Mahavir Prince Of Peace

Author(s): Ranchor Prime
Publisher: Mandala Publishing

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At last he was ready for his final lifetime in the long journey to enlightenment.
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NAGES LONG PAST, when people lived simple lives and had no one to lead them to peace and happiness, life was difficult and the path to truth was hard to find. From time to time, in ancient India, great souls appeared in this world, souls whose spiritual potency lit the way for countless followers. Among these exceptional beings were the twenty-four
Jinas, enlightened persons who were able to see all truths, past and present. Together these twenty-four became known as the Tirthankaras. Their name meant that they had crassed over the river of birth and death, and had left a path for others to follow
This is the story of the last and most famous of these twenty-four-his name was Mahavira.
The soul who was to be known as Mahavira had long been striving for perfection. His attention was fixed on the desire to cross over the river of birth and death, and to free himself forever from illusion and suffering. He had just completed a lifetime in the heaven called Pranata, and he was filled with deep knowledge, gained from long spiritual practice. He had devoted himself to meditation, to giving up all comforts of life and to serving his teachers, and had accumulated the benefits of many good deeds. In this way, after many lifetimes seeking enlightenment, he had freed himself from the harmful effects of almost all his past actions, so that only the slightest tinge of karma remained. At last he was ready for his final lifetime in the long journey to enlightenment.
So it was that his soul descended from the heavens into this earthly world for the last time. He was destined to be born as the son of a royal mother, queen of an ancient and prosperous kingdom in North India where she lived with her husband. King Siddhartha, in the fabulous city of Vaishali. Her name was Trisala.
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