Home›Core Tenets›Salvation and Liberation›All Salvation and LiberationBrowse ByAll Salvation and LiberationCore tenets that state how a person is freed from sin, suffering, ignorance or the cycle of rebirth, and what that freedom consists of. This includes tenets on grace, faith and works, the path to enlightenment or liberation, the role of a savior or intercessor, karma and its resolution, and competing claims about whether salvation is earned, granted or realized. A tenet about what happens to a person after death once any such liberation is settled, such as the nature of heaven, hell or a final judgment, belongs instead under sacred history or, where it describes ultimate destiny rather than the path to it, is read alongside revelation and scripture for its textual basis.All Salvation and LiberationComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)All Salvation and LiberationFilter Results41 entriesStatus Within the TraditionAllA minority position within the tradition (1)Binding, without a formal definition (30)Formally condemned by this tradition (3)Genuinely disputed within the tradition (2)Rejected, or not held, within this tradition (3)Standard teaching, not formally defined (11)The mainstream position, not formally binding (1)Origin Period Start YearAll-480 (1)-100 (1)426 (1)600 (1)700 (1)1175 (1)1515 (1)1610 (1)1618 (1)1741 (1)1975 (1)Affirmation OfAllDzogchen (1)Justification (1)Mahamudra (1)Moksha (1)Nirvana (1)Salvation (1)The Arhat Ideal (1)The Four 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ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 41A Divine Element Is Trapped in Matter and Wakes Through KnowledgeCore TenetsArminianism (free will and universal atonement)Core TenetsBuddhahood in this very body (sokushin jobutsu)Core TenetsChristian perfection (entire sanctification)Core TenetsDzogchen, the Great Perfection, as the highest teachingCore TenetsEternal security of the believerCore TenetsJustification by faith alone (sola fide)Core TenetsKensho, seeing into one's own natureCore TenetsLamdre, the path and its fruitCore TenetsLiberation Comes Through Knowledge Rather Than Works or DevotionCore TenetsMahamudra, the Great SealCore TenetsMoksha: liberation from rebirthCosmological BeliefsMystical union with God (fana)Core TenetsNirvana: the end of sufferingCosmological BeliefsOriginal enlightenment (hongaku)Core TenetsOther-power (tariki): liberation comes from Amida's vow and not from one's own effortCore TenetsPerfect holiness attained at conversionCore TenetsPractice and realization are oneCore TenetsPredestination and electionCore TenetsRadha's Love for Krishna Is the Highest Religious ConditionCore TenetsRecognition of One's Own Identity as Shiva Is LiberationCore TenetsSalvation by graceCore TenetsSalvation through faith in Amitabha BuddhaCore TenetsSelf-deification through XeperCore TenetsShinjin, entrusting faith, as the cause of birth in the Pure LandCore TenetsSudden enlightenment beyond words and scriptureCore TenetsSurrender Is a Sufficient Means of LiberationCore TenetsTantra as a swift path to enlightenmentCore TenetsThe arhat idealCore TenetsThe bodhisattva idealCore TenetsThe Body Can Be Perfected into a Deathless State Through YogaCore TenetsThe five points of Calvinism (TULIP)Core TenetsThe Four Noble TruthsCore TenetsThe graduated path to enlightenment (lamrim)Core TenetsThe inseparability of samsara and nirvanaCosmological BeliefsThe nine vehicles (yanas)Core TenetsThe Seven Fold WayCore TenetsThe Six Yogas of NaropaCore TenetsTheosis (deification)Core TenetsWomen can attain liberationCore TenetsWomen must be reborn as men to attain liberationCore TenetsComments (0)No comments yet. 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