Definitions
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- noun Hinduism A person who, in the
Advaita philosophy of Hinduism, has attained nirvikalpa samadhi — the realization of theSelf , Parasiva — and is liberated fromrebirth while living in a human body. - noun A liberated being (not necessarily
paramukta ).
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Buddhist equivalent of a jivanmukta is a bodhisattva.
Rajiv Malhotra: Dharma's Good News: You Are Not A Sinner! Rajiv Malhotra 2011
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The Buddhist equivalent of a jivanmukta is a bodhisattva.
Rajiv Malhotra: Dharma's Good News: You Are Not A Sinner! Rajiv Malhotra 2011
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There is an opening here for a potential development of a Christian jivanmukta, and St. Paul says several things about himself that would indicate he had at least tasted this state, as had other Christian saints.
Rajiv Malhotra: Dharma's Good News: You Are Not A Sinner! Rajiv Malhotra 2011
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There is an opening here for a potential development of a Christian jivanmukta, and St. Paul says several things about himself that would indicate he had at least tasted this state, as had other Christian saints.
Rajiv Malhotra: Dharma's Good News: You Are Not A Sinner! Rajiv Malhotra 2011
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