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In Shaivism, self-realization is the direct knowing of the Self God Parashiva. Self-realization (nirvikalpa samadhi, which means "ecstasy without form or seed," or asamprajñata samādhi) is considered the ultimate spiritual attainment. [10] Self-realization is considered the gateway to moksha, liberation/freedom from
In its epistemological and psychological senses, moksha is freedom from ignorance: self-realization, self-actualization and self-knowledge. [ 5 ] In Hindu traditions, moksha is a central concept [ 6 ] and the utmost aim of human life; the other three aims are dharma (virtuous, proper, moral life), artha (material prosperity, income security ...
Hinduism and Jainism also use the word nirvana to describe the state of moksha, and it is spoken of in several Hindu tantric texts as well as the Bhagavad Gita. Nondualism: The belief that dualism or dichotomy are illusory phenomenae. Examples of dualisms include self/other, mind/body, male/female, good/evil, active/passive, and many others.
Ātman is a central concept in the various schools of Indian philosophy, which have different views on the relation between Atman, individual Self , supreme Self (Paramātmā) and, the Ultimate Reality , stating that they are: completely identical (Advaita, Non-Dualist), [2] [3] completely different (Dvaita, Dualist), or simultaneously non ...
Since the meaning is "seeing one's own true nature," kenshō is usually translated "self-realization." Like all words that try to reduce the conceptually ungraspable experience of enlightenment to a concept, this one is also not entirely accurate and is even misleading, since the experience contains no duality of "seer" and "seen" because there ...
The German term used by Goldstein, translated as "self-actualization", is "Selbstverwirklichung." "Self-realization" may be a more adequate translation than the "self-actualization" used in the translation of "The Organism". Goldstein sets this notion of self-actualization in contrast to "self-preservation" (Selbsterhaltung).
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The jīvanmukta gains divine and infinite knowledge and has complete self-knowledge and Self-realization. A jīvanmukta, by reason of his ever being Brahman, is freed from awareness of external objects and is no longer aware of any difference between the inner ātman and Brahman, or between Brahman and the world.