In Jainism, moksha (liberation) means the soul is freed from all karmic bondage and the cycle of birth and death. A living being cannot be fully liberated while still alive in a body. Liberation happens when all karma are shed and the soul becomes siddha (a liberated soul), which is considered a state beyond the worldly life.

What can happen in life is:

• One can strive for purification, right knowledge, right faith, and right conduct to move toward moksha.
• A person (usually a monk or a highly disciplined spiritual practitioner) may attain kevala-jnana (omniscience) and complete the shedding of karmas, but the traditional view is that moksha is realized and the soul becomes siddha after the shedding is complete, i.e., in the liberated state, not as a living, unenlightened being.

There are no differences between Digambara and Śvetāmbara on the basic point: moksha is the final release after death of the body, and a liberated soul resides in the siddha realm rather than in worldly life.