Synopsis The “Jivanmukti-Viveka” or “The Path of Liberation in this Life” is compilation from several important works, by the great scholar Vidyaranya. He is known to have written on almost every important branch of literature, in his time, with such grasp and finish as would surprise the most accurate writer of the present day.

The first chapter opens with a discussion on the nature renunciation. The second chapter begins with mention of the means to acquire the condition of Jivanmukti. These are three in number ; Gnosis, dissolution of mind and destruction of’ latent desire”. The third path of liberation is dissolution of mind. The third chapter fully deals with this subject. The next chapter deals with the question what is aim or use of Jivanmukti. The fifth chapter concludes the original inquiry into the nature of Renunciation, the truth path.