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Osho on Mahavira

1648 discourses in which Osho speaks about Mahavira, most mentions first. Each line is his own sentence from that talk.

  1. Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein #8 · 171 mentions · 21 September 1969
    “First, only with Mahavira did a stream of thought become a sect.”
  2. Mahaveer Vani #37 · 145 mentions · 25 August 1973
    “Whatever Mahavira has said, these are not the words of a philosopher—these are not the words of a Plato, an Aristotle, a Kant, or a Hegel.”
  3. Mahaveer Ya Mahavinash #7 · 137 mentions
    “I begin thus because Mahavira has one life — the one written in books, in the shastras, the one believed by his worshippers; and another life of Mahavira that is not manifest, is invisible, and which requires eyes of great patience and restraint to see.”
  4. Mahaveer Ya Mahavinash #5 · 117 mentions · 14 April 1965
    “On the celebration of Mahavira’s birth, it will delight me to share a few words with you.”
  5. Jin Sutra #14 · 111 mentions · 24 May 1976
    “Mahavira does not even say, I can take you anywhere; at the most I can point the way—walking you must do yourself, on your own feet.”
  6. Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein #15 · 109 mentions · 25 September 1969
    “Mahavira accepted neither a controller, nor any surrender, nor any guru, nor scripture, nor tradition; then it is quite natural that a question should arise: was this not Mahavira’s extreme arrogance?”
  7. Mahaveer Vani #5 · 107 mentions · 22 August 1971
    “If a book were to be written on the life of Mahavira, its title would have to be: No Lust for Life—no jiveshana.”
  8. Mahaveer Ya Mahavinash #3 · 107 mentions · 24 April 1964
    “On this remembrance day of Bhagwan Mahavira, to say a few things about his life will be a joy to me.”
  9. Mahaveer Vani #38 · 102 mentions · 26 August 1973
    “Until we enter that home—which Mahavira calls Moksha, which Shankara calls Brahman, which Jesus called the Kingdom of God—until we enter that house, life remains a restless and sorrowful pilgrimage.”
  10. Mahaveer Vani #6 · 97 mentions · 23 August 1971
    “First: if Mahavira were passing by and a killing were taking place, what you and I see in a killing is not what Mahavira would see.”
  11. Jin Sutra #21 · 96 mentions · 31 May 1976
    “Just as two and two make four, so are Mahavira’s utterances.”
  12. Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein #2 · 90 mentions · 18 September 1969
    “No—I am speaking of the very nature of scripture, whether it be Mahavira’s, Buddha’s, Krishna’s, mine, or yours; it makes no difference.”
  13. Jin Sutra #9 · 89 mentions · 19 May 1976
    “The whole universe of Mahavira’s contemplation is the Atman.”
  14. Mahaveer Vani #4 · 89 mentions · 21 August 1971
    “Mahavira says: Religion is the supreme auspicious.”
  15. Mahaveer Vani #17 · 85 mentions · 3 September 1971
    “Seeing Mahavira standing in Dhyana, you still cannot know what Dhyana is.”
  16. Mahaveer Ya Mahavinash #2 · 85 mentions · 14 April 1965
    “So, in this hope I shall speak a little on Mahavira—that in this brief nearness, in this short remembrance of him, some transformation may be touched within you, some movement may arise within, some longing may awaken, some seed may begin to sprout, and the as…”
  17. Mahaveer Ya Mahavinash #1 · 84 mentions · 13 April 1965
    “Sorrowful because we remember Mahavira, yet we have no love for Mahavira.”
  18. Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein #1 · 82 mentions · 17 September 1969
    “I am not a follower of Mahavira, I am a lover.”
  19. Jin Sutra #31 · 81 mentions · 10 June 1976
    “Hence Mahavira calls the first limb of Right Vision: nishanka.”
  20. Jin Sutra #1 · 77 mentions · 11 May 1976
    “In one word, the childhood name of Mahavira is the pointer of Brahmin culture.”
  21. Jyon Ki Tyon #8 · 77 mentions
    “If lust could be satisfied, then Mahavira is naive.”
  22. Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein #17 · 77 mentions · 26 September 1969
    “For someone like Mahavira it is inevitable that he will encounter hundreds of thousands of opponents.”
  23. Krishna Smriti #12 · 75 mentions · 1 October 1970
    “Therefore I call Mahavira, Buddha, or Jesus complete in a one-dimensional sense.”
