A Jivan Mukta - someone who has attained nirvikalpa Samadhi, the realization of the Self (Paramasiva), and is liberated from rebirth while living in a human body - is rare. To this parampara of jivanmuktas belonged Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati, the 34th Acharya of Sringeri Sharada Peetham. Sometime in some country a great soul like Him takes birth. One must be fortunate even to get a glimpse of such a Jivanmukta, for it ennobles his life