Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Moksha in the context of the Upanishads

Moksa is a...


According to the books of the Upanishads, moksha is the state of the Atma that is free from all forms of bondage and freedom from samsara. The meaning of atma is the spirit, soul. Moksha is actually a term for those who are liberated and have left this world. The term moksha for the living is Jivan-Mukti. Jiva means living creatures, mukti means loose / free. Jivan Mukti means living beings that have been liberated.Jivan-Mukti Moksha and true can not be explained, can only be known through direct experience [pratyaksa pramana]. As already experienced, we also can not even explain it. 


That is why the Upanishads describe Brhadaranyaka as neti neti [not this, not that], because it can not be explained. But even so, there are explanations that approach can explain what it is moksha and Jivan-Mukti, although not completely exact perfect. 

While matters including bond is:

    
1) the influence of the five senses,
    
2) a narrow mind,
    
3) the recognition,
    
4) lack of awareness on the nature of Brahman-Atman,
    
5) love in addition to Hyang Widhi,
    
6) hate,
    
7) desire,
    
8) excitement,
    
9) sadness,
    
10) concerns / fears, and
    
11) fantasy.

Moksha can be achieved by one's good as long as he is still alive (called: Jivam Mukta), and after death (called: Videha Mukta). If a person is alive as long as it achieves moksha then he has reached the highest level of morals, a perfect life (krtakrtya), full of fun (atmarati) for free from 11 types of bonds mentioned above, sees itself as existing in creatures (eka-atma- Darsana), sees itself on the universe (atma-bhava, Sarva-Darsana). Fun is also achieved because the knowledge and awareness that the brahman-atman that there was didirinya (brahmanbhavana). If moksha is achieved after death then there is the merging process so that the atman with brahman atman is not reborn as any creature or free from samsara, also known as eternal peace (sasvatisanti).
Moksha is the highest goal of human life that can be achieved by every man if he:

    
1) Being able to liberate the atman of the bond.
    
2) Having knowledge of the main (paravidya) of brahman.
    
3) Implement the pure discipline of life.
Therefore moksha also said to be the highest reward of Hyang Widhi of major human karma, a gift that all-glorious.
There is a quote Svetasvatara Upanishad I.6 very beautiful:
Sarvajive sarvasamsthe brhante asmis, hamso bhramyate brahmacakre, prthag atmanam pretitaram Justas ca, eti tenamrtatwam tatas.
Meaning:In the wheel of Brahman which is great and vast, in which all things live and rest, the geese flap their wings epakkan in performing his sacred journey. As far as he thinks himself different from the Supreme Mover then he was in a state of impermanence. If he was blessed by Hyang Widhi it reaches a true and lasting happiness.
Meaning of Sloka Upanisad above is:Even if you have carried out the holy life of discipline and freed from the bonds of the atman, but if you do not realize that Brahman atman, then you have not yet reached moksha.
CONCLUSION: moksha is true happiness. True happiness is the real heaven. Moksha can be achieved with diligent efforts to implement

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