What is the reason behind lighting diya??
Today we are having electrical lights but please think of the past. We dont have any electricity and the only way to get light is 'oil lamps'. Moreover people used to live in dark huts, so they need oil lamps not only night but also day time.
In sanskrit LIGHT symbolizes knowledge and DARK symbolizes Ignorance. In order to remove darkness we have to lit the LIGHT . So whenever initiating new things- people used to start with 'Lightening Diya' or 'Deeparadhana'
Why not light a bulb or tube light? That too would remove darkness.. But the traditional oil lamp has a further spiritual significance. The oil or ghee in the lamp symbolizes our negative tendencies and the wick, the ego. When lit by spiritual knowledge, the negatives get slowly exhausted and the ego too finally perishes. The flame of a lamp always burns upwards. Similarly we should acquire such knowledge as to take us towards higher ideals.
Today we are having electrical lights but please think of the past. We dont have any electricity and the only way to get light is 'oil lamps'. Moreover people used to live in dark huts, so they need oil lamps not only night but also day time.
In sanskrit LIGHT symbolizes knowledge and DARK symbolizes Ignorance. In order to remove darkness we have to lit the LIGHT . So whenever initiating new things- people used to start with 'Lightening Diya' or 'Deeparadhana'
Why not light a bulb or tube light? That too would remove darkness.. But the traditional oil lamp has a further spiritual significance. The oil or ghee in the lamp symbolizes our negative tendencies and the wick, the ego. When lit by spiritual knowledge, the negatives get slowly exhausted and the ego too finally perishes. The flame of a lamp always burns upwards. Similarly we should acquire such knowledge as to take us towards higher ideals.
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