Who is a jivanmmukta?
One who understands that one is a mukta while alive is jivanmukta.
What is his understanding?
His understanding is that he is mukta svarupa
Was he bound in the first place and then became freed, and hence mukta?
No, he was always a mukta svarupa, but due to ignorance he thought he was bound
What kind of bondage was it?
It was a bondage born of ignorance, where the mukta svarupa self was thought to be bound and tied to repeated cycle of birth and death and hence thinking himself to be a "one among" many entities , called as a jiva
What knowledge frees this jiva from jivatvam?
Knowledge of self being brahman frees him , as he understands he is not a separate self, rather he is the non dual self
What is this knowledge?
This knowledge is a mahavakya that equates jiva and ishvara
What is jiva in the mahavakya?
Jiva is the self with ignorance, and 3 bodies (sthula sukshma karana shariras), the one who considers himself as a bound, and as a karta and bhokta
What is ishvara in the mahavakya?
Ishvara is the ruler of the cosmos, who is worshipped by jiva, and who doles our the results of karma for the karmas performed by jiva
What is the equation?
The equation is not in terms of the literal meaning, but rather the implied meaning.
What is the implied meaning?
The implied meaning is that jiva is in reality the sakshi chaitanyam, of the nature of consciousness, who is witness of 3 states of waking dreaming and sleeping, and knower of the bodies (sthula sukshma karana sharira).
The implied meaning is that ishvara is the consciousness principle who with maya upadhi manifests this jagat and is himself entering the jagat as though the various jivas.
The oneness is possible, when jiva understands that he is in fact this ishvara consciousness, who himself is the self of all, who with maya upadhi manifest this universe.
What are the various components of mahavakya?
Various components are
1. Jiva consciousness
2. Ishvara consciousness
3. Maya
4. Individual sharira with individual ego
5. Jagat including the shariras of all other beings
Which of these are satya?
1. and 2. that is jiva and ishvara consciousness are satyam
Which of these are anadi karanams?
1., 2. and 3. as well as karna shariras of 4. and 5. are anadi
Which of these are karyams?
Only jagat and the individual sharira (excluding karana sharira) are karyams
Which if these are vivarta karanam?
Jiva and ishvara consciousness are vivarta karnam
Which one is a parinami karanam?
Maya that includes the karana shariras, is a parinami karanam
How is mahavakya possible?
In mahavakya we say the jiva consciousness and ishvara consciousness are in fact satyam, unqualified consciousness, which happen to be as though associated as the vivarta karanam, which is in fact not a karanam, which is self existent and self evident, atman the self.
Is maya satyam?
No maya is mithya, it is a parinami anadi karanam that has its existence in satyam atma, has no existence of its own. It is not non existent either, it is said to be neither existent, nor non existent, nor both existent and non existent at the same time, it is existent without having its own existence rather having its existence in satyam atma , such as status is said to be mithya status.
Is atma satyam?
Yes atma is self existent, self evident satyam.
Is atma anantam?
Yes being the universal all pervasive self of all that is here, it is anantam.
