Our mind, heart and emotions are enough to play this game which we call Holi Although, Ho-li It depicts about the past That which is bygone- like we say that thing has happened say of now It is done already Don't speak of it now Ho-li The tradition in our country is such that the fire is lighted at night time on the full moon Holi is lit because Prahlad this story is associated that Hiranyakashap had told his sister who had a boon that to your nephew Prahlad take him on the lap and sit in the fire you won't die, won't burn because You are blessed, you have the power and this son who is actually a bad son who doesn't listen to me, who doesn't consider me god not considering me Lord, will die getting burnt So holika is lit It is still lit in many regions and like the festival of Lohri is celebrated with great enthusiasm in North India fire burns, it's like a bonfire and in which people offer sacrifices Similarly in many regions of Uttar Pradesh, in Delhi also, and several places in North India, 'Holika Dahan' takes place So fire is burnt on full moon night Now what usually happens, they say that if you put wood, dry grass on fire, that's Holika Dahan Now maybe all of you have not done Holika Dahan but today just by sitting here I will tell you the spiritual meaning of burning that Holika Dahan and if possible you will be able to burn this Holika in your mind Ho-li that which has happened So burn this fire of wisdom in your mind Ishwara is the only truth; Paramatama is the only truth And apart from that the whole world is untrue; it is visible to us in an illusionary form And considering this illusionary body, this illusionary world to be true, whatever deeds we did, whether good or bad I burn all those karmas in this fire of Supreme wisdom- Ho-li Whatever has happened, happened, that was virtuous or sin whether good or bad, I burn them all by offering in this fire of wisdom- whatever happened I did it out of ignorance, by considering this body as 'I' Oh Lord !Now I understand myself and have known that the mind who had thought this and the body that did the karma neither that body nor that mind is me, those deeds done by this mind and body Burn them off in this Holika Dahan- the fire of wisdom It is said that Holika was burnt but Prahlad was saved Likewise, If the fire of dispassion burns in your mind Then all your good and bad karmas.....; see we are proud of good deeds and feel guilty for bad deeds Why I did this, I should not have done this Say, you stole, lied, you took someone's right you hurt some poor you killed someone You have raped someone, you grabbed someone's goods Out of greed and anger, man has done deeds, what to do now? He feel bad when he think of them now It hurts why I did this deed Whoever is a professional criminal, he doesn't care I am not talking about them but whoever is a common man suffers for the wrong deeds done by him and he fears and thinks in mind itself What will happen to me when I have to bear the punishment for this? How will I get rid out of this? Along with that, whatever good deeds we do, those good deeds carry a pride I have done four Dhams (a set of four pilgrimage sites in India), I have been to Rameshwaram I have done darshan of all the 12 places of Shiva We have been to Mansarovar; We have built so many Dharamshalas (Charitable Shelters) We give food to so many widows, We give so much to poor We do charity on every Saturday and Tuesday So, carrying pride good deeds done by self and guilt of wrong deeds done by self hurts the mind of every person. If the ego comes, remember that one day that too will be shattered and the sorrow, the feeling of guilt that we are overwhelmed by- that why did I do this? It also breaks us, hurts our mind a lot that we can't change what we have done And in present times, as much as you think that this went wrong, that went wrong- the person goes on breaking from inside. At times, it even becomes difficult to live Kindle this fire of wisdom in the mind. All the deeds done before today I offer them in this fire of wisdom all my good and bad deeds are not mine The body and mind through which they are committed That body and mind will reap their fruits when they are due When I am not the doer of those karmas Then How will I be the receiver of the outcomes of those karmas? If the action was done with the mind, then the mind has to reap the fruit If the action was done with the body Then body has to bear its fruit But from the body and mind we broke the bond of attachment then what will happen in your mind that responsibility will be of mind, then it will no longer be mine like we see something on the screen of a movie We see Movies or serials and while watching we see all good and bad things happening and if we get attached with anything we start feeling sad there as well that this character of drama is sad, is killed or is deceived something great happened with it So when the mind gets attached even with those scenes seen on the TV In fictional pictures and drama the characters that come- we began getting happy and sad with them But if this thought comes to mind because in beginning of each film or serial One statutory warning is given One declaration is given That all the characters, story, names, places, scenes in this movie are fictitious all these scenes, names, events are fictitious If they connect with someone by chance then we are not responsible for that Now they declared that it is imaginary but still seeing it Cry, get happy, fear, scared Like some horror film makers had claimed this that we will reward a lac if you can see our picture sitting alone in the cinema house That people used to get so scared, nervous and in so much pain one had a heart attack then after that director was so, that see how wonderful my direction is that you can't watch this movie sitting alone in cinema house Why? Seeing those horrific scenes that came on the screen, people were so scared that they used to run out of the cinema hall screaming But then some people said we can see, they went and they watched the whole movie also took money from the director and they said one thing that when we were watching movie at that time, we had to remember only one thing over and over again It's