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in essence both are carbon by nature of things. The difference is glaringly obvious even after a passage of 25 centuries, which subtle uncatchable and unbelievable quality is knocking even today on the doors of the human conciousness to awaken it.
Lord Mahâvîra
The conclusion that even a person, an individual of average intellect reaches is, that Mahavir was and is not the name of an individual. It is a complete culture, an atmosphere, a way of life, a value system, which can became the future of India, even entire mankind. A culture which has no place for dictatorial tendencies, because living democratic traditions are alive in the culture, which culture does not accept any inequality of high and low, big and small, fair and black, master and servant, with the declaration that "all men/women are equal" emotional oneness and "Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam" becomes its corner stones. There remains no possibility of atomic wars or space wars or conflict in any shape, on any place. Because the very concept of conflict is simply non-existent and so is the need or idea of armament, consequently. In this vibrating culture, there is no scope for violence in any shape or form; the person of dread, terror, or force is an anthema to it, the very opportunity for the presence of which has been eliminated. Human goodwill and trust, implict in Bhaghwan Mahavir's teaching and philosophy is set to pierce the darkness of dread and suspician. It is light and happiness and peace all along the path.
Such culture was originated nurtured and developed on the sacred soil of the then Bharatvarsh, where from it radiated to the whole of the orient of that period, providing spiritual and moral inspiration towards the upliftment of human character, to a higher and still higher place of existence.
India as an entity and concept, apart from its physical or political boundaries, is a big country. Its people are ever ready to secure and develop its eternal values of basic goodness. But values can not be saved and secured by physical human efforts only. It needs ever widnening of its horizons, diluensions and vision, on the moral and intellectual place also, perhapes more so, what is needed is living those values and to do that realizing and awakening towards the need for it is essential. As Vivekanand has aptly said in summary, "Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached."
