[Advaita-l] Fwd: Can Jivan Mukta become bound again a if he offends Ishwara?

[Sudhakar Kabra]

Dear Keshavji.

One small question does appear in my mind - as i am writing this note:
If a vidEhamukta-Jnani (not yet a Jivanmukta) gets into some action due to praarabdha, and if the nature of that praarabdha is such that that action itself is considered to be somewhat sinful or adharmic in nature, does such action lead to any accrual of consequent karma? 


Humble reply:
1.Videhamukta means dropping of the body. Without body he cannot get into action.So a videhamukta cannot get into any action.

2.A person can be videhamukta only if his total prarabdha has been nullified.So the question of birth, death, prarabdha does not arise.

Regards
S.kabra



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 From: Keshava PRASAD Halemane <k_prasad_h at yahoo.co.in>
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Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Fwd: Can Jivan Mukta become bound again a if he offends	Ishwara?
 

Dear Sri Subbu ji:

We the group-discussants seem to be back into an earlier topic, if i am right. 
It seems like the same old wine in a new bottle!  
The topic of how a Jnani(Jivanmukta?) seems to act in this dualistic vyaavahaarika world, right? 

However, the use of the term Jivanmukta makes the topic even more complex/tricky (refer to the response of Sri Sadananda ji in addition to your own inputs).
It is almost like an oxymoron in the sense that the question becomes irrelevant once we understand the true nature of Jivanmukta, right? 
Hence it looks that we may prefer to use Sri Vidyaranya's redefined terminology "vidEhamukti" (stage attained prior to "Jivanmukti") - as discussed earlier - and clearly make the distinction between a vidEhamukta-Jnani and a Jivanmukta-Jnani, right?
Is that not what we had gone through in some detail earlier? 

One small question does appear in my mind - as i am writing this note:
If a vidEhamukta-Jnani (not yet a Jivanmukta) gets into some action due to praarabdha, and if the nature of that praarabdha is such that that action itself is considered to be somewhat sinful or adharmic in nature, does such action lead to any accrual of consequent karma? 

[i am reminded of Swami Chinmayananda-ji saying that the situation wherein an accused who dies before criminal verdict cannot be subjected to any punishment whatsoever; but we need to acknowledge the fact that analogies have their limitations] 

praNaams
Keshava Prasad Halemane