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The True Meaning Of Diwali
Parent Circle
|October 2016
Diwali is a time for fun, festivity, fireworks and feasts. It is also a time to understand the meaning of real prosperity that ‘brings light to our lives and a sparkle to our eyes’.
Diwali is one of the most festive and beautiful times of the year. It is a time filled with light and love a time when Indians all over the world rejoice. However, it is also a holiday that is widely misunderstood and misrepresented. We need to understand what Diwali really means, about why we celebrate it and about why we worship Goddess Lakshmi on this day.
The day of Diwali is associated with many historical events, the most important being the return of Bhagwan Rama to Ayodhya, after his defeat of Ravana in Lanka.
There are several beautiful lessons and meanings to be taken from this ‘divine holiday’.
THE CRUCIAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BHAGWAN RAMA AND KING RAVANA
Both Rama and Ravana were kings; both were learned in the scriptures; both were charismatic; both were beautiful. What made Rama a God and Ravana a demon? One difference is crucial: Ego! While Bhagwan Rama’s heart overflowed with divinity, love, generosity, humility and duty, Ravana’s heart was filled with avarice, hatred and egoism.
Ravana was a great Vedic scholar. It was not ignorance, laziness or ugliness that led him to aggression. He was powerful, dynamic and beautiful. His own ego, arrogance and slavery to sensual desires led to his aggression and downfall. His insatiable desires made him crave for more power, money, and pleasures to fulfil his every whim. Ravana was ruled by kama and artha.
On the other hand, Bhagwan Rama was always humble, dharmic, pure and pious. Also, he was a master of his senses, not their slave. He teaches the world to choose dharma over artha and to choose moksha over kama.
This story is from the October 2016 edition of Parent Circle.
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