  24. Jin Sutra #5 · 74 mentions · 15 May 1976
    “Mahavira’s religion is of the second kind; therefore sorrow will be discussed again and again.”
  25. Jin Sutra #51 · 74 mentions · 29 July 1976
    “This at least proves that, before Mahavira’s followers, Goshalak must have stood as the sharpest rival.”
  26. Mahaveer Vani #44 · 74 mentions · 1 September 1973
    “Someone went to Mahavira and was initiated.”
  27. Jin Sutra #38 · 72 mentions · 16 July 1976
    “Only Mahavira could give such sutras.”
  28. Krishna Smriti #20 · 72 mentions · 5 October 1970
    “Christ’s neutrality, Buddha’s disregard, Mahavira’s dispassion, and Krishna’s non-attachment share many similarities, yet there are fundamental differences.”
  29. Mahaveer Vani #40 · 71 mentions · 28 August 1973
    “What happens in the consciousness of a seeker, and what happens in the consciousness of a Siddha—there is still time before clear information about that becomes available; but Mahavira’s vision is utterly clear.”
  30. Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy #12: Discipline, Devotion and Krishna · 70 mentions · 1 October 1970
    “I say Mahavira, Buddha and Jesus were complete in a particular dimension.”
  31. Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy #20: Base your Rule on the Rule · 68 mentions · 5 October 1970
    “There is a good deal of similarity between Christ's concept of neutrality, Buddha's idea of indifference, Mahavira's transcendence of attachment, and Krishna's non-attachment.”
  32. Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein #14 · 68 mentions · 24 September 1969
    “Mahavira never made anyone his guru.”
  33. Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein #25 · 68 mentions · 2 October 1969
    “To speak on Mahavira for so many days has been immensely blissful.”
  34. Jin Sutra #32 · 67 mentions
    “Then let us speak again of Mahavira’s tirth.”
  35. Jin Sutra #50 · 67 mentions · 28 July 1976
    “But Mahavira says: virtue binds just as sin binds.”
  36. Mahaveer Vani #16 · 67 mentions · 2 September 1971
    “Mahavira has called the third inner austerity: Vaiyavrittya.”
  37. Mahaveer Vani #29 · 66 mentions · 14 September 1972
    “Whether Mahavira speaks, Krishna speaks, Buddha speaks—their doctrines may differ, but the lotus always appears.”
  38. Jin Sutra #29 · 65 mentions · 8 June 1976
    “Mahavira says: even a man bereft of character but endowed with vision can attain siddhi.”
  39. Jin Sutra #13 · 64 mentions · 23 May 1976
    “There have been others who denied Paramatma; but none with the finesse of Mahavira.”
  40. Mahaveer Vani #2 · 64 mentions · 19 August 1971
    “Mahavira has said: if you wish to attain, begin to see.”
  41. Mahaveer Vani #34 · 64 mentions · 19 September 1972
    “But Mahavira says: in that, renunciation has no meaning.”
  42. Dimensions Beyond the Known #2 · 63 mentions · 7 March 1971
    “That is why the statements of people like Buddha, Mahavira or Jesus are made from two different planes -- one of the soul and the other of the body.”
  43. Jin Sutra #40 · 63 mentions · 18 July 1976
    “The entire teaching of Mahavira is gathered into this one sutra.”
  44. Mahaveer Vani #21 · 61 mentions · 6 September 1972
    “Mahavira places great conditions upon truth.”
  45. Jin Sutra #27 · 60 mentions · 6 June 1976
    “Mahavira is flying higher and higher into the heights!”
  46. Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein #20 · 60 mentions · 29 September 1969
    “Mahavira and Buddha both used the languages of the people; they spoke in what people actually spoke.”
  47. Mahaveer Vani #10 · 60 mentions · 27 August 1971
    “Mahavira has divided tapas into two forms.”
  48. Mahaveer Vani #22 · 60 mentions · 7 September 1972
    “This is a formula wholly contrary to Mahavira.”
  49. Mahaveer Vani #42 · 60 mentions · 30 August 1973
    “Mahavira has spoken the eight aphorisms of sadhana in these words.”
  50. Mahaveer Vani #46 · 60 mentions · 3 September 1973
    “Mahavira is a seeker of pure truth.”
