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New Ideologies: New Traditions:
Lord Mahavira valued equanimity as much as did LordParshwa The Lord's first vow on the eve of his initiation was that of equanimity the elucidation he gave to it subsequent to his enlightenement took shape as the religion of equanimity. The foremost work of his ganadhara was the authorship of 'samayık Sutra' But it was given to the Lord to elaborate these codes of conduct in the contemporary context
There are three aspects of Samayık
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Equanimous perspective
2 Equanimous knowledge
3
Equanimous conduct
The Lord found it unnecessary to modify the principles of equanimous perspective and equanimous knowledge Only the equanimous conduct was modified by him
Lord Mahavira expanded the four major observances (mahavratas)- into five
1 Non-violence,
2 Truth,
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4 Continence,
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Non-stealthiness,
Non-acquisition
He as much emphasised continence and non-acquisition as non-violence The readers of his preachings realise the significance of this novel emphasis repeatedly
1 'Bhagwati 20/66 Mulachar 7/36/37 Yatwarthavartika pt 1 p 41
