Book Title: tman_and_moksa
Author(s): G N Joshi
Publisher: Gujarat University

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________________ Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra Conclusion www.kobatirth.org Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir 793 and identity with God. Bosanquet holds a similar view but says that the particulars are the real manifestations of the Absolute only when they realize their inseperability with the Absolute and when they realize through them the universal will, which is their real will. F. H. Bradley regards that the self is an appearance as it has a relational and relative existence; it exists in contradistinction with the not-self and it is not self-subsistent It is also a changing thing, since, its content is not the same. Bradley's Absolute is the whole unitive experience of the reality. It is always united with the whole and in it every particular part is retained without the loss of its individual distinction. The Absolute lives in and through the changing objects of the world. The Neo-Realists and the Dialectical Materialists hold that the primary reality is material though extremely subtle and fine, and consciousness is its evolutionary product that has arisen to make successful adaptation of the human life to the environment. For Private And Personal Liberation (Moksa) The concept of Mokṣa is peculiar in Indian Philosophy and it has no exact correspondence either in the Western Philosophy or in Islam and in Christianity. However, their ideas about the ideal and highest happiness may be compared. The concept of liberation or salvation is different from that found in the Western Philosophy. However, certain ideas of some ideal life which is free from the worldly imperfections and sufferings are obtained in

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