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is without desire, free from desire, whose desires have been fulfilled," may obtain Givan-Mukti i e. mukti or deliverance while living, but yet he cannot enter Nirvana, because the last fetters or Upadhis remain, which death alone can remove. These last Upadhis though they do no more fetter the mind remain like broken chains hanging heavy on the mortal body." Both Givan-Mukti and Nirvana are states of perfect spiritual freedom, the only difference being that in the first the soul though free is still in the body. These living freed souls enjoy perfect happiness and rest, though still imprisoned in the body. They have obtained Nirvana, that is freedom from passion and immunity from being born again. Now we shall go to the second and more important question, does the Nirvana imply total extinction, or as Oldenburg puts it,
Is it the Nothing which receives the dying Perfect one into its dominion?' The word Nirvana etymologically (va' to blow as
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Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
www.umaragyanbhandar.com
