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The definition of jIvan mukta TB-66

ननु जीवन्मुक्तः कः ? यथा देहोऽहं पुरुषोऽहं ब्राह्मणोऽहं शूद्रोऽहमस्मीति दृढनिश्चयस्तथा नाहं ब्राह्मणः न शूद्रः न पुरुषः किन्तु असंगः सच्चिदानन्द स्वरूपः प्रकाशरूपः सर्वान्तर्यामी चिदाकाशरूपोऽस्मीति दृढनिश्चय
रूपोऽपरोक्षज्ञानवान् जीवन्मुक्तः |TB-66|



nanu jIvan mukta: ka:? yathA dEha: aham puruSha: aham brAmhaNa: aham shUdra: aham iti dRDha nishchaya: tathA na aham brAmhaNa: na shUdra: na puruSha: kintu asanga: sat chit Anada svarUpa: sarva antaryAmi chit AkAsha rUpa: asmi iti dRDha nishchaya rUpa: aparoKsha gnyAnavAn jIvan mukata: |TB-66|

nanu = All right then.. jIvan mukta: ka:? = who is a jIvan mukta?

yathA = just as dEha: aham = I am this body.. puruSha: aham = I am this male.. brAmhaNa: aham = I am a brAhmin.. shUdra: aham = I am a shUdra iti = and in this manner .. dRDha nishchaya: = I have 100% conviction..(of an agnyAni)

tathA = in the same manner.. na aham brAmhaNa: = I AM NOT a brahmin.. na shUdra: = I AM NOT a shUdra.. na puruSha: = I AM NOT a male.. kintu = BUT IN REALITY.. asanga: = I AM UNATTACHED.. sat chit Anada svarUpa: = I AM SAT CHIT ANANDA (explained earlier ) sarva antaryAmi = I AM THE INDWELLER OF THE ENTIRE CREATION.. chit AkAsha rUpa: = I AM THE VERY ESSENCE OF ALL AWARENESS.. asmi = THAT IS EXACTLY HOW I AM.. iti = IN THIS MANNER.. dRDha nishchaya rUpa: = A PERSO WHO HAS 100% SURE UNDERSTANDING.. aparoKsha gnyAnavAn = A PERRSON WHO NO LONGER NEEDS ANY MEANS OF KNOWLEDGE TO TELL HIM WHO HE IS.. jIvan mukata: = THAT PERSON IS THE GNYANI AND HE IS jIvan mukata, LIBERATED IN THIS BIRTH ITSELF AND SPENDS THE REST OF HIS LIFE AS A GNYANI, NEVER EVER THINKING ABOUT OR DOUBTIN HIS UNDERSTANDING.

This is the crus of the entire vEdAnta shravaNam.. Whateverr I thought I was, were all erroneous.. and they were due to avidyA, a superimposition on AtmA.

With avidyA removal, I understand that all these roles are mere roles.. I was an actor and thought that actor was the real person.. Now I act, but leave that role on the stage and "come home" as I AM


jIvan mukta is finally here.. :)

Now you can see more or less what has happened to the jeeva..

somewhere in the past, we were born as humans.. then free will takes full manifestation and makes us do htings.. why so? because, I am under the influence of avidyA.. then the feeling that "I am this body and this is mine.. both people and things"

I and I OWN..

I want to own more.. more of good stufff.. I want to get rid of.. morebad stuff..

I am almost guided by right and wrong in the beginning.. then slowly but surely.. I want to be more and more happy.. less and less and sad.. now this drives me to look for slightly less right ways of getting what I want.. or getting rid of what I do not want..

Now more more karma.. SK bag grows bigger and bigger mixed with puNyam and pApam..

As I am under the spell of avidyA, I do not even blink twice about getting what I want..

AvidyA makes me want.. this want makes me do.. this doing give me sukham and dukka phalam.. which can not be exhausted in any one given human birth.. so in order to enjoy this karma phalam.. an occasional deva janma.. to exhaust puNya phalams.. many many animal and lower forms to exhaust pApa phalams.. then as the puNyam and pApam are almost even, a mixed puNya pApa janma.. yes human birth with free will.. of course we abuse it as usual.. and perform more pApam and puNyam.. JUSTIFYING IT ALL ALONG.. We even say "this is how I am.. It was just my PK.."

all this is due to sukham we want.. the sukha ichchA.. thus we go after vishyAs... viShya ichChA.. then this becomes Atma ichChA.. then it becomes gnyAna ichChA.. and finally shravaNa ichChA.. then mananam and nididhyAsanam.. and eventually we take off as jeevanmukta..

It is like going to a movie.. a very long movie. that lasts through several kalpams.. and then finally THE END..!

Now this person understands that he was NEVER a doer and that doership was due to Atma avidyA.. now that it is gone, so does the enjoyership.. now PK karma alone is left for this gnyAni, the jIvanmukta, liberated while alive

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