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| | Jainism - Facts from the Encyclopedia - Yahoo! Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | Thus released from the rule of karma, the total consequences of past acts, the soul attains nirvana, and hence salvation. |
 | | Mahavira organized a brotherhood of monks, who took vows of celibacy, nudity, self-mortification, and fasting. |
 | | , when a schism developed over the issue of nudity, there have been two great divisions of Jains, the Digambaras [space-clothed, i.e., naked] and the Svetambaras [white-clothed]. |
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