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 Yoga has always been a central practice in [[Jainism]]. Jain spirituality is based on a strict code of nonviolence, or ahimsa (which includes vegetarianism), almsgiving (''dāna''), faith in the three jewels, austerities (''tapas'') such as fasting, and yoga. The Mahavira, who founded the Jain faith as it has been practiced for the past 2,000 years, achieved enlightenment while meditating in a squatting yogic pose.
-Jain yoga aims at the liberation and purification of the self from the forces of karma, which binds the self to the cycle of reincarnation. Like yoga and Sankhya, Jainism believes in a number of individual selves bound by their individual karma. Only through the reduction of karmic influences and the exhaustion of collected karma can one become purified and released.
+Jain yoga aims at the liberation and purification of the self from the forces of karma, which binds the self to the cycle of [[reincarnation]]. Like yoga and Sankhya, Jainism believes in a number of individual selves bound by their individual karma. Only through the reduction of karmic influences and the exhaustion of collected karma can one become purified and released.
 Early Jain yoga seems to have been divided into several types, including [[meditation]], abandonment of the body (''kāyotsarga''), contemplation, and reflection (''bhāvanā'').