Diwali means ‘festival of lights’. When Sri Rama vanquished his nemesis Ravana and returned to his kingdom, the people of Ayodhya lit up the entire city and the kingdom with little oil candles. At night the whole kingdom was shining like a diamond, glittering in the dark.

For yogis lamp, light and flame is the symbol of anahata chakra which represents love. Sri Rama represented love.

Therefore, when Rama came to Ayodhya there was not darkness, when the light of love awakens in anahata, the darkness of selfish qualities disappears.

It is the selfish qualities which bring darkness into our life.

Yogis have seen the event of Diwali as the opening of the heart and lighting the lamp of love, compassion and positive feelings in the heart.

From “Yoga Magazine, Issue March 2014”, Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati

 

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Diwali

Diwali means 'festival of lights'. When Sri Rama vanquished his nemesis Ravana and returned to his kingdom, the people of Ayodhya lit up the entire city and the kingdom with little oil candles. At night the whole kingdom was shining like a diamond, glittering in the dark.

For yogis lamp, light and flame is the symbol of anahata chakra which represents love. Sri Rama represented love.

Therefore, when Rama came to Ayodhya there was not darkness, when the light of love awakens in anahata, the darkness of selfish qualities disappears.

It is the selfish qualities which bring darkness into our life.

Yogis have seen the event of Diwali as the opening of the heart and lighting the lamp of love, compassion and positive feelings in the heart.

From “Yoga Magazine, Issue March 2014”, Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati