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

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________________ Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra www.kobatirth.org Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir 794 Atman and Moka some places in the history of the philosophical thought in the West. The concept of Moksa is a peculiar feature of the Indian Philosophy and of the Hindu religion. All knowledge and the metaphysical inquiries were guided in the ancient and medieval India by the desire to attain Moksa, which is variedly known as liberation, deliverance, emancipation, redemption, release, freedom, salvation or the life of blessedness after death. It is mainly a religious concept, and means in Indian Philosophy and Hindu religion, liberation from rebirth, karma, pain and sufferings of the worldly life, and sometimes it means the attainment of blessedness and blissful Divine life that is supersensuous and it can be attained through the knowledge of the Brahman and Self or by faithful performance of the religious rites, prescribed by the scriptures, or by sincere and wholehearted devotion (bhakti) to God, and by practising Yogic discipline of body and mind. It is frequently believed that the attainment of liberation is dependent on the favour and grace of God. All the systems agree in holding that the attainment of Moksa is facilitated by practising renunciation of the worldly life of sensuous enjoyment and by overcoming ignorance. The Stoic ideal of life is one of enjoying the highest happiness by practising the virtues of a highly moral life which are dictated by the rational nature of man, in accordance with the general law of nature which is at its base, the law of reason. The Stoic idea of ideally happy life is leading a thoroughly rational life by subjugating all emotions and passions which have For Private And Personal

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