Mahavir
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(Religous person)
Mahavir is the profounder of one of the popluar religions in India-Jainism,who was born in 559 BC in a village called Kunda in Bihar.His father Siddhartha was an important nobleman from the Kshatriya dynasty.His mother'name was Trishala.Mahavir was named Vardhaman by his parents,and showed signs of spiritualism from his early days.At the age of 5,he was sent to a Gurukul to study Sanskrit and became a great scholar.
A Spirtual Search
As an obedient son he married the girl of his parent's choice-Yashodhara who consequently gave birth to a daugther.But marital ties could not bind him,as he was thirsty for something more.His search compelled him to leave home,with his elder brother's permission,to understand the true purpose and meaning of life.
He traveled far and wide,expanding his knowledge and subsequently his perceptions of the world at large. And then,one day he attained'Kaivaly' or enlightenment while sitting under a tree on the banks of a river.Henceforth,he was to be known as Mahavir,as he was freed from the boundaries of sadness and joy,pain and pleasure.
Preachings
His teachings were greatly appreciated in North India for 30 years,and had in its following,the king of Magadha.He preached that truth and clean living were the priorities in life,as was nonviolence.Till today,Jains do not even harm a fly or a mosquito.True Jains tie a cloth around their nose,so as not to breathe in or destroy living organisms in the atmosphere.
He died in 527 BC at parapuri in Bihar,and left behind a legacy of thought and some beautiful temples like the Dilwara in Mt.Abu,Rajasthan and Shravanbelagola in Karnataka.These temples are popular today,not only as famous pilgrim spots,but also as works of great architecture.
Mahavir's Quotes
* The grealest mistake of a soul is non-recognition of its real self and can only be corrected by recognition itself.
* Silence and self-control is non-violence.
* Every soul is independent.None depends on another.
* There is no separate existence of God.Everybody can attain God-hood by making supreme omniscient and blissful.The bliss does not come from outside.
* Every soul is in itself absolutely omniscient and blissful.The bliss does not come from outside.
* Have compassion twards all living bings.Hatred leads destruction.
* Respect for all living being is non violence.
* All human being are miserable due to their own faults,and they themselves can be happy by correcting these faults.
* Non-violence is the highest religion.
* A man is seates on top of a tree in the midst of a burning forst.He sees all living being perish.But he doesn't realize that the same fate is soon to overtake him also.That man is fool.
* Fight with yourself, why fight with external fose? He,who conquers himself through himself,will obtain happiness.
* I am God,and just like me,every other living thing is also God.
* All breathing,existing,living thing is also God be slain,nor terated with violence,nor abused,nor tormented,nor driven away.
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