You need to earn the right to even utter ‘Shri Ram’. If, for 364 days, you have really lived up to Shri Ram, only then must you celebrate the festival of Ramness. For 364 days, your life had nothing to do with Shri Ram, and on the 365th day, you join the noisy bandwagon. Shri Ram, who stands for that which can neither be bought nor sold, his festival has been turned into an orgy of sales and discounts. Live your life just as Shri Ram lived his life, and then you will have the right to celebrate Diwali.
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Questioner: A lot of our English speaking audience wants to know that tomorrow is the festival of lights, so what should be the right way of celebrating Diwali?
Acharya Prashant: It’s too late now, it’s too late. It’s almost like asking that tomorrow is the UPSC exam, what is the right way of preparing for it. It’s actually worse, it’s almost like asking, “Tomorrow, the UPSC results would be declared, what is the right way to prepare for the exam?”
A festival is not a free-for-all, what do we think?
Shri Ram is an exception, Shri Ram is a distinction, he is a rarity. He is worshiped because he is special. If he is special, how does every ABCD get the right to even utter his name, let alone celebrate his festival?
