Is my Guru a Liberated Soul?

In this historical period of Kali-yuga there are many false gurus and other bogus spiritual teachers. All spiritual teachers claim to be able to deliver their followers or students from material existence, but can they really? Can they give something that they do not possess themselves? A person with Mokṣa-kāraka in their chart has a very good chance of attaining complete liberation in this lifetime. So especially a spiritual teacher should have one of the four Mokṣa-kārakas in their chart. Here are the astrological specifics:

If there is a benefic in Vyaya, while its Lord is exalted, or is yuti with, or receives a Dṛṣṭi from a benefic, one will attain final emancipation. [BPHS 23.10]
In Mīna Navāṁśa the Ātmā Kāraka will grant final emancipation. [BPHS 33.2-8]
One will attain full enlightenment if Ketu is in the 12th [from Karakāṁśā] identical with Meṣa or Dhanuḥ and receives a Dṛṣṭi from a benefic. If Ketu is in the 12th from Karakāṁśā, receiving a Dṛṣṭi from a malefic, or is there yuti with a malefic, one will not attain full enlightenment. [BPHS 33.63-74]
[If Budha is] in Sabhā [Avasthā] and happens to be in exaltation, [the subject] will be affluent and meritorious at all times, will be equal to Kuvera, or will be a king or a minister, will be devoted to Lord Viṣṇu and Lord Śiva, will be virtuous and will attain full enlightenment. [BPHS 45.76-86]

These are the technical descriptions, and you can look them up in our Jyotish course if you want to be able to find them yourself. There may even be others that are not included in BPHS. But what does Mokṣa-kāraka actually mean? It means that we have a very rare, very special opportunity to complete the spiritual path in this lifetime. How well we take advantage of that opportunity is up to us. The chart simply indicates the celestial influences; the soul has free will and can accept or reject those influences. Mokṣa-kāraka means that the door to the spiritual world is unlocked; it is still up to us to open it and walk through.

Especially in big religious organizations, it often happens that a person becomes a guru or spiritual teacher because of their political and administrative skill, rather than their actual spiritual qualifications. So we encourage you to find out your guru's birth information and test him on this site. And if you would like to have a guru or spiritual Master Teacher who does have Mokṣa-kāraka in his chart, then visit our main site EsotericTeaching.org.

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