[Advaita-l] Desire, Jnana and Moksha

[Nithin Sridhar]

I agree with Venkatesh Murthy. Even Sureshwaracharya in his Naishkarmya
Siddhi clearly says a Jivanmukta is devoid of desires, anger etc

-Nithin


On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 8:49 PM, Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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?
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>
> -Venkatesh
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