Thus Spake Lord Mahavir

Compiled By : Mr. Pravin K. Shah

Excerpt from the sacred Jain Agams

• All Souls are alike and potentially divine. None is Superior or Inferior.
• Every soul is in itself absolutely omniscient and blissful. The bliss does not come from outside.
• Every soul is independent. None depends on another.
• God is neither the creator nor the destroyer of the universe. He is merely a silent observer and omniscient.
• There is no separate existence of God. Everybody can attain God hood by making supreme efforts in the right direction.
• Live and let live. Love all Serve all.
• Where there is Love there is Life. Violence is Suicide.
• Non violence is the highest religion.
• All living beings long to live. No one wants to die.
• Have compassion towards all living beings. Hatred leads destruction.
• Silence and Self-control is non violence.
• Just I dislike pain, so all other beings dislike pain.
• A wise person does not kill, nor cause others to kill, nor consent to the killings by others.
• Respect for all living beings is non violence.
• All human beings are miserable because of their own ignorance, and they themselves can be happy by acquiring proper knowledge.
• The greatest mistake of a soul is non recognition of its real self and can only be corrected by recognizing itself.
• Know thyself, recognize thyself, be immersed by thyself you will attain God-hood.
• One who, even after knowing the whole universe, can remain unaffected and unattached is God.
• Fight with yourself, why fight with external foes? He, who conquers himself through himself, will obtain happiness.

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Article Courtesy : Mr. Pravin K. Shah
Chairperson Jaina Education Committee
 Federation of Jain Associations in North America 
509, Carriage Woods Circle Raleigh, NC 27607-3969, USA 
E-Mail : pkshah1@attglobal.net
Websites : www.jaina.org & www.jainism.org

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