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Festivals
When a teacher's light left the world, those who loved him could not bear to let the darkness that followed go unanswered.
Mahavira was born a prince. At thirty he set aside that life and went out to seek liberation, through severe fasting and strict self discipline.
In time he reached the highest realisation Jain teaching holds to be open to a soul. He was the twenty-fourth and last Tirthankara of this age of the world. What he taught shaped the Jain path for every age that came after him.
The rest of this story, read aloud, and a new one every day.