How is liberation (or freedom) possible? The Indian sages and scholars considered four values (or goals) of life: pleasure (kama), profit (artha), correct and worthwhile mode of life (dharma) and liberation (moksha). Philosophers and sages have often considered freedom as the highest value in life. In the long tradition of experience and thought in India liberation was associated with a new self-understanding. Certain kinds of "imagination" – articulated in the various schools of thought (Vedanta, Buddha, Sankhya-yoga) -  have been considered as the crux of the new self-understanding and freedom. The course is dedicated to exploration and discussion of the nature and concept of liberation within the various systems of thought and practice in India.