1. Life of Mahavira, Lecture 1
1Obeisance to the Arhats! Obeisance to the Liberated Ones! Obeisance to the Religious Guides! Obeisance to the Religious Instructors! Obeisance to all Saints in the World!
2This fivefold obeisance, destroying all sins, is of all benedictions the principal benediction.
3In that period, in that age lived the Venerable Ascetic Mahāvīra, the five (most important moments of whose life happened) when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Uttaraphalgunī; to wit, in Uttaraphalgunī he descended (from heaven), and having descended (thence), he entered the womb (of Devānandā); in Uttaraphalgunī he was removed from the womb (of Devānandā) to the womb (of Triśalā); in Uttaraphalgunī he was born; in Uttaraphalgunī, tearing out his hair, he left the house and entered the state of houselessness; in Uttaraphalgunī he obtained the highest knowledge and intuition, called Kevala, which is infinite, supreme, unobstructed, unimpeded, complete, and perfect. But in. Svāti the Venerable One obtained final liberation. (1)[1]
4End of the First Lecture[2].
5Cf. Ācārāṅga Sūtra II, 15, § 1.
6Vācanā. These vācanās are the parts into which the Kalpa Sūtra is generally divided by some commentators. I have adopted the distribution of Samayasundara.
source: Kalpa Sūtra · Hermann Jacobi (Sacred Books of the East)
WEBREATH · 11:11
«Recognising the equality of all living beings, he appeases himself» — Acaranga Sutra 16
Breath is one for all: everyone lives by it, whoever they are and whatever they believe. Every day at 11:11 local time people stop for sixty seconds, breathe, and thank GOD for the breath — each in their own words, each within themselves. In that minute we are One Breath.
WEBREATH — the Minute at 11:11, your own local time — we are One Breath