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reached, but as they take no interest, no one prays to them for aid in getting free from Karma.
A monk who faithfully performs his vows, etc., can reach this thirteenth stage. A layman could reach it, but it would be very hard for him. The S'vetāmbara and Sthānakavāsi, as we have seen, say that it might be reached by a woman, but it would be hardest of all for her. They say that for every 108 men who attain Moksa, at most only twenty women do so, and ten neuters. Ayogi Kerali Gunasthāvaka ( 242108 3941 2121741043).
No one who has attained the fourteenth 14th Step.
and final stage ever lives in it, but, being freed from all Karma, dies at once and becomes a Siddha.
