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Old 06-08-2008, 04:07 AM
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Default The release from all suffering, which is the ultimate goal of Hinduism, Buddhism, and

The release from all suffering, which is the ultimate goal of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism is called? ?
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Old 06-09-2008, 04:07 AM
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Hinduism => Nirvana
Buddhism => Nibbana (basically Pali for Nirvana)
I'm not sure about Jainism. I think it's Nirvana only.
Lookup http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana
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Old 06-13-2008, 04:07 AM
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In the Buddhist belief, it's Enlightenment when a Buddhist ascends to a paradise.
"Namely, those are paradises where the great enlightened people stay, such as the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss, the Glazed Paradise, the Falun Paradise, and the Lotus Paradise." copied from the Zhuan Falun Lecture on the web.
http://www.falundafa.org/book/eng/pdf/zflus.pdf
In order to reach the paradise, one takes a practice with its associated Buddha School or sect.

In Jainism, the practitioners reaches a Kingdom, but I don't know what it is called.

There is mention of Hinduism in the Zhuan Falun Lecture but no destination was given to Hinduism.
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Old 06-17-2008, 04:07 AM
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In Jainism to understand salvation or Liberation, you need to understand two concepts : Nirvana and Moksa
Nirvana - Nirv??a ( Sanskrit: S'st: S'S's?a) in Jainism means final release from the karmic bondage. When an enlightened human, such as, an Arhat or a Tirthankara extinguishes his remaining aghatiya karmas and thus ends his worldly existence, it is called nirv??a. Technically, the death of an Arhat is called nirv??a of Arhat, as he has ended his wordly existence and attained liberation. Moksa, that is to say, liberation follows nirv??a. An Arhat becomes a siddha, the liberated one, after attaining nirvana. However, the word nirv??a is often used to mean moksa, as well.
Link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(Jainism)

Moksa - Mok?a (Sanskrit: ?????, liberation) or Mokkha (Prakrit : ????? ) means liberation, salvation or emancipation of soul. It is a blissful state of existence of a soul, completely free from the karmic bondage, free from samsara, the cycle of birth and death. A liberated soul is said to have attained its true and pristine nature of infinite bliss, infinite knowledge and infinite perception. Such a soul is called siddha or paramatman and considered as supreme soul or God. In Jainism, it is the highest and the noblest objective that a soul should strive to achieve. It fact, it is the only objective that a person should have; other objectives are contrary to the true nature of soul. With right faith, knowledge and efforts all souls can attain this state. That is why, Jainism is also known as mok?am?rga or the ?path to liberation?.

Link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moksa_(Jainism)

Uttaradhyana Sutra provides an account of Gautama explaining the meaning of mok?a to Kesi, a disciple of Parsva.

There is a safe place in view of all, but difficult of approach, where there is no old age nor death, no pain nor disease. It is what is called Nirv?na, or freedom from pain, or perfection, which is in view of all; it is the safe, happy, and quiet place which the great sages reach. That is the eternal place, in view of all, but difficult of approach. Those sages who reach it are free from sorrows, they have put an end to the stream of existence. (81-4)
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