India was undergoing a high-quality debate on spirituality under various identities and led by various great men. Vardhamaan Mahavir was one of them, like Buddha.
He was the 24th & the last tirthankara of his tradition which we call as Jainism now.
Jin is a person who has conquered his senses. Jainism teaches us to conquer our senses and lead a life based on: ahimsa, satya, asteya, brahmacharya and aparigraha. Each of these words have very deep meaning & philosophy and can be best understood by a person himself/herself.
Similar to Buddha, Mahaveer was a royal prince who renounced his power and started exploring truth.
Mahavira taught that pursuit of pleasure is an endless game, so we should train our minds to curb individual cravings and passions. That way one does achieve equanimity of mind, mental poise and spiritual balance. One should voluntarily limit acquisition of property as a community virtue which results in social justice and fair distribution of utility commodities. The strong and the rich should not try to suppress the weak and the poor by acquiring limitless property which results in unfair distribution of wealth in society and hence poverty. Attempting to enforce these five qualities by an external and legal authority leads to hypocrisy or secret criminal tendencies. So the individual or society should exercise self-restrain to achieve social peace, security and an enlightened society.
Jains r the most non-violent community of the world. They r famous for their contribution to art, archtecture, mathematics & sciences for last 2500 years
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