“Karma and Devotion purify the mind — Knowledge grants Liberation.”#Brahma Sutras
Part 1 – Why Karma and Upāsana Cannot Grant Moksha The central message of this teaching is clear: Moksha (liberation) is not attained through karma (ritual action) or upāsana (devotional meditation), but through knowledge (jñāna) alone. 1️⃣ The Fundamental Question: What Is Moksha? Before discussing karma, bhakti, or meditation, one must first settle this: 👉 What exactly is Moksha? Is it: Heaven? Vaikuntha? Kailasa? A future birth? A divine world somewhere else? No. Moksha literally means “freedom” — freedom from bondage. Freedom from what? 👉 From this world of name and form (nāma–rūpa). 👉 From mind and matter. 👉 From the cycle of sorrow and limitation. The Bhagavad Gītā calls this world: Anityam asukham lokam – impermanent and joyless. Duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam – a house of sorrow. So liberation means freedom from this conditioned existence. 2️⃣ Can Karma Produce Moksha? What does karma do? Every action has only two possible purposes: 1. To produce something that did not previous...