| Jains celebrate the attaining of Moksha by the founder of Jainism, Lord Mahavira. |
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| There are little fundamental differences between the two sects and the basic teachings are those of Mahavira for both sects. |
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| In May, Svetambara and Digambara Jain munis performed pratistha ceremonies installing a murti Mahavira. |
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| Mahavira gave special rules for the use of permutations and combinations which was a topic of special interest in Jaina mathematics. |
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| This symbol was adopted by all sects of Jainism while commemorating the 2500th anniversary of the nirvana of Lord Mahavira. |
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| Even Mahavira and Buddha agreed that there could be no final answers to some of the difficult questions of cosmology, ontology, theology, and eschatology. |
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| Mahavira Jayanti, the principal Jain celebration, honours the birth of Mahavira, the great reformer of the Jain monastic community. |
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| The temple has all the major Hindu deities and is dedicated to the Lord Mahavira of the Jains. |
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| Lord Mahavira, 24th Tirthankara A man should wander about treating all creatures as he himself would be treated. |
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| At the age of 72, Mahavira gave his last sermon and his souls reached moksha, where there is only knowledge, happiness, and bliss. |
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| The day celebrates the birth of Mahavira, the last of the 24 Tirthankaras of the Jain community. |
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| His doctrines and those of his followers are known only from Buddhist and Jain sources, which state that he was lowborn and died after a quarrel with Mahavira shortly before the Buddha died. |
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| Evidence of the rise of Mahayana Buddhism in Bengal from the 7th century onwards, this monastery, known as Somapura Mahavira, the Great Monastery, was a renowned intellectual centre until the 17th century. |
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| Sitting on the banks of the river Bhogavo, Wadhwan is a sacred place for Jains as they believe Lord Mahavira walked here. |
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| Like Buddha, Vardhamana Mahavira, who lived in the 6th century BC, left his family home to wander the valley of the Ganges. |
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| Mahavira wanted a peaceful world where fear and anger were lacking. |
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| While most Jams believe that their religion is eternal and has always existed, historians trace it to the foundational leaders Parsvanatha and Mahavira. |
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| Jainism came into prominence during the life of its exemplar, Mahavira. |
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| Six centuries before the birth of Jesus, in the faraway land of India, there lived a great spiritual teacher name Mahavira, who imagined just such a world. |
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| In fact, the legends of the life of Mahavira, the twenty-fourth and last tirthankara, frequently stress that nuns far outnumbered monks among his followers. |
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