Sri Ramana Maharshi
9-1-1946 Afternoon
Mr. P. Bannerji asked B, "What is the difference between jivanmukti and videha mukti?
B: There is no difference. For those who ask, it is said, "A jnani with body is a jivanmukta and he attains videhamukti when he drops off this body.' But this difference is only for the onlooker, not for the jnani. His state is the same before and after the body is dropped. We think of the jnani as a human form or as being in that form. But the jnani knows he is the Self, the one reality which is both inside and outside, and which is not bound by any form or shape. There is a verse in the Bhagavatam which says, "Just as a man who is drunk is not conscious whether hos upper cloth is on his body or has slipped away from it, the jnani is hardly conscious of his body, and it makes no difference to him whether the body remains or has dropped off."
B: There is no difference. For those who ask, it is said, "A jnani with body is a jivanmukta and he attains videhamukti when he drops off this body.' But this difference is only for the onlooker, not for the jnani. His state is the same before and after the body is dropped. We think of the jnani as a human form or as being in that form. But the jnani knows he is the Self, the one reality which is both inside and outside, and which is not bound by any form or shape. There is a verse in the Bhagavatam which says, "Just as a man who is drunk is not conscious whether hos upper cloth is on his body or has slipped away from it, the jnani is hardly conscious of his body, and it makes no difference to him whether the body remains or has dropped off."
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