10 Powerful Quotes by Lord Mahavir for a Peaceful Life! – News18

Mahavir Jayanti is one of the most important Jain festivals in India. It celebrates the birth of lord Mahavir, the 24th and final Tirthankara in Jainism. Mahavir Jayanti falls on the thirteenth day of the bright half of the Indian month Chaitr. As per the Gregorian calendar, this date usually falls in March or April. This year Mahavir Jayanti will be celebrated on Sunday, April 21.

Mahavir Jayanti is a gazetted holiday in India, therefore all local and national government workplaces are closed on the occasion. The Jain community celebrates the festival by organising grand chariot processions. The statues of Mahavir are also given ceremonial baths and are beautified.

Mahavir Jayanti also offers an opportunity to revisit the basic tenets of Jainism such as non-violence (Ahimsa), truthfulness (Satya), non-stealing (Asetya), and non-attachment (Aparigraha). These principles encourage one to live a harmonious life and let go of negative emotions like greed, animosity, and anger.

Here are 10 wisdom-filled quotes and teachings of Lord Mahavir that preach self-discipline and peace:

10 Quotes by Lord Mahavir

1. Do not injure, abuse, oppress, enslave, insult, torment, torture, or kill any creature or living being.
2. Don’t accumulate if you do not need it. The excess of wealth in your hands is for society, and you are the trustee for the same.
3. Anger begets more anger, and forgiveness and love lead to more forgiveness and love.
4. Attachment and aversion are the root cause of karma, and karma originates from infatuation. Karma is the root cause of birth and death, and these are said to be the source of misery. None can escape the effect of their own past karma.
5. The most important principle of the environment is that you are not the only element.
6. A man is seated on top of a tree in the midst of a burning forest. He sees all living beings perish. But he doesn’t realize that the same fate is soon going to overtake him also. That man is a fool.
7. If you want to cultivate a habit, do it without any reservation, till it is firmly established. Until it is so confirmed, until it becomes a part of your character, let there be no exception, no relaxation of effort.
8. Live and allow others to live; hurt no one; life is dear to all living beings.
9. Nonviolence is the greatest religion.
10. In happiness and suffering, in joy and grief, we should regard all creatures as we regard our own self.

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