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The phenomenal work of Tamil literature that even non-tamils know of is Thirukkural. What makes Thirukkural special is its non-adherence to any particular religion. Many regard it as secular but scholars debate. The dispute stems from the fact that Thirukkural has dedicated a section each to Aram (Dharma), Porul (Artha) and Inbam (Kama) but not Veedu (Moksha).

Moksha—in Indian Philosophy—deals with the concept of liberation. Liberation here is that of soul's. What happens to the soul after death? How to break out of the birth-life-death cycle? How to avert a rebirth? All these questions and their answers form the crux of any religion. Also, this part of a religion distinguishes it from other religions, forget the values they preach.

Buddha—in his Four Noble Truths—starts with saying there is suffering. Why does he start with a pessimistic thought? That's because you need a religion only if you believe you suffer. The cause of suffering—he says—is desire. Getting rid of desire leads to liberation, according to Buddha.

I cannot shun my desires—especially the desire to live—which can otherwise be called the survival instinct. Yet, I wish to get rid of suffering. How about you? I'm pretty sure you and everyone else desire a life free from suffering. Dukkha or suffering is a broad terminology. It may include anything, and...perhaps everything? You might argue that video games give pleasure only. You playing video games cause your parents to suffer. Hence, everything.

The fear of not achieving and losing one's object or matter of desire causes suffering. Everyone, or let me say most of us, at least once in our lifetime would have deliberately resorted to a course that we shouldn't have. In simple words, we did something wrong to satisfy our desire. What we suffered after, was guilt. However, it wasn't fear that led to guilt.

Fear and guilt are inseparable. The nexus they've forged is hard to break. Great novels such as Crime and Punishment and Les Miserables, both of which I haven't read yet, deal with the subject of guilt intensively. Those who once did a mistake tend to live with the guilt of it until death comes to rescue. Christianity offers a solution, viz. Confession.

It is indeed a good habit to confess as it relieves guilt. The root cause, however, remains unaddressed. When was the seed to guilt sown in your mind? You may think it was when you did the mistake. Especially, if you did one and got away without a punishment. Your heart then earned for a punishment and so began to punish itself.

We get punished for the mistake we do, and sometimes for that we did not. There is a punishment for every mistake committed, but not always the right person receives it. So the next time you get punished for something you never did, someone else might be punished for your error.

It's normal—if not good—to do mistakes. Try thinking what you could have done to have avoided the situation that forced you into wrongdoing. If you can't think any better, move on for there's nothing you can undo. Moksha is embracing the truth life is, not escaping life. Moksha is the state of living with your errors (and those of others) and not feeling guilty about them. It's the cognisance of life beyond the dichotomy of right and wrong, a life that is not essentially wrong all the time.