Moksha

Aitareya and William James’ Mystical Experience William James explains a mystical experience as having four key concepts. These concepts are ineffability, noetic quality, transiency, and passivity, each dealing with separate portions of an experience. Ineffability is the concept that states a mystical experience cannot be described in words by the experiencer. The noetic quality pertains to the part of the experience which gives the experiencer insight and the experience intellectual value.…

In Hinduism, an individual’s soul undergoes the exhausting cycle of rebirth, or samsara, until liberation, or moksha, is achieved through becoming one with the world soul of Brahman. While separate paths exist to take when attempting to connect an individual soul with the world soul, the integral concept of the possession of a polytheistic imagination dictates the true worth behind any belief. By experiencing the polytheistic imagination, a person becomes able to understand, as Dr. Ortegren has…

found when devoting in worship of a divine. One finds meaning in Hinduism one must work towards achieving Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha. When one follows the Path in Hinduism they must follow the paths of each and then they will find meaning. In Hinduism one finds a strong deity with the paths of Dharma, Artha, Kama and Artha. While attempting to Achieve Moksha “enlightenment” which is the Ultimate end of every Hindu’s life. In this path one finds liberation from rebirth, enlightenment, self…

Karma is a concept directly related to the belief in reincarnation, an individual's karma (earthly conduct) determining the position into which they are born in the next life. Liberation from the cycle of suffering and rebirth (moksha) is the chief aim in life. Moksha is attained through completion of the four stages of life (ashramas) and signifies a return to Brahman, the universal world soul.…

“There is but one God. He is obtained by the true guru’s grace. When there was a egoism in me, thou wert not with me”. (ARL: 81) Hinduism and Buddhism were both formed in the indian subcontinent and have shared a very long and uncomfortable relationship, to Buddhism and Hinduism they are different, but they do indeed share beliefs and different type of worship ideals, “For Buddhist and Hindus enlightenment in its simplest definition, is the ultimate release from the cycle of samsara, or the…

free of desire and pleasure they are surmised to a life of suffering. Buddhist use mediation in order to achieve a state of enlightenment, as first taught by Buddha. The final kindred attribute between Hinduism and Buddhism is their desire to achieve Moksha/nirvana upon ending the tortures cycle of Samsara. Buddhist like Hindus utilize mediation in their practices to achieve a state of being that will liberate them of desire/karma. In doing so, they are able to free themselves of living another…

classes of act or have particular classes of feeling.” In Advaita, the motivations which propel a person to a certain practice could be, for example, the notions of samsara and moksha. In believing in this notion, one views their life as a repeated cycle (samsara) in which they look to free themselves eternally from (moksha). From this motivation, one’s actions…

a devoted Christian, the meaning of success can be defined as entering Gods kingdom one day and being able to say they lived and preached each day following and preaching the word of God. As a Hindu, success may be becoming an ascetic or reaching moksha and exit the continuous cycle of rebirth. Religion has a very powerful effect on people and often it is what people use to build and give meaning to their lives; in other words it’s their guidance and because of this, the religious view of…

them. If remaining virgin whole life as a mark of purity could earn a person place in heaven then Eunuchs who are sterile would be the first to reach heaven. According to him without the name of ram or without self introspection one cannot achieve moksha or peace. “Pundit how can you be so…

Yoga is seen by many as a low impact exercise consisting of stretching with different pose positions held of a specific time, while controlling your breathing. By some it is seen as part of their religion. The religion that practice yoga is Hinduism. In Hinduism there are several types of yoga. The 3 yoga’s that I will be writing about in this paper are Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga and Jnana Yoga. The first yoga I have chosen is Karma Yoga. Karma is usually looked at as something bad but in yoga it…