JIVANMUKTI VIVEKA: Part 1: Post-6. Swami Guru Bhaktananda.

 

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Sunday 07, December 2025. 06:55.
JIVANMUKTI VIVEKA: 
Part 1: 
Pramana Prakarana: 
“The Evidence of Liberation” : 
IN 5 PARTS: 
THE ENQUIRY INTO LIBERATION 
REFLECTIONS: Swami Gurubhaktananda 

Based on the 55 Lectures delivered:  Swami Advayanandaji (referred to as “Swamiji” in the book),  
In-charge, Chinmaya International Foundation, Veliyanad, Kerala.  
from 10th June 2015 – 28th May 2016 '

The Central Purpose of Jivanmukti Viveka:
The purpose of the entire text can be summed up in the following three points: 
Post-6.

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PART 1A:   THE PADYA 
(13 slogas on the Overview)   
THE CLASSIFICATION of SANNYASA :

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Mantram - 3: The Cause of Renunciation is Dispassion  

1 

sannyāsa hetuh vairāgyaṁ = The cause of renunciation is Dispassion for the world; 

2 

yad ahah virajet tadā; = “The day one has aversion for the world, that very day  

3 

pravrajet iti vedokteh = he should renounce.” This is approved of in the Veda. 

4 

tad bhedah tu purāṇagah. =  The variety of this renunciation is found in the Puranas. 

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From mantras - 3-8, we first identify the cause of Renunciation and then go into the sub-categories of each type of Renunciate. Sri Vidyaranyaji draws a clear picture in our mind of all the possibilities of renunciation. His aim is to eventually converge on the highest level of Renunciation, namely that of the Paramahamsa. Thereafter, all the lower categories of renunciation are dropped, and only the highest forms are discussed in the rest of the book.

  

What Makes a Person Renounce? 

What prompts one to renounce? What is the cause of Renunciation? This is given top priority and is being answered in this mantram. 

1 Vairagya: 

“Dispassion”. It’s the answer to the above questions. Dispassion is the aversion one feels towards the worldly life and all its attractions. Another term for it is indifference; a mild term would be detachment. Dispassion has to be based on Viveka in order to be permanent. Temporary dispassion is discussed in mantram 6. 

2-3 

In the Jabala Up 4, words similar to these lines but with a rhyme incorporated into them are used. This can be taken as the Shruti Pramana for renunciation:  

Yadahareva virajet, tadahareva pravrajet – “The day one gets dispassion, that very day he should renounce.” 

The word ‘eva’ occurs twice, which can be taken to mean two things are necessary: 

i) 

That one must not delay renunciation; and ii) One should not take to renunciation prematurely, i.e. without Dispassion. 

When in your mind Vairagya has come towards all objects, then the desire for Sannyasa arises. If one renounces without dispassion, then one has a spiritual fall and encounters numerous difficulties in his life. 

4 

Now, is Vairagya of one type only? It cannot be; there are many shades of it. Each stage of dispassion sets up a different category of Sannyasa. This variety is detailed in the Puranas, using many examples for each type of Sannyasi. An example from the Puranas is 

given in the next two mantras, taken together: 

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Next
Mantras-4 & 5: The Four Types of Sannyasis  
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