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SHREE VALLABHSURI JAINA LITERATURE SERIES NO8
LORD MAHAVIR AND HIS TEACHINGS LORD MAHAVIRA - An Evaluation
Dr. S.B. DEO, MA Phil
It is well over two and a half thousand
years that the personality of Lord Mahavira
illumined the religious horizon of India, And
yet with the passage of several centuries, the
influence of his teachings, instead of waning.
as happened in the case of several others, is on
the incrcase. His name still remains a rovered
memory and an envigorating spiritual force to
thousands of people. What then, is the secret
of this everlasting popularity?
The answer lins in the review of the work
done by the Lord during his lifetime. With his
towering personality, his struggles against
various hardships and hence his wisdom arisen
out of his own experiences couplod with the zeal
of a reformer and the patience of a missionary,
he could rise to the occasion.
