Questions tagged [moksha]
Moksha (Sanskrit: मोक्ष) means emancipation, liberation or release. In soteriological and eschatological sense, it connotes freedom from saṃsāra, the cycle of death and rebirth.
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Which interpretation is correct if goal of our work is to get moksha by Shri Hari Vishnu?
I have lot of confusions regarding what type of work ,mode and thought is right way if our goal is moksha. I have lot of confusions on how to correctly do it. But here I can divide interpretations as ...
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Why devils and spirits roaming around earth after death they have to go to hell or heaven right so why do they roam.?
Does spirits gets moksha after experiencing life in hell or heaven.?
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How is Prāyopaveśa (fasting till dath) preformed?
Since many times in scripture it is performed by many people like Duryodhan ,lord rama so What is step by step process of it and where it is considered best to perform it and who can perform it ?
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Which are the biggest attachments?
Which are the biggest attachment (मोह) of life ? Hardest to give-up ?
Is it Kaam ? Wealth ? Family ?
Anything written in scriptures ?
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Remedial measure for redoing kriyakarma
My father passed away during corona time. He has two daughters, me and my sister, no sons.I am the eldest. My husband performed my father's last rites. My father had two older brothers and one younger ...
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I am very close to enlightenment ask me any questions [closed]
एवरी थिंग इन सोच ही है, सब कुछ हमारी सोच ही है।
हम ब्रह्म की सोच हैं जो हमें फिज़िकल लगता है लेकिन सोच है।
हमारी सोच जो हम स्वप्न में या नॉन में देखते हैं वो किसी के लिए फिज़िकल वर्ल्ड है लेकिन हमारी ...
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Can Svarga (Indra’s heaven) be an intermediate stop in krama-mukti on the way to moksha?
In sanathana dharma, Svarga is described as a temporary realm where a jiva enjoys the results of punya using a bhoga-sharira, and then returns to rebirth after the merit is exhausted. The same is ...
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Anyway to ensure that one's next human birth takes place in Hindu family with same inclination as in this birth?
One's aim should be Moksha but If one doesn't get it because of some reason. Anyway to ensure that his next birth should be in human yoni and in Hindu family and with same inclination as in this life ...
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How to reconcile Karmic justice with freedom from Karmic Reactions in context of Moksha?
I kind of have an opinion that Justice and Mercy cannot coexist be it legal justice or Karmic Justice .I think mercy is self-contradictory to justice.
But Shri Krishna has repeatedly told many times ...
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Where is the following shloka about Lord Shiva's supreme importance to attain liberation found?
Where is this shloka found in shastra (e.g., Skanda Purana)?
विना सदाशिवं यो हि संसारं तर्तुमिच्छति।
स मूढो हि महापापः शिवद्वेषी न संशयः॥
“Whoever wishes to cross the ocean of worldly existence ...
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Advait/Vedanta : Extreme emphasis on moksh/renunciation & vilification of wants/desire in maya, for career/relationships/life experiences?
Is there a strong reason why in Advait/Vedanta, there is such an extreme emphasis on renunciation and moksh ?
And with that, so much vilifying of normal desires for career, relationships, life ...
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Why Vaali didn't get Moksha on being killed by Shri Ram?
Anyone who gets killed by God, get Moksha.
Then why didn't Baali get Moksha ? He was born again as Jara and killed Shri krishna in his next birth.
Any reason given for it ?
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The true purpose in life according to Hinduism?
Based on the Yuga cycle and what Hinduism says about the purpose of life. It seems like it is telling us to wake up from the matrix. Where I believe reincarnation and karma cycle are one cycle but ...
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Where are the “five faults of Yoga” mentioned in detail?
Consider the following question by Yudhishthira to Bhishma:
"Yudhishthira said, 'All men speak of ourselves as highly fortunate.
In truth, however, there is no person more wretched than ...
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Which schools of thought in Hinduism posit that moksh is temporary?
I have now been exposed to Dayanand Saraswati beliefs that moksh is temporary, but lasts a very long time, to the point where people make mistake that moksh is permanent.
Gita and other shastra that ...