Mahavira
Also known as Bhagwan Mahavira, Vardhamana, Vira, Mahavir Swami
The 24th and final Tirthankara of the present era in Jain tradition, who revitalized the path of Ahimsa, Satya, and Anekantavada.
The Navkar Mantra
Jainism's Central Prayer
Jain Temple Puja
Worship Before a Tirthankara
The Life of Mahavira
Prince to Omniscient Teacher
Snatra Puja
The Jain Ritual of Sacred Bathing
Paryushan Parva
The Jain Festival of Forgiveness
Jain Daily Aarti
The Everyday Lamp Ritual for Tirthankaras
Ahimsa
The Heart of Jain Doctrine
The Three Jewels of Jainism
Ratnatraya
The Five Mahavratas
Jain Monastic Vows
Pratikramana
The Jain Practice of Introspection and Repentance
The Twenty-Four Tirthankaras
Jainism's Ford-Makers
Jain Cosmology
The Three Worlds of Lok Purush
Digambara and Svetambara
The Two Jain Traditions
Chandanbala
Mahavira's First Female Disciple
Samayika
The Jain Practice of Equanimity
Acharya Bhadrabahu and the Compilation of Jain Scripture
Bhadrabahu, the last Shrutakevali to hold the Jain canon complete in memory, presided over the famine that split Jain memory of him between Karnataka and Nepal.
Sallekhana
The Jain Vow of a Peaceful Death
The Blind Men and the Elephant
A Jain Parable of Anekantavada
Sthulibhadra
Self-Restraint and Scripture's Guardian
Ahimsa
The Supreme Path of Non-Violence in Jainism
Ahimsa Paramo Dharma
The Path of Universal Compassion
Anekantavada
The Sacred Harmony of Many-Sided Truth
Anekantavada
Practicing Many-Sided Truth in Daily Life
Aparigraha
The Jain Vow of Non-Possession
Aparigraha
The Jain Path of Non-Possession
Dilwara Temples of Mount Abu
Marble Jain Sanctuaries
The Five Sacred Tirthas of Jainism
The Shwetambara Pancha Tirth, five peaks where Tirthankaras attained liberation, draw pilgrims on foot in fasting and non-violence toward Moksha itself.
Hastinapur Jain Tirth
Birthplace of Three Tirthankaras
Jiva and Ajiva
The Two Realities
Kevala Jnana
The State of Omniscience
Moodabidri and Karkala
Jain Heritage of Tