‘legends’ associated with deepawali a row of lights… legends: a non-historical or unverifiable...
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‘Legends’ associated with Deepawali
A ROW OF LIGHTS…
Legends: A non-historical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical.
‘Legends’ associated with Deepawali
A ROW OF LIGHTS…
Legends: A ‘non-historical’ or ‘unverifiable’ story handed down by tradition from earlier
times and ‘popularly’ accepted as historical.
Astoma Sad GamayaTamso Ma Jyotirgamaya
Mrityorma Amritam Gamaya
Lead us from UNREALITY TO REALITYLead us from DARKNESS TO LIGHT Lead us from DEATH TO IMMORTALITY
THE METAPHOR OF LIGHT
‘Legends’ associated with Deepawali
THE THREE STEPS OF VISHNUTHE NIRVANA OF MAHAVIRA
THE RETURN OF RAM
THE END OF NARAKASURA
‘Legends’ associated with Deepawali
THE THREE STEPS OF VISHNUTHE NIRVANA OF MAHAVIRA
THE RETURN OF RAM
THE END OF NARAKASURA
THE THREE STEPS OF VISHNU
The dwarfed brahmin asks for three steps of land…
VISHNU: THE ALL-PERVADING ONE
BALI IS SENT BACK TO THE NETHERWORLD
THE VAMANA STILL PERVADES….
ASSOCIATION OF DIWALI WITH THE VAMANA LEGEND
• RETURN OF MAHABALI TO HIS KINGDOMPeople of Kerela celebrate the return of the virtuous king back to earth once an year.
• LIGHT AS KNOWLEDGEVishnu gives the lamp of knowledge to Bali, who returns every year on Diwali to spread the light.
‘Legends’ associated with Deepawali
THE THREE STEPS OF VISHNUTHE NIRVANA OF MAHAVIRA
THE RETURN OF RAM
THE END OF NARAKASURA
Nirvana of Vardhamana Mahavira
Thus people in Bharata every year celebrate "Dipalikaya", to reverently worship the Jinendra on the occasion of his nirvana ("Harivamsha-Purana“, Shaka Samvat 705)
Lord Mahavira (599-527BC)
The birth to Queen Trishala and King Siddhartha
(15th Century Painting)
Lord Mahavira (599-527BC)
The birth
The joys of life
His marriage…
The birth
The joys of life
His marriage…
…to a teacher of men
Lord Mahavira (599-527BC)
…to an Example for times to come…
Nonviolence, Truthfulness, Non-stealing, Chastity, Non-possession/Non-attachment
‘Legends’ associated with Deepawali
THE THREE STEPS OF VISHNUTHE NIRVANA OF MAHAVIRA
THE RETURN OF RAM
THE END OF NARAKASURA
THE RETURN OF LORD RAM
ESTABLISHMENT OF ‘RAM-RAJYA’
ESTABLISHMENT OF ‘RAM-RAJYA’
What is Ram-Rajya?
What is its significance?
ESTABLISHMENT OF ‘RAM-RAJYA’
Friends have repeatedly challenged me to define independence. At the risk of repetition, I must say that independence of my dream means Rama-rajya i.e., the Kingdom of God on earth.
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By Ram-Rajya, I do not mean Hindu Raj.I mean by Ramarajya Divine Raj, the Kingdom of God. For me Rama and Rahim are one and the same deity. I acknowledge no other God but the one God of truth and righteousness.
My Hinduism teaches me to respect all religions. In this lies the secret of Ramarajya.
RAM RAJYA
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Whether Rama of my imaginationRama of my imagination ever lived or not on this earth, the ancient ideal of Ramarajya is undoubtedly one of true democracy in which the meanest citizen could be sure of swift justice without an elaborate and costly procedure. Even the dog is described by the poet to have received justice under Ramarajya. – M. K. Gandhi
‘Legends’ associated with Deepawali
‘A non-historical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical.’
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Happy Deepawali
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