moksha is only via jivanmukti

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namaste.

 

[i posted the following message to another group recently to

make the point of my understanding that jivanmukti only

is moksha. It may be of interest to the List members.

Any comments are most appreciated.]

 

Another way to put my understanding is: the only way moksha

can be attained is as jivanmukta.

 

1. Moksha is only through jnAnam, not by any other way. JnAnam can

only be through human life form, not by any other way. Thus, human

life-form is the only way for moksha. Except in the very rare

situation

that on removal of ignorance, body is also discarded, jivanmukta

would

be the state the embodiment finds itself in.

 

2. Moksha is when the karma does not attach to the embodiment anymore

after the sanchita karma is exhausted. Karma can be exhausted (and

also accumulated) only in human life-form and not in other life

forms.

This again leads to jivanmukti

 

3. Jeevas or life-forms that attain swarga loka get back to human or

other life forms before "the journey" is complete. The "release" is

only through jivanmukti. The only alternative to jivanmukti is the

dropping of the gross body at the same time as the veil of ignorance

is dropped, but that would be a rare coincidence.

 

4. The jeevas that attain Brahma loka do stay in that state and

abode until praLaya. During the praLaya interlude, the seed will

be retained and that will be the seed for life-form in the next

yuga.

This is stated, I think, in BrahmasutrAbhAshhya (I can dig out the

reference). The final end-point for the "journey" of the jeeva or

any life-form is through jivanmukti.

 

5. The end of the "journey" cannot take place without a gross body.

Karma cannot be exhausted by the subtle body by itself without the

subtle body being associated with a gross body. If that were

possible,

i.e. if, during the intervening period between the subtle body

leaving

one physical body and taking up another physical body, some karma

can be exhausted, that would be against the understanding of karma.

Karma exhaustion has to be properly accounted for. That means a

physical embodiment is required for exhaustion of karma.

 

All these lead to the conclusion that jivanmukti is essential for

moksha.

All the above may give the impression that human life-form is put on a

highly elevated state. That has to be looked in the context that (i) it

is the humans that are covered by ignorance and know (eventually) that

they are covered by ignorance, (ii) it is the humans that are seriously

afflicted with the disease of the ego, and any cure of that disease will

 

certainly present itself.

 

Regards

Gummuluru Murthy

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