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[The Lord's Philosophy.
I do cause to be done and think the doer good; I shall do shall cause to be done and shall think the doer good ". All these are worth knowing as they are the causes of bondage. He who does not know them has to wander in different directions and take births in different species (Yonies) and so suffer untold misery. Undoubtedly to attain real life (of self-control), to earn real praise, real worship, to attain deliverance from life and death, it is necessary to know the real causes that bring about the bondages due to actions. Those are great souls who have understood them - and given them up and attained full control. "
These first words of Lord Mahavir clearly reveal that the highest ideal of His life was salvation of the self. With this always in view he has preached his religion-All his philosophy is a means to attain this great ideal, and therefore is of the greatest use for those who eagerly desire salvation.We shall now try to shed a little light on these pillars of his philosophy.
The World.
What is this world wherein we are living and still live? Who created it and with what materials ? Or is it beginningless and so uncreated? Such questions have always stirred the brain of man. But it is not an easy task to answer them satisfactorily. Lord Buddha who was a comtempo. rary of Lord Mahavir said very little about these. But Lord Mahavir has explained them in simple style. easy to understand. Where things are so numerous that it becomes impossible to count them separately, classification in to different species makes the task easier. The classification of the
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