Samjhaayiye: Jain dharm ke anuṣṭhaan ke anusar Mahaveer (Vardhamana) ne apne ghar-ghar ke sanskar aur rajnaitik jivit ko tyag kar ke tapasya ki or rukh kiya. Unhone 30 varsh ki aayu par rajya-svajata aur parivaarik jivan ko chhoda aur phir tapasya shuru ki. Tapasya ke dauraan unhone 12 varsh se adhik samay tak bahut kathin tapasya ki, jiske baad hi unhone kevala jñana prapt ki aur mokṣ ke marg par aage badhe. Tata Diksha (renunciation) wahi samay tha jab unhone apna sab kuch tyag kar ke ek sadhu banne ka sankalp liya; iske baad hi unki sādhanā aur dharma ki prachār ki prakriya aage badhi.

• Digambar aur Shwetambar traditionon mein kuch sthalon par artho ya vyakhya mein antar ho sakta hai, lekin mukhya drishtikon yeh hi hai ki Mahaveer ne ghar-ghar ki saari sampatti chhodkar tapasya aur ahimsa ke raaste ko apnaya.
• Mahaveer ki sadhana aur upadesh ke mool siddhant: ahimsa (himsa se viruddh), anekantavada (anekta-siddhanta), anuvrata (pad, samayik) aadi.

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