Spiritual significance

Diwali is celebrated by Hindus, Jains, and Sikhs to mark historical events, stories or myths, but they all spiritually mark the victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, good over evil, hope over despair.In the Yoga, Vedanta, and Samkhya schools of Hindu philosophy, a central belief is that there is something beyond the physical body and mind which is pure, infinite, and eternal, called the Atman. The celebration of Diwali as the victory of good over evil,refers to the light of higher knowledge dispelling all ignorance, the ignorance that masks one s true nature, not as the body, but as the unchanging, infinite,immanent and transcendent reality. With this awakening comes compassion and the awareness of the oneness of all things, and knowledge overcomes ignorance.Diwali is the celebration of this Inner Light over spiritual darkness,knowledge over ignorance, right over wrong, good over evil.