Videhamukti — Liberation After Death
Videhamukti (disembodied liberation) is the state after the death of the Jivanmukta's body — when Prarabdha karma is exhausted, the last appearance of individuality dissolves completely into Brahman.
Videhamukti (Videha = without body, Mukti = liberation) is the state after the Jivanmukta's physical death — when the Prarabdha karma that sustained the current embodiment is finally exhausted and the last trace of apparent individuality (the Karana Sharira/causal body) dissolves into Brahman. At this point, there is no return to embodiment — the karma that would generate future births (Sanchita and Agami) has been destroyed by Brahma Jnana, and Prarabdha has been exhausted through this final life. Videhamukti is therefore not 'better' than Jivanmukti from the perspective of the Jivanmukta — because the Jivanmukta is already established in Brahman during their lifetime. It is simply the final dissolution of the last appearance of limitation. The Advaita tradition varies in its understanding of Videhamukti: some (following Shankara's purist position) maintain that the liberated Self simply dissolves back into the infinite Brahman, with no individual continuation; others (more theistic interpretations) suggest a continuing experience of Brahman as such.
When the Prarabdha is exhausted and the body falls away, what remains? Only Brahman — as it always was.
Philosopher Derek Parfit's 'Reasons and Persons' concludes that personal identity is not what matters in survival — what matters is the continuation of consciousness without the delusion of separate selfhood. This is remarkably close to the Advaita description of Videhamukti: the disappearance of apparent individuality without any loss, since the individuality was always illusory.
Vivekachudamani