Mokṣa

Mokṣa

is the state of eternal and ideal bliss, the final liberation of the individual soul or Jīva from the cycle of rebirths, the saṃsāra.

is the state of eternal and ideal bliss, the final liberation of the individual soul or Jīva from the cycle of rebirths, the saṃsāra. Buddhists call it nirvāṇa and our Tibetans friends call it  myan-ngan ‘das-pa (to go beyond suffering).

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