[Advaita-l] Desire, Jnana and Moksha

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste

The Jivanmukti being described by some members in this Advaita group is
against Krishna's teachings in the Gita.

In the fifth chapter shlokas below Krishna  has very clearly given the
picture of Jivanmukta. He must have controlled anger and desire. He is
yukta and sukhee. He is Jivanmukta. He goes to Brahma Nirvana. He becomes
liberated. But members here are saying the Jivanmukta can have desires and
anger and greed and other bad qualities. We can conveniently say they are
all Prarabdha and he can enjoy Jivanmukti. This is not correct.

shak{}notiihaiva yaH soDhuM praak{}shariiravimokshaNaat.h .
kaamakrodhodbhavaM vegaM sa yuk{}taH sa sukhii naraH .. 5\.23..

yo.antaHsukho.antaraaraamastathaantarjyotireva yaH .
sa yogii brahmanirvaaNaM brahmabhuuto.adhigach{}chhati .. 5\.24..

labhante brahmanirvaaNamR^ishhayaH kshiiNakalmashhaaH .
chhinnadvaidhaa yataatmaanaH sarvabhuutahite rataaH .. 5\.25..

kaamakrodhaviyuk{}taanaa.n yatiinaa.n yatachetasaam.h .
abhito brahmanirvaaNaM vartate viditaatmanaam.h .. 5\.26..

sparshaankR^itvaa bahirbaahyaa.nshchakshushchaivaantare bhruvoH .
praaNaapaanau samau kR^itvaa naasaabhyantarachaariNau .. 5\.27..

yatendriyamanobuddhirmunirmokshaparaayaNaH .
vigatech{}chhaabhayakrodho yaH sadaa muk{}ta eva saH .. 5\.28..



On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 11:36 AM, H S Chandramouli
<hschandramouli at gmail.com>wrote:

> H S CHANDRAMOULI
>
> Dear Sri Rajaramji,
>
> The answer to your question based on Jivanmuktiviveka by Sri Vidyaranya is
> as follows
>
> For one to become a Jivanmukta, three conditions have to be satisfied
> namely attainment of jnana, manonasha and vasanakshya. But for liberation
> and absence of rebirth attainment of jnana alone is sufficient. It may be
> pertinent to point out that there are other views amongst advaitins on the
> question of when a person becomes a Jivanmukta. Many are of the view that
> on attainment of jnana itself a person becomes a jivanmukta. However there
> are no differences concerning rebirth. attainment of jnana alone is
> sufficient for escaping from rebirth.
>
> When Ajnana is destroyed , Jnana automatically without any further effort
> as it is Swayamprakashah. This also leads to destruction of all sanchita
> and agami karma phalas. But prarabdha karma phala can be exhausted only by
> experiencing it. Hence the body continues to function. Dependimg on the
> sadhanas carriedout prior to jnana it is posssible that the other two
> attributes namely mano nasha and vasanakshaya might not have taken place.
> For this further nishtha in brahman is needed. After these two are also
> achieved he becomes a jivanmukta in this body itself.. However even without
> these there is no rebirth for one who has attained jnana. Once the current
> body dies, there is no further bodies to be taken.
>
> Regards
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 12:32 PM, <rajaramvenk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hare Krishna! It is said that jnAna is the sole cause of liberation but a
> > jnani need not have gone through total mano nasa and vasana kshaya. It is
> > said some jnanis don't even sublate kama, krodha etc. If there are
> desires
> > are left in the mind, won't the sukshuma sarira go in to a new body to
> > enjoy that? How can there be moksha?
> > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
> > _______________________________________________
> > 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
>



-- 
Regards

-Venkatesh