EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

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EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Liberation, according to Samkhya, can be attained by:
A
Penance
B
Enjoyment
C
Knowledge
D
None of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Samkhya regards ignorance (avidyā) as the root cause of suffering and bondage (Samsara). Samkhya states that the way out of this suffering is through knowledge (viveka). Mokṣa (liberation), states Samkhya school, results from knowing the difference between prakṛti (avyakta-vyakta) and puruṣa (jña).

Detailed explanation-2: -kaivalya, (Sanskrit: “separateness”) in the Samkhya school of Hinduism, a state of liberation (moksha: literally, “release”) that the consciousness of an individual (purusha: “self” or “soul”) achieves by realizing that it is separate from matter (prakriti). The Samkhya school posits a dualistic cosmology.

Detailed explanation-3: -For samkhya, ‘Liberation’ means complete cessation of all kinds of pain and sufferings. Actually liberation is describe about the negative pain remove from our life and we attained a pure conscious of knowledge. But due to ignorance, purusa mistakes itself with reflection in intellect.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vaiseshika believes that liberation can be attained through true knowledge or tattvajnana.

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