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why we celebrate diwali?

Diwali or Deepavali is amongst the
most celebrated Indian festivals. The
word Deepavali originates from two
Sanskrit words ‘Deepa’ which
means ‘light’ and ‘Avali’ which
means ‘a row’. This is why Deepavali
is called ‘the festival of lights’.

It is celebrated on the 15th day of
the Hindu month of Kartik which is a
new moon day (Amavasya). Deepavali is
celebrated by lighting diyas (earthen
lamps), drawing rangolis
(multico loured designs drawn on the
ground with coloured rice flour),
cleaning and decoration of homes,
wearing new clothes, preparation of
sweets in homes, lighting of
fireworks, veneration of cows as
incarnations of Goddess Lakshmi
(Goddess of wealth) and Lakshmi Puja.

There are two main mythological
stor ies that signify the importance of
Deepavali. The first story is that
Deepavali denotes the return of Lord
Rama’s return from exile after his
victorious conquest of the evil king
Ravana. This story has greater
significa nce in Northern India. In
Southern India, Deepavali marks the
victory of Lord Krishna over the
mighty asura (demon) Narakasura.
Narak asura had become a menace to the
gods in heaven and had snatched the
magnificent earrings of Aditi (the
Mother Goddess) and imprisoned sixteen
thousand daughters of the gods in his
harem. In desperation, the gods led by
Indra requested Lord Krishna to
destroy the demon as he was wreaking
havoc. Krishna readily agreed, fought
a fierce battle and emerged
victoriou s. It was after this that He
accepted the sixteen thousand damsels
as his wives at their request.

The meaning behind these mythological
stor ies is that the villain of the
piece represents the desire-ridden
ego . In our lives, it is our egos and
desires that create problems for us.
In the story of Lord Krishna above,
the sixteen thousand damsels represent
our numerous desires. When they are
controlled by our egos, they cause
destruction and rob us of our joy.
However, when we work selflessly,
dedic ating our actions to a higher
goal, the desires remain in check, and
most importantly, get sublimated. Each
one of us has positive and negative
tendenci es. When we identify with the
good in us, work towards something
beyond our selfish interests the
lower, negative tendencies fade away.
Our desires get sublimated and through
constant sadhana (spiritual practice)
we overcome our ego and desires. The
darkness of ego and desire are
banished, replaced by the light of
wisdom. Knowledge that we are not
incomplete and limited as we think
ourselves to be. But that we are that
Divine Self that is free and
independent of all the world has to
offer.

The scented bath by pouring gingerly
oil from your head until your legs and
washing your hair with “shikakai”
powder before the break of dawn and
the cleaning of homes during Deepavali
signify the cleansing of the
personality of desires and ego. The
new clothes represent our newly
acquired state of Realisation or at a
more basic level our new spiritual
orienta tion and commitment to self-
development . This change brings
sweetness in our lives which is why
sweets are made and distributed in the
community. It represents the fact that
once we turn spiritual and begin
looking within, we experience a quiet
sense of peace that we cannot
experience while chasing objects of
the world.

Thus Deepavali or Diwali has a
tremendous spiritual significance in
our lives. And like all our festivals,
they are reminders for us to retain
and cultivate that spiritual element
in our lives. Because life is more
than just a journey, it is a search
for meaning.

Girls can also think

One morning the husband returns after
several hours of

fishing and decides to take a nap.
Although not familiar with the lake,
the wife decides to take the boat out.
She motors out a short distance,
anchors, and reads her book.

Along comes a Game Warden in his boat.
He pulls up alongside the woman and
says, “Good morning, Ma’am. What are
you doing?”

“Reading a book,” she replies,
(thinking, “Isn’t that obvious?”)

“You’re in a Restricted Fishing Area,”
he informs her.

“I’m sorry, officer, but I’m not
fishing. I’m reading.”

“Yes, but you have all the equipment.
For all I know you could start at any
moment. I’ll have to take you in and
write you up.”

“If you do that, I’ll have to charge
you with sexual assault,” says the
woman.

“But I haven’t even touched you,” says
the game warden.

“That’s true, but you have all the
equipment. For all I know you could
start at any moment.”

“Have a nice day ma’am,” and he left.

MORAL: Never argue with a woman who
reads. It’s likely she can also think.

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Beautiful Penang Part 2

well,
as i said: Penang is rich in all beautiful things. It can be either building or nature.
1st, we going to look at nature. Nature as most critical needs for humannature being, penang reserve the jungle and hillside. There also new plants, tree’s along the roads and building. Its to ensure the nature is reserved even thought the state is in development.

However, there is some pollution in around Penang but to be solved. The river and other nature element was polluted by irresponsible personalities. However, the state government and central government take reasonable steps to recover the beauty of those rnature at penangivers. It already in prograss and its nearly at final stage. Moreover, the government also strict the law regarding nature to protect the nature.

Beautiful Penang – Part 1

Hi Friends…

Now, i going to talk about my place. The beautiful place that i stay.

Penang island

It called penang. Penang is beautiful state that include an island and mainland.

In order to go to the island, we can use either ferry or bridge. The Bridge is well known for it

longest. The longest bridge in asian countries. It around 13KM long and 2 way road for both side. However, currently, they upgrading this bridge to become 3 seaside of penangway

traffic - ferryroad. This is due, the heavy traffic arose by early morning. This is because, people more prefer to use the bridge to reach the island. This even thought, there is ferry service to ferry people to the city of island. It might be because, the ferry service is time consuming.

FerryThe main city in the island known as Georgetown. It seems to be, this is the oldest city in Penang. Most of the building in this city looks very old. It have to similarity of buildings in London as British.

>>> see part 2

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