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In the News (Sun 20 Dec 09)

  
  Moksa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Moksa is very foreign to the Aryan concepts, and the supposition is the non-Vedic and pre-Aryan Indian cultures must have contributed to Hinduism the ideas on renunciation and asceticism that led to moksa and
While some may attain moksa at death, the real goal is to achieve it well in advance, as certain yogis and gurus do: A guru in the fullest sense of the word should be jivan-mukta, that is, one who has attained liberation before death.
There is, as some imply, a criticism of moksa, as defined, moksa is the soteriolgical, salvation, goal of Hinduism, but in this sense moksa is paradoxical because to achieve moksa all desires or goals are abandoned, which is impossible if moksa is declared to be the highest aim of human existence.
www.themystica.com /mystica/articles/m/moksa.html   (288 words)

  
 MAHATMA GANDHI & KAVI RAJCHANDRAJI; QUESTIONS - ANSWERS:
A.-Moksa or salivation is the absolute liberation of self from anger, conceit, greed and other nescient propensities, which bind the soul with earthly coils and other limitations.
Moksa, but it is not compulsory to be literate to acquire knowledge of self.
Moksa, Other forms may prove helpful to attract him to the true path, but it is not a certainly.
www.jcnc.org /jainism/Shrimad-Gandhi.htm   (5135 words)

  
 The answer to the Physics of Immortality is not found in a steady state model, but rather in a Harmonic resonance model
"Moksa" is a Vedic term related to the cessation of the cycle of birth and death.
To explain, while being presented with the subject's of moksa and karma, it appeared to me that there may be a relationship between the eastern term "moksa" and western term "redemption".
The term "moksa" appears to me to be a relative state where the cessation of the cycle of birth and death is associated with the individual's movement or evolution towards biological immortality.
www.exmormon.org /boards/honestboard/messages/4856.html   (556 words)

  
 Purusartha - Human Pursuits
The last category is the goal of liberation, moksa, ranked last because it becomes a direct pursuit only when one has realized the limitations inherent in the first three pursuits.
The pursuit of moksa is the direct pursuit of that freedom everyone has experienced for brief moments when everything has "fallen into place".
Moksa becomes relevant when one realizes that behind one's struggle for security, artha, and pleasures, kama, is the basic human desire to be adequate, free from all incompleteness, and that no amount of security or pleasure achieves that goal.
lakshman.s.tripod.com /pursuits.html   (1010 words)

  
 Jainism
The Cosmos consists of the heavens, earth, and hell, and is known as the triloka.
It is the only place in the cosmos where moksa can be achieved.
Moksa can only be achieved when there is a mixture of happiness and sadness.
www.world-religions.info /jainism   (413 words)

  
 The Moksa FAQ List (with answers!)
Moksa can also create most other forms of random content for roleplaying games, or anything else you might like to have random content for.
In addition, Moksa will tag each rule with page number/supplement ID, and you will be able to turn on/off various supplements for your gaming system ("I don't want to generate characters with oriental proficiencies", etc).
Moksa is currently in very-pre-alpha mode, and doesn't do most of the things I claim for it: yet.
www.svincent.com /moksa/doc/faq.html   (975 words)

  
 Eros, Ethics, and Enlightenment
Moksa represents the ultimate telos and, as such, there is an expectation that the social order should be so arranged as to facilitate the endeavor.
The goals of dharma and moksa are part of a broader ethical structure; the components of this four-fold ethical framework ( caturvarga) are moral and ritual obligation ( dharma); wealth and power ( artha); sensual and aesthetic pleasure ( kama), and liberation or "release" ( moksa).
Dharma is meant to serve a facilitative function with regard to moksa and a regulative function vis 'a vis artha and kama.
www.infinityfoundation.com /mandala/s_es/s_es_sherm_eros.htm   (2936 words)

  
 Jaina Moksa in Indian Philosophy
The genesis of the idea of Moksa is traced in "the endeavor of man to find out ways and means by which he could become happy or at least be free from misery", as in the state of `sound sleep'.
As Umasvami says, Moksa is the total and final freedom from all Karmic-matter; in other words, the non-existence of the cause of bondage and the shedding of all the Karmas.
Mallisena ridicules the Naiyayikas for reducing Moksa to a state which is indistinguishable from pebbles, etc. He says that our phenomenal life is better, in which happiness comes at intervals, than the state of Mukti, which is emotionally dead and colorless.
www.jainworld.com /jainbooks/ramjees/jainmoksa.htm   (3365 words)

  
 20th WCP: Enlightenment and its Attainment: Samkhya-Yoga and Buddhist Perspectives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Moksa is the right word for 'Enlightenment' in the Indian tradition.
Moksa comes from the root 'muk' meaning ' to free' 'to release'.
The goal is achievable by everyone by his own effort; one need not look for any divine grace for attaining moksa.
www.bu.edu /wcp/Papers/Asia/AsiaDutt.htm   (3434 words)

