Service of Jainism to India

Author(s): J S Shah, U H Jain
Publisher: J S Shah, U H Jain

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598 B.C. in modern Bihar, lived upto the age of seventy-two years and attained Moksha, i.e. salvation, in 526 B.C. He revived the Jain philosophy about 2500 years ago. Since that time Bhaquan Mahavira has been the spiritual guide of the Jains. Even now about four million Jains of India practise the preachings of Bhagwan Mahavira and it is the duty of their mentors to guide them in practicing it in 1ta spirit in this rapidly changing world. "What then, is the essence, the spirit of Jainism?" - you may ask. Jainism, viewed as a whole, rests on the pour pillars which are Ahimsa, 1.n. Nonviolence, Anckaritworl, 1.. Theory of Rrlativity, Aporinraha, . i.e. Nonacquisition and Karma, i.r. Doods or Action. Nonviolence, Theory of Relativity, Nonacqui ...Il tono! Danesti di distante Page 3, 4 & 5