Q10. Is Moksha the ultimate goal of life?
A10. All religious and spiritual philosophies will say - yes. They use different terms, like Salvation, Liberation, God Realization, Self Realization, Samadhi, etc. "I am the Wise, the Blessed, the Happy, the Liberated!"
I wonder if this is a selfish objective? If I get Moksha, what about the others? Gandhiji once said (referring to God) "I can not come to you alone, I have to take others with me." What would be more satisfying - having realized God and be in the state of ultimate bliss, or be born on the earth in the service of others, so that they get a chance to live a decent life, and even get to a point of thinking about Moksha?
To this mortal mind, the latter seems to be more real and appealing.
May be, Moksha is only a natural outcome of a more desirable objective. It is only a "fruit" of some actions, hence should be renounced (i.e. not worry about it)? Moksha for Moksha's sake is self-defeating and even illusory?
Saturday, December 26, 2009
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