Tattvabodha • Chapter 1 • Shloka 35
एवं च वेदान्तवाक्यैः सद्गुरूपदेशेन च सर्वेष्वपि
भूतेषु येषां
ब्रह्मबुद्धिरुत्पन्ना ते जीवन्मुक्ताः इत्यर्थः ।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 ॥ब्रह्मैवाहमस्मीत्यपरोक्षज्ञानेन निखिलकर्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्तः
स्यात् ।
Thus, by the words of Vedanta and the teachings of the Satguru, those in whom the vision of the truth is born in all beings, are liberated while living (Jīvanmuktah).
Then who is a Jīvanmuktah?
Just as one has firm belief ‘I am the body’; ‘I am a man’; ‘I am a Brahmin’; ‘I am Shudra’, in the same way one who by his immediate knowledge (aparoksha jnana) has firmly ascertained, ‘I am not a Brahmin’; ‘I am not a Shudra’; I am not a man’ but ‘I am unattached’ and of the nature of existence-consciousness-bliss, effulgent, the in-dweller of all and the formless awareness is a Jīvanmuktah.
By immediate knowledge that I am Brahman alone, one becomes free from bondage of all karmas.
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