The Clarion- International Multidisciplinary Journal
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 1

The concept of Liberation as treated in the Bhagavata Purana

Department of Sanskrit, Gauhati University, Guwahati, India

*Corresponding author: jumlinath770@gmail.com

Online published on 1 April, 2017.

Abstract

The concept of Moksa or liberation occupies the paramount position in the different branches of Indian philosophy as well as literature. Bhagavata Purana mentions the concept of liberation is nothing but the realization of the real nature of the self and also the elimination of the false nature. The Bhagavata Purana has mentioned all the paths for attaining liberation viz., the path of jnanayoga, karmayoga, bhakti yoga etc. It also mentions he practices of the eightfold-yoga to attain liberation. Liberation is the eternal and indestructible status, free from all troubles including from birth and death cycle. It is the transcendental perfection of individual self which is not affected by any evil attributes. Moksa is abiding in Brahman and that's why it is the supreme perfection.

Keywords

concept, Moksa, jnanayoga, karmayoga, bhakti yoga