Moksha and the Little Child

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If one were to ignore for a moment the nodes, then the

grahas can be grouped under two different camps. In

one camp you will find Surya, Chandra, Kuja and Guru,

while the other will include Budha, Sukra, and Sani.

 

It is easy to see why the members of the first camp

belong there--the king (Surya), the queen (Chandra),

the commander (Kuja) and the priest (Guru) seem to fit

in automatically.

 

The second group is puzzling--Budha is intellectual,

Sukra loves to have fun, and Sani is closely

associated with grief. What do they have in common?

 

To understand this, let us consider Matthew 18:3-- " ...

unless you be converted, and become as little

children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of

heaven. "

 

My Jyotish Guru Wendy ji, who once said that " everyone

interprets scripture from their own level of

awareness, " has this to say about the above verse:

 

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.... the statement ... refers to the conversion of the

heart (from worldly desires to the true spirit/self

within). Unfortunately many interpret 'conversion' to

mean conversion to Christianity ... this is not so at

all.

 

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Jyotish teaches us to look beyond the borders of

individual religions--so, let us consider a story from

Hinduism that relates to Moksha:

 

Once upon a time, there sat, under a huge tree, a

devotee of Vishnu who had renounced the world, and was

meditating every day in order to get Moksha. One day,

the wise sage Narada came and this devotee said,

" Great sage! I have a desire to get Moksha. You are

close to Vishnu, who bestows Moksha. When you meet Him

next, will you please ask Him when I will get Moksha? "

 

Narada agreed, and when he met Vishnu, he asked Him,

" When will that devotee get Moksha? "

 

Vishnu said, " Narada! That man is indeed a great

devotee of Mine. I will definitely grant him Moksha

one day. However, he has a lot of accumulated sins.

So, when you meet him next, tell him that, after as

many births as there are leaves on the tree under

which he sits, he will get Moksha and attain My

kingdom. "

 

Narada was saddened, but he conveyed the message to

the devotee. He expected the devotee to get depressed

when he heard the Lord's message. However, to Narada's

surprise, the devotee, the moment he heard that he

would get Moksha, was thrilled and started jumping up

and down like a little child in glee, shouting " I will

get Moksha! I will get Moksha! "

 

And then, wonder of wonders, Vishnu manifested Himself

in front of the devotee and granted him Moksha

instantly.

 

Narada was amazed and told Him, " My Lord! You said

that Moksha was a long time away, but you have granted

it so quickly! Why? "

 

The Lord smiled and said, " Until now, this devotee had

been intellectually contemplating My infinite

greatness. Had he continued along this line, he would

have taken a long time to reach Me. However, the love

he has shown Me now is similar to the affection that a

grandchild has for its grandfather--and, since as the

father of creator Brahma, I am the grandfather of all,

I was overwhelmed by his affection, and so I granted

him Moksha instantly. "

 

When one considers the words of Matthew and the story

above, it is clear that God holds our child-like

devotion for Him in great regard.

 

Jyotish tells us that Budha represents Vishnu.

Therefore, it would not be stretching it too far to

say that Budha, to some extent, will signify what

Vishnu has mentioned in the story above.

 

When seen from this perspective, the friendship

between Budha, Sukra and Sani becomes clearer. Using

Budha's discrimination, the person desirous of getting

Moksha should ignore both pleasure (Sukra) and pain

(Sani), because pleasure and pain belong to this

world, and become immaterial after one gets Moksha.

 

According to BPHS 3:26, Budha is fond of jokes. If one

perceives Him as a serious person, one will never be

able to get closer to Him, and Moksha therefore gets

delayed. If, however, one were to resort to Budha's

capacity for fun, and view oneself as a little child

sitting in His lap, then the Lord will be most

pleased--and then, Moksha will follow automatically,

with very little effort!

 

One should show obedience and veneration to the Lord.

But one should always remember that He is best

accessed the way a little child will approach his

grandfather. And then, the Lord will give him the

lollipop that is Moksha!

 

~~~~~~~~~

Balaji Narasimhan

Author & Editor

http://www.balaji.ind.in/

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