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People had totally disregarded the true path of welfare and had been under the illusion of sacrificial rites etc. involving Violence to Animals in order to propitiate the innumerable deities. He put up a tough fight against several rites involving killing worked under the name of Dharma and propounded the principle of Non-killing for which even tocay mute creatures have been feeling themselves grateful to him.
Lord Mahāyira and Lord Buddha were not engaged in extra activities but they themselves were consistent in the conduct of their own life. Their faiths have certainly attempted to nallify the force of Brāhmanical authority or domain, but they have been careful even in doing so that no evil liberty is allowed to material pleasures. No weapon was ever handled. Their marvellous tritumph is due to the extraordinary and excessively lofty purity of Conduct.
Many points of interest are acceptable from the method in which he preached and propounded the faith after securing Omniscience. He has never cared to detest the flaws or foibles in other faiths, nor has he even tried to shield a sharp sward on the systems of others like most of the modern preachers. His attainment of Tirthankarship was solely destined for the good of the Universe; still in order to achieve the end He has never forced the teaching on unwilling minds, so also he has never discarded the ways of others and tried to induce them to his fold. His preaching was so quiet, pleasing and heart-apealing that it went deep into the heart of the audience.
Lord Mahāvira never entertained a wish that all the world be of his views and should follow him alone. He knew that such a desire was a sort of weakness and it is indicative of the constitution of the human heart. He knew that at no time in the past the whole world has been of one opinion nor will it ever be, in time to come.
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| SR No. | 008003 |
| Book Title | Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 2 Vibhag 2 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker |
| Publisher | Parimal Publication |
| Publication Year | 1989 |
| Total Pages | 802 |
| Language | English, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_English, Biography, History, & Religion |
| File Size | 20 MB |