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What is Mukti ?

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Experience Moksha. Mukti also called vimukti, moksha vimoksha or salvation. Moksha is the concept of ultimate freedom and liberation in Indian philosophy and religion. Derived from the Sanskrit word, mukt, which means "liberation," "release" and "emancipation," it is the release from the life-death cycle and from the limitations of a worldly existence. To reach the state of moksha is to attain absolute freedom, peace and oneness with the Divine. The Vedas, The Puranas, The Śruti, The Itihasa speak of the nature of the atma-swaroop(Jeevanaatma) and all of them agree that it is of the nature of consciousness and eternal bliss. This state is the ultimate goal to be attained by every jivatma, say all the scriptures. So it is for the jivatma to understand that the Satchitananda swaroopa described in Vedanta is also present in the jiva. The atma swaroopa in every jiva is sat, eternally existing, and is also the essence of consciousness, chaitanya swaroopa. It is...