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vision, he learned about his innumerable births and villagers, but in every situation, he beheld calm and realized that he has been going through the cycle of peaceful demeanor overcoming all the emotions. His birth and death unproductively. His every life indulged mental strength and strong determination to seek him into a karmic cycle and he never worked toward salvation, abetted him pass through all kind of extreme his soul seeking right knowledge, practicing penance situations. Eventually, in the thirteenth year of his and renouncing the world. Thus, there came a point penance, he attained omniscience and could visualize in his life when the worldly luxuries seemed immortal past, and predict future, with the vision of contouring for him. His soul was seeking something else. After present. his parent's death, he catechized his older brother's He then spent thirty years of his life preaching permission and renounced the world by becoming a people and guiding them with the right path of life monk. He did not forsake his family and responsibilities with Jain doctrines. He was the one who reformed Jain towards them, but he relinquished in search of religion preached by former 23 Tirthankaras, giving something more meaningful to pursue the us the present-day Jain religion in a more structured accountabilities towards his soul.
form, enabling to live life ethically along with spiritual At this intersection of his life, he had seized the wellbeing. Mahavira's teaching can be briefed and purpose of his this birth. His objectives were clear, his simplified into following philosophies which aspiration was to ideally immerse himself in his true emphasizes more on elevating the quality of life. While nature and attain omniscience. He detached himself attaining spiritual enlightenment, one should maintain from the least attachment of his worldly life. He an ethical manner of living as well. realized that his soul did not belong in the worldly . Belief in the Existence of soul and Karma. attachment and was always a misfit in society. He was According to Mahavira, every soul is eternal and on an intense spiritual journey such that for his soul, consistently evolving itself but is encircled by karmic the world was never his home but just a delusion. bondage. Although, these karmic particles are Hence for him, there was no renunciation of his perishable, and the soul can be free from karmic worldly society and family but the abdication of the bondage by getting rid of desires. Under the influence mirage world and search for a true home for his soul... of Karmic bondage, the soul is habituated to in search of true bliss.
experience materialistic pleasure and possession It is a very difficult task to reach this junction of which are the ultimate causes of accumulating karma. life and might seem impossible for some. To detach Mahavira believed that the soul can ultimately be oneself from every emotion, to detach oneself from liberated when the karmic force is disintegrated and every attachment and understand that your soul is then the soul shines luminously. mere invitee in this body, might be confronting. But • Desire to attain Moksha when one reaches this state, all the attachments, all According to Mahavira, every soul's aspiration in the emotions seem trivial and deceptive. Because life should be to attain moksha by following the responsibilities towards oneself and one's true nature, spiritual path. This can be followed by not involving in the true soul becomes preliminary and everything else any kind of evil karmas and shedding of existing becomes secondary. When one summons for a karmas, detaching oneself from worldly desires and superior source, he lands up ignoring the inferior ones. attachments. This can be obtained by a layman by Mahavira happily pursued a life of extreme penance practicing five vows of Jainism. 1) Non-violence, 2) and monkhood wandering around in the forest. He Practicing truth 3) Non-stealing 4) Celibacy 5) nonindulged himself into twelve and a half years of intense possession. Besides these vows, Mahavira also meditation and self-contemplation. He spent life emphasized following right faith, right knowledge, and arduously conducting penance in complete silence and right conduct. Although, for monks there exists more meditation, detaching himself from all the intense seven vows to follow. According to Mahavira attachments and conquering all the basic desires. He the ideal way to attain salva-tion is through subjected his body to all kind of the pain, also got renunciation of worldly desires and attachments. rejected and affronted physically and morally by . Following mere Jain religion with right faith and
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