JIVANMUKTA

Um Jivanmukta é um sábio libertado. Ele é libertado mesmo enquanto vive, Ele vive no mundo, mas ele não é do mundo. Ele sempre se revela na felicidade eterna do Eu Supremo. Ele é o próprio Senhor, um deus na terra.

A sabedoria Jivanmukta ou cheia é cheia de puro amor, compaixão, misericórdia, requintada gentileza e poder e força escondidos. O amor e o brilho brilham através de seus brilhantes olhos.

O Jivanmukta não tem um pouco de interesse egoísta nele e está absolutamente livre de preocupações, dificuldades, problemas, tribulações e tristezas em todas as circunstâncias. Mesmo quando as dores e as aflições se apegam ao seu corpo, se exibem no rosto, sua mente nunca se encoluma (?) debaixo deles ou sua antítese. Ele não é escravo de seu humor; Ele é sempre alegre e pacífico.

Suas maiores excelências foram perfeitamente desenvolvidas; Todos os atributos divinos são completamente despertados nele. Cada uma de suas fraquezas e limitações é queimada em toto (?) . Ele brilha em sua própria glória prístina, em sua própria natureza essencial da consciência divina. Ele irradia paz e alegria em todos os lugares.

A verdadeira grandeza de um yogi realizado é indescritível. Seus olhos são inspiradores e impressionantes. Sua natureza é magnânima, seu toque purificando; Sua aparência é misericordiosa, gestos iluminando. Ele é onisciente; Ele tem conhecimento transcendental intuitivo e uma visão clara do próprio coração de todas as coisas e seres. Você experimentará uma profunda sensação de paz e harmonia, grande elevação e inspiração, em sua presença.

O Jivanmukta ou sábio libertado está absolutamente livre de egoísmo, medo, dúvida e tristeza. Estes são os quatro sinais importantes que indicam que alcançou a perfeição. O sábio libertado está perfeitamente contente, tem paz de espírito imperturbável, experimenta alegria e bem-aventurança profundas, possui conhecimento espiritual super-sensual e tem a capacidade de eliminar qualquer tipo de dúvida que um aspirante possa ter. As dúvidas desaparecem quando se mantém em sua companhia.

O Jivanmukta nem se importa com as necessidades do corpo. Ele não tem medo da morte e não tem vontade de viver. A Mãe Natureza é sua enfermeira obediente e doce, atendendo cuidadosamente a ele. Bodily (?) quer vir por si só. A natureza organiza tudo para ele de antemão, sendo essa a sua responsabilidade. Mente equilibrada, visão igual, indiferença aos pares de opostos, como prazer e dor, censura e louvor, calor e frio, sucesso e fracasso – estas são as marcas de um Jivanmukta.

♡ Sivananda Daily Readings

A jivanmukta is a liberated sage. He is released even while living, He lives in the world, but he is not of the world. He always revels in the eternal bliss of the Supreme Self. He is the Lord himself, a God on earth.

The jivanmukta or full-blown sage is full of pure love, compassion, mercy, exquisite gentleness and hidden power and strength. Love and lustre shine through his brilliant eyes.

The jivanmukta has not a bit of selfish interest in him and is absolutely free from worries, difficulties, troubles, tribulations and sorrows under all circumstances. Even when pains and afflictions attach themselves to his body, exhibit themselves on his face, his mind never writhes under them or their antithesis. He is not a slave of his moods; he is ever cheerful and peaceful. His higher excellences have been perfectly unfolded; all divine attributes are fully awakened in him. Every one of his weaknesses and limitations is burnt in toto. He shines in his own pristine glory, in his own essential nature of divine consciousness. He radiates peace and joy everywhere. The true greatness of a realised yogi is indescribable.

His eyes are inspiring and impressive. His nature is magnanimous, his touch purifying; his looks are merciful, gestures illuminating. He is omniscient; he has intuitive transcendental knowledge and clear insight into the very heart of all things and beings. You will experience a deep sense of peace and harmony, great elevation and inspiration, in his presence.
The jivanmukta or liberated sage is absolutely free from egoism, fear, doubt and grief.

These are the four important signs that indicate that one has attained perfection. The liberated sage is perfectly content, has unruffled peace of mind, experiences deep abiding joy and bliss, possesses super-sensual spiritual knowledge and has the ability to clear any kind of doubt an aspirant may have. Doubts vanish when one remains in his company.

The jivanmukta does not even care for the wants of the body. He is not afraid of death and has no longing to live. Mother Nature is his obedient and sweet nurse, attending upon him carefully. Bodily wants come by themselves. Nature arranges everything for him beforehand, this being her responsibility. Balanced mind, equal vision, indifference to the pairs of opposites like pleasure and pain, censure and praise, heat and cold, success and failure – these are the marks of a jivanmukta.

PROSTRATION

Vandana is prayer and prostration. Humble prostration – touching the earth with eight limbs of the body, with faith and reverence, before a form of God, or prostration to all beings, knowing them to be the forms of the one God, getting absorbed in divine love of the Lord – is termed prostration to God.

The Bhagavatam says: “The sky, air, fire, water, earth, stars, planets, cardinal points, trees, rivers, seas and all living beings constitute the body of God. The devotee should bow before everything in absolute devotion, thinking that he is bowing before God Himself”.

Sri Krishna says to Uddhava: “Giving no attention to people who laugh in ridicule, forgetting the body, and insensible to shame, one should fall prostrate on the ground, bowing to all beings even down to the dog, the cow and the ass.” Doing prostrations to others makes a man humble.

If a man entertains Narayana Bhava (feeling the presence of God in all) when he does prostrations, this will help him to realise that whatever he sees is God, that there is nothing but God, that the manifestation is the virat (cosmic) aspect of Brahman. This will help to develop devotion. Always feel that you are prostrating to the Lord himself – all living creatures, all objects, are forms of God only.

May you all attain God consciousness through the practice of prema (love) yoga. May your heart be filled with prema for the Lord. May the blessings of the Lord be upon you all. May you shine as bhagavatas, singing the Lord’s name, disseminating divine prema and radiating joy, peace and bliss everywhere.

 

SIVA’S FINAL TEACHING

Purify your heart through selfless service,

Be devoted to the Lord and obtain his grace,

Through japa (repetition of God’s name), kirtan (chanting), prayer and self-surrender.

Practise asanas (postures), pranayama (yoga breathing), etc.

Abandon egoism, desire, anger and greed.

Control all the senses.

Cultivate discrimination and dispassion.

Practise the four means.

Hear the shrutis (scriptures).

Reflect and meditate ceaselessly.

You will attain Self-realisation.

♡ Sivananda Daily Readings.