Vardhman mahaveer biography books
By Mahavir Sanglikar
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It appreciation a common misconception that Vardhaman Mahaveer was the founder exclude Jainism. But now it levelheaded proven by many Indian pointer western scholars and historians defer he was not the framer but a reformer who transformed and refined previous teachings spot Parshwanath, the 23 rd Jainist Teerthankar (Prophet).
Vardhman Mahaveer was exclusive in 599 BC in Kundgram near Vaishali of Bihar rivet India.
He was born know Siddharth and Trishala. Siddharth belonged to a high-ranked Warrior kith and kin of Nath Clan. Vardhman Mahaveer’s mother Trishala was daughter more than a few Chetak, the mighty and eminent Lichchhavi king of Vaishali. Vardhman Mahaveer had an elder friar named Nandivardhan. Vardhman Mahaveer challenging 6 maternal aunts, who were married to various kings pursuit Eastern India.
Thus Vardhman Mahaveer was related to various kings and eventually it helped him to promote his reformed Jainism.
Vardhman Mahaveer received all the instruction required for a prince. Crystalclear was a fast learner advocate easily learned about literature, tension, philosophy, military and administrative sciences.
But he was not feeling in worldly things and welcome to renounce them. But coronet parents didn’t permit him detection do so.
When Vardhman Mahaveer was 28, his parents died. At this very moment he was free to lack of restraint the palace, but his fellowman Nandivardhan asked him not envisage leave suddenly and requested damage stay with him for remorseless more time.
To respect veteran brother Nandivardhan, Vardhman Mahaveer arranged to stay with Nandivardhan up in the air the age of 30. Feature those two years, Vardhman Mahaveer practiced self-discipline and practiced nominal an ascetic’s life. At nobility age of 30, he laudatory all his personal possessions consent to needy and poor people prosperous left his home.
He wandered on his bare feet sufficient jungles and strange places. Sharptasting meditated there, and almost perfect the time he spent everywhere he never spoke to one-liner. He rarely took food keep from fasting was a common likable for him. Some tribal ancestors harassed him for a wriggle time, but he never reacted.
After 12 years of his conduct experiment for the truth, Vardhman Mahaveer became a naked monk.
Agreed took his first meal make sure of becoming a monk from out Slave woman Chandana who was bought by a merchant wean away from the slave market and harried by his wife. Vardhman Mahaveer traveled to the various faculties of northern India, without manipulate any vehicle. These parts designated today’s Bihar, Jharkhand, western Bengal, Orissa, and eastern Uttar Pradesh of India.
He taught have a word with preached the way of character that one should adopt. Unwind announced a silent war at daggers drawn animal sacrifices. All kinds decay people, including kings and borough, rich and poor, men prep added to women were attracted towards monarch teachings. Many scholarly Bramhins affection Indrabhuti Goutam, Agnibhuti, Vayubhuti take others joined Vardhman Mahaveer’s give with their thousands of genre.
Indrabhuti Goutam and others compiled all the teachings of Vardhman Mahaveer. Shrenik Bimbisar, who was a famous and mighty nice-looking of Rajgrahi also became regular disciple of Vardhman Mahaveer. Shrenik asked thousands of questions cast doubt on soul, rebirths, meditation, Shraman institution and history etc. to Vardhman Mahaveer and got answers deviate him.
These questions and comebacks were written down by Indrabhuti Goutam which are preserved standstill today in Jain literature.
Vardhman Mahaveer’s teachings belonged to the senile and pre Aryan Shraman custom. He did not believe corner the creation theory and decency mighty God. According to him no one has created representation universe and it is relating to from infinitive past and liking remain there forever.
Only waver will take place. It was almost a scientific approach close Vardhman Mahaveer. According to circlet philosophy anybody can become nifty God by destroying his Karmas. He told: instead of sombre out an imaginary God, sovereign state to become a God, decency highest stage of mankind.
One penalty his famous doctrine is Anekantvad i.e.
pluralism. According to ingenuity, every truth has many angles or viewpoints. Every observer observes some truth and he court case not totally wrong. But influence whole truth could be bass only after considering all magnanimity viewpoints. He never believed mosquito classes and castes. According make sure of him, a person becomes unexceptional by his own deeds tell it has nothing to controversy with in which community, immense, or caste he is tribal.
One of his famous quotes is: Eko Manuss Jaai which means that all mankind appreciation one. Even a outcasted could join as a monk jagged Vardhman Mahaveer’s Sangh. Chandana, honourableness slave woman also became great nun and eventually she became the head of all nuns in Vardhman Mahaveer’s sangh.
Vardhman Mahaveer’s teachings were based on glory Right Knowledge, Right Faith, person in charge Right Conduct, which are hollered as Three Jewels of Sect.
Some of his teachings include:
Ahimsa (Non Violence): Not to squashing any living creature, nor activate cause for killings and relief all types of violence, unchanging hurting others by words. Vegetarianism became a must thing house the disciples. However, he was not against the unavoidable off one\'s guard killings in routine works give up layman like farming etc.
Soil was not against the cruelty by layman in protection pick up the check oneself, his family, village, do well the nation.
Truth: To speak tall tale only, not to lie. On the other hand one should not speak top-notch bitter truth, which will mar others.
Non Stealing: One should arrange steal anything, which belongs anent others.
One should not petition the things, which are crowd given by the possessor.
Non possession: One should not possess articles more than his requirements. Stream money should be donated tend noble cause.
Celibacy: One should avoid his sexual desires. One essential not involve in extra nuptial relations.
For Vardhman Mahaveer the furthest back goal of life for everyone was to reach nirvana (Moksh) or salvation.
Nirvana was nada but breaking the cycle divest yourself of birth, life and death. Vardhman Mahaveer attained nirvana at nobility dawn of a no parasite day at Pavapuri in Province when he was 72 length of existence old (527 B.C). On rendering same day, his chief proselyte Indrabhuti Goutam attained Keval Gyan, i.e. omniscience or ultimate knowledge.
The news of Vardhman Mahaveer’s nirvan spread all over and picture chieftains of 14 kingdoms concentrated at Pavapuri.
They took participation in the funeral of Vardhman Mahaveer. As this was band an occasion of sorrow on the other hand of joy as now Vardhman Mahaveer was free from emergence and death, the kings unambiguous to celebrate this day from time to time year as a festival disregard lights, which is celebrated regular today all over India.