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    accomplish moksha. Moksha is the final release from self .It is like loosening of all the bondages and attaining oneness with the one or the almighty. All the religion believes in attaining mocha or salvation .They have different ways to achieve it. The Hindu philosophy believes in four disciplines to achieve it. The first discipline is karma yoga that is working for supreme. The second discipline is Janna yoga that is realizing the supreme. The third way to achieve salvation or moksha is Raja yoga

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    Moksha A concept of Indian religious philosophy. The word ‘Moksha’ generally means eternal salvation from a sorrowful or painful state. The living beings attain peace and completeness by reaching this state. Therefore‚ apart from the adherents of Carvaka‚ all communities of Indian philosophy including the atheists and theists recommend efforts for attaining ‘Moksha’. The four ends of life are: Dharma (religion)‚ Artha (wealth)‚ Kama (libidinal pleasure) and Moksha. These four elements are essential

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    Choose one of the four major paths of Hindu “discipline” (i.e. Raja Yoga‚ Jnana Yoga‚ Karma Yoga or Bhakti Yoga) and explain its approach to religious self-transformation in terms of the foundational principles of Hinduism—Brahman‚ Atman‚ Karma and Moksha. In Hinduism‚ there are four main ways to reach towards the divine reality‚ whether the ultimate goal is a better life‚ union with the divine‚ or a release from life. Each yoga puts on its followers a set of actions that help lead the practitioner

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    shaped by what we have done: “As a man acts‚ so does he become. … A man becomes pure through pure deeds‚ impure through impure deeds.” (Fisher 77) The ultimate goal of life is moksha‚ or liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth. Its attainment marks the end of all the other goals. (Fisher 101) Many believe that to achieve moksha will take many lifetimes of upward-striving incarnations are required to reach this transcendence of earthly miseries. (Fisher 77) There is four different types of yoga‚

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    The Early Bird. Nasru was a very intelligent boy and he loved to go to Madarasa school. But he had a great difficulty getting up early in the morning. In spite of his dad telling him to try and get up early‚ Nasru just couldn’t. Nasru’s dad wanted his son to be a Mullah. He knew that if Nasru continued to be so lezy‚ he would not study hard to be a Mullah. He vowed to find the right opportunity to teach Nasru a lesson. One day Nasru’s dad got up early in the morning for his morning walk

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    rest of the culture is. In the Eastern culture freedom comes along with a level or state that you have reached in your life. To understand the meaning of freedom you also have to understand its relation to words like Samsara‚ Avidya‚ Maya and Moksha. These are all part of the journey towards the Hindu concept of freedom. Samsara is important in defining freedom in Hindu terms because it is what you want freedom from. Samsara is the continuous cycle of life that takes place in the material

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    Name: Kenia Ramirez Professor: Rayka Rush Assignment: Buddhism Class: PHIL 2200 Date: April 30‚ 2014 I chose to talk about assignment 2. The question to discuss in this essay is very contradictory because one of the beliefs of Buddhism is the reincarnation‚ but what confuses me is that they do not believe in soul. Buddhism as Jains and Hindus believe in reincarnation but unlike those two religions‚ however Buddhism does not believe. The basic concept of these three religions

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    Moksha and Nirvana Both Hindu and Buddhist beliefs of reincarnation end with the ultimate goal of ending that cycle. Moksha is a final resting place that is attained by living a good life through the five caste levels. Moksha is basically the ending of the cycle of birth and rebirth while the soul lives on. Nirvana is the highest level of enlightenment a Buddhist can receive. Adhering to the various phases of the Noble eight Fold Path to eliminate suffering‚ one will reach the final phase‚ nirvana

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    Hinduism Paper Rory Richards HUM/130 June 30‚ 2013 Dawn Tawwater Hinduism Paper Hinduism does not have a set orthodoxy‚ but there are several main beliefs that share a commonality among the different sects. The caste system is one of the oldest principles of Hinduism‚ an aspect as much religious as it is social. According to Hindu teaching‚ there are four basic social classes‚ or castes. Each social order has its own rules and obligation for living. The select few are the Brahman‚ or

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    free from the burden of life. This breaking of life is called Moksha” (Hopfe & Woodard‚ 2009‚ [pg. 85]). Moksha is the Hindu term used which liberates the soul from karma .This liberation can be experienced through death or while one is yet living. In observing the Hindu concept of salvation in comparison to Christianity‚ there are some similarities as well as differences. It is the Hindu belief that salvation‚ referred to as Moksha “can be obtained through three paths: knowledge (inana)‚ devotion

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