a lie, it's that which is in the dust particles coming from the projector room the ring that is visible and the light that is coming This entire scene is made by that Actually there is nothing on this screen and the terrible voices that came sounds came.. they said we used to recite 'Om Namah Shivaya' Mantra in our mind Whatever mantra was dear to anyone, we used to do our own mantra so as not to pay attention to the sound loud or sudden soft to sudden, very jolty and high decibel sound The reflexes start running from the spine, so the body experiences a jolt Even if you are not afraid of the mind, some changes happen inside the body but if the mind gets joined together then that change might remain till the body but it doesn't reach the mind like sometimes small children suddenly scare by making a loud noise from behind Siblings get scared but when they go to scare their mother or father, they are not afraid but they act to be afraid the child becomes happy that I scared you Like what is shown on the screen of cinema is untrue, after knowing this the viewer gets free of fear Similarly when this understanding of wisdom dawns in whosoever mind's that the entire world that I see through my eyes is illusionary now whatever occurs whether good or bad, virtuous or sinful My mind becomes free from its influence That will not disturb my mind So the one who awakened this Holika of wisdom in his mind such a person there is a wonderful thing transpires in his life that the demon of sins and anger is burnt away and that which is devotion embodied Prahlad Perfectly at once... The whole world ruptures with singing praises of this Prahlad-- Prahlad meaning devotion Prah- ahlad, Ah-lad meaning bliss Prah-ahlad meaning immense bliss Where there is immense bliss, his name is Prahlad When the fire of wisdom burns in our mind And then we are painted in the color of that Lord What fills our mind? Bliss and the intensity of the same bliss the viscosity of the same bliss that is called Prahlad So I understand that we all can give birth to the same Prahlad within us who is now wrapped in immense darkness and ignorance To awaken that inner devotion, that love It is absolutely necessary to burn this Holika of wisdom that's why, by tradition Holika is lit on the full moon night, is worshiped and the next day The colors are played Many people don't know this and many people know this on the path of wisdom We do not carry out outside rituals ourselves so we don't make you do as well Alongside the outside rituals, what deep meaning they carry, I wish that you understand that meaning Now burning Holika outside is not a big task Anyone will do it, it will be done easily, children will do it too Will do it like a game, You don't have to do too much work, some wood some cow dung cakes are required, fire and some ghee required, then burn it but in your mind burn the Holika of dispassion and wisdom That takes strength now; there is hard work involved in it It takes our effort too and only a wise person can do it one who is stupid can't do it So I understand that if the desire to burn this Holika came within you so know for sure You are already intelligent, otherwise you wouldn't have even understood my point If you have heard this for the first time today So I have put this seed in your mind today that if we burn Holi of wisdom and dispassion inside then not only for this birth but we can be freed from the bondage of karma of sins committed for infinite births we can be completely free from these bondage and know ourselves as Eternal, ever blissful and ever conscious how easy it is, how beautiful it is This Shabad is of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Maharaj He say, 'Range ka kya rangiye' 'Jo ratey rang laye jiyo' Who has already been painted in the love of you Lord, How can we paint him more? 'Rangan wala seviye sache syon chitt laye jiyo' The Lord who has painted me, the Gurudev who has painted me in this color May I serve them always And may I keep my mind connected with that Eternal Truth I only wish this much 'Kacha rang kusumbh ka' 'Thodarya din chaar jiyo' The color that comes out of safflower- you put it on and as soon as you wash, it just goes away The world is like a safflower whose color is removable and transitory you can choose any color that are played on Holi- whether green, blue or yellow can put on any gulal color wash it, it gets cleaned 'Thodarya din char jiyo'- this is a mere four days color 'Vin naave Brahm bhuleya thag muthi kudyar jiyo'- Bereft of the Eternal word inside, in what fallacy the entire world is lying? They have been cheated by their own ignorance Kudiyar jiyo meaning- in this untrue world By associating the mind, they themselves have become liars ' Sache seti rateya janam na duji vaar jiyo' and those who are colored by the color of the Eternal Lord, then they are never born again 'Chaare kunda je pavey' 'Bin baagha tan naahe jiyo' Like travel around the whole world but the experience of divine bliss not everyone receives it effortlessly 'Avgun muthi je firey badhik thae na pahye jiyo' A mind filled with its demerits wanders in the world and it finds no rest as a hunter hunts Thus he becomes a victim of his ignorance and arrogance 'Guru rakhey se ubhhre' 'Sabde ratey mann mahe jiyo' But the one whom the Guru and the Lord blesses, uplifts and helps crossover their minds get connected with the Eternal Word Their mind becomes one with that divine name of Lord 'Chhitey jinke kapde mailey chitt kathor jyo' White clothes are worn on Holi That when the color is applied on them, then (they'll look) very beautiful- not old, but the new clothes are worn But on this as well, Gurudev shares His viewpoint He says, you made your clothes white, White is Satvika and divine color but your heart is rigid your mind is filled with sins 'Chhitey jinke kapde mailey chitt kathor jiyo' 'tin mukh naam na upjaye, duje vyape chor jiyo' Those whose mind is evil, Lord's name never comes in their speech and they always think of robbing others' goods, they call them thieves 'Mool na bujhe aapna' What is our origin, from where we are born, from where this body originated- knows nothing ..
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