Celebrating 79th Anniversary of the Marriage of HH Shri Mataji and Sir CP
“You are role models for our marriages”
You have saved and transformed us
Shri Mataji, on this sacred and joyous occasion, we, the Sahaja Yogis, bow with deep gratitude and humility at Your Lotus Feet. We thank You for taking birth on this Earth, for Your boundless compassion, and for the immeasurable grace through which You have saved and transformed us. Through Your divine work, You have awakened countless seekers, guiding us from darkness to light, from ignorance to true knowledge, and from separation to the living experience of the Spirit. Shri Mataji, when we reflect upon Your life and your marriage, we are filled the vastness of Your grace and how You worked ceaselessly for the ascent of humanity. Your life stands as a living and perfect embodiment of love, divine grace, and eternal wisdom.
On this most auspicious occasion of the 79th wedding anniversary of Shri Mataji and Sir C.P., our hearts are filled with reverence, and gratitude. This day holds deep spiritual significance for all Sahaja Yogis, as we celebrate not only a union in the worldly sense, but the highest and most sacred manifestation of the institution of marriage. In Your divine union, we witness the perfect balance and integration of the subtle principles the ideal harmony of love, respect, strength, and righteousness. It is through this divine example that we come to understand marriage as a sacred bond, protected and sustained by the Divine Power itself. We have sought to preserve and honour the pure principles of the Sahaja Yoga institution of marriage. In this spirit, Sahaja marriages have been joyously celebrated as part of the Sahaja Yoga Australia National Balmoral Easter Puja and Seminar when we reaffirm the sanctity of marriage as a pathway of growth, balance, and dedication to Your Divine work.
This holy occasion we are reminded of the night we were allowed to celebrate Your 59th wedding anniversary at Your sacred Burwood temple, and of Your Golden Wedding Anniversary celebrated in 1997.
59th Wedding Anniversary
Sydney 7th April 2006
50th Golden Wedding Anniversary
Taj Palace Hotel New Delhi 7th April 1997
“…Marriage is very important in Sahaja Yoga.”
“Today is the anniversary day of the wedding, and I have allowed them to celebrate it because marriage is very important in Sahaja Yoga. It is one of the most important things for Sahaja Yoga, that one should get married…
Now I have been married, I think thirty-sixth year is this [of] My marriage today. There’s so many years have passed but still I still feel like a bride with My husband because really we have been very wise people to live like that. And of course, there are ups and downs, but ultimately one feels very different about the whole thing. He has sent a beautiful letter today, thanking you all for your kindness shown to Me, and for all the kindness you have shown to him…
So, marriage is a very big blessing in Sahaja Yoga because all the Gods and all the angels are watching these marriages and They will see to it that these marriages are successful…”
HH Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi Shri Gruha Lakshmi Puja 7 April 1981, Sydney, Australia
“Marriages are important, because they help Sahaja Yoga.”
“Marriages are important, because they help Sahaja Yoga. Not because they go against Sahaja Yoga. So, more time must be spent with Sahaja Yoga activities, both of you should work it out. And not that we should have a nice holiday together, or sort of a thing like that, you’ll never enjoy. You cannot enjoy holiday without Sahaja yogis being there. Now these are your holidays, these are your festivals, these are your enjoying places.”
HH Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi – Wedding Anniversary Celebration 7 April 1982, Nightingale Lane Ashram,London, UK
“I don’t know what to say about our married life and kind of life I had to go through. I don’t think it was anything sacrificing or anything difficult for Me. I am a different type of person you know that. And to Me, everything was quite alright. But outside people might think that way but the main thing was Sahaja Yoga for Me which I have achieved by which you all have got your self-realization…
So, life can be very-very interesting if you learn how to enjoy and this enjoyment comes to you through your Spirit. As you are awakened now you are realized souls. You are enjoying the music. Some of you might have not understood Punjabi language may be that but everybody was enjoying. What you were enjoying was the Spirit which was enjoying the music …So, see that you enjoy each and everything whatever is there try to enjoy. Because now you have got such a lot of energy from the Divine…
…My greatest desire to see that the world should change…
I am thankful to you for celebrating this wedding anniversary and … we got married but all the time I was thinking that I will be able to establish Sahaja Yoga in this world. That’s what you people are here to begin to give Me that satisfaction. So, thank you very much.”
HH Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi – Wedding Anniversary Celebration – 7 April 2001, New Delhi, India
Marriage prayer to HH Shri Mataji
Shri Mataji, You are verily the love and respect that permeates our marriages and relationships.
Shri Mataji, You are verily the One who gives us patience and understanding for our marriages and relationships.
Shri Mataji, You are verily the One who bestows innocence and wisdom in our marriages and relationships.
Shri Mataji, You are verily the One who blesses our marriages and relationships.
Shri Mataji, You are verily the One who gives us the power of Forgiveness for our marriages and relationships.
