Re: Re: Jerry's Response concerning what Dan had written == ON KARMA with Dal
Nov 28, 1998 00:56 AM
by Richard Taylor
In a message dated 11/27/98 11:55:58 PM, Dallas wrote:
<<I am quite familiar with the concept of a Jivan-Mukta ( which in
English means : "free of this Life" ).>>
I hope it won't be seen as pedantic to offer my translation of Jivanmukta,
which is "Free while IN this life," i.e., one who is still living yet is free
of the bondage of existence. This is important, because some spiritual
traditions will teach that one can only truly be free after death. The Buddha
did not teach so, nor does Blavatsky, so my knowledge. "Free *OF* this Life"
suggests that there is something wrong with this life other than our ignorance
and misinterpretation of it, causing suffering for ourselves and (by our
thoughts and deeds) for others.
I don't know whether Dallas will find the two translations identical in
meaning or not.
Rich
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