[Advaita-l] [advaitin] moksha svarupam query

V Subrahmanian v.subrahmanian at gmail.com
Wed Dec 4 00:12:18 EST 2024


On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 6:51 PM aham brahmaasmi <ahambrahmaasmi137 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Resected Vidwans, Vidushis, and fellow sadhaks,
>
> Namaste !
>
> Is advaitic view of moksha 1) sva-svarupe- avasthanam   and / or 2)
> atyantika sukha prapti, atyantika dukha nivrutti ?
>
> Are both the same, or some shade of difference between them?  In your
> answers, if you please quote any guru-shastra upadesha too, it will help my
> further reading.
>

This Chandogya 8.3.4 mantra is about the jiva attaining to its true
nature:

अथ य एष सम्प्रसादोऽस्माच्छरीरात्समुत्थाय परं ज्योतिरुपसम्पद्य स्वेन
रूपेणाभिनिष्पद्यत एष आत्मेति होवाचैतदमृतमभयमेतद्ब्रह्मेति तस्य ह वा एतस्य
ब्रह्मणो नाम सत्यमिति ॥ ४ ॥

स्वरूपावस्थानम् is also termed/meant to be moksha.  In Chandogya Bhashya.

स्वाभाविकीं ब्रह्मस्वरूपां व्रजेत् ब्रह्मस्वरूपेणावतिष्ठत इत्यर्थः ॥
 Mandukya bhashya

In the Taittiriya Bhashyam there is the statement of Ananda praapti in this
life itself by the Jnani:

नासत आनन्दहेतुत्वं दृष्टं लोके । बाह्यानन्दसाधनरहिता अपि अनीहा निरेषणा
ब्राह्मणा बाह्यरसलाभादिव सानन्दा दृश्यन्ते विद्वांसः ; नूनं ब्रह्मैव
रसस्तेषाम् । तस्मादस्ति तत्तेषामानन्दकारणं रसवद्ब्रह्म ।

However, in videha mukti it can simply be said that one remains as
Brahman.  The ananda anubhava is not possible in the absence of the mind
apparatus.  It is not wrong to also say that mukti is Aatyantika duhkha
nivrutti.  Here too, in videha mukti this feeling 'I am totally free of all
misery' is not possible, for the same reason:  no mind apparatus remains
there/then.

regards
subbu



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