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    Do you have to die to attain moksha?

    9 months ago 61

    In Jainism, moksha (liberation) means the soul is freed from all karmic bondages and no longer experiences rebirth. This state is achieved by shedding all karma through right belief, right knowledge, and right conduct—the proper spiritual effort.

    • Typically, moksha is attained at the time of death when the soul discards its remaining karmas and leaves the cycle of birth and death for good.
    • There is also the idea that a perfectly enlightened being (a siddha) is in a freed, liberated state beyond further births, which is the ultimate goal.
    • In both major Jain traditions (Digambaras and Śvetāmbaras), the core teaching is that liberation comes from removing karmic attachments and completing one’s spiritual discipline; the specifics of practice or ritual may differ, but the essential aim is the same.

    So, yes, in ordinary understanding, moksha is achieved at the final moment of life after all karmas are burnt away.

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