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What is the significance of the story of Mukhunda on the banyan leaf during the universe's dissolution?

In the dissolution of the universe, only the innocence of the child remains, for it is in that relaxed, trusting awareness that the cosmos finds its eternal renewal.

— Osho
According to Osho, the Purāṇic image of Mukunda—the divine child—resting on a banyan leaf at dissolution reveals that existence is an ongoing, moment‑to‑moment creation and destruction, and only innocence endures. When all cleverness, dogma, and egoic tension collapse, the relaxed, trusting, childlike awareness remains as the living seed from which the cosmos perpetually renews itself.

When everything ends, only a soft, open, childlike heart stays afloat and begins life again—so be simple, relaxed, and trust the flow.

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