MOKSHA GITA – 8 by: Swami Sivanandji

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MOKSHA GITA – 8 by: Swami Sivanandji A jivanmukta (liberated sage) who has reached the imperishable turiya (transcendental) state can never be affected by the pairs of opposites. He always rests in his own satchidananda svarupa (essential entity as satchidananda). He roams about happily. A jivanmukta realises that he is beyond the three bodies and the five kosas; he is the witness of the three states; he is pure consciousness. For a liberated sage who has realised that all beings are the self, there is neither delusion nor grief, as there is no second for him. The sage who has destroyed all his desires and egoism, who is always calm and serene, equanimous, who does not see any distinction of

form and who has freed himself from delusion or ignorance, shines brilliantly. The jivanmukta rests with an unshaken mind in the all-blissful Brahman. He is free from all the modifications of the mind. His heart is pure like the Himalayan snow or the crystal. He is free from the distinctions - I, he, thou. The liberated sage, the prince among ascetics who has conquered the enemy, ignorance, who has known the secret of true bliss, uses the palms of his hands as his bowl, and sleeps blissfully under

the foot of a tree. The sage does not care for public criticism. He keeps a cool mind even when he is assaulted. He blesses those who persecute him. He beholds only his own self everywhere. He whose mind does neither sink nor float amidst pains and pleasures is indeed a liberated sage. He has rendered his mind completely quiescent by identifying himself with

Brahman. The jivanmukta has a consciousness of body in the form of a samskara (psychological impression). The videhamukta has no consciousness of the body.

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