Universal Message of Lord Mahavira

Author(s): Dulichand Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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Appendices 83 dislike for religion. The strict adherence to the Law of Righteousness will provide him with the moral strength to withstand worldly impacts. The ten characteristics of this law are: supreme forgiveness, humility, straightforwardness, truthfulness, purity, self-restraint, austerity, renunciation, detachment and continence.
Bhagavāna Mahāvīra, whose "Nirvāṇa anniversary” falls today, in his wise sayings, points out that one should not remain complacent even with a small debt, a slight wound, a spark of fire and an insignificant passion, because they may become uncontrollable. Service to the preceptors and elders, avoiding the company of ignorant people, scriptural study, solitude and contemplation on the contents of sacred texts and patience are the main constituents of the pathway to emancipation.
In a lecture, Shri Dulichand Jain said that the foundation of Jainism is mainly based on the conception that this world is eternal and vast, and it is beginningless and endless. The Jaina canonical literature lays great emphasis on the doctrine of Ahimsā.