The six enemies within

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Dear Friends,

 

According to Hinduism, our worst enemies are the ones within us, and

the true victory is to defeat these. The six that are listed are

Kama (lust or Desires), Krodha (anger), Lobha (greed), Moha

(ignorance or foolishness), Mada (pride), Matscharya (Jealousy or

Envy). Each of these not only causes sorrow, but they also lead to

the others. We see this in our daily life. If we desire something,

and do not get it, (Kama) we are either angry (Krodha), or envious

of those that do have it. If we do fulfil our desires, we then get

greedy for more, or take foolish pride in our possessions.

 

These six are also related to the 6 lower chakras, in that order,

and controlling each of them gets us one step closer to the

Sahasrara, the eternal abode of Sadaashiva.

 

One way to control these evils is to meditate upon the Grahas that

are responsible for causing these, as well as responsible for giving

us the strength to overcome these.

Kama - Shukra - Ganesha, Devi in her peaceful forms (Lakshmi, Uma

etc.)

Krodha - Mangala - Narasimha or Skanda

Lobha - Guru - one's Guru or the Jagatguru

Moha - Budha - Vishnu

Mada - Rahu - Devi in her ferocious forms (Durga, Shakti etc)

Matsarya - Shani - Shiva

 

The idea is that the Grahas represent the "antidote" to the poison

spewed by the evils, for example, Moha is ignorance and Budha stands

for intelligence that lets us transcend the ignorance.

 

The two that I don't understand are for Mada and Mascharya. Could

any learned member of the group clarify that these are indeed the

correct Grahas to pray for Mukti from these two evils?

 

Thank you,

Venkat