Page 24 - Little Stories of a Great Monk

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someone died, he would be reborn into several smaller lives or he
someone died, he would be reborn into several smaller lives or he
might become a plant. What do you think of this
might become a plant. What do you think of this
statement?” He replied, “That’s the teaching
statement?” He replied, “That’s the teaching
of Jainism.”
of Jainism.”
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