From One Birth to Another: Stories from Jaina LiteratureThe Jaina Agamas are believed to have come down from Mahavira. Some of them even pre date him. The stories in the agamas were conceptualized as a means to convey the austere teachings of the Jainas in a more relatable, 'entertaining' manner. For the first time, Sudhamahi Regunathan has translated a selection of these and other stories from Jaina literature into English. Ranging from the funny to the tragic, each story has a lesson embedded in it. A

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one of his fellow passengers is the murderer

our new mass migrations

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