…presented in the mythology of the jains. The most recent prophet and savior of this very ancient Indian Sect was Mahavira, a contemporary of the buddha. His parents were already followers of a much earlier jaina prophet, prasvanatha. Centuries before…

…to the conditions of the time three years, eight and one half months after the death of the last of the saviors and prophets, Mahavira, this period comes to an end. Our own age, the fifth of the descending series, began in 522 b c and will last for…

…most crude, the most primitive and harsh of these yoga doctrines is that of the ancient Jain Tradition. The Great Jain Teacher Mahavira was a contemporary of the buddha, but he had been preceded by 23 other Jain Teachers. The one before him pashvanatha,…