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Upanishads: Critical Essay by Andrew O. Fort

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SOURCE: Fort, Andrew O. “Going or Knowing? The Development of the Idea of Living Liberation in the Upanisads.Journal of Indian Philosophy 22, no. 4 (December 1994): 379-90.

In the following essay, Fort focuses on the Upanishads's treatment of mukti, or freedom, exploring the idea that it can be attained only after death versus the belief that it is entirely possible to gain liberation during one's life on earth.

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