moksha is the ultimate goal of personal spiritual development for some schools of hinduism. it is the equivalent of nirvana in buddhism. in the sanskrit language, "moksha" means freedom. it is as a state of eternal bliss and emptiness. according to vedanta life is an endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth into a physical universe. hindu scriptures describe moksha as the spiritual liberation from this cycle and the achievement of an eternal and blissful emptiness that transcends all of the joys, pain, and sorrow of the physical body or corporeal life. it is the goal of hindu practitioners to achieve moksha (freedom/liberation from the material world) through the practice of yoga viz jnana yoga(knowledge), karma yoga(work), and bhakti yoga (through reciting prayers and worshipping god).