When a man has become ready even to give up his life for a little insect, he has reached the perfection which the Advaitist wants to attain; and at that moment when he has become thus ready, the veil of ignorance falls away from him, and he will feel his own nature.
Even in this life, he will feel that he is one with the universe. For a time, as it were, the whole of this phenomenal world will disappear for him, and he will realise what he is.
But so long as the Karma of this body remains, he will have to live.
This state, when the veil has vanished and yet the body remains for some time, is what the Vedantists call the Jivanmukti, the living freedom.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Address to Graduate Philosophical Society, Harvard
University
Even in this life, he will feel that he is one with the universe. For a time, as it were, the whole of this phenomenal world will disappear for him, and he will realise what he is.
But so long as the Karma of this body remains, he will have to live.
This state, when the veil has vanished and yet the body remains for some time, is what the Vedantists call the Jivanmukti, the living freedom.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Address to Graduate Philosophical Society, Harvard
University
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