Lord Mahavira

Author(s): C R Bhansali
Publisher: M and P Consultancy and Marketing Co Delhi

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karma originates from infatuation. Karma is root cause of birth and death and these are said to be the source of misery. None can escape the effect of their own past Karma.”
Once the determination to spiritual pursuit gains ground there is no backsliding. The aspirant maintains the progress he has attained and no relapse to former state is possible. -Acharya Mahaprajna
Enlightenment was the culmination of his spiritual pursuit that ended his prolonged fasts. Fast is not an end in itself. It is only a means to an end. -Acharya Mahaprajna
The Lord purged the karmic accumulations and attained the summum bonum by means of knowledge, true vision and virtue. Nothing excels it in the world.