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VIOLENCE A WAY OF LIFE
(A sketch of Bhagwan Mahavir's life and teaching)
BY: DR. KUMARPAL DESAI
(One is born a Brahmin, a Kshatriya, a Vaishya or a Shoodra according to one's karma) Thus he led shoodras out of the darkness of slavery and lifted them up from beastliness to godliness. He said
that a man or woman of any caste could practise religion. In fact he said that a monk should not be at all conceited regarding his appearance, caste, knowledge, penance, and celibacy. This was. Bhagawan Mahavir's great, social revolution.
He changed the whole situation. This true insight given from the depth of his soul made a permanent impact on the society. Bhagawan Mahavir fearlessly and firmly expressed his thoughts and 11berated people from the bonds of a certain class of people, from the practice of violence and mental slavery.
He led the society out of the bonds of the caste
