Mahavira taught a practical path for purification and liberation grounded in right conduct, right knowledge, and right belief. Here are the core learnings often emphasized in Jain tradition:

• Ahimsa (non-violence) as the highest virtue: non-harming in thought, word, and deed toward all living beings.
• Anekantavada and Syadvada: the idea that truth is complex and reality has many aspects; every viewpoint has validity in its own context, and truth depends on perspective.
• Karma and liberation: actions accumulate karmic particles; through ethical living and detachment, one can shed karma and achieve moksha (liberation) from the cycle of birth and death.
• Right conduct as the path to purification: moral discipline is essential to reduce karmic bondage.
• The two-tier vows for spiritual progress:

- Mahavratas (for monks and nuns): strict vows of non-violence, truth, non-stealing, celibacy, and non-possessiveness. - Anuvratas (for lay followers): milder, practical versions of the five great vows (non-violence, truth, non-stealing, celibacy in lay form, and limiting possessions).

• Brahmacharya and Aparigraha: celibacy or moderation in sexual conduct; and non-attachment to material possessions to free the mind and reduce karmic bondage.
• Samyak Darshana, Samyak Jnana, and Samyak Charitra (right faith, right knowledge, right conduct): the three jewels that guide spiritual progress.
• The goal of the soul is kevala jnana (ultimate knowledge) and pure bliss, achieved through disciplined practice, self-control, and detachment from results.
• Compassionate conduct toward all beings: care for life in all forms and a commitment to lifelike ethics, including the welfare of other beings and the natural world.

Notes on tradition:

• Digambara and Śvetāmbara interpretations may emphasize slightly different formulations or emphasis in practice, but the above principles are common across Jain ethics and philosophy.

If you’d like, I can provide the primary sutra or stanza that outlines these principles, or point to specific Jain scriptures that discuss Mahavira’s teachings in more detail.