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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Liberation from the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth is called ____
A
Moksha
B
Yoga
C
Puranas
D
Karma
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -moksha, also spelled mokṣa, also called mukti, in Indian philosophy and religion, liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth (samsara ). Derived from the Sanskrit word muc (“to free”), the term moksha literally means freedom from samsara.

Detailed explanation-2: -The concept of liberation is one of the distinguishing features of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. It is variously referred to as mukti, moksha, kaivalya and nirvana in the scriptures. Mukti means freedom from bondage. Moksha means destruction of delusion.

Detailed explanation-3: -Samsara continues until moksha is attained by means of insight and nirvana, the “blowing out” of the desires and the gaining of true insight into impermanence and non-self reality. Samsara and the notion of cyclic existence dates back to 800 BCE.

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