Nearing Diwali means receiving greetings (and sending too!). This year by email I continue to receive greetings aplenty and I feel I would not be able to reply personally to everyone. Not that I am lazy or do not have feelings of reciprocity; I will be on a week’s tour and when I return another festival would be in the offing! So through this Blog I convey my hearty greetings to all valuable readers who have already sent and all those who plan to send.
Some greetings are just from special websites that promote free exchange of greeting cards while a few that reached me had their own stamp of the maker. Definitely the makers have exceptional artistic ability whose limit to innovation was their own imagination only. I am proud to present here six greetings from Dr Adhi Narayanan, a devotee and who has keen interest in photoshop and from another devotee Bharat Churiwala from Mumbai who is one of the moderators of the Holy Trio Group.
May the blessings of the Holy Trio be on them is my earnest prayer!
Bharat Churiwala from Mumbai sent me this special greetings:
Vedanta in Practice 
Revered Maharaj ji,
Wish you a very happy and prosperous Diwali.
Yours Sincerely,
Subhadip Dutta,
Noida,
India
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Adarneeya Maharajji,
Saadar Pranaams on this auspicious occassion of Deepawali.
Some time I am really wonderstruck at COMPASSION in Swamijis and Matajis of Ramakrishna Order…..
How much love and concern you have for children of HOLY TRIO…..How much pain and labour you must be endearing for DEVOTEES OF HOLY TRIO….. Inspite of your own Spiritual Practices and responsibilities of administration of such a GIGANTIC ORGANISATION, you are able to take out time for all of us…really fulfilling the Motto of Swamiji…..ATMANO MOKSHARTHAM, JAGAD HITAAYA CHA…
Once again Saadar Pranaams,
Bharat
Mumbai, India
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Happy Diwali Maharajji.
Really the pictures by Bharatji and Adhiji are breathtakingly beautiful !!!
What more better it can be than getting the greetings with Mother on the cover !!!!
Sabuj
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Dear Maharaj,
Pranams at Maharaj’s holy feet.
The following is an extract from the Vedanta Kesari that aptly describes Maharaj.
‘The Uddhava Gita (9.16) tells us that God also seeks the company of perfect souls. Only by seeing a holy person can one have true faith in God… by meeting with a person who has that faith and lives by it. Unless one sees such a holy person and has contact with him, one’s faith in God is merely theoretical. A light can be lit from another light. Vedanta describes a holy person as a moving temple of God. External temples are faint imitations of the holy person who is the true temple. In the Mahabharata, Bhishma tells the Pandavas: A visit to holy men bestows merit, because they may be regarded as moving holy places. The Lord, dwelling in their hearts, renders holy the place where they live. . . A river filled with sacred water is no doubt sacred; an image of stone or clay is no doubt a deity. After worshipping them a long time, the aspirant becomes pure. But by a mere visit to a holy man one attains purity. Holy company purifies our heart and cleanses our mind of the contamination of worldly company that is unavoidable for an average person.’
It is thus no doubt then, that Maharaj has an abundance of messages! We are so blessed to sit at Maharaj’s feet and on the joyous festival of Diwali we are thankful to Master and Holy Mother that the light in the form of Maharaj is with us.
Jai Sri Ma!
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Maharaj,
Apni amar sashtang pronam ebong subho Deepavalir subhecha o antarik sradha neben.
Ranjan Basu
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Revered Maharaj
Greetings and good wishes to you and all at the
Ashram may you all have a happy Diwali and a prosperous new year
From
Anoop & Family
Newcastle
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Om Namo Narayanaya
My sardhaar and haardik pranaams at your lotus feet.
Diwali ki shub kamanaaye aur naye varsh ka abhinandan. It is trully a blessing to have the opportunities to sit at Swamiji’s feet and receive the divine wisdom. how lucky can we be.
HAPPY DIWALI to all, around the world.
May the lamps of love and devotion burn brightly in our hearts,
May the light of understanding shine in our minds,
May the light of harmony glow in our homes,
May the bright rays of service shine forth ceaselessly from our hands,
May our smile, our words, and our actions be as sweet
as the sweets of this festive season,
May Maha Lakshmi bring us the true wealth of peace, health, happiness, and love
Let us All Burn Like Dias – Giving Light and Life to Others
In the Service of our beloved Master
Jai Thakur
jyothi
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Dear Sir:
Thanks for the bright light you brought to our Blog.
Your blogs are gr8 help to educate and bring awareness.
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Pranams,
Seek your blessings on the occasion of Deepavali.
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Respected Swamiji
Shuvo Bijoyer pronam and Dewali greetings to you. It is very nice of you to keep in touch through your blog regularly. Although it is not possible to comment always but certainly it is very interesting and admiring to read all your good works home and abroad.
Kind regards
G S Pal
UK
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Revered Maharaj
Aum Namo Narayanaya!
Happy Diwali! All the best greetings to everyone at the Ashram. Pass my regards to revered Swami Saradanandaji Maharaj.
Rishal passes his regards to Revered Maharaj and best wishes for a Happy Diwali.
Regards
Navrishka
Goa, India
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To our two Swamijee’s
re: OUR DIWALI WISH
May this Diwali grant your good work with a life full of bliss and nectar.
Thank you for taking the trouble to nurture both Nini (my wife) and I into a spiritual ascent.
Our humble Pranams at the feet of the holy Trinity
Paddy(Praveen)
PMB -Branch -South Africa
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WOW! Very creative indeed.
Shaimel Singh
Johannesburg
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Respected Maharaaj,
I am a bit late, since I was on journey to return in Europe from India. So please accept my belated pronaam.
Pronaam to you and all,
Sucheta
Italy
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Pranam Maharaj
The greetings you have sent are so wonderful. Belated Deewali greetings to you. In Kolkata Kali puja went off very well. Doordarshan showed live telecast of Dakshineswar kali puja.
Vijayalakshmi
Kolkata, India
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Rev. Swamiji,
JAI RAMAKRISHNA.
The Diwali Greetings sent by you are really heart-touching.
Please accept my belated greetings.
Swamiji, if you permit me, I (we) should pray to THAKURJI to give peace to all the departed souls of
recent Assam tragedy.
With Pranams.
Divakar Rao
Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
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Pranam Maharaj,
Thanks for the Depavali Greetings. Very nice. The slide show is also good. Looking forward for latest slide shows. Once again my pranam.
Mani
Kolkata, India
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Pranam Revered Maharaj
Once again, thanks for posting such creative, luminous, and bright greetings! By glancing at these wonderfully lit up pictures, an extraordinary wave of peace somehow fills the mind! A big thanku to Bharatji and Adhiji for their wonderful innovations.
Saadar Pranams
Avitha
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