  51. Mahaveer Ya Mahavinash #8 · 60 mentions
    “Just as today we have gathered to remember such a one — to remember Mahavira — so at times we gather to remember Krishna, or Rama, or Christ, or Muhammad.”
  52. Mahaveer Vani #45 · 58 mentions · 2 September 1973
    “Mahavira is a great yogi.”
  53. Jin Sutra #8 · 57 mentions · 18 May 1976
    “That is why Mahavira called truth the essence of all religion.”
  54. Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein #7 · 57 mentions · 20 September 1969
    “How is the experience of truth to find expression — this was the greatest question before Mahavira in this very life.”
  55. Mahaveer Vani #47 · 57 mentions · 4 September 1973
    “When people behold Mahavira, one thing becomes certain — if they truly behold, if they truly listen; if their eyes are closed, their ears sealed, if they have decided that they will not see anything beyond themselves — because the moment one sees something hig…”
  56. Jin Sutra #17 · 56 mentions · 27 May 1976
    “Mahavira cannot make anyone arrive; but the one who longs to arrive can journey a very long way in his radiance.”
  57. Mahaveer Vani #19 · 56 mentions · 4 September 1972
    “Mahavira has said, Buddha has said, Krishna has said—all have said that the Atman is immortal.”
  58. Jin Sutra #2 · 55 mentions · 12 May 1976
    “Mahavira said, “Life is futile.””
  59. Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein #19 · 55 mentions · 28 September 1969
    “Mahavira was not at all prepared to accept anyone as an ally in his struggle.”
  60. Mahaveer Vani #3 · 55 mentions · 20 August 1971
    “But by the time of Buddha and Mahavira, the condition of man’s mind had changed greatly.”
  61. Mahaveer Vani #23 · 55 mentions · 8 September 1972
    “Let us understand Mahavira’s sutra:”
  62. Jin Sutra #19 · 53 mentions · 29 May 1976
    “Mahavira called fearlessness the very foundation of dharma.”
  63. Jin Sutra #52 · 53 mentions · 30 July 1976
    “Leshya is a technical word in Mahavira’s method of understanding.”
  64. Jin Sutra #60 · 53 mentions · 7 August 1976
    “Mahavira’s way of looking at life is the scientist’s way.”
  65. Mahaveer Vani #43 · 53 mentions · 31 August 1973
    “Mahavira’s sutra says: who is worthy of worship?”
  66. Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein #3 · 52 mentions · 18 September 1969
    “From Mahavira’s birth up to the beginning of the period of his sadhana, no clear events are recorded.”
  67. Mahaveer Vani #51 · 52 mentions · 8 September 1973
    “These sutras of Mahavira are sutras of dharma.”
  68. Jin Sutra #34 · 51 mentions · 12 July 1976
    “This was the greatest question before Mahavira.”
  69. Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein #4 · 51 mentions · 19 September 1969
    “With Mahavira, a connection can still be established.”
  70. Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein #16 · 51 mentions · 25 September 1969
    “This question is very significant in the context of Mahavira as well.”
  71. Mahaveer Vani #7 · 50 mentions · 24 August 1971
    “Mahavira is a personality blossomed like a flower.”
  72. Mahaveer Vani #53 · 50 mentions · 10 September 1973
    “Dispassion from sensual enjoyment is an absolutely indispensable step on Mahavira’s path of sadhana.”
  73. From Personality to Individuality #24: Infallibility: just a popedream · 49 mentions · 22 January 1985
    “Buddha committed mistakes, Mahavira committed mistakes; and I am sitting before you -- in coming to Oregon, do you think I have not committed a mistake?”
  74. Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy #3: Where Buddha Ends Krishna Begins · 49 mentions · 26 September 1970
    “Mahavira and Buddha transcend it: it needs very hard work; it calls for tremendous austerity.”
  75. Jin Sutra #23 · 49 mentions · 2 June 1976
    “In these sutras Mahavira wants to make it utterly clear that the real world is the 'urge to gain.'”
  76. Mahaveer Vani #15 · 49 mentions · 1 September 1971
    “That is why Mahavira has kept a very scientific sequence—repentance first; because with repentance the food supply to the ego ceases.”
  77. Es Dhammo Sanantano #99 · 48 mentions · 8 June 1977
    “First, in the times of Mahavira and Buddha human consciousness was not yet capable of understanding so vast a synthesis.”
