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and death until the being does something which liberates him from this cycle" (Indian Religions, 2003). In essence, human beings are but one stage of many stages that move towards
a state of nirvana that can free the individual from desires and from pain. "We, the people who live in this world see and feel what is not the reality.
All of us are bound to this worlds pleasures and grief....To be freed from this eternal cycle of life and death" a human being needs to "attain Nirvan" (Indian Religions,
2003). The following paper examines what it means to be a human being in this path towards Nirvana and what it means to be a human being in the entire
scheme of things as seen through Hindu tradition. Human Beings "The Hindu religion recognizes the fact that all of us are absorbed in our material pleasures, our sense
of self, acquiring new amenities which we see as progress" (Indian Religions, 2003). This is the position of the human being in the physical world. Being a human being means
being vulnerable to that false reality. It also means possessing the need to see beyond the illusion. However, at the same time, "According to the samkhyis, every human being itself
is the Purusha and thus an infinite being. He only has to liberate himself from the bondage of Maya to realise himself" (Indian Religions, 2003). In essence, to be a
human being means to be on a path towards enlightenment for "Every man is the same infinite being and it is only when he is caught in Maya that he
begins to see this world" (Indian Religions, 2003). We also note that to be a human being means to suffer and desire. These are the things that keep mankind
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