jivanmukta

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n. Hinduism A person who, in the Advaita philosophy of Hinduism, has attained nirvikalpa samadhi — the realization of the Self, Parasiva — and is liberated from rebirth while living in a human body.
n. A liberated being (not necessarily paramukta).

From Sanskrit जीवन्मुक्ति (jīvan-mukti, "emancipation while still alive") (Wiktionary)

“The Buddhist equivalent of a jivanmukta is a bodhisattva.”

The Huffington Post: Rajiv Malhotra: Dharma's Good News: You Are Not A Sinner!
“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.”

The Huffington Post: Rajiv Malhotra: Dharma's Good News: You Are Not A Sinner!

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