Kaivalya

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Kaivalya (

Videhamukti.[1]

Patanjali

The 34 Yoga Sutras of Patanjali of the fourth chapter deal with impressions left by our endless cycles of birth and the rationale behind the necessity of erasing such impressions. It portrays the yogi, who has attained kaivalya, as an entity who has gained independence from all bondages and achieved the absolute true consciousness or ritambhara prajna described in the Samadhi Pada.

"…Or, to look from another angle, the power of pure consciousness settles in its own pure nature." —Kaivalya Pada: Sutra 34.

"Only the minds born of meditation are free from

karmic
impressions." —Kaivalya Pada: Sutra 6.

"Since the desire to live is eternal, impressions are also beginningless. The impressions being held together by

cause, effect, basis and support
, they disappear with the disappearance of these four." —Kaivalya Pada: Sutra 10–11.

Upanishads

The terms kevala, kaivalya, or kaivalya-mukti are encountered in the

Śvetāśvatara (I and VI) Kaivalya (25), the Amṛtabindu (29) and the Muktikā (1.18, 26, 31) Upanishads .[2]

The

videha-mukti) from prarabdha karma and it can be attained by everyone through studying the 108 authentic Upanishads thoroughly from a realized guru, which will destroy the three forms of bodies (gross, subtle and causal).[1]

The

Yogatattva Upanishad (16–18) reads, "Kaivalya is the very nature of the self, the supreme state (paramam padam). It is without parts and is stainless. It is the direct intuition of the Real-existence, intelligence and bliss. it is devoid of birth, existence, destruction, recognition, and experience. This is called knowledge."[2]

In later Hinduism and its native tribal sects

Following the rise of the

Veerashaivism
experienced growth in southern India. Some Veerashaiva scholars of the time such as
Advaitism
. His best known work is the Kaivalya Paddhati, a collection of
ragas.[3]

Other popular writers of this tradition are Nijaguna Shivayogi, Shadaksharadeva(Muppina Shadakshari), Mahalingaranga and Chidanandavadhuta.[citation needed] The Kaivalya literature was entirely in the

Kannada language.[dubious – discuss
]

Vijñānabhiksu was a sixteenth-century Vedāntic philosopher. He writes about kaivalya explicitly in the fourth and final chapter of his Yogasārasamgraha.[4]

In Assam, the aboriginal ethnic Kaibarta-Jalkeot people (those still not Sanskritised) call their original religion Kewaliya Dharma. In this sect, "kewolia" is the highest stage at which the Bhakot becomes unconscious of everything else except the natural Animistic all-pervading Entity. They are related to the original Ratikhowa Hokam and are originally from the indigenous Kaibarta community. The Ratikhowa Puja and Hokam, Marei Puja, Kewaliya Dharma, Chamon Puja, Jal Goxai/Kuwor/Dangoria aak Thogi Dia and other Ancestral Night Spirit Worship of Tantric origin can be considered the original native remnants of the original Kaibarta tribal Tantric Religious traditions and culture related to religious beliefs of their ancestors

Luipa, Minapa etc.[5]
[6] [7] [8]

In Jainism

Kaivalya, also known as

Kevala Jnana, means omniscience in Jainism and is roughly translated as complete understanding[9] or supreme wisdom.[10]

Kevala jnana is believed to be an intrinsic quality of all souls. This quality is masked by karmic particles that surround the soul. Every soul has the potential to obtain omniscience by shedding off these karmic particles. Jain scriptures speak of twelve stages through which the soul achieves this goal. A soul who has attained kevala jnana is called a kevalin (केवलिन्).[11] According to the Jains, only kevalins can comprehend objects in all aspects and manifestations; others are only capable of partial knowledge.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Warrier, Dr. A. G. Krishna. Muktika Upanishad. Chennai: The Theosophical Publishing House. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b P. 130 Astavakragita: The Song of the Self Supreme edited by Radhakamal Mukherjee
  3. ^ P. 190 Medieval Indian Literature
  4. ^ P. 120 Unifying Hinduism: philosophy and identity in Indian intellectual history By Andrew J. Nicholson
  5. ^ Debendra Bezbarua, Kaibarta Xomprodai
  6. ^ Upendra Rabha Hakasam, Bor Axom or Jati Janagosthi, Kaibarta Jati
  7. ^ Sutaram Das, Sati Radhika, Kaibarta Jati Ek Xamajik Porisil
  8. ^ M.L. Kath Barua, Axom Buranji, Cambridge History of India
  9. ISBN 978-81-208-0365-7
    .
  10. ISBN 978-81-7017-348-9
    .
  11. ISBN 978-81-208-1776-0
    .
  12. ISBN 978-81-208-1776-0
    .

Sources
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaivalya&oldid=1185945550"