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KARMA AND LIBERATION
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If the suppression takes place in a regular and systematic way in a certain succession, the upasama-śreņi ends in a plete suppression of all the mohaniya karmas. This śreni reaches its end in the upasanta-mohagunasthana (eleventh stage), as then the suppressed passions break out again and the being descends from the steni.
The kṣapaka-freni leads to the destruction of karmas. One who has ascended it, annihilates successively various species of karma, becomes in the end quite free from it and thereby achieves the highest goal-salvation. A person exceeding eight years of age and possessing the best firmness of bodily joints is capable of ascending this śreņi.
