"Artha includes the pursuit of material well being, wealth and power. Dharma includes striving for righteousness and virtue. Moksha describes the desire for liberation from reincarnation. The first three goals pertain to the world we know, whereas moksha involves freedom from the world and from desires."
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Derrick M. Nault, in “Asia Journal of Global Studies, Issues 1-2 (1 January 2012)”, p. 95
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