Every year, as winter peaks, Lohri is celebrated with warmth, fire, music, and togetherness. People gather around bonfires, offer food into the flames, sing traditional songs, and wish each other prosperity. For many, Lohri feels joyful and meaningful. But if we pause for a moment and ask a deeper question—why do we actually celebrate Lohri, and is any real benefit of it mentioned in the scriptures?—the answer is not as clear as the celebration itself.
Most of us celebrate Lohri because we were taught to do so. Our parents did it, our grandparents did it, and society accepts it as normal. Tradition gives us identity, but Saint Rampal Ji Maharaj teaches that tradition without understanding slowly turns into blind belief. Any religious or spiritual practice should be examined through knowledge, not emotion alone.
Does Lohri Have Scriptural Support?
When people are asked whether Lohri is mentioned in holy scriptures with promised spiritual benefits, most cannot point to any clear reference. There is no scriptural instruction that says offering food into fire during Lohri removes sins, grants salvation, or brings permanent happiness. Saint Rampal Ji Maharaj repeatedly emphasizes that true worship is always supported by scriptures and produces visible, lasting results.
Celebrating a festival without knowing its spiritual basis is like taking medicine without knowing what disease it cures. It may feel comforting, but it does not heal.
Temporary Joy vs. Lasting Peace
Lohri certainly creates temporary happiness. People feel connected, joyful, and hopeful. But temporary happiness is not the same as lasting peace. After the fire burns out and the songs end, life returns to its usual struggles—stress, illness, fear, financial pressure, and inner dissatisfaction.
Saint Rampal Ji Maharaj explains that if a spiritual practice were truly beneficial, it would gradually reduce human suffering. A practice that leaves life unchanged year after year cannot be called a complete spiritual solution.
Fire can provide warmth, but it cannot purify the soul. It cannot erase karmic debts or free a person from the cycle of birth and death.
Why the Soul Still Feels Unsatisfied
Many people celebrate festivals sincerely, yet feel a strange emptiness afterward. This is not because festivals are wrong, but because the soul is searching for truth, not rituals. According to Saint Rampal Ji Maharaj, the soul’s hunger is for correct knowledge of God and the right method of devotion.
When worship is not aligned with scriptural truth, it becomes a habit instead of a path. Habits can entertain the mind, but they cannot transform life.
What Do the Scriptures Actually Teach?
Saint Rampal Ji Maharaj explains that holy scriptures describe a specific way of worship given by the Supreme God, which leads to real benefits—inner peace, moral strength, freedom from addictions, fearlessness, and ultimately liberation. This worship is knowledge-based, disciplined, and result-oriented.
Scriptures do not encourage worship of natural elements like fire for salvation. Instead, they guide humanity toward devotion based on understanding, not symbolism alone.
Respecting Culture Without Losing Truth
Saint Rampal Ji Maharaj does not ask people to disrespect culture or festivals. He encourages something more powerful—awareness. Cultural celebrations can be enjoyed socially, but they should not be confused with spiritual achievement.
When festivals replace true worship, people unknowingly stop searching for the real purpose of human life. According to Saint Rampal Ji Maharaj, the greatest tragedy is not suffering—it is living without knowing why we are here.
A Question Worth Asking
This Lohri, instead of only adding wood to the fire, Saint Rampal Ji Maharaj invites us to add questions to our thinking:
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Does this practice bring me closer to God?
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Is this mentioned in the scriptures as a path to liberation?
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Has my life truly changed because of it?
Asking questions is not disrespect—it is the first step toward truth.
Conclusion
So, why do you celebrate Lohri? Is there any real benefit mentioned in the scriptures, or has it simply become a tradition repeated without understanding? Saint Rampal Ji Maharaj teaches that human life is extremely precious, and it should not be spent only in customs that give momentary joy but no permanent solution.
True benefit comes from correct spiritual knowledge, not from fire outside but from light within. When worship is right, life changes. When knowledge is true, peace follows.
The choice is ours—temporary celebration or eternal understanding.
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