What is Mukti ?
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 also of the nature of Suka or happiness since one has preethi towards it. When one knows thus of one’s atma swaroopa by accepting the truth of Vedanta, then the realisation is easy. There will be no hurdles. Only when we do not know that we are Satchitananda swaroopa and also we have understood wrongly, we are not able to accept the Vedanta teaching in this regard. One prominent objection raised is that it is clear that Paramatma swaroopa is all pervading and is Poorna in all respects. How can the jiva swaroopa claim to be so? If I am in a particular location how can I have all pervasiveness? There are so many limitations in my present condition. To counter this argument, the teaching shows that the atma chaitanya is also Poorna because it is the sarva sakshi at all times. Even when the jiva is steeped in worldly matters in earnest, the atma chaitanya is only a sakshi. It is an observer of all and is not associated with samsara. This dhyana of jivatma and Paramatma oneness releases one from samsara immediately and automatically makes one a ‘Brahmavith. This is the state of mukti and of the steady wisdom of one who is satisfied in the self by the self.
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 also of the nature of Suka or happiness since one has preethi towards it. When one knows thus of one’s atma swaroopa by accepting the truth of Vedanta, then the realisation is easy. There will be no hurdles. Only when we do not know that we are Satchitananda swaroopa and also we have understood wrongly, we are not able to accept the Vedanta teaching in this regard. One prominent objection raised is that it is clear that Paramatma swaroopa is all pervading and is Poorna in all respects. How can the jiva swaroopa claim to be so? If I am in a particular location how can I have all pervasiveness? There are so many limitations in my present condition. To counter this argument, the teaching shows that the atma chaitanya is also Poorna because it is the sarva sakshi at all times. Even when the jiva is steeped in worldly matters in earnest, the atma chaitanya is only a sakshi. It is an observer of all and is not associated with samsara. This dhyana of jivatma and Paramatma oneness releases one from samsara immediately and automatically makes one a ‘Brahmavith. This is the state of mukti and of the steady wisdom of one who is satisfied in the self by the self.
Glossary
Veda is a sanskrit word which means 'knowledge'. Vedas are the religious texts constituting the oldest Hindu Scriptures. Scriptures are the sacred writings of a religion. There are four Vedas: the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda and the Atharvaveda.
Purana is a sanskrit word which means ‘old’. A Purana is an ancient book written in Sanskrit containing stories of the Hindu gods. Many of these texts are named after major Hindu deities such as Vishnu, Shiva, Brahma.
Śruti is a sanskrit word which means ‘that which is heard’. Śruti is described as the divine or supernatural disclosure to humans of something relating to human existence through experience.
Itihasa means history. Chronologically written description of important, special and public sector events of the person, society, country, chronological analysis of facts and events, includes the Mahabharata, the Ramayana.
Swaroop means one's own form.
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