tman_and_moksa

SR No.: 020053
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: G N Joshi
Publisher: Gujarat University
Publication Year: 1965
Total Pages: 901
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 12 MB

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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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Ātman and Moksa
unity and the infinitude of the Self. When the infinite, immortal and pure nature of the Self is realised the soul no more entertains any kind of grief and sorrow that arise from finitude and from the sense of egoism of the soul. After becoming free from the bondage of the ahamkāra, the soul realises its own real infinite and blissful nature. It enjoys its eternal freedom. This is its Mokşa.
The Bhagavadgita is, thus, eclectic in nature. Its eclecticity is a result of its attempt to synthesise various philosophical trends and various means of attaining liberation (Han). On account of its eclectic nature, various interpretations of its contents have been given and different philosophers found support for their views from the Gitā. Sarikara emphasises the aspect of jñāna, Rāmānuja, bhakti (devotion). Jñanes'vara combines the two elements and propounds the importance of the Advaitabhakti. B. G. Tilak holds that the essence of the Gītā is enlightened Karmayoga which means the disinterested performance of the moral duties with a firm faith in and complete spiritual surrender to God. Aurobindo combines all the three elements (jñāna, karma and bhakti) together and holds that the Gita propounds the Pūrņa Yoga (got the Integral Yoga) in which all the three have an equal importance and Mokșa can be attained not by onesided emphasis on any one of them but by synthesising them in a vital unity and by having an integral experience of the Brahman (God) which has got to be translated into our day to day activities.
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