Self-Knowledge as Liberation
Knowing the Self brings immediate freedom.
Liberation is not achieved through action but through knowledge alone. When the Self is known as it truly is - identical with Brahman - bondage dissolves instantly.
One who knows Brahman becomes Brahman.
Knowledge liberates because ignorance alone is the bondage.
Mundaka Upanishad
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Knowing the self is not a step towards freedom; it is the freedom itself. One who knows Brahman becomes Brahman.