  78. Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy #2: Krishna is Complete and whole · 47 mentions · 26 September 1970
    “With the exception of Krishna, all the remarkable people of the world, the salt of the earth like Mahavira, Buddha, and Christ, stood for some other world, for a life in some other world.”
  79. Mahaveer Vani #12 · 47 mentions · 29 August 1971
    “This is not Mahavira’s intent in rasa-renunciation.”
  80. Mahaveer Vani #50 · 47 mentions · 7 September 1973
    “The Upanishads have said it; Mahavira has also said it: when one is accomplished, all is accomplished.”
  81. Jin Sutra #15 · 46 mentions · 25 May 1976
    “Hence you will not find references in Mahavira’s and Buddha’s lives like those about Ramakrishna—that taking the name of the Divine he would become unconscious, lie fallen for hours in a swoon; sometimes for days he would not return to ordinary consciousness.”
  82. Jin Sutra #42 · 46 mentions · 20 July 1976
    “There are five senses; therefore Mahavira says, there are only five subjects for man's broodings.”
  83. Sabai Sayane Ek Mat #4 · 46 mentions · 14 September 1975
    “You have not loved Mahavira; it is that you have not loved Krishna, therefore you cling to Mahavira—because he appears to stand opposite.”
  84. Jin Sutra #4 · 45 mentions · 14 May 1976
    “Such is Mahavira’s path.”
  85. Mahaveer Vani #1 · 45 mentions · 18 August 1971
    “…ver that nears the ocean, on the verge of losing itself, looks back for a moment and thinks—so too, before entering the voice of Mahavira, it is essential to pause for two moments.…”
  86. Mahaveer Vani #27 · 45 mentions · 12 September 1972
    “Mahavira has said: “It is very rare that a living being in this world attains these four supreme blessings—humanity, hearing the dharma, trust, and the effort for self-restraint.””
  87. Mahaveer Vani #52 · 45 mentions · 9 September 1973
    “It is necessary to understand this rightly, because Mahavira’s entire path of sadhana is the path of samyam.”
  88. Mahaveer Vani #30 · 44 mentions · 15 September 1972
    ““Mahavira calls heedlessness karma, and awareness non-karma.”
  89. Jin Sutra #18 · 43 mentions · 28 May 1976
    “And a mind that compares will understand neither Mahavira nor Krishna, because the comparing mind is a shopkeeper’s mind, not the mind of understanding.”
  90. Mahaveer Vani #18 · 43 mentions · 4 September 1971
    “In Mahavira’s sutras of sadhana, today we have to speak on the twelfth and final austerity.”
  91. Krishna Smriti #2 · 42 mentions · 26 September 1970
    “First, except for Krishna, all the other wondrous figures of the world—Mahavira, Buddha, Christ, and others—were living for the other world: for some future life, some other realm; for the afterlife, for moksha, for heaven.”
  92. Jin Sutra #25 · 41 mentions · 4 June 1976
    “Mahavira saw; we heard.”
  93. Tao Upanishad #34 · 41 mentions · 17 April 1972
    “Therefore whether it is Krishna, Christ, Mahavira, or Lao Tzu, all of them speak of those seers who had attained this truth before.”
  94. Jin Sutra #7 · 40 mentions · 17 May 1976
    “Hence Mahavira says: ‘In Truth is tapas, restraint, and the abode of all virtues’—because Truth is conduct.”
  95. Jin Sutra #36 · 40 mentions · 14 July 1976
    “Mahavira made a great distinction between two kinds of character.”
  96. Krishna Smriti #3 · 40 mentions · 26 September 1970
    “Mahavira and Buddha do go beyond—but crossing that last, subtlest “I” is exceedingly arduous; that is their real tapascharya.”
  97. Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein #21 · 40 mentions · 29 September 1969
    “Thus the darshan of Mahavira—or of Buddha, Krishna, Christ, Mohammed—is always total.”
  98. Mahaveer Vani #54 · 40 mentions · 11 September 1973
    “So if we understand mind rightly, we can enter Mahavira’s final sutras.”
  99. Main Kahta Akhan Dekhi #2 · 40 mentions · 7 March 1971
    “So when we call Buddha, Mahavira, Krishna, Christ wise, our reason is this: they know two planes; we know one.”
