Hare Krishna,
Are SAYUJYA MUKATI (merge with Lord Hari) and BRAHMLEEN Hona (merge with BRAHM) same?
Former is said for those who believe in personal form of GOD and latter is said for those who believe in Impersonal form of God? is there any difference between them?
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There are five stages of liberation :
(1) to become one with the Lord,
(2) to live on the same planet as the Lord,
(3) to obtain the same bodily features as the Lord,
(4) to have the same opulences as the Lord and
(5) to have constant association with the Lord.
Out of these five liberated stages, the one which is known assāyujya, or to merge into the existence of the Lord, is the last to be accepted by a devotee. The other four liberations, although not desired by devotees, still are not against the devotional ideals. Some of the liberated persons who have achieved these four stages of liberation may also develop affection for Kṛṣṇa and be promoted to the Goloka Vṛndāvana planet in the spiritual sky. In other words, those who are already promoted to the Vaikuṇṭha planets and who possess the four kinds of liberation may also sometimes develop affection for Kṛṣṇa and become promoted to Kṛṣṇaloka.
(Nectar of Devotion)