According to Osho, Mahavira’s “principles” aren’t to be practiced as rules; they are by-products of samadhi. Cultivate meditation and inner awakening first—the wheat—and nonviolence, truth, celibacy, non-possession, even anekant, will arise effortlessly as its straw. Directly practicing them only breeds suppression and distortion. Understand Mahavira from the inside out: realize silence, then conduct flowers naturally.
Grow the wheat—meditation and inner peace—and the straw—kindness, honesty, simplicity, and open-mindedness—will come by itself.