Purusarthas

Cards (9)

  • Dharma – virtue, duty, righteousness, moral
  • Artha – wealth
  • Kama – love or pleasure
  • Moksha – renunciation of duty, love, and wealth to seek spiritual perfection. It is achieved after the release of samsara, the cycle of births and deaths
  • dharma - duty/righteousness; fulfilling one's role in society
  • Hinduism teaches that everyone has a dharma or duty to perform according to his or her position in life.
  • mokshaliberation or release from the cycle of birth and death (reincarnation)
  • Hinduism has four main goals or aims (purusharthas) – dharma, artha, kama, moksha.
  • If he or she does not do so, then it will be difficult for him or her to reach moksha (liberation).