Jitendra Kumar Gupta 2010-09-29(Wed 7-8)
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Diwali is one of the biggest festivals of Hindu, celebrated with great enthusiasm and happiness in India. Diwali are popularly known as the festival of light. On this auspicious day, people light up small clay lamps (Diyas or Deep) filled with oil and candles all around the house to signify the triumph of good over evils. People perform Laxmi Puja (worship) in the evening and seek divine blessings from Goddess of Wealth. After worship of Goddess, people light up different colorful varieties of fireworks. During Diwali celebrants wear new clothes and share sweets and snacks with near and dear ones. The festival of Diwali is never complete without exchange of gifts. People present Diwali gifts to all near and dear ones. This festival occurs between mid- October and mid- November.
In Hinduism, Diwali marks the return of Lord Rama to his Kingdom of Ayodhya after defeating (the demon king) Ravana, the ruler of Lanka in the epic Ramayana. To welcome his return, candles were lit in rows and since then that day is celebrated as Diwali. This is the biggest festival in India and is celebrated in the regions of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana. Madhya Pradesh. Diwali is also celebrated in various parts of the world, particularly those with large populations of Indian and Hindu origin. These include countries such as Australia, Fiji, Guyana, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United states. Moreover, Diwali signifies "the awareness of the inner light". In Hindu philosophy, it is mentioned that there is something beyond the physical body and mind which is pure, infinite, and eternal called the Soul.
Just as we celebrate the birth of our physical being, Diwali is the celebration of inner light, in particular the knowing of which outshines all darkness (remove all obstacles and dispels all ignorance ), awakening the individual to one's true nature, not as the body, but as the unchanging , infinite, immanent and transcendent reality. With the realization of the soul comes, universal compassion, love and the awareness of the oneness of all things (higher knowledge) which brings inner joy and peace.
From Mijin Yi to Jitendra Kumar Gupta, Assignment #3
ReplyDelete1. What I like about this piece of writing is your detailed explanation for several meanings of the festival.
2. Your main point seems to be Diwali, one of the biggest Hindu festivals of India.
3. This particular phrase structs me as powerful: 'The festival of Diwali is never complete without exchange of gifts.' because this shows me how meaningful it is to exchange gifts in the festival.
4. None
5. One change you could make that would make the biggest improvement in this piece of writing is your writing order. If you think more carefully how your writing could be arranged, it would help readers follow more easily what you want to talk on. For example, It could be better to put historical background of the festival in the beginning of your second pharagraph.
And another one is to avoid using same phrases already mentioned before such as 'This is the biggest festival in India'.
From Lee Su Jin to Jitendra Kumar Gupta Assignment3
ReplyDelete1. What I like about this piece of writing is that you explained the meaning of festival very well.
2. Your main point seems to be
describe Diwali.
3.'In Hindu philosophy, it is mentioned that there is something beyond the physical body and mind which is pure, infinite, and eternal called the Soul.' I like this line because it is very interesting to me.
4. None
5. I think that when you write 'Diwali is the biggest festival' in the conclusion paragraph, it will be like conclusion more.
Jitendra Kumar Gupta 2010-09-29(Wed 7-8)
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Diwali
Diwali is one of the biggest festivals of Hindu, celebrated with great enthusiasm and happiness in India. Diwali are popularly known as the festival of light. On this auspicious day, people light up small clay lamps (Diyas or Deep) filled with oil and candles all around the house to signify the triumph of good over evils. People perform Laxmi Puja (worship) in the evening and seek divine blessings from Goddess of Wealth. After worship of Goddess, people light up different colorful varieties of fireworks. During Diwali celebrants wear new clothes and share sweets and snacks with near and dear ones. The festival of Diwali is never complete without exchange of gifts. People present Diwali gifts to all near and dear ones. This festival occurs between mid- October and mid- November.
Lord Rama was a great warrior who was exiled by his father Dashratha, the king of Ayodhya, along with his wife Sita and his younger brother Laxshman. On his wife’s insistence, Lord Rama returned to his kingdom Ayodhya after 14 years of exile, in which he put an end to the demon Ravana of Lanka( now, Lanka is called Sri Lanka), who was a great pundit, a highly learned but still evil dominated mind. After this victory of Good over Evil, Rama returned to Ayodhya. In Ayodhya, the people welcomed them by lighting rows of clay lamps. So, it is an occasion in honor of Rama’s victory over Ravana; of Truth’s victory over Evil. Since then that day is celebrated as Diwali. This festival is celebrated in the regions of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, and Madhya Pradesh. Diwali is also celebrated in various parts of the world, particularly those with large populations of Indian and Hindu origin. These include countries such as Australia, Fiji, Guyana, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United states.
Moreover, Diwali signifies “the awareness of the inner light”. In Hindu philosophy, it is mentioned that there is something beyond the physical body and mind which is pure, infinite, and eternal called the Soul. Just as we celebrate the birth of our physical being, Diwali is the celebration of inner light, in particular the knowing of which outshines all darkness (remove all obstacles and dispels all ignorance ), awakening the individual to one’s true nature, not as the body, but as the unchanging , infinite, immanent and transcendent reality. With the realization of the soul comes, universal compassion, love and the awareness of the oneness of all things (higher knowledge) which brings inner joy and peace. Diwali, being the festival of lights, light the lamp of knowledge within us to reflect and understand those thoughts in to the day to day lives.