$JES 901 Jainism and Spiritual Awakening E9

Author(s): JAINA Education Committee
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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05-SIX UNIVERSAL SUBSTANCES
Innumerable years
10 x 10,000,000 x 10,000,000 Palyopams
10 x 10,000,000 x 10,000,000 Sägaropams (=10KKSägar)
20 x 10,000,000 x 10,000,000 Sägaropams (=20KKSägar)
One Palyopams*
One Sägaropam or Sägar
Avasarpini or Utsarpini (Half Cycle)
One Time Cycle
*One Palyopam = The time required to empty a well that has a volume of 512 cubic miles (Sixty-Four cubic Gäu), and completely filled with hair of a seven-day old newly born baby, with one hair being removed every 100 years.
"Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as you ever can.'
-John Wesley
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