For Jains, Diwali is the day of Mahavir Nirwan. The greatest scientist to visit this earth left his body on this day more than 2600 years ago. Without any scientific equipment at his disposal he saw and said certain things which todays science is only proving right. Right from life in plants to relativity of truth, to atoms and molecules (and beyond), matter and form...the list is endless. I guess through his meditation and penance he saw the Absolute Truth which mere mortals like us who live in the relative plane can never understand. So sad that he was branded as a Jain and not a universal scientist due to which his teachings got restricted only to a select few. Mahatma Gandhis Ahimsas roots lay strongly in the cultivation of Jain principles in him during his childhood. But the Ahimsa that Mahavir spoke about goes beyond what is understood by us at a gross level. It goes beyond the Sharir into Mann and Bhav. Feel like sharing a few thoughts by OSHO on Mahavir: Mahavir became enlightened on a no-moon night, amawas. The full moon night is called purnima - the moon has become perfect, purna . And the no-moon night is when there is no moon at all, absolute darkness. Except Mahavir, nobody has become enlightened on amawas , no-moon night. Mahavirs name was not Mahavir - Mahavir means a great warrior. His name was Vardhaman. But because he became enlightened on amawas, no-moon night, he proved that he could go against the current. It was natural for everybody to become enlightened on the full moon night, but this fellow Mahavir tried to go against the normal order of things, and still managed to become enlightened. One of the most beautiful sayings that I have loved comes from Mahavir - A very strange statement - Mahavir says, If you have started the journey you have reached already. The Spring is not far away. Mahavir is saying that if you have started the journey, you have already reached. If a seed has started sprouting the Spring is not far away. Soon, where there was nothing there will be beautiful flowers, with great fragrance. Mahavir is saying that if you have started the journey you have already reached. Mahavir, twenty-five centuries ago, used to make each of his statements with a perhaps. If you asked him, Is there a God? he would say, Perhaps. In those days it was not understood at all - because how can you say, Perhaps? Either God is or is not. It seems so simple and so logical: If God is, God is; if he is not, he is not. What do you mean by perhaps? - OSHO
Posted on: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 15:16:30 +0000
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