Word Of The Day: ammaavas

ਅੰਮਾਵਸ (aṁmaavas)
Meaning: noun: night of the new moon.

Quote:
ਅੰਮਾਵਸ ਮਹਿ ਆਸ ਨਿਵਾਰਹੁ॥ ਅੰਤਰਜਾਮੀ ਰਾਮੁ ਸਮਾਰਹੁ॥
aṁmaavas mahi aas nivaarahu. aňtar-jaamee raam samaarahu.
Message on the night of the new moon: Give up worldly desires from your mind and remember instead the All-knowing Divine. – Bhagat Kabeer, Guru Granth Sahib, Page 343

Note the poetic appreciation: aṁmaavas, aas, and aňtar-jaamee – all begin with ‘a’.

Message: With reference to the night of the new moon, Bhagat Kabeer reminds us to give up the unnecessary web of worldly desires and cravings from our mind. Remember instead the Creator who is omnipresent and omniscient. He knows all our wishes and needs. If we remember Him, we tread on the right path. When we endeavor, we succeed. This is how our goals materialize.

Seek wisdom and realize your true self. Realise your potential and thus awaken your dormant power. When we do this, we shall attain the way to free ourselves from the web of darkness. We shall become stress free. We shall attain spiritual joy.

Faith is reacting positively to a negative situation.
– Robert H. Schuller, Televangelist, 1926-2015

Notes: The next 3 weeks we will cover the messages of the 15 days of the lunar fortnight. Each day is poetically captured within a divine message. These 15 days are not “locked” to any period but serve as small steps that guide us to living a life of purity, awareness and love.

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Etymology:From Sanskrit amaavasyaa (the night of the new moon) → Pali amaavasiyaṁ → Prakrit amaavassaa → Kashmiri maawas → Punjabi amaaus → Hindi amaawas.