Question and answer 34

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Question and answer 34

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Disciple: What is liberation while living, and what is liberation after the body falls?

Guru: For one still in the body, to be free of the delusion of bondage is liberation while living. When prārabdha has been worked out, ignorance in its gross and subtle forms dissolves in consciousness: that is liberation after the body falls.

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Disciple: What is liberation while living? What is liberation after the body?

Guru: For one who is with the body, the absence of bondage's delusion is liberation while living. After the working out of prārabdha, ignorance of gross and subtle form dissolving in consciousness is liberation after the body.