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Mahavira & Self Concept / 43
Lord Mahavira says—“Victory over one's self is greater then conquering thousands and thousands of enemies on the battle field.
0 In the absence of religion, money leads society towards crime and the government towards immorality. At this juncture the need of religion is felt. This is because only religion, nothing else, has the power of renunciation.
-Acharya Mahaprajna
It is the self that generates the world, merges into it and frees itself of the world.
o 'Right conduct is the essence of knowledge.'