Mahavira
c. 549-477 BCE
c. 549-477 BCE
Indian Jain saint, 24th and last teerthankara of this
age.
contemporary of Gautam Buddha
born in what's now Bihar, India
father: King Siddartha
mother: Queen Trisala
left home at 30 to seek spiritual path
age.
contemporary of Gautam Buddha
born in what's now Bihar, India
father: King Siddartha
mother: Queen Trisala
left home at 30 to seek spiritual path
aka: Vardhamana (original name, meaning
"increasing"), Mahavira is a later taken name,
meaning "the great conqueror".
Hindi (devanagari): महावीर
"increasing"), Mahavira is a later taken name,
meaning "the great conqueror".
Hindi (devanagari): महावीर
| After Mahavira became enlightened he continued to work for some forty more years. Why did he do this? He had worked for so many years, so why did he not stop? For so many years he had been on the move all the time; he was so active: he would eat, go here, go there, give talks, give discourses. For forty to forty-five years he was continually working... --Osho The Path of Meditation, ch.3 |
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