Salvation

CRITICAL: never ಮೋಕ್ಷ/ಮುಕ್ತಿ or ಐಕ್ಯ (the Lingayat state of final merger with Shiva, in which individual identity dissolves). ರಕ್ಷಣೆ is reconciliation with a personal God through Christ’s finished work, in which the believer remains a distinct person in relationship, not a soul absorbed into the divine.