Mahavira His Life And Teachings

Author(s): Saraswati Raghavachari
Publisher: Jain Sastu Sahitya

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Great men send out rays of silvery light which illumine the hearts of their fellow-men and help them to rise above all that is low, mean, selfish and contemptible.
Hence a person who renders even material assistance is certainly considered great; for, admittedly, he rises above himself.
Greater still are the intellectual benefactors who extend our vision, deepen and enlarge our understanding and enable us to know the right from the wrong.
But the greatest of all are the great Saviours, who, by their teachings have brought spiritual peace to the millions of this Earth.
CHAPTER II Mahavir's Greatness.
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No man has come to true greatness who has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to his race, and that what God gives him, He gives him for mankind.
-PHILLIPS BROOKS. Generally it is not given to a single individual to embody more than one of the above three kinds of greatness.