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  2. Jivanmukta - Wikipedia

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    A jīvanmukta, literally meaning 'liberated while living', [1] is a person who, in the Jain and Vedānta philosophy, has gained complete self-knowledge and self-realisation and attained kaivalya (enlightenment) or moksha (liberation), thus is liberated while living and not yet dead.

  3. Moksha - Wikipedia

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    The definition and meaning of moksha varies between various schools of Indian religions. [14] Moksha means freedom, liberation, but from what and how is where the schools differ. [ 15 ] Moksha is also a concept that means liberation from rebirth or saṃsāra . [ 4 ]

  4. Hindu philosophy - Wikipedia

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    Hindu philosophy or Vedic philosophy is the set of Indian philosophical systems that developed in tandem with early Hindu religious traditions during the iron and classical ages of India. In Indian tradition, the word used for philosophy is Darshana ( Sanskrit : दर्शन; meaning: "viewpoint or perspective"), from the Sanskrit root ...

  5. Age of Enlightenment - Wikipedia

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    According to Jonathan Israel, these laid down two distinct lines of Enlightenment thought: first, the moderate variety, following Descartes, Locke, and Christian Wolff, which sought accommodation between reform and the traditional systems of power and faith, and, second, the Radical Enlightenment, inspired by the philosophy of Spinoza ...

  6. Self-realization - Wikipedia

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    Jain philosophy is the oldest world philosophy that separates body from the soul (consciousness) completely. [4] Individual conscience and individual consciousness are central in the Jain philosophy. Self-realization is one of the major pre-requisites to attain ultimate enlightenment and liberation . Self-realization means peeling away ...

  7. Shuddhadvaita - Wikipedia

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    Shuddadvaita (Sanskrit: śuddhādvaita "pure non-dualism") is the "purely non-dual" philosophy propounded by the Hindu philosopher Vallabha (1479-1531 CE), the founder of Puṣṭimārga ("The path of grace"), a Vaishnava tradition focused on the worship of the deity Krishna. Vallabhacharya's pure form philosophy is different from Advaita.

  8. Vedanta - Wikipedia

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    Madhva, in expounding Dvaita philosophy, maintains that Vishnu is the supreme God, thus identifying the Brahman, or absolute reality, of the Upanishads with a personal god, as Ramanuja had done before him. [38] [39] Nimbarka, in his Dvaitadvata philosophy, accepted the Brahman both as nirguṇa and as saguṇa.

  9. Indian philosophy - Wikipedia

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    Jain philosophy is the oldest Indian philosophy that separates body from the soul (consciousness) completely. [38] Each individual soul is inherently endowed with infinite knowledge and boundless bliss. However, since infinity its true nature has remained veiled due to ignorance, causing it to mistakenly identify with the physical body.