________________ 1 The Jain Cosmology || THE COSMIC WHEEL OF TIME (Kalpa) ETERNALLY REVOLVING AND DIVIDING TIME INTO TWO RECURRING 1/2 CYCLES. GRADUAL EVOLUTION (Utsarpini) 6 A 1D GRADUAL DECLINE (Avasarpini) + + + + + 2 D E TIME INCAT DESCENDI + + + + INDING CYCLE ALCULABLE TI 3D ALCULABLE TI NDING CYCLE + + + ON EARTH* THE 24 JINAS APPEAR ONLY IN THE 3RD AND 4TH PERIODS 3A ASCEND INCALCI LE TIME ON EARTH* THE 24 JINAS APPEAR ONLY IN THE 3RD AND 4TH PERIODS + +- - / 2A 5D 1A 6D 21,000 YEARS 21,000 YEARS TIME NOW 21,000 YEARS 21,000 YEARS ON EARTH, WHICH IS PART OF THE MIDDLE WORLDS, FINAL LIBERATION (MOKSHA) IS ONLY POSSIBLE IN THE 3RD AND 4TH PERIODS. IN OTHER PARTS OF THE MIDDLE WORLDS, THERE IS ALWAYS A JINA SOMEWHERE, WHO CAN TEACH THE PATH OF SALVATION AND MAKE LIBERATION POSSIBLE THERE. (3) Graphics and Design by Bornl. Kramski Jainism by Mike Proud foot and Irena Upenieks (c) Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1993
