What is the difference between freedom from material modes and freedom from reactions of fruitive activities?
From: Mahesh
“[Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.6.28 purport] This transcendental body is free from material affinity and invested with three primary transcendental qualities, namely eternity, freedom from material modes, and freedom from reactions of fruitive activities.”
When we get freedom from material modes, will we not get freedom from reactions of fruitive activities?
Transcendental body has above 3 primary qualities and Spiritual body is Sat-cit-ānanda. Is there any difference btw transcendental body & spiritual body?
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this is based on shiva bhagavatam 1628 purport this transcendental body is free from material affinity and invested with three primary transcendental qualities namely eternity freedom from material modes and freedom from reactions of future activities when we get freedom from material modes will we not get freedom from reactions of future activities yes we will this refers to the three qualities as sat chit anand so that they translate as eternity freedom from material modes is translated as chit is uh in the sense that the modes obscure the original awareness of the soul the chetana of the soul gets obscured and distorted by the modes just as a bright as a soothing bright light when it is covered by a red foil becomes a jarring red so like that the modes cover the soul and obscure the original pure awareness of the soul that’s why freedom from material modes refers to the soul regaining its natural quality of chit and freedom from reactions of future activities refers to the ananda aspect and the reactions to our future activities are what cause suffering to us and when we become free from all past karmic reactions then we become anandi we get restored to our original joyful nature so these are three qualities that are being referred to and all three get restored when we get a transcendental body transcendental body is about three the next part of the question transcendental body is about three primary qualities and spiritual body is sat chit anand is there any difference between transcendental body and spiritual body no the three qualities of the transcendental body are sat chit anand and three qualities from which it is free are sattva guna rajoguna and tamoguna thank you question