[Advaita-l] How does one know he is a jivan mukta?

[D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ]

I think we have to substitute "Brahmarshi" in place of "Brahmajnani".

regards,
Sarma.

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Sunil Bhattacharjya <
sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Yes, one should not atempt to certify another person as it is not an easy
> thing to do. When Vishvamitra wanted a certification from Vasistha that he
> (Vishbamitra) attained Brahmajnana, Vasistha was unwilling to give that.
> Viswamitra was fed up and in fact he decided to assassinate Vasistha for not
> declaring him (Vishwamitra) as a Brhmajnani. and for that purpose he went to
> Vasistha's place. When he reached Vasistha's place he heard Arundhati
> pleading before Vasistha sayiung that if he did not recognise Vishvamitra
> the latter would kill him.Vasistha said that he loved Vishvamitra ( mind
> that inspite of Visvamitra killing his one hundred sons).and he is prepared
> to die for that. That is also the reason why he does nort want to tell
> Vishvamitra that he is a brahmajnani. He wants Vishvamitra to have the
> enjoyment of  knowing it himself. Rest is history.
>
> Te detailed story may vary but to my knowledge the above carries the idea.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sunil KB
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Vidyasankar Sundaresan <svidyasankar at hotmail.com>
> To: Advaita List <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 7:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] How does one know he is a jivan mukta?
> ___________________________________
> Archives: http://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/
> http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.culture.religion.advaita
>
> To unsubscribe or change your options:
> http://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/advaita-l
>
> For assistance, contact:
> listmaster at advaita-vedanta.org
> _______________________________________________
> Archives: http://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/
> http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.culture.religion.advaita
>
> To unsubscribe or change your options:
> http://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/advaita-l
>
> For assistance, contact:
> listmaster at advaita-vedanta.org
>