"Liberation While Living" in Hindu Tantrism

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10.2991/iccessh-19.2019.437How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Hindu Tantrism; jivanmukti; liberation; spiritual knowledge

Abstract

The concept of “liberation while living” (jivanmukti) arose in Advaita Vedanta as a response to the paradigm of “disembodied” liberation (videhamukti). The condition of jivanmukti is highly appreciated in Hindu Tantrism. The concept of jivanmukti often includes the meanings of identification with the absolute, the supreme deity. There are different kinds of jivanmukti, for example, active and passive ones. The state of jivanmukti is the complete independence, highest ideal, spiritual perfection. Jivanmukta considers the entire objective world to be a reflection of the higher Self. The status of jivanmukta can have an ideological dimension when it is opposed to traditions that are considered ineffective in Tantra. The acquisition of jivanmukti is primarily due to spiritual knowledge. On the one hand, knowledge is a certain state of the carrier of knowledge himself; on the other hand, it is always knowledge of “something”. Although jivanmukti can be reached through almost all tantric practices, there is a certain gradation of the time spent on it. The man reaches liberation during life not in isolation from the world. Outwardly, jivanmukta cannot stand out among ordinary members of society; all his uniqueness is hidden inside his consciousness.

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