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Definition: Individuals who have realized liberation (moksha) while still embodied, living in the world free from attachment and suffering.

Insights: A jivanmukta is one who has attained spiritual liberation during their lifetime, remaining in the body yet no longer bound by desires, attachments, or suffering. Such individuals act in the world with equanimity, compassion, and freedom, serving as living examples of the yogic ideal.

Related Sutras

3.3

tadevārthamātranirbhāsaṁ svarūpaśūnyamiva samādhiḥ

Importance: 10/10

Samādhi is when that same meditation shines forth as the object alone, as if devoid of its own form.

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4.34

puruṣārthaśūnyānāṁ guṇānāṁ pratiprasavaḥ kaivalyaṁ svarūpapratiṣṭhā vā citiśaktireti

Importance: 10/10

Kaivalya (liberation) is the reabsorption of the guṇas, devoid of any purpose for the Puruṣa, or it is the establishment of the power of consciousness in its own essential nature.

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