Outlines of Jaina Philosophy

Author(s): Mohanlal Mehta
Publisher: Jain Mission Society Bangalore

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CONCEPTION OF REALITY
39 are enjoyed. In the other way the matter of karma is destroyed through penances before the actual period of enjoyment comes.2 MOKSA
That modification of soul which is the cause of the total destruction of karmas is known as bhāva-moksa and the actual separation of the karmic matter is called dravya-mokṣa. After attaining this stage the soul is never bound again. As Umāsvāti says: A person attains kevala-jñāna (omniscience) when first his 'mohaniya ' karmas and then his jñānāvaraṇīya, darśanāvaraņiya, and antarāya karmas are destroyed. After attaining kevala-jñāna the cause producing bondage being absent and nirjarā being present, a person becomes free from the remaining karmas, viz., vedaniya, āyus, nāman, and gotra karmas in due course and thus, being void of all kinds of karma attains final liberation.2
1 Tattvārtha-sāra, VII, 2. 2 ibid., X, 1-3.