Can you get Moksha through good deeds?

Answer 1

Moksha, actually, means freedom in life. symbolically, it means liberation of soul from never ending reincarnations.

Good deeds gives us freedom. However, that is not Moksha.

THE HUMAN INTERFACE FOR CONTROLLING LIFE:

To understand Moksha we must know the Human Interface that exists between our real world (body) and mind. This is because Moksha just means use of this interface of life in its original andfullest form.

The Original Human Interface of Life, called Brahman, is three dimensional.

The three dimensions are,

1. VERTICAL:

1. Dreaming

2. Illusion

3. Creativity

4. Stabilization

5. Determination

6. Status increase

7. Compulsion.

2. HORIZONTAL/ LEFT TO RIGHT/ VARNA/ INTEGRITY:

1. Brahmana Varna - all activities interconnected

2. Kshatriya Varna - activities interconnected at best and worst conditions only.

3. Vaishya Varna - activities interconnected at worst conditions only

4. Shudra Varna - activities not interlinked

If all the activities of our life are interlinked there is very little freedom and we would be socially acceptable. However, if we delink all the activities of our life, we would be free to modify any activity completely, It is for this reason that in Hinduism Shudras are avoided.

3. HORIZONTAL/ BACK TO FRONT/ TIME:

There are four kinds of time

1. At any moment

2. In between

3. Before

4. When possible.

Ideally, we must be ready to execute any task at any time others want. Starting and ending tasks at times convenient just to us, is not acceptable to the society.

THE PART OF THE USER INTERFACE THE SOCIETY DOESN'T TOLERATE:

1. Authority and day dreams that reveal our intentions and makes others compulsive

2. Separating activities completely and modifying them just to suit us

3. Doings tasks at times convenient to us.

To make these acceptable to the society also we need completely knowledge of human instincts, the present state of the society and absolute control over our urges.

Thus, good deeds make us use just the central part of our user interface. While this is acceptable to the society, according to Hinduism it doesn't give us any freedom or Moksha.

In Buddhism only the central part of the User Interface is used and therefore a good deed can give Moksha/ Nirvana.