Knowra Moksha Moksha Moksha is liberation from rebirth and the conditions that bind a being to it. Its meaning and path differ among Indian religious and philosophical traditions.
Samsara : Samsara is the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth shaped by karma. Moksha is release from this cycle.
Nirvana : Nirvana is the cessation of suffering and the causes of rebirth in Buddhist traditions. It is Buddhism’s distinct account of liberation, without affirming an eternal self.
Jnana Yoga : Jnana Yoga is a path of liberation through knowledge and discernment. It seeks moksha through insight into the nature of self and reality.
Advaita Vedanta : Advaita Vedanta is a nondual Hindu school that teaches the ultimate identity of atman and Brahman. It describes liberation as recognizing that identity.
Purusharthas : The purusharthas are the four aims of human life in Hindu thought: dharma, artha, kama, and moksha. Moksha is the aim that stands alongside duty, prosperity, and desire.
Karma : Karma is the moral law by which actions and intentions shape future experiences and rebirths. Karma helps perpetuate the rebirth from which moksha releases a being.
Kaivalya : Kaivalya is the isolation or independence of consciousness in classical Yoga and Jain thought. It offers a specific model of liberation distinct from many Hindu accounts of moksha.
Bhakti Yoga : Bhakti Yoga is a path centered on loving devotion to a deity. Many Hindu traditions present devotion as a means to divine grace and liberation.
Vishishtadvaita : Vishishtadvaita is a Vedanta school that understands reality as unity qualified by real selves and matter. Its account of liberation emphasizes the self’s enduring relation to God.
Bhagavad Gita : The Bhagavad Gita is a Hindu scripture presenting a dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna about duty, devotion, and liberation. It brings several paths to liberation into a single influential teaching.
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