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Mokṣa
मोक्षपुल्लिङ्ग (masculine) · मुच् धातु (muc — to liberate, release) + ष प्रत्यय (घञ्)
mokṣa
Fundamental Concepts
Liberation — the end of the cycle of suffering, recognizing oneself as Brahman
Mokṣa is liberation from saṃsāra (the cycle of birth, death, and suffering). It is not going somewhere — it is recognizing that you already are Brahman, always have been. Ignorance (avidyā) creates the notion of being limited; knowledge (jñāna) removes this ignorance. Mokṣa is here and now (sadyo-mukti), not something post-mortem.
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