Q.-- what is the notion of Mukti, according to the Advaita philosophy, or in other words, is it a conscious state?
Is there any difference between the Mukti of the Advaitism and the Buddhistic Nirvana?
A.-- there is a consciousness in Mukti, which we call superconsciousness.
It differs from your present consciousness. It is illogical to say that there is no consciousness in Mukti. The consciousness is of three sorts -- the dull, mediocre, and intense -- as is the case of light.
When vibration is intense, the brilliancy is so very powerful as to dazzle the sight itself and in effect is as ineffectual as the dullest of lights.
The Buddhistic Nirvana must have the same degree of consciousness whatever the Buddhists may say.
Our definition of Mukti is affirmative in its nature, while the Buddhistic Nirvana has a negative definition.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Interview in ‘The Hindu’
Madras (February 1897)
Is there any difference between the Mukti of the Advaitism and the Buddhistic Nirvana?
A.-- there is a consciousness in Mukti, which we call superconsciousness.
It differs from your present consciousness. It is illogical to say that there is no consciousness in Mukti. The consciousness is of three sorts -- the dull, mediocre, and intense -- as is the case of light.
When vibration is intense, the brilliancy is so very powerful as to dazzle the sight itself and in effect is as ineffectual as the dullest of lights.
The Buddhistic Nirvana must have the same degree of consciousness whatever the Buddhists may say.
Our definition of Mukti is affirmative in its nature, while the Buddhistic Nirvana has a negative definition.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Interview in ‘The Hindu’
Madras (February 1897)
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