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Figures Preface Introduction: Living Liberation in Hindu Thought Andrew O. Fort Chapter Summaries Notes Part I: Living Liberations in Vedanta Traditions 1. Living Liberation in Sankara and Classical Advaita: Sharing the Holy Waiting of God Lance E. Nelson Introduction Liberation in Sankara's Thought Living Liberation Jivanmukti: Difficult to Justify but Necessary for Salvation Sankara's Justifications of Living Liberation Is Jivanmukti Complete Liberation? Justifications of Jivanmukti in Post-Sankara Advaita Reservations about Jivanmukti in Post-Sankara Advaita Isvara as a Paradigm for Living Liberation Even Isvara Suffers Limitation Conclusion Abbreviations Notes 2. Is the Jivanmukti State Possible? Ramanuja's Perspective Kim Skoog Introduction: Ramanuja's Three Arguments Ramanuja's First Argument Ramanuja's Second Argument Ramanuja's Third Argument Analysis of the First Argument: Jivanmukti as Self-Contradiction Analysis of the Second Argument: The Jivanmukti-Videhamukti Dispute Is Verbal in Nature Analysis of the Third Argument: False Analogy in the Two-Moons Analogy Basis for the Jivanmukti and Videhamukti-Only Positions Scriptural Basis for Jivanmukti Empirical Evidence for Jivanmukti Doctrinal Considerations Regarding the Jivanmukti and Jivanmukti-Positions View of the Self Metaphysics Performance of Actions Fructifying Karma Theological Considerations Conclusion Abbreviations Notes 3. Direct Knowledge of God and Living Liberation in the Religious Thought of Madhva Daniel P. Sheridan Introduction Madhva in the Context of Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century Advaita Bondage and Liberation in Madva's Teaching The Practical Means to Liberation According to Madhva The Direct Knowledge of God While Living Conclusion Abbreviations Notes Part II: Yoga and Renunciation in Living Liberation 4. Living Liberation in Samkhya and Yoga Christopher Key Chapple Introduction Samkhya Knowledge and Non-Attachment in Samkhya Later Vedantic Interpretations of Samkhya Yoga Distinctions between Samkhya and Yoga Yogic Liberation as the End of Afflicted Action A Comparative Analysis of Living Liberation in Samkhya and Yoga Possible Jaina Elements in the Yoga System Conclusion Abbreviations Notes 5. Liberation While Living in the Jivanmuktiviveka: Vidyaranya's "Yogic Advaita" Andrew O. Fort Introduction The Nature of Jivanmukti The Jivanmukti as One with Firm Wisdom (Sthita-Prajna) The Threefold Means to Obtain Jivanmukti Jivanmukti and Videhamukti in the Jivanmuktiviveka The Purposes of Attaining Liberation While Living Renunciation and Jivanmukti Conclusion Abbreviations Notes 6. Modes of Perfected Living in the Mahabharata and the Puranas: The Different Faces of Suka the Renouncer C. Mackenzie Brown Introduction The "Empty Form" of Suka in the Mahabharata: The Revelation of Inscrutable Indifference Suka and His Models in the Bhagavata Purana: Enlightened Idiots of Dazzle and Dirt Suka in the Devi-Bhagavata Purana: The Reluctant Householder Conclusion Abbreviations Notes Part III: Living Liberation in Saiva Traditions 7. Aspects of Jivanmukti in the Tantric Saivism of Kashmir Paul E. Muller-Ortega Introduction: Placing the Tradition The Problem of Jivanmukti Jivanmukti in Early Texts Kashmiri Constructions of Bondage and Liberation The Seven Experiencers Embodied Enlightenment Conclusion Abbreviations Notes 8. Living Liberation in Saiva Siddhanta Chacko Valiaveetil, S.J. Introduction Saiva Siddhanta Literature The Advaita of Saiva Siddhanta and the Jivanmukti Ideal Toward Jivanmukti The Odyssey of the Soul Continuity of Bondage (Samsara) and Liberation (Moksa) God's Quest for the Soul The Spiritual Sadhana The Descent of Divine Grace (Saktinipata) Growth in the State of Jivanmukti Freedom from the Bonds (Pasavitu) Removal of the Root Impurity (Anavamala) Removal of Karma and Maya Attaining the Feet of the Lord Union in Knowledge Union in Love Means to Persevere and Grow in God-Experience The Conduct of the Jivanmukta Detachment from Creatures Life of Service of the Jivanmukta Is the Jivanmukta Beyond Ethical Norms? Love as the Ultimate Criterion Injunctions for the Jivanmukta Respect for the Sacred Emblems Worship of God in the Temple Conclusion Abbreviations Notes Conclusion: Living Liberation in Comparative Perspective Patricia Y. Mumme Jivanmukti: The Concept and the Term Strong, Medium, and Weak Positions on Living Liberation Jivanmukti and Scholastic Metaphysics The Lord and Liberation Karma and Conscious Experience in the Penultimate State The Need for Enlightened Teachers The Behavior of the Jivanmukta: Dharma, Karma, and Freedom Conclusion: Prospects for Future Study Notes Contributors Index

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Andrew O. Fort is Associate Professor in the Department of Religion at Texas Christian University. Patricia Y. Mumme is Assistant Professor of Religion at Capital University.

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"In asking 'what is the nature of jivanmukti,' with all the ramifications that this entails (how does it occur, when does it occur, where does it occur, what part does karma play, and so on,) the authors not only provide the reader with a clear conceptual handle of each school's position, but also their strengths and weaknesses." - John Grimes "This is a challenging and informative collection of essays that addresses a fundamental problem in the history of South Asian religions: granted the possibility of some kind of ultimate perfection or liberation, is it also possible to achieve this final state while embodied? If one can achieve transcendence, what then happens to the body and situation of the liberated one? In answering these questions the authors also raise numerous fascinating issues pertaining to soteriology, cosmology, ethics, theology, and philosophy." - Glen Hayes

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