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Mokshmala - Lesson-73. Happiness for liberation
LESSON-73. HAPPINESS FOR LIBERATION
(MOKSHA SUKH) Some matters and mental desires are on this earth's galaxy which though known to some extent, cannot be explained well, still those matters are not perfectly everlasting or possessed of infinite points of view. When such matters cannot be said in words or are indescribable then how can we get any analogy for unending happiness of liberation ? Gautam Swami asked Bhagawan Mahavir to tell him about unending happiness of liberation and Bhagwan Mahavir replied, 'Gautam ! That unending happiness ! I know it but there are no adequate words to describe it. There is no analogy available here by which I can describe it or say it out. There is no happiness or matter in this world which can stand in comparison or equivalence with the unending or infinite happiness of liberation.' So saying he gave an example of a Bhil or a simple rustic, as follows:
EXAMPLE OF GOOD BHIL In a jungle there lived a good Bhil with his family. He had absolutely no idea of the adjunct of prosperity of a city etc. One day some king arrived there for horse play on his way and he badly suffered from thirst so he asked this Bhil with a sign to give him some drinking water which this Bhil gave. The King was much satisfied drinking fine cold water, and with a view to reward him for giving this invaluable water, the King took him wih him. After returning to the city, the King kept him in a royal way, the like of which he had never seen in his whole life in the forest - beautiful palace to stay, many servants to satisfy his needs, very attractive cot to sleep and very sweet tasty food and very fragrant ointments for applying them to his body for extreme comfort. Thus the Bhil was extremely pleased and happy. The king sent many diamonds and emeralds of various colours and kinds and many other similar objects to the Bhil for seeing; he sent the Bhil to gardens and orchards fo a pleasure walk and stroll. Thus the King tried to keep the Bhil extremely happy. One night when the Bhil was lying in cot and all around were sleeping he remembered his family and children and so he suddenly got up and without taking anything from these, he started for home and on his return he met his family people who asked him as to where had he been all these days. Bhil replied, 'In all happiness, I saw many praise-worthy things where I had gone with the king.
Family People : But what were they like? Please describe them.
Bhil : What can I say? How can I describe what I saw and enjoyed ? There is nothing here known to us by which I can give you an idea of what I saw and enjoyed.
Family People : How can this be ? Here are conches, shells, fine stones etc. Was there anything worth seeing like them ?
Bhil : No, No, Brothers ! There is nothing here which can be compared with the things I saw and enjoyed in the city. Nothing here is so beautiful and valuable as can be compared even with the hundredth part of the thing I saw there.
Family People : Then keep quiet; do not say anything. It appears you suffer from a hallucination. How can there be anything better than what we find here with us?
O Gautam ! As this Bhil had experienced royal happiness and prosperity and he knew it, still he could not explain to his family people by giving any comparison, similarly I cannot describe to you even the samllest part of incomparable happiness of liberation which is of the nature of truth, consciousness and joy of the pure Self without any possibility of transformation. I cannot find any analogy for this happiness.
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