[INDOLOGY] jIvanmukti

[patrick mccartney]

Thank you, to everyone who replied to my query about jivanmukti. It is, as
always, greatly appreciated.

All the best,

Patrick McCartney, PhD
JSPS Fellow - Kyoto University
Visiting Fellow - Australian National University

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On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Aleksandar Uskokov <uskokov at uchicago.edu>
wrote:

> Dear Patrick,
>
> Sankara (who does not use the term jivan-mukti except once in the
> Bhagavad-gita-bhasya, but "if it walks like a duck ...") under
> Brhad-aranyaka 1.4.7 justifies the need for nididhyasana the third Vedantic
> process, when the Self had been known (and, eo ipso, liberation attained)
> by the application of sravana and manana the first two processes, with the
> consideration that the karma that had started bearing fruits trumps
> knowledge of the Self. Thus even the knower of the Self needs restrain
> (niyama) to guard against the functions of the body, mind, and senses. It
> must follow, theoretically, that there is a danger, however slight, that
> the state of liberation could be lost, or perhaps that final liberation
> could be delayed through relapse in identification.
>
> It is probably worthwhile to remember that jivan-mukti did not mean the
> same thing to everyone (and not to forget its aspect of freedom from the
> requirement to perform one's duties). Thus Bhaskara, who argued vehemently
> against jivan-mukti as Advaitins understood it under Brahma-Sutra 3.4.26-7,
> claiming that liberation in life was not possible, nevertheless affirmed
> explicitly a form of jivan-mukti under BS 4.1.14, that is, freedom from the
> psychological torments such as passion and aversion (śarīra-pāte tu viduṣo
> muktir avaśyaṁ-bhāvinīti | dvidhā-muktir jīvad-avasthāyāṁ rāga-dveśa-mohaiḥ
> tad-aṅgaiś ca madādibhir vimuktiḥ | pātottara-kālam ātyantikīti). Since
> final liberation happens only after death, provided one maintained perfect
> meditation on Brahman and the performance of one's ritual till death, it
> must also follow that this kind of jivan-mukti could theoretically be lost
> as well, by slacking in meditation and ritual.
>
> All best
> Aleksandar
>
> On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 7:39 PM, patrick mccartney via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> Dear Friends,
>>
>> Is there any mention that, once the state of *jīvanmukti* is attained,
>> can it be undone or reversed? Or, is it a theoretically permanent
>> disposition?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Patrick McCartney, PhD
>> JSPS Fellow - Kyoto University
>> Visiting Fellow - Australian National University
>>
>> Skype - psdmccartney
>> Phone + Whatsapp:  +61 414 954 748 <+61%20414%20954%20748>
>> Twitter - @psdmccartney
>>
>> *bodhapūrvam calema* ;-)
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