Mukti according to Advaita Vedanta

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H.N.Sreenivasa Murthy

Pranams to you all.

What is Mukthi or Moksha? Let us Know From Sri Shankara.

Acharya Shankara says:

(A) : nityattvAt mOkShasya, sAdhakasvarUpAvyatirEkAcca ||

Moksha is nitya (eternal),

it is not different from seeker's TRUE NATURE.

[ BrihadAranyaka Upanishad; 3-3-1]

(B) : brahmaiva hi muktyavasthA ||

Mukthi is Brahman itself.

[ Brahmasutra: 3-4-52}

© : pratyagAtmAvikriyasvarUpaniShThAtvAcca mOkshasya ||

To abide in and as the changeless , Innermost

AtmaswarUpa is Moksha.

[bhagavadgIta: Ch.18 - 55]

(D) : kUtasthanityatvAnmOkShasya ||

Moksha is changeless and eternal.

[ Brahmasutra: 2-1-14]

(E) : idaM tu pAramArthikaM , kUtasthanityaM , vyOmavat

sarvavyApI, sarvavikriyArahitaM, nityatRptaM, niravayaM,

svayaMjyotisvaBAvaM |

tadEtat aSarIratvaM mOkShAKyaM ||

This one is unchangingly eternal in an absolute

sense; It is all-pervasive like space, devoid of all

modifications, ever content, partless,

and self-effulgent by nature,

THIS IS THAT UNEMBODIEDNESS

called

MOKSHA.

[ Brahmasutra: 1-1-4]

Let us see what Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi says:

(A) A man's true nature is mukti.

[TWR:551]

(B): Mukti is synonymous with the Self.

There is only mukti and nothing else.

[TWR: 266]

©: Devotee: What is Moksha?

Bhagavan: Moksha is to know that you were

never born.

[TWR: 131]

(D): Bhagavan: Mukti, i.e. liberation, is not to be gained

heresfter. It is there FOR EVER,

HERE AND NOW.

Devotee: I agree, but I do not experience it.

Bhagavan: The experience is here and now.

One cannot deny one's own Self.

[TWR: 359 ]

Note: TWR- Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi.

THIS IS MOKSHA according to JNANIS.

May that Indwelling Divinity bless us with this realisation.

With warm and respectful regards

Sreenivasa Murthy.

 

 

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