  
 The Purpose of Religion from the Chapter "Religion In General", in Hindu Dharma : kamakoti.org:
Moksa or vidu is everlasting happiness, not transient pleasure.
Moksa is the state of supreme bliss and there is no quest beyond it.
First we are taught the meaning and implications of dharma and how to practice it, then we are instructed in the right manner in which material goods are to be acquired so as to practice this dharma; and, thirdly, we are taught the proper manner in which desires may be satisfied.
www.kamakoti.org /hindudharma/part1/chap3.htm   (1081 words)

  
 MOKSA: Testimony at Leaders Meeting - Unification News 1/97
My wife was praying for me. She had a dream the day of my operation that True Parents operated on me. That is why I thought with the operation I would be OK. We had 5 children, and we are not economically well off yet.
Her brother was an acupuncturist, so she knew the value of the moksa treatment because it is based on the same principle.
After the moksa treatment, the size of his swelling was reduced to half.
www.tparents.org /UNews/unws9701/lead-mt.htm   (1373 words)

  
 Print Berita / Artikel Bali - iloveblue.com
Bila hal itu terjadi (ibarat udara dalam kembungan yang menyatu dengan udara bebas) yang disebut sebagai "amoring acintya" atau MOKSA, tercapailah sorga.
"Moksa literally means release, from bondage to the sensuous and the individual, the narrow and the finite.
Moksa yang dicapai semasa hidup dinamakan Jivam Mukta, sedangkan moksa yang dicapai setelah meninggal disebut Videha Mukta.
www.iloveblue.com /printnews.php?jenis=article&pid=18   (456 words)

  
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In most Indian philosophical systems, the acceptance of the ideal of moksa, like allegiance to the authority of the scriptures, was only remotely connected with the systematic doctrines that were being propounded.
The concept of moksa as the concept of the highest ideal has likewise been one of the concerns of Western thought, especially during the Christian Era, though it probably has never been as important as for the Hindu mind.
Most Indian philosophies assume that moksa is possible, and the "impossibility of moksa" (anirmoksa) is regarded as a material fallacy likely to vitiate a philosophical theory.
web.tiscali.it /gopala/indian_philosophy/1.html   (2467 words)

  
 The Sixth Gana
Question: If the bhavya jivas go on attaining moksa, why should that day not come when the samsar should be totally empty of bhavyas just as when even one grain after the other is taken out from a store-house of grain a day comes when the store-house becomes totally empty of grains.
Moksa salvation is simply nothing but the manifestation of the pure form of the soul.
After moksa is attained, even though the soul and karma- particles continue to exist in the universe yet in the delivered soul there being the absence of activities of the mind, body and voice, karma-particles are not ever captured in that case which can bind the delivered soul.
www.jainworld.com /jainbooks/ganadhar/sixthgana.htm   (2737 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The release from the cycle of rebirth is most often called \i moksa, \i0 liberation or salvation.
In contrast to the Vedic ideology of sacrifice, in which goals were as much social and collective as individual, the pursuit of moksa takes an individualist goal to be the highest attainment.
If moksa is an escape from the world cycle, it makes sense that one would reach it through progressive abstention from worldly involvements.
www.wku.edu /~alan.anderson/102/Reading/102Davis-52Pages/Page13.rtf   (464 words)

  
 Re: Swami Desikan's view on karmas
Please do not confuse this with "is Moksa a fruit of action?" for this, it is clear, that action is only a VYAJA and it cannot be the direct cause for moksa.
giver of moksa and the object of enjoyment in moksa.
If it is completely God's grace, he has to be impartial in offering one a moksa and others this horrible cycle of birth and death.
www.ramanuja.org /sv/bhakti/archives/may97/0027.html   (1137 words)

  
 Brief description about Bali island and culture
It is this hellish-ness that strives to interrupt and achieve the ultimate level of enlightenment or moksa.
Failure to achieve moksa upon death means that the soul is still bound to the chain of incarnations.
During all the upcoming stages of life, Man is expected, in order to achieve moksa, to live in accordance with the principles of cosmic harmony.
www.balivillashotels.com /about_bali.html   (2360 words)

  
 Moksa: Liberation of Life with Supreme Person
There are four aspects of release distinguished as samipya or intimacy with the divine, sarupya or sadharmya, similarity of nature with the divine, reflecting his glory, salokya or conscious co-existence with the divine in the same world, and sayujya or communion with the divine bordering on identity.
There are certain general characteristics of the state of moksa or freedom.
As birth and death are the symbols of time, life eternal or moksa is liberation from births and deaths.
www.adishakti.org /_/moksa_liberation_of_life_with_supreme_person.htm   (474 words)

  
 The Buddha and the Dog
However, unlike the Buddhists, the Brahmins believed that only men of the Brahmin caste were able to attain moksa.
Therefore, essentially the attainment of moksa for every person who is not born a Brahmin priest is unavailable.
As with the concept of moksa, participation in the Vedic sacrificial rituals was exclusive to the Brahmins.
www.geocities.com /nattie_rae/vedic.html   (202 words)

  
 Central Chronicle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
We refer to moksa as another end, another purusartha, only because people do not recognise it as the only end, even though they seek freedom from insecurity.
The culmination of one's life is not ageing; it is the ability to discern yourself as one who is secure and happy.
Once the fact that you are secure and happy has been discerned, even though you may continue in your various artha and kama pursuits, you have taken the necessary step for moksa.
www.centralchronicle.com /20041206/0612307.htm   (306 words)

