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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
www.kobatirth.org
Preface
Sam immensely happy that the book on Tirthankara Mahavira has seen the light of the day today.
Tirthankara Mahavira was born 2600 years ago and since that time his life has been a source of inspiration for millions of people on this earth. Similarly, the message that emits and emanates from his life has been a source of hope and redemption for the entire mankind which is craving for peace and tranquility. In an era when the stockpiles of nuclear weapons are out to annihilate the whole human race, when terrorism and pollution are spreading fear and panic the world over, the teachings of Load Mahavira, emphasising the importance of non-violence, renunciation and Anekant in human life, show a new path to mankind beset with innumerable evils. His gospel of non-violence was transplanted into Mahatma Gandhi through Shrimad Rajchandra who was a great Jain Saint of the twentieth century and that in turn gave a new strength to the people to practice non-violence in settling all kinds of differences and disputes. Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela epitomised the same in the struggle that they led for the emancipation of people and of their countries.
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