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PROLOGUE
There have been many books and booklets on Bhagavāna
Mahāvīra. They have described his life and teachings either in brief
or in detail. Despite this, the object of one more new booklet is to
present the life of Mahāvīra and his universal teachings to be easily comprehended by the young children and adults with some more interest. The pictorial representation of the material will not only gives external attraction of the booklet, but it will also lead to better magnificence and readability. The autobiographic form of the book creates an internally impressive disposition to lead the self towards better understanding of the processes of life. It will also be realized that even the negative principles result in encouraging positive qualities to improve the self and the society- as the
psychologists say.
The source of this write-up has been the book, 'Mahāvīra
Kā Antastala (The Mind of Mahāvīra) by Swāmi Satyabhakta (1901-1999) which is based on Kalpasūtra in a literary style and the pictorial "Story of Jesus" by E. Graham. The life-story depicts Mahāvīra moving from a normal worldly being to a highly
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