Some Jaina Canonical Sutras c27.76

c27.76

³ *Ibid*, XXVIII, 30 Mokṣa is the essential point in the teachings of Mahāvīra, which is generally understood as emancipation It really means the attainment of the highest state of sanctification by the avoidance of pains and miseries of worldly life Even at this stage the soul appears to be the same without the least change in its condition It is the summum bonum or the state of perfect beatitude as attained It may also mean final deliverance or liberation from the fetters of worldly life and total annihilation or extinction of human passion