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Non-violence as a creed is unique and Mahavir observed : The earth, water, fire, wind and plants - all have life in them and we must accept and respect their existence. If you deny their existence, you deny your own. And that's also a form of violence. If you accept that life exists in these elements, then you are really non-violent and such thinking can become the foundation of modern environment.
Mahavir's non-violence is the result of a supremely compassionate soul that accepts the principle of equality of all living creatures.
He not merely preached or propagated non-violence but practiced it and his life has been its embodiment. His experiment with non-violence turned Vardhaman into Mahavir. He made his body suffer a variety of pains and got rid of the attachment to the body. As a result, no obstacles could come his way during the course of rigorous penance. One who is attached to the body can never be non-violent.
He gave up his abode in the Duijjant Tapas ashram near Vaishali when he realized that his penance might
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