Three Recurring Traditions in Indian Philosophy

The three recurring traditions in Indian Philosophy are, karma, atma and mukti. Karma is the idea that conduct determines the consequences of what would happen. It is one of the yogs. It is the belief in conduct as the determinant for its does. The consequences come in the current birth or the next. Atman is the belief in the existence of a permanent entity called “Atma” or soul as a microcosm of a universal soul known as paramatma or brahman. In this belief there is a want for unity between atma and brahman. It is the immanent aspect of the godhead; the self within. One who crosses over. Brahman is the universal soul and is recognized through any preferred deity. Mukti or salvation occurs when, thanks to a highly favorable karma equation, the soul is liberated from taking various bodies in its eternal cycle of births. The belief in mukti or salvation. This is completed when one is liberated from the cycle of rebirth and is joined with Brahman.