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Jainism: Give Life, Take Not
by
Sri Chinmoy
First published by
Agni Press, New York
in
1998
. Published on srichinmoylibrary.com with the permission of Sri Chinmoy. This is the 1249th book written by Sri Chinmoy after he came to the West in 1964.
Table of Contents
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Part I — Lord Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara
Mahavira: Pilgrim of the Highest
The 24th Tirthankara
Mahavira's conception
Trishala's most illumining and fulfilling dreams
Mahavira's birth
Vardhamana's childhood experiences
Vardhamana decides to renounce family life
The great renunciation
The path of austerity
Mahavira's supreme silence
The ideal of
ahimsa
Mahavira's enlightenment
Mahavira's five vows
Mahavira is unnecessarily tortured
The question of fate
Mahavira accepts female disciples
Mahavira and the learned pandit
Goshal's curse
Revati cures Mahavira
Mahavira attains Nirvana
Mahavira's dearest disciple
Mahavira's contemporaries
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Part II — Essential concepts: by His Excellency Dr. L.M. Singhvi
Dr Laxmi Mall Singhvi
Foreword to the Jain Declaration: by Dr LM Singhvi
Extracts
Photo captions
Divinity's fragrance-core
The entire universe
The togetherness of humankind
The principle of
ahimsa
The inner meaning of
ahimsa
Part III — What India has
The power of non-resistance
The two branches of Jainism
The turning point for Alexander the Great
Akbar yields to a Jaina monk
The source of Mahatma Gandhi's non-violence-weapon
The practice of ahimsa
Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi
Part IV — Remarks on Jainism and Buddhism by Dr. Ananda Guruge and P.N. Jain
Jina Mahavira and the Sakyamuni Buddha:
Ahimsa Paramadharma
Part V — Lord Mahavira and Lord Buddha
The paths of Lord Mahavira and Lord Buddha
Striking similarities in the early lives of Vardhamana and Siddhartha
Significant similarities in the later lives of Mahavira and the Buddha
Austerity, the middle path and the way of householders
The idea of God
Part VI — World luminaries speak about Jainism
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The inner secret of Jainism
Part VII — Song-Offerings
Mahavir Vardhaman
Namaskar Mantra
Jaina Prayer
Four Jaina chants
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