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he has heard or would hear in future.
Jain Sutras are very particular to emphasize the importance of the total destruction of "Moha". As already noted passingly in the first chapter about "Out lines of Jainism", the Jain scriptures have provided a ladder describing the stages of spiritual development of human soul. These stages are 14 in number. Stages 11 and 12 are about the power of "Mohniya Karma" (actions born out of deluded attachments) and warns the aspirants that mere pacification of such attachment (technically known as "Upashant Moha") will not do because mere pacification does not totally destroy such attachment and is very likely to destroy all other achievements with the result that the soul is degraded to the second stage from which it has to progress again in the spiritual journey. It is therefore, necessary to resort to the total destruction of this attachment and enter into the 12th. Stage of "Kshina Moha" to achieve the final goal of "Kaivalya”.
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