  100. Saheb Mil Saheb Bhave #9 · 40 mentions · 19 July 1980
    “Never mistakenly call Buddha, Mahavira, or Patanjali “thinkers.””
  101. Jin Sutra #3 · 39 mentions · 13 May 1976
    “Mahavira too moves along that very road.”
  102. Mahaveer Vani #20 · 39 mentions · 5 September 1972
    “The awareness of this nectar does not abolish death; death will still occur — it occurred to Mahavira, to Krishna, to Buddha.”
  103. Jin Sutra #62 · 38 mentions · 9 August 1976
    “Today’s sutras are Mahavira’s ultimate conclusions.”
  104. Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein #5 · 38 mentions · 19 September 1969
    “Yesterday I pondered a little about Mahavira’s childhood.”
  105. Mahaveer Vani #39 · 38 mentions · 27 August 1973
    “Therefore Mahavira has said: except for ego, there is no other ignorance.”
  106. Saheb Mil Saheb Bhave #8 · 38 mentions · 18 July 1980
    “Jin dharma means: the religion of Mahavira, Adinatha, Neminatha, Mallinatha—the religion of those who had conquered themselves, who had known themselves.”
  107. The Secret #9: Truth Simply Is · 36 mentions · 19 October 1978
    “Just the other day in the newspapers, I came across Morarji Desai's statement about me, that Rajneesh cannot be compared with Mahavira.”
  108. The Way of Tao, Volume 2 #12: The signs of a saint: he is alert and irresolute, egoless and playful · 36 mentions · 17 April 1972
    “Therefore, whether it be Krishna or Christ, Lao Tzu or Mahavira, they all talk of the rishis who have also attained this truth before them.”
  109. Jin Sutra #44 · 36 mentions · 22 July 1976
    “What Mahavira said twenty-five centuries ago came to Freud’s mind only in this very century.”
  110. Mahaveer Vani #28 · 36 mentions · 13 September 1972
    “Mahavira does not merely say pandit; he says ashu-prajna pandit.”
  111. Beyond Psychology #6: A lot -- and nothing · 35 mentions · 15 April 1986
    “The story of Mahavira has always been misunderstood -- it is not only you who have misunderstood it -- because we understand things according to our minds.”
  112. Jin Sutra #26 · 35 mentions · 5 June 1976
    “Look at those who have let go—Mahavira, Buddha—see how filled they are!”
  113. Nowhere To Go But In #13 · 34 mentions · 6 June 1974
    “The word jin for example -- one of the names given to Buddha and Mahavira.”
  114. Jin Sutra #11 · 34 mentions · 21 May 1976
    “Jains read Mahavira’s words—blindly.”
  115. Jin Sutra #39 · 34 mentions · 17 July 1976
    “In this way, based on modern physics, we can understand that just as Einstein spoke of spacetime, so Mahavira called the soul “time.””
  116. Jin Sutra #56 · 34 mentions · 3 August 1976
    “Today’s sutras are exceedingly unique in Mahavira’s path of sadhana.”
  117. Jyon Ki Tyon #12 · 34 mentions
    “Whether Mahavira is born, or Buddha, or Krishna—violence will be there.”
  118. Maha Geeta #72 · 34 mentions · 22 January 1977
    “Buddha criticized Mahavira.”
  119. Mahaveer Vani #24 · 34 mentions · 9 September 1972
    “That is why the eyes of Mahavira see with a clarity your eyes cannot attain.”
  120. From Ignorance to Innocence #20: Surrender: the ego upside down · 33 mentions · 19 December 1984
    “Seeing this situation, Mahavira's orthodox followers....”
  121. Hidden Mysteries #1: The Secret of Shapes, Sounds and Fragrances · 33 mentions · 26 April 1971
    “Look at the statues of Buddha and Mahavira in padmasan or siddhasan.”
  122. Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy #16: Atheism, Theism and Reality · 33 mentions · 3 October 1970
    “India's mind has been heavily conditioned by Mahavira and Buddha.”
  123. Jyon Ki Tyon #10 · 33 mentions
    “The greatest persons given are Buddha, Mahavira, Krishna, Christ, Mohammed—all Eastern.”
  124. Nahin Ram Bin Thaon #13 · 33 mentions · 6 June 1974
    “Among the names of Mahavira and the Buddha is the name Jin.”
