This research has two objectives: to study the three liberations in the
Theravāda Buddhist Scriptures and to study how the three liberations can be developed through Vipassanā Meditation practice. Clarified and analyzed data are taken from the Theravāda Buddhist scriptures and other related scriptures then composed, explained in details, corrected and verified by Buddhist scholars.
According to the research, it found Vimokkha refers to states of liberated
mind from defilements confirming to become the Noble One being which is a goal of insight development. There are 3 types of Vimokkha; Sunyata-vimokkha or the liberation by considering Rūpa-Nāma as soullessness, 2) Animitta-vimokkha or liberation by considering Rūpa-Nāma as impermanence and 3) Appanihita-vimokkha is liberation by considering Rūpa-Nāma as suffering. The three liberations are
important for meditation practice because they are the causes of Magga and Nibbhana by one type among the three types. These three liberations contain 4 types; (1) the state of controlling faculty (2) the state of concentration (3) the state of attention (4) the state of leaving. Vimokkha is classified into 3 types due to the 3 faculties, there
are: (1) Saddhindriya or confidence (2) Samādhindriya or concentration (3) Paññindriya or wisdom.

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