Nirvana Prakarana

Nirvana Prakarana

The Nirvana Prakarana focuses on the ultimate goal of the spiritual journey: liberation or moksha. It explains that true freedom comes from realizing the Self, which is eternal, unchanging, and beyond all dualities. While the previous volumes prepared the seeker through dispassion, self-inquiry, and understanding of the mind, this volume presents the culmination of these teachings.

Sage Vashistha emphasizes that liberation is not attained through external actions, rituals, or worldly achievements, but through direct experience of the Self. The mind must be quieted, free from desires and attachments, to perceive reality as it truly is. Through meditation, discernment, and detachment, the seeker transcends the illusions of the world.

The text includes stories, dialogues, and parables that illustrate the principles of non-duality and the nature of ultimate reality. These narratives show how realized sages remain unaffected by pleasure, pain, life, and death, demonstrating that liberation is a state of inner freedom and unshakable peace.

The Nirvana Prakarana teaches that the universe, though appearing real, is a transient manifestation of consciousness. By understanding this, the seeker realizes that all experiences, including suffering and joy, are temporary, and the true Self remains untouched.

Dispassion, self-awareness, and meditation converge in this final volume, guiding the aspirant to recognize that the Self is beyond the mind, the body, and the world. Liberation is thus the realization of one’s own true nature as eternal and infinite consciousness.

Ultimately, the Nirvana Prakarana conveys that the seeker who internalizes these teachings attains freedom from all suffering, experiences unending bliss, and abides in the natural state of non-dual awareness, which is the essence of moksha.