Spiritual liberation
What Spiritual liberation means in Religious Studies GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Freedom from the cycle of samsara, understood in different ways such as personal union with a specific deity or realising the complete oneness of the atman with the impersonal Brahman.
Moksha, the liberation of the atman from the cycle of rebirth, achieved by realising the divine truth and escaping the illusion of the physical world.
The goal of mukti, pursued through the practice of Sewa and the reduction of ego (haumai).
Topics that use Spiritual liberation
- Hinduism - 3.1.4.1 Beliefs and teachings (AQA GCSE)
- Sikhism - 3.1.7.1 Beliefs and teachings (AQA GCSE)
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