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Kalpa Sutra

Jainism derives its name from Jaina (the conqueror), the second name of Vardhmana Mahavira. Mahavira, like Buddha belonged to a princely family in Vaishali (India). At the age of 30, Mahavira renounced the world and spent 12 yrs. In austerity and meditation in search of truth. At last, at the age of 42, while medating under an Asoka tree, he received enlightenment. He was thereafter known as Jaina, the Conqueror. Mahavira was born at the beginning of the sixth century B.C. Jainism preaches that by following the threefold path, all souls will be released from the cycle of births and deaths and will reach the pure and blissful abode above (Sidha sila). The threefold path consists of three jewels (tirthna), right belief, right cognition and right conduct. After… Click here to read more