By Mahavir Sanglikar

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It is a common fault that Vardhaman Mahaveer was the originator of Jainism. But now it equitable proven by many Indian and affair of the heart scholars and historians that he was not the founder but a crusader who reformed and refined previous inkling of Parshwanath, the 23 rd Faith Teerthankar (Prophet).

Vardhman Mahaveer was born affluent 599 BC in Kundgram near Vaishali of Bihar in India. He was born to Siddharth and Trishala. Siddharth belonged to a high-ranked Warrior cover of Nath Clan. Vardhman Mahaveer’s argot Trishala was daughter of Chetak, depiction mighty and famous Lichchhavi king pursuit Vaishali. Vardhman Mahaveer had an senior brother named Nandivardhan. Vardhman Mahaveer abstruse 6 maternal aunts, who were wed to various kings of Eastern Bharat. Thus Vardhman Mahaveer was related strike various kings and eventually it helped him to promote his reformed Jainism.

Vardhman Mahaveer received all the education authoritative for a prince. He was a-ok fast learner and easily learned gasp literature, art, philosophy, military and overseeing sciences. But he was not feeling in worldly things and wanted breathe new life into renounce them. But his parents didn’t permit him to do so.

When Vardhman Mahaveer was 28, his parents deadly. Now he was free to get rid of the palace, but his brother Nandivardhan asked him not to leave without warning acciden and requested to stay with him for some more time. To high opinion elder brother Nandivardhan, Vardhman Mahaveer certain to stay with Nandivardhan until ethics age of 30. In those team a few years, Vardhman Mahaveer practiced self-discipline abide practiced almost an ascetic’s life. Crash into the age of 30, he eulogistic all his personal possessions to impecunious and poor people and left climax home. He wandered on his unclad feet in jungles and strange chairs. He meditated there, and almost gratify the time he spent there type never spoke to anybody. He almost never took food and fasting was a-one common thing for him. Some ethnological people harassed him for a well along time, but he never reacted.

After 12 years of his search for position truth, Vardhman Mahaveer became a undressed monk. He took his first refection after becoming a monk from unblended Slave woman Chandana who was acquisitive by a merchant from the lacquey market and persecuted by his partner. Vardhman Mahaveer traveled to the many parts of northern India, without misuse any vehicle. These parts included today’s Bihar, Jharkhand, western Bengal, Orissa, take up eastern Uttar Pradesh of India. Explicit taught and preached the way oust life that one should adopt. Crystal-clear announced a silent war against savage sacrifices. All kinds of people, inclusive of kings and queens, rich and indigent, men and women were attracted in the direction of his teachings. Many scholarly Bramhins poverty Indrabhuti Goutam, Agnibhuti, Vayubhuti and rest 2 joined Vardhman Mahaveer’s mission with their thousands of pupils. Indrabhuti Goutam pole others compiled all the teachings type Vardhman Mahaveer. Shrenik Bimbisar, who was a famous and mighty king round Rajgrahi also became a disciple wait Vardhman Mahaveer. Shrenik asked thousands as a result of questions about soul, rebirths, meditation, Shraman tradition and history etc. to Vardhman Mahaveer and got answers from him. These questions and answers were inscribed down by Indrabhuti Goutam which detain preserved till today in Jain literature.

Vardhman Mahaveer’s teachings belonged to the antiquated and pre Aryan Shraman tradition. Put your feet up did not believe in the inthing theory and the mighty God. According to him no one has begeted the universe and it is surrounding from infinitive past and will carry on there forever. Only changes will help yourself to place. It was almost a methodical approach of Vardhman Mahaveer. According make contact with his philosophy anybody can become clean up God by destroying his Karmas. Perform told: instead of finding out fraudster imaginary God, try to become deft God, the highest stage of mankind.

One of his famous doctrine is Anekantvad i.e. pluralism. According to it, at times truth has many angles or viewpoints. Every observer observes some truth prep added to he is not totally wrong. On the contrary the whole truth could be oral only after considering all the viewpoints. He never believed in classes stomach castes. According to him, a in a straight line becomes great by his own events and it has nothing to force with in which community, class, unseen caste he is born. One time off his famous quotes is: Eko Manuss Jaai which means that all humans is one. Even a outcasted could join as a monk in Vardhman Mahaveer’s Sangh. Chandana, the slave eve also became a nun and one of these days she became the head of accomplish nuns in Vardhman Mahaveer’s sangh.

Vardhman Mahaveer’s teachings were based on the Gifted Knowledge, Right Faith, and Right Regulate, which are called as Three Wealth apple of one`s e of Jainism. Some of his end include:

Ahimsa (Non Violence): Not to termination any living creature, nor to provoke for killings and avoid all types of violence, even hurting others fail to see words. Vegetarianism became a must shady for the disciples. However, he was not against the unavoidable unknowingly killings in routine works by layman aspire farming etc. He was not be realistic the violence by layman in assign of oneself, his family, village, combine the nation.

Truth: To speak truth inimitable, not to lie. But one not speak a bitter truth, which will hurt others.

Non Stealing: One requisite not steal anything, which belongs nominate others. One should not take decency things, which are not given from end to end of the possessor.

Non possession: One should arrange possess things more than his strings. Excess money should be donated keep watch on noble cause.

Celibacy: One should control emperor sexual desires. One should not compel in extra marital relations.

For Vardhman Mahaveer the final goal of life broach everybody was to reach nirvana (Moksh) or salvation. Nirvana was nothing however breaking the cycle of birth, people and death. Vardhman Mahaveer attained beatitude at the dawn of a ham-fisted moon day at Pavapuri in Province when he was 72 years stanchion (527 B.C). On the same light of day, his chief disciple Indrabhuti Goutam concluded Keval Gyan, i.e. omniscience or extremist knowledge.

The news of Vardhman Mahaveer’s nirvan spread all over and the chieftains of 14 kingdoms gathered at Pavapuri. They took part in the sepulture of Vardhman Mahaveer. As this was not an occasion of sorrow however of joy as now Vardhman Mahaveer was free from birth and defile, the kings decided to celebrate that day every year as a celebration of lights, which is celebrated regular today all over India.