WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -To understand moksha, which means ‘liberation, ‘ one must first understand several other important ideas in Hinduism-particularly, samsara. Samsara is a Sanskrit word that refers to the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth, to the passing of the soul from one life to another.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is samsara? The Sanskrit term samsara translates as “wandering through, ‘’ or “aimless wandering.” Samsara is the concept of reincarnation, a cyclic existence where our spirit or individual soul is trapped in an endless wheel of life, death and rebirth.

Detailed explanation-3: -The concept of Samsara is reincarnation, the idea that after we die our soul will be reborn again in another body-perhaps in an animal, perhaps as a human, perhaps as a god, but always in a regular cycle of deaths and resurrections.

Detailed explanation-4: -Death is the last samsara (cycle of life) referred to as the ‘last sacrifice’. Moksha is the end of the death and rebirth cycle and is classed as the fourth and ultimate artha (goal).