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CONCLUSION. · "The hero (Vira) does not tolerate dislike,
the hero does not tolerate lust., because the
hero is not distracted, therefore the hero . is not attracted to sensuality.”
-Kalpasutra, 144. . Mahavira, the conqueror, was a hero of the highest type among the finas (the conquerors of self). The heroes among the Jainas followed and try to follow in his footsteps. They are not swayed by the lower nature of humanity, rather they train themselves to conquer it. They are in fact Diryamana (full of power) who care but little for worldly connections and relations. They are never to succumb to their desires and selfish motives. They renounce wrath, pride, delusion and greed and become leaders in the battle (samgama-sisa) the battle of salvation. The aim of Jain hero has been and can only be to free himself from the trammels of the world that is full of misery and discord; and to attain this aim he takes siksha (training) and diksha (ordination) in the full Ahimsic way. If he lives the life of the world, as most men have to do, he never forgets his aim- and always tries to become a shining hero. Just look at the examples of the different persons described in these pages. Jainas of every shade of opinion and class and belonging to different periods were a living model of the Jain Virya (heroism) of Ahimsa and
