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who has rose to become God, a pure conscience, by burning all his karmas. He has conquered passions of lust and hate and is bestower of knowledge. Jainism does not accept divine incarnation. Nobody is born a God. You earn it. There exists a potential God in every single human being. All we have to do is listen to ourselves. It is possible to attain salvation by emulating the life a life of Jina.
Spirituality is not religious dogma or ideology but the domain of awareness where we experience truth, goodness, beauty, love intuition, creativity and insight and focused attention. The fundamental principle of teachings of Mahavira is rationalism. Linking to Nature, adopting simplicity in life and personal purification are the bedrocks of his teachings. To follow the path shown by him may seem to be hard. But once an individual adopts the way of living shown by him, he/she is rewarded with a life full of peace, harmony and happiness. One may be healthy mentally, physically, but that does not make one a perfect man. Unless one knows the beyond, the mysterious, one knows nothing. The spiritual evolution of mankind advances does not lie in the fear of life, the fear of death, and blind faith, but in striving after rational knowledge that is going to beautify existence and make man more blissful, healthier, more intelligent, and more aware of the tremendous mystery that surrounds him. To know the reality or to seek the interrupted happiness are identical. The purpose of all living beings is to develop consciousness to the fullest extent so that the true nature of the universe is experienced.
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