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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The main objection against Samkhya concept of liberation is based upon
A
Fallacies of evolution
B
The Purusa as agent
C
No happiness in liberation
D
All of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Sankhya states the ultimate aim as attaining the perfection of purusa through discrimination, leading to its salvation.

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: -The highest of the three is sattva (essence), the principle of light, goodness and intelligence. Rajas (dust) is the principle of change, energy and passion, while tamas (darkness) appears as inactivity, dullness, heaviness and despair.

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