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Prachi Dhanvant Shah "We meet ourselves time and again in thousand Teachings of Mahavira makes religion simple but
disguises on the path of life."- C.G.Jung natural and significant free from elaborate ritual
As we go down the lane, on the path of our life, complexities. His teachings reflect the identity of the we coincide at a point where we need to take a pause soul and help nurture it in harmony with Samyak Gyan. and think where are we heading to? This human life Mahavira, the 24th and the last Tirthankara of bestowed by us is not just to live life monotonously Jain religion was the former human being of the era and make this body function to the command of time. to attain kevalgyan (Omniscience) in 557 BC. His soul Our soul that is residing in this given human body is then attained liberation and entered Nirvana becoming seeking something else. Every living being lives on this Tirthankara in 527B.C. Mahavira was born in 599 BC earth be it with purpose or without purpose. So, when as a prince but renounced worldly attachment at the you pause at a junction of life and interrogate with age of 30. Mahavira being born as prince Vardhaman yourself you need to identify whether your life has was offered all the luxuries and comfort to live a lavish any purpose to fulfill or not.
life. He was born in Kshatriya family, but it is believed Jainism explains the beautiful concept based on that his parents were the followers of Jain ascetic the theory of karma. As simple as it is explained, that Parshwanatha. As a child Vardhamaan thrived with we have earned this human life with good karma in compassion and was a strong believer of ahimsa. All our past life and so in this life, we have two options. the luxuries around him never fascinated him and Either we do better karma and progress aptly on this always implicated himself in self-contemplation. cycle of life and death, towards the path of liberation, Although, he was a very obedient child and worshiped shed off all the destined bad karmas and pursue a his parents with great faith and devotion. Just to fulfill spiritual life, or we do not care but just live this life his parents wish, Vardaman at a very young age got without any purpose with its outcome being whatever. married to princess Yashoda and then became a father Intense visualization by the exercise of concentration, to a daughter named Priyadarshana. interrogation, and willpower enables us to materialize Despite his life as a prince, he always found thoughts not only as dreams or vision in mental ambit himself as a seeker of something immortal and felt but also as experiences in material ambit. But to follow he did not belong to this worldly society. He often the path towards the spiritual journey, we also need a indulged himself into meditation, expressed Guru, a teacher in life, aspiring Samyak Darshan compassion towards the poor and offered them a towards their teachings. Teachings of Mahavira great help. He strongly believed that all the worldly certainly echo my soul, bequeathing right guidance pleasures were transitory and have a predetermined on my path of life. The interrogation between Gautam life span. At a very young age, he realized that Swami and Mahavira in Aagamshashtra detangles renunciation of worldly life is the only source to eternal majority of combat situations one faces in life. bliss. Through his meditative practice and clairvoyant
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