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CHAPTER 1
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A brief account of the life of Tirthankaras,
KALA-CHAKRA
or
THE WHEEL OF TIME. his visible universe has been existing since
Eternity and it will continue to exist till IC Eternity. Phenomenal variations of numerous
a varieties do seem to occur every moment in every ,
part of it; and it is on account of these apparent
changes that it is called Transient, Destructible and Changing etc. etc. Still, if we look into its intrinsic condition we find that it has remained substantially the same all along and that it will remain such for ever. This is the verdict of all wise men from the earliest times to the present day; and their saying is based not only on tradition, but on personal experience and actual intuition. In every part of the universe, there is always passing more or less
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