband, the perfect friend, the perfect king, and the perfect Lord. In every aspect, he was the best. And so, the message is that Lord Rāma has come back. Let him come into our heart. Like there’s one song in English: Door of my heart, open wide I’ll keep for thee. Door of my heart, open wide I’ll keep for thee. Will thou come, will thou come, just for once come to me? Will Thou come, will Thou come, just for once come too? Will my days fly away without seeing Thee, my Lord? Will my days fly away without seeing Thee, my Lord? Night and day, night and day, I look for Thee night and day. Night and day, night and day, I look for thee night and day. So this is the night, this is the Dīvālī, where we open our heart wide and let God Rāma enter into our heart and bring this light. Jyot si jyot jagāvo, sat guru jyot si jyot jagāvo, merā antarātā merā mitāvo. Śat guru jyot se jyot jagāvo, merā antarātā merā mitāvo. Śat guru jyot se jyot jagāvo. Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān kī. Another divine blessing for all of us, especially the bhaktas of Om Śrī Alagpurījī Siddhārtha Pīṭha, the followers of Yoga in Daily Life, practitioners of Yoga in Daily Life, or all practitioners of this spirituality. Now, in five hours exactly, is the time when our universal, worshiped, merciful Lord Bhagavān Śrī Dīpna and Mahāprabhujī incarnated. On this Diwali day, early morning at 3:30, Brahma Muhūrta, all the lights—the dīpaks, the oil lamps—were lit. When the oil was gone, the flames went out. But at the time when Mahāprabhujī incarnated, automatically all the lights began to burn again. So for us, it is another reason to celebrate Diwali as the birthday or day of incarnation of Bhagavān Śrī Dīpna and Mahāprabhujī. And so I bless you all in the name of Śrī Mahāprabhujī and wish you a very, very happy Dīvālī. Dear brothers and sisters, this divine blessing is coming from the holy country India, from the International Spiritual Center, home Vishwadeep Gurukul, Education and Research Center, Jodan, Pali, Rajasthan. Bless you once more, and wish you a very good evening, or very good day, or very good night, wherever you are in different parts of the world. God bless you on this divine, holy Diwali. I wish you good health, peace and harmony, happiness, prosperity, and enlightenment. Bless you. Copyright © 2020, New Thinking Allowed Foundation. To everybody, you dear brothers and sisters around the world, the dear listeners, Happy Diwali and Rām Rām.