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The Veda itself
says of such a man, "To him the Veda is no Veda". So he becomes a real Svarat or
one who has attained to the perfect spiritual freedom of God. His soul lives on the
heights of divine peace and joy. But he voluntarily works in this world as God works, not
for any object of his own, but for the good of others. Even after he quits this body, he
gladly takes up an other of his own choice, if his presence is required in the world.
This ideal of a Jivanmukta is more or less realized in the lives of the great
saints of the world and the founders of religions who have profoundly influenced the
history of humanity. But it is only very rarely that a man attains to moksa while he
is still living on earth, and becomes one with God after death. What happens to most men
after death is that they soon come back into this world of time and change and take birth
'In surroundings suit able to their further progress.
In other words, there past karma, good and bad determines for
them their environment, such as their country, nation, class, parentage, etc. This process
or path is technically called Pitryana. Those, however, who have not only done good
works, but also loved God with a self - forgetting love, do not come back, but live in a
world of spirit called Brahma loka. There they abide with more than human faculties in the
presence of God- whom they worshipped on earth and gradually attain moksa or mukti. This
process or path is technically called Devayana, and the mukti obtained, being gradual, is
called Kramamukti.
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