BASIC FIVE OF VEDANTA

1. Attachment:  Over involvement in the outside world, having desires for things that one does not have, and clinging to things one has.

2. Detachment:  Turning away from over involvement in the outside world, and turning toward Brahman/God instead.

3. Karma:  The principle that governs the unfolding of events in one’s life, based on the integrity with which one has lived his previous lives and is living his current life.

4. Moksha, Liberation:  the result of turning away from participation in the outside world and toward Brahman/God. With moksha comes release from the cycle of rebirths. 

5. Samsara:  The process of successive rebirths until one reaches moksha.