________________ ( 115 ) seose, individualism is not incompatible with social progress. Mahavira was never indifferent to the wellbeing of his Sangha. He worked strenuously for and took interest in the minutest details of the organization. One is amazed to find in him this rare combination of absolute nagation of desires and immense interest in action. Mahavira was neither a delicate mystic nor an 'energetic prophet.' He was a thoroughgoing rationalist who would base his action on his conviction, upmindful of the context of established custom of inherited tradition. This is the keynote of the personality of Lord Mahavira,
