Do you know what is Moksh (salvation)?

Moksha What we understand currently is …

In sanatan dharm (Hinsuism) Moksha is also known by names – Kaivalya (Kapil Bhagwan saankhya yog), Nirvana (Baudh) salvation, freedom, emancipation, enlightenment in English…

The simple meaning of salvation or liberation that we understand is:  Freedom (get rid off) from all kinds of suffering, bondages, desires and lusts, But this is very definitive and philosophical term to be freed from the bondage of unbearable pain of being born again and again and dying again and again…..

which means – to be free from the cycle of birth and death forever,

In other words, liberation or freedom from all suffering is possible only when our cycle of birth and death ends…and as per this definition, salvation is possible only when one attains God!

Why its so difficult to know what is Moksha? 

1. The language used in explaining this subject from those distinguished scholars (vidwaan pundits) is very difficult to comprehend by normal people like us. For example, an excerpt from an article on moksha-

“In the Indian philosophical tradition, salvation has been the ultimate goal, but there is no consensus among them about the nature of salvation, Some people consider it to be the ultimate state of knowledge, while others call it a state of bliss beyond happiness and sorrow, Some consider it to be a state of Abhayam, Ajaram, Amrutyupadam, free from the cycle of existence, while some call it eternal and omnipresent, free from the chain of cause and effect …  ”.

When we do not understand a topic or have doubts or mistrust….like the afterlife, heaven, hell, reincarnation etc. then we should have faith and trust in the statements written in the scriptures as truth. Above all, the essence of the scriptures is the words of Shri Krishna, The God himself. The Bhagavad Gita first and the second most reliable is Shrimad Bhagwat Puran, which is Krishna himself. So we too will understand salvation from the words of scriptures / saints only

2. The second reason for not understanding salvation is lack of faith, ignorance about the scriptures, and there is no example of anyone coming after death and telling that he has attained salvation.

There is a kind of Moksha (salvation) like this too!

You cease to exist! That is, for example, suppose you (the soul) is a drop of water, and if you are put into the ocean, then a kind of Kaivalya (oneness, sayujya) Moksha / salvation is achieved. Now, no one other than God can bring you back into existence.

Would you like to attain salvation in which you will cease to exist, you will not have any Existance, No body NO  Senses?

Do you want salvation after death? Or do you want salvation while alive?

If one dies with many desires/wishes are still alive, it is “death”, he /she will have to take birth again.

If one doesn’t have any  desires while he is alive he has attained Moksha (liberation)

Understand this from an example-

If you go to the market to buy things and the money runs out and you are unable to buy all the things, then you will have to come to the market again… (will have to take rebirth), you have money but there is nothing left to buy, then why come to the market again?

one who is not free from desires while living is never free even after death. The person who believes that salvation has not been achieved now but will be achieved after death, deceives himself

– Swamy Sharnanand 

Moksha means freedom from bondage, so what is bondage?

Cycle of repeated births, repeated deaths, repeated sleeping in the womb of a mother again and again,  it is very difficult to cross this world, O Krishna, kindly protect me. Worship Govinda, take the name of Govinda, love Govinda. Because there is no other way to cross this ocean of existence except chanting the name of the shri krishna.

That is, death is certain for one who is born, and birth is certain for one who is dead. Freedom from the cycle of birth and death can be achieved only by the grace of God….

The goal of human life? – Four Purusharthas

Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha

When a man does any work with the desire of getting the result, it is called Purusharth. There are four Purusharths – Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha. Dharma is at the root of these four Purusharths. In the scriptures, attainment of Moksha is considered to be the ultimate goal of man, for this reason Moksha is called the ultimate Purusharth.

The four purusharthas (Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha) are divided into two parts, first is Dharma and Artha and second is Kama and Moksha.

Kama means desire for worldly pleasures and Moksha means freedom from worldly desires, bondages and sorrows.

The means of achieving these two goals of life, desire and salvation are Dharma and Artha

Kama is achieved through Artha and Moksha is achieved through Dharma. Also, money (Artha) should be earned in accordance with Dharma,

desires are not fulfilled with money earned through unrighteous means.

Four Purusharthas –Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha

Dharma: Dharma is at the root of all four Purusharthas. All Purusharthas can be achieved only by following Dharma. Varna is also important, some Dharma are different in different Varna’s (Brahmin, Kshatriya, vaishya and Shudra are 4 varnas). Unfortunately many people don’t know their Varna – dharma, all knowledge about varna – dharma is vanished primarily due to foreign education system adopted

Artha – To attain material happiness and prosperity, it is necessary to have wealth. Before entering the household life, there is instruction in the scriptures that everyone should make a good arrangement for earning money as per principles of Varna – dharma. fulfilment of basic needs and material desires are possible only with money.

Kama: All the pleasures of the world come under desire. God has said that desires are the biggest hurdle in attaining God and getting salvation, Desires are the reason for bondage. If they are fulfilled, they increase greed and give temporary happiness but in the end they give only sorrow. If these are not fulfilled then anger arises which destroys wisdom and the person behaves un-righteously and falls into new bondages.

Moksha: The destruction of attachment is salvation, because attachment is the cause of bondage, and the literal meaning of salvation is liberation… or freedom from bondage. Freedom from bondage is not easy, and not possible  without the grace of God. Thats why, if one wants to attain salvation, he/she must make efforts and strive to please God. Its only love that can please God, the true love for god…once God is realized ,moksha (salvation) is attained.