Who is called a Jivanmukta or liberated sage
~ Swami Sivananda
extract from his book "Jivanmukta Gita"
He is called a Jivanmukta or
liberated sage who has a balanced mind, an equal vision and who beholds
the one Satchidananda Atman in all names and forms.
He is called a Jivanmukta who has transcended the three bodies, the three Gunas, the five sheaths and the three Avasthas.
He is called a Jivanmukta who perceives equally the One Infinite Being seated in the Jiva and Siva and in all beings.
He is called a Jivanmukta who is desireless, angerless, egoless, mineless, selfless, homeless and mindless.
He
is called a Jivanmukta who is possessionless, who has transcended time,
space and causation and who abides peacefully in the Chidakasa of the
heart.
He is called a Jivanmukta who has transcended
the waking, dreaming and sleeping states and is established in the
Eternal Consciousness of Self-Identity.
He is called a
Jivanmukta who knows that the Self, the Guru, and the universe are all
the taintless Ether of Consciousness and that nothing actually comes or
goes. He is called a Jivanmukta who is simple, gentle, humble, bold,
courageous, patient, self-restrained, ever-peaceful, calm, serene,
forgiving, just, truthful and non-covetous.
He is
called a Jivanmukta who has a broad heart like the sky, deep as the
ocean, fragrant like the Jasmine, pure as the Himalayan snow and
brilliant like the million suns shining at a time in the firmament.
He
is called a Jivanmukta who is free from vanity, crookedness, chicanery,
cunningness, diplomacy, hypocrisy, harshness and double-dealing.
He is called a Jivanmukta who is benevolent, kind, compassionate, merciful and loving to all beings.
He
is called a Jivanmukta who is free from Raga-Dvesha, likes and dislikes
and who is endowed with dispassion, discrimination and cosmic love.
He is called a Jivanmukta who has no enemy, who has no body-consciousness and who ever dwells in the Eternal Brahman.
He is called a Jivanmukta who is free from distinctions, differences, and who is above caste, creed, colour and race.
He is called a Jivanmukta who clears all doubts of aspirants, who is an ocean of divine wisdom, who is noble and magnanimous.
He
is called a Jivanmukta who practises the highest Yoga, who has
internally renounced everything, but appears inert outside, and who has
abandoned everything internal and external.
He is
called a Jivanmukta who is not bound by any rule of the society, who is
ever moral and who does not break the harmony of the society.
He is called a Jivanmukta who sleeps anywhere he likes and who eats any food from anybody’s hands.
He
is called a Jivanmukta who realises that he is pure Absolute
Consciousness which connects all as a thread connects all pearls, and
that he is the attributeless Brahman.
He is called a Jivanmukta who is above sex idea and sex distinction and who has no thought of tomorrow.
He
is called a Jivanmukta who ever identifies with the all-pervading
universal Brahman, and who is above praise, censure, honour and
dishonour, respect and disrespect.
He is called a
Jivanmukta who, through the knowledge of the Self realises that the one
appears as many like moon reflected in various receptacles of water.
He
is called a Jivanmukta who has Trikalajnana, knowledge of the past,
present and future and who is free from exhilaration and depression.
He
is called a Jivanmukta who sees the one Brahman which is this whole
world, shining like the sun in all beings. He is called a Jivanmukta who
has realised that there is neither bondage nor liberation, and whose
mind ever takes delight in being merged in the practice of meditation.
He
is called a Jivanmukta who sees everything filled with one
Consciousness which is the Ruler of all and exists all-pervading like
ether.
He is called a Jivanmukta who respects all saints, all prophets, all religions, all faiths, all cults, and all creeds.
He
is called a Jivanmukta who partakes of the essence of the bliss of
Brahman and rejoices alone and for ever, being destitute of habits,
natures and pairs of opposites.
He is called a Jivanmukta who, seeing the one Brahman existing in all beings, does not perceive any difference.
He is called a Jivanmukta who, seeing that the Jiva which is identical with Siva exists eternally, is not inimical.
He
is called a Jivanmukta who regards the whole world as his body and
home, and who has cosmic vision, cosmic love and very broad outlook in
life.
