About the Book: Live And Let Others live - Mahavira
Mahavira was a sixth-century reformer and philosopher, the twenty-fourth
Tirthankara of the Jains, who established Jainism as a new faith. Born into the
royal family in Kundagrama (near Patna in present day Bihar), he renounced his
family and all material possessions and became an ascetic at the age of thirty.
Having attained omniscience (kevala jnana) after performing austerities for
twelve years, Mahavira began travelling on foot, preaching and gaining
followers. A great believer in the equality of all, he ordained men and women
from all classes and castes. He taught his followers how to overthrow the
fetters of