Lord Mahavira and His Teachings

Author(s): Vallabhsuri Smarak Nidhi
Publisher: Vallabhsuri Smarak Nidhi

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Lord Mahavira and His Teachings
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stood for the removal of man-made divisions and subdivisions. To succeed in his erstwhile mission, he had started spade work years before. All his discourses touched one focal pointmunity amonst all sections of the society. He believed in religious toleration. He translated abstract concept of humanism, freedom of life and religion into rational and practical service of social progress.
“DO NOT BE INDOLENT, O GAUTAMA”.
In Acharya's life, one found a puissant Aow of spiritual practicability, decisiveness, resultant of natural power and vision, was a motivating force of his outlook on life and society. He accepted Jainism as a rule of inner existence and inspiration for humanitarian activities. "Do not be indolent, O Gautama, even for a moment”-this death-less message of Lord Mahavira found a touching echo in the daily life of Acharya Shri Vijayavallabhasuri Maharaj. He served humanity and religion in its struggle for lasting peace, friendship and unity not only amongst the people of his own faith but also amongst the general mass of humanity. He lived and died for the welfare of mankind. He worked ceaselessly for a better-ordered society, more just and freer mass of humanity. His death on the night of 22nd September, 1954 at the age of eighty-four cast a serious gloom in the vast ocean of mankind. Nature also felt the void which was illustrated in the form of a rare natural phenomenon of rainbow colours, circling in the blue firmament on a bright afternoon, when the mortal remains of this great devoted soul started on the last lap of its journey. The lustrous human body of this great