  125. Saheb Mil Saheb Bhave #1 · 33 mentions · 11 July 1980
    “Mahavira called it Paramatma—the Supreme Self—but gave it a meaning very different from the Hindu usage.”
  126. The Perennial Path: The Art of Living #5: Process of progress · 32 mentions · 13 November 1970
    “Just as science is the gift of the West to the world, sannyas is the great gift from the East, along with the greatest individuals of Asia like -- Buddha, Mahavira, Christ and Muhammed.”
  127. Jin Sutra #55 · 32 mentions · 2 August 1976
    “Mahavira was awake.”
  128. Jyon Ki Tyon #9 · 32 mentions
    “Mahavira is not a thief; it would be hard to find a person less inclined to steal than he.”
  129. Maha Geeta #41 · 32 mentions · 21 November 1976
    “Mahavira’s tradition is called Shramana.”
  130. Saheb Mil Saheb Bhave #3 · 32 mentions · 13 July 1980
    “Rise—and he becomes a Buddha; rise—and Mahavira; rise—and Krishna; rise—and Christ; rise—and Zarathustra.”
  131. Jin Sutra #28 · 31 mentions · 7 June 1976
    “Mahavira gives to you not because you suffer.”
  132. Jyon Ki Tyon #1 · 31 mentions · 1 September 1970
    “Therefore Mahavira cannot be called a Jain — to call him so is injustice.”
  133. Mahaveer Vani #36 · 31 mentions · 21 September 1972
    “Because of such statements, many people think that if a danger comes upon religion—meaning upon Hinduism, upon Jainism—one should give one’s life; because Mahavira said, even if the body goes, I cannot abandon my religion.”
  134. From Unconciousness to Consciousness #4: The Opium Called Religion · 30 mentions · 2 November 1984
    “Before him, Buddha had been talking about love, and Mahavira had been talking about love -- five hundred years before Jesus, Lao Tzu in China was talking about love.”
  135. Jin Sutra #16 · 30 mentions · 26 May 1976
    “Mahavira chose the word ahimsa—nonviolence.”
  136. Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein #10 · 30 mentions · 22 September 1969
    “And I say this as well: that notion was not Mahavira’s either.”
  137. Mahaveer Vani #41 · 30 mentions · 29 August 1973
    “Mahavira’s concern is neither poetry nor argument.”
  138. Mahaveer Vani #49 · 30 mentions · 6 September 1973
    “Hence Buddha and Mahavira kept telling their disciples: remember your past lives.”
  139. Shunya Ke Par #4 · 30 mentions · 9 March 1970
    “If a Mahavira passes among us, it will be seen that Mahavira became naked.”
  140. Bin Bati Bin Tel #1 · 29 mentions · 21 June 1974
    “Mahavira undertook very deep experiments in fasting.”
  141. Jin Sutra #48 · 29 mentions · 26 July 1976
    “This first sutra of Mahavira is the first step toward the state beyond alternatives.”
  142. Jin Sutra #54 · 29 mentions · 1 August 1976
    “In Mahavira’s vision, man’s responsibility is ultimate.”
  143. Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein #6 · 29 mentions · 20 September 1969
    “Mahavira’s practices in his previous lives were practices of non-heedlessness—of awareness.”
  144. Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein #22 · 29 mentions · 30 September 1969
    “Mahavira would call that amoorchha—non-stupefaction—pure awakening.”
  145. Athato Bhakti Jigyasa #32 · 28 mentions · 22 March 1978
    “It was lit in Buddha and then went out; in Mahavira it flared and went out; in Krishna and Christ, in Zarathustra and Mohammed—it flared and went out.”
  146. Bin Ghan Parat Phuhar #2 · 28 mentions · 2 October 1975
    “Consider: Krishna lived one kind of life; Mahavira’s life is entirely different.”
  147. Jin Sutra #43 · 28 mentions · 21 July 1976
    “Mahavira called that state samayik.”
  148. Jin Sutra #46 · 28 mentions · 24 July 1976
    “These sutras of Mahavira are sutras of meditation.”
  149. Krishna Smriti #16 · 28 mentions · 3 October 1970
    “This country’s mind is influenced by the Vedas, by Mahavira, by Buddha; it is tradition-bound.”
  150. Mahaveer Vani #25 · 28 mentions · 10 September 1972
    “Followers of Mahavira have gravely distorted this sutra.”

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