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| *''Shanti'' or ''Moksha'' is a state which is ''vipapa'' (free from sins), ''viraja'' (free from attachments), ''shanta'' (serene), ''para'' (absolute), ''akshara'' (indestructible), ''avyaya'' (immutable), ''amritam'' (immortal), ''Brahman'' (supreme consciousness), and ''nirvana'' (the state at extinction of all miseries). | | *''Shanti'' or ''Moksha'' is a state which is ''vipapa'' (free from sins), ''viraja'' (free from attachments), ''shanta'' (serene), ''para'' (absolute), ''akshara'' (indestructible), ''avyaya'' (immutable), ''amritam'' (immortal), ''Brahman'' (supreme consciousness), and ''nirvana'' (the state at extinction of all miseries). |
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− | === Vidhi Vimarsha === | + | === ''Vidhi Vimarsha'' === |
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− | In Vedic philosophies, the atman (sole) transmigrates from one body to the other in the process of birth and death. The happiness and sorrow are cumulative result of self deeds in lifetime. | + | In Vedic philosophies, the ''atman'' (sole) transmigrates from one body to the other in the process of birth and death. The happiness and sorrow are cumulative result of self deeds in lifetime. |
− | Eishana and purushartha: There are three primary instincts, or eishanas, of the purusha – praneishana (longevity of life), dhanaeishana (desire for wealth), and paralokaeishana (liberation), etc. A person who possesses unimpaired intelligence, ability to discern, enthusiasm and desire to secure his wellbeing – both in this world and in the world after death – would have these three eishanas. The primary objective is to afford arogya (health), which is essential to attain the four purusharthas (i.e., dharma (righteous life), artha (wealth), kama (pleasure), and moksha (salvation)). | + | |
| + | ==== Eishana and purushartha ==== |
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| + | There are three primary instincts, or eishanas, of the purusha – praneishana (longevity of life), dhanaeishana (desire for wealth), and paralokaeishana (liberation), etc. A person who possesses unimpaired intelligence, ability to discern, enthusiasm and desire to secure his wellbeing – both in this world and in the world after death – would have these three eishanas. The primary objective is to afford arogya (health), which is essential to attain the four purusharthas (i.e., dharma (righteous life), artha (wealth), kama (pleasure), and moksha (salvation)). |
| Only when the person accepts the fact that he is one with the universe, that he is made up of the same six dhatus that makes the universe – the five mahabhuta, and Consciousness-, and that egoism, vanity, selfishness, skepticism, etc. are only the manifestations of a mind that wrongly identifies the physical body with the Self, causing the person to suffer from miseries and trapping him into the perennial cycle of birth and death. | | Only when the person accepts the fact that he is one with the universe, that he is made up of the same six dhatus that makes the universe – the five mahabhuta, and Consciousness-, and that egoism, vanity, selfishness, skepticism, etc. are only the manifestations of a mind that wrongly identifies the physical body with the Self, causing the person to suffer from miseries and trapping him into the perennial cycle of birth and death. |
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