  
 Hatha Yoga Pradipika (Introduction)
They are duty {dharma), the acquisition of wealth (artha) (necessary to free oneself from dependence on others), the gratification of desires (kama) and emancipation or final beatitude (moksa).
Moksa is the deliverance of the Self from its entanglement with the material world: freedom from body, senses, vital energy, mind, intellect and consciousness.
Dharma and moksa should be followed judiciously if they are to lead to Self-realisation.
www.yoga-age.com /pradipika/part1.html   (18055 words)

  
 HERE-NOW4U :Koiso :Jnaneshvara's Approach to Bhakti
According to the prevalent opinion, jnana and bhakti are two independent means to attain moksa.
In Hindu philosophy, dharma, artha, kama, and moksa are known as values (purusarthas) for human life.
That is not true, because there may be some sort of minor intention, or secondary purpose, that is devotion for the sake of desire (sakama bhakti).
www.here-now4u.de /eng/wp-koi1e.htm   (3445 words)

  
 The Importance of Wearing Wrist Malas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The rudraksha neck mala is highly important for gaining the blessings of Lord Shiva and aiding the neurophysiology of the body.
However the wrist should take precedence when one is specifically seeking Moksa or "Liberation".
In the "Srimad Devi Bhagavatam", 11th Skand, Chapter IV, Parts 1 to 21, there is a sequence of wearing mentioned that includes wearing the holy rudraksha on the wrist specifically to gain Moksa.
www.rudraksha-ratna.com /articledt.php?art_id=135   (251 words)

  
 BG05
In Vanaprathya the practitioner gives up artha, kāma and dharma (accumulation of wealth, raising a family and performing his duties); and his sole aim is moksa or liberation of soul.
In Ramanujacharya's theory, atomic souls (Jiva) are distinct and separate entities, although the original source was Brahman; once it becomes an atomic entity (anu), it will not merge with God or Brahman, on liberation; but they remain as separate entities in closeness to Brahman.
Ramanuja does not believe in jivan mukti, that is liberation before death, while Videhamukta is moksa or liberation of the life monad or anu after death.
www.bhagavadgitausa.com /bg05.htm   (6051 words)

  
 - Essence Of Hinduism - Hindu Philosophy  - (page28)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
To Ramanuja moksa is freedom from samsara, and it is bhakti that leads to it.
But to Samkara moksa is freedom not only from samsara but also from exclusive individuality and its corollary, the phenomenal world.
And according to him karma and bhakti are means to jnana, which is moksa.
www.hindubooks.org /essence_of_hinduism/hindu_philosophy/page28.htm   (202 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 293   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Three people, who came out of jail on bails recently, said Moksa wraps his mobile set with polyethylene and keeps it hidden under the ground near his prison cell- 27 and keeps its SIM card in the collar of his shirt.
A jail official said cannabis used to prepare three cigarettes is sold at Tk 100, heroin amounting to one pinhead at Tk 50 and one bottle of phensidyl at Tk 400 in the jail.
When this correspondent met Moksa at the visitors' room, he admitted to taking drug but denied doing drug business.
www.thedailystar.net /2005/03/24/d5032401076.htm   (640 words)

  
 15 Mukhi Rudraksha, Fifteen Mukhi improves Intuitive, Abstract and Lateral thinking
The Lord Pashupati Rudraksa supports the Spiritual Path to Moksa in this physical lifetime and enhances Rudra Consciousness that is an aspect of Consciousness based in the process of actively destroying ignorance, suffering and pain that is produced by bondage and or attachment.
This is an immense powerful Rudraksa for those working with Spiritual Techniques to accomplish Mukti that is freedom from bondage and Moksa that is Liberation in this physical lifetime.
The Lord Pashupati Rudraksa is the only one found to date that works with Mukti and Moksa in this manner and is an exceptional Rudraksa for the Spiritual Path.
www.rudraksha-ratna.com /15mukhi.htm   (518 words)

  
 What's Moksa - Unification News 1/97   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
As it burns, it stings for a short instance (like a needle prick), and the essence of the herbs go under the skin, into the tissue, nerves, etc.-relaxing them, and promoting healing.
The Japanese have slightly altered the "moksa" by not burning the skin directly, but through some kind of contraption, and I found it just as effective - you can buy it in packages, and it is called "Sennenkyu" or "Okyu".
You can get it in various strengths and even added with Ginseng, Garlic, etc. The accupuncturist taught me a bit how to use it on certain accupuncture points-this is often a place rather far removed from the painful area or organ.
www.tparents.org /UNews/unws9701/moksa.htm   (216 words)

  
 Hinduism: Moksa
Abstract: By overcoming the limitations of personality, moksa can be realized.
As human beings we are limited in many ways: we lack physical, mental, and spiritual abilities.
Moksa : "From Brahman to a grass blade, creation is for the benefit of the soul until supreme knowledge is obtained." Moksa is absolute freedom from ignorance, anguish, and death.
philosophy.lander.edu /oriental/moksa.html   (498 words)

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