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Liberation While Living (Jīvanmukti)
Free here and now — the body lives on, but the bondage is already gone.
Jīvanmukti is 'liberation while living': the idea that one can be fully free here and now, before death, while the body continues. The liberated sage still walks, eats, and teaches, but is no longer caught in ignorance or craving — the momentum of past actions simply plays itself out. The notion is prized in Advaita and in Kashmir Shaivism; some theistic schools are more cautious about it.
How it traveled
- TantrasāraŚrīnagara (Srinagar), Kashmir · 1000explains
- VivekacūḍāmaṇiŚṛṅgeri (Sringeri) · 1400explains
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Vivekacūḍāmaṇi 433↗explains
Vivekacūḍāmaṇi · Śaṅkara (traditionally ascribed; authorship doubted)
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Vivekacūḍāmaṇi 437↗explains
Vivekacūḍāmaṇi · Śaṅkara (traditionally ascribed; authorship doubted)
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Vijñāna-bhairava 142↗explains
Vijñāna-bhairava · Anonymous (Bhairava Āgama / Tantra)
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Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad · Vedic Revelation (śruti)
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