[Advaita-l] GunAtIta and jIvanmukta

[Srirudra]

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The Gunathraya Vibhaga yogam -Chap14-slokas 22to27 will be helpful to know which is Jivanmukhtha state.Sri Bhagavan says in answer to Sri Arjuna's question as to the conduct of a Gunaathitha the signs that show that such an one is a Gunaathitha.Gunaathitha state results from unadulterated Bhakthi to the Self or Bhagwan .
R.Krishnamoorthy.

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> On 12-Sep-2016, at 3:30 PM, H S Chandramouli via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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> Namaste Sri Venkatraghavan Ji.
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> I have changed the title of  the thread while responding to your post in
> the other thread.
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> Reg your observation  <<  I generally agree with Sri Chandramouliji's
> comments, but I differ slightly
> when he says that the state of the jIvanmukta is the highest goal to be
> sought after.>>,
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> Please correct me if I am wrong. But what I understand from your post is
> that you believe GuNAtIta state to be the preferred goal. If yes, we are
> together again, right on  spot !!! Maybe I have not explained the state of
> a jIvanmukta satisfactorily. But Swami Vidyaranya states in his work
> Jivanmuktiviveka  tha  the terms jivanmukta, guNAtIta, sthitaprajna,
> bhagavdbhakta,brAhmana,ativarnAshrami, are all synonymous terms.  Detailed
> lakshanas of each of these is presented separately in the text JMV.  Infact
> he concludes,  I quote
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> << तदेवम् विमुक्तश्च विमुच्यते इत्यादिश्रुतयो
> जीवन्मक्तस्थितप्रज्ञभगवद्भक्तगुणातीतब्राह्मणातिवर्णाश्रमिप्रतिपादकस्मृतिवाक्यानि
> चजीवन्मुक्तिसद्भावे प्रमाणानीति स्थितम्।  >>
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> << (tadevam vimuktashcha vimuchyate ityAdishrutayo
> jIvanmaktasthitapraj~nabhagavadbhaktaguNAtItabrAhmaNAtivarNAshramipratipAdakasmRRitivAkyAni
> chajIvanmuktisadbhAve pramANAnIti sthitam|) >>
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> (translation by Swami Harshananda and Dr Ramachandra Swamy) <<(In this way,
> through scriptural texts such as “the once liberated (from the dormant
> desires ) is liberated again” and (through the) smriti texts demonstrating
> the jivanmukta,sthitaprajna,bhagavdbhakta, gunAtIta, brAhmana, and
> ativarnAshrami—it is conclusively proved that jivanmukti is a reality) >>.
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> Regards
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