Moksha
Moksha is the summum bonum of
life. Moksha is the fulfilment of life's purpose. Life ends on this earth plane
when you attain Moksha or liberation from birth and death. The realisation of
your real object in life is freedom or Moksha. Moksha bestows on you eternal
life of undecaying bliss and perennial joy. Moksha is not annihilation. Moksha
is the annihilation of this little self-arrogating ego only. Moksha is
realisation of the identity of the individual soul with the Supreme Soul. By
annihilating this little self you possess the whole of true universality, you
attain an eternal life.
Mukti is obtained through the
knowledge of the Self. To attain Jnana, you must have one-pointedness of mind
(Ekagrata). Ekagrata comes through Upasana. Upasana comes through purity of
heart (Chitta Suddhi). Chitta Suddhi comes through Nishkamya Karma Yoga. To do
Nishkamya Karma, you must have controlled the Indriyas. The Indriyas can be
controlled through Viveka and Vairagya.
Moksha is not to be regarded
as a becoming into something which previously had no existence. Moksha is not
something to be achieved. It is already achieved. Everything is one with
Absolute or Para Brahman. What is to be achieved is annihilation of the sense
of separateness. Moksha is the direct perception of that which has existed from
eternity, but has hitherto been concealed from us on account of the veil of
ignorance. Moksha is attainment of the Supreme Bliss or Immortality and removal
of all kinds of pain. Moksha is freedom from birth and death.
Freedom or Mukti is your only
real nature. You will have to know this truth only through direct intuitive
experience. You will have to cut asunder the veil of ignorance by meditation on
the Self. Then you will shine in your original pristine purity and divine
glory.
Brahman, Self, Purusha,
Chaitanya, Consciousness, God, Atman, Immortality, Freedom, Perfection, Bliss,
Bhuma or the unconditioned are synonymous terms. If you attain Self-realisation
alone, will you be freed from the round of births and deaths and its
concomitant evils. The goal of life is the attainment of the final beatitude or
Moksha. Moksha can be attained by constant meditation with a heart that is
rendered pure and steady by selfless service and Japa.
Moksha is the highest benefit,
Parama Prayojana. Jnana is the benefit which one gets in the internal (Avantara
Prayojana). Just as plantain fruit is the highest benefit which one gets, and
the leaves, etc., are the Avantara Prayojana in the interval before one gets
the fruit, so also Moksha is the highest benefit and Jnana is Avantara
Prayojana. Jnana is only the means to attain the highest bliss.
The Jiva falsely superimposes
the body and others which are not Self upon himself and identifies himself with
them. This identification constitutes bondage. The freedom from this
identification is Moksha. That which causes this identification is Avidya or
nescience. That which removes the identification is Vidya. Attainment of
knowledge of the Self eradicates this Avidya and its effects. The Svaroopa of
Moksha is the attainment of Supreme Bliss and removal of all kinds of
sufferings.
The right knowledge of Brahman
consists in knowing that He is one with one's own self. The difference between
the Jiva and the Brahman lies only in the Upadhi or limiting adjunct. The Jiva,
though he is Brahman in reality or essence is subject to the miseries of
worldly existence as caused by his connection with the Upadhi of Antahkarana or
the fourfold mind (the inner instrument). As there is no real distinction
between them, it should be known that Brahman is identical with the Self. Hence
it is said that those who know the real truth understand Brahman to be
identical with the Self as declared in the great sentences of the Upanishads or
Mahavakyas: "I am Brahman"-"This Self is Brahman." They
even teach the same thing to their disciple in the words: "Tat Tvam
Asi-Thou art That." Therefore it should be known that Brahman is identical
with the Self.
The knower of Brahman becomes
Brahman itself. Having become Brahman while yet alive, he is freed from the
round of birth and death. Knowledge of Brahman alone is the means of
emancipation or Moksha.
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