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Who is a Jivanmukta?
by Sri Swami Sivananda

A Jivanmukta is a liberated sage. He is released even while living. He lives in the world, but he is not of the world. He always revels in the eternal bliss of the Supreme Self. He has no identification with the body and senses. Hence he has no idea of enjoyment or enjoyer when he exhausts the residue of his Prarabdha. He has no idea of action or agent. He roams about happily without attachment and egoism, with a balanced mind and an equal vision. His state is indescribable. He is Brahman Himself.

The sage, who has realised that there is no other reality in the universe than Brahman, that he is Brahman Himself and that everything is Brahman, is freed from the round of births and deaths. He has attained freedom, perfection and immortality. He is a Jivanmukta (one who has attained liberation while living).

Not through matted locks, not through fiery lectures and erudition, not through the exhibition of miracles, does one attain perfection or knowledge of the Self. He in whom the two currents, Raga, Dvesha, egoism, lust and anger are destroyed in toto is ever happy and he is Brahman or liberated sage or Jivanmukta. A Jivanmukta or liberated sage is absolutely free from egoism, doubt, fear and grief. These are the four important signs that indicate that one has attained perfection.

For a Jivanmukta there is no distinction between a rogue and a saint, gold and stone, high and low, man and woman, man and animal, censure and praise, honour and dishonour. He beholds the one Self everywhere. He sees divinity in every one. As he is mindless, all differences and barriers have vanished for him.

For a Jivanmukta who beholds the all-pervading, immortal, indivisible, self-luminous Atman everywhere, there remains nothing to be attained or known. He has attained perfection, highest bliss and highest knowledge. The sage becomes aware that he is free. He realises that rebirth is exhausted. He realises also that he has fulfilled all his duties and that there is no further return to this world. He further realises that he has obtained everything, that all his desires are gratified, that he has nothing more to learn and that he has obtained the highest knowledge.

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The following article has been posted at Sri Swami Krishnanandaji's site:

1. Commentary on the Kathopanishad - Discourse 5: The Secret of Om and The Nature of the Atman

 

Yours in the service of Gurudev,

Pannirselvam

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BOOK SYNOPSIS

Commentary on the Bhagavadgita
by Swami Krishnananda

Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya

Glory to Lord Krishna, the World Teacher, who gave the immortal teachings of the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna in the middle of a battlefield.

The Bhagavad Gita is a universal gospel which has been translated into many modern languages. It is a "Song Celestial" in seven hundred verses. Numerous commentaries have been written on this book, which are studied all over the world. The teachings are practical. They can be applied in all circumstances in one’s life.

Bharatavarsha is held in high esteem the world over due to the Bhagavad Gita. Mahatma Gandhi once asked the librarian in one of the biggest libraries in London: "What spiritual book do you most often issue?" The librarian replied, "The Gita."

Mahatma Gandhi himself said, "I lost my mother when I was young, but the Gita has been a mother to me. In all moments of sorrow and dejection, whenever I opened the Gita and read one or two verses here or there, it consoled me."

Worshipful Sri Swami Krishnanandaji, who was a leading disciple of His Holiness Gurudev Swami Sivanandaji, served Gurudev’s institution as General Secretary for almost forty years. Originally he gave a series of talks on the Gita in the early seventies, some of which I had the privilege of attending. Then in 1989, at the request of many devotees from both the East and West, Pujya Swamiji gave the 51 discourses included in this book.

Swami Krishnanandaji Maharaj expounded this Great Book in a very easy way that even a layman can understand. In his discourses he gave numerous interesting incidents and brief stories which created great interest among the listeners. This wonderful book throws a flood of light on the subject and illumines our path. When the path is illumined you can walk steadily towards the goal. Therefore, study these discourses regularly and make your life sublime.

It is my sincere hope that this book has a wide circulation and that a large number of people will read these discourses of Pujya Swami Krishnanandaji and derive immense benefit.

May the choicest blessings of Lord Krishna ever be upon all.

Swami Vimalananda
President,
The Divine Life Society Hqs.

Sri Krishna Janmashtami
August 17, 2014

For more information, please see: Commentary on the Bhagavadgita

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DO IT NOW!: On July 11, 1950, a disciple introduced a devotee to the Master.

“This is Banibai, Swamiji. For the past twenty years she has been doing Harikatha Kalakshepam in South India. In fact, she wanted to conduct a Kalakshepam here also . . .”

The Master did not wait for the person to complete the sentence.

“Yes, yes. I will arrange for it tonight. She must conduct the Katha here. This is the holiest place, on the banks of the Ganges. It is a rare opportunity. We will all be elevated and inspired.”

The devotee hesitated. “But Swamiji, we have to leave this evening.”

“Then I will have it arranged now itself,” the Master said, and called out, “O Rajagopalji! ring the bell. Call Palji to play the tabla. Get the harmonium and the tanpura. Call everyone to attend. Purushottam, bring some sugar-candy and black pepper. Keep some water here. Vishwanath, spread the carpets. Call the neighbours also. Nityanandaji, get some prasad for distribution after the Katha.”

Within five minutes, Sri Banibai had commenced her Katha Kalakshepam!

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"What does the Bhagavadgita teach? It teaches three things: brahmavidyāyāṁ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṁvāde. It is repeatedly dinned into our ears what the Gita teaches. The commentaries on the Gita say that it teaches karma yoga, raja yoga, bhakti yoga, jnana yoga, a synthesis of yoga, the art of living, and whatnot. But the Gita itself tells us what it teaches by a colophon, which is in three words only: brahmavidyāyāṁ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṁvāde. Actually, these three words mean theory, practice, and realisation." - Swami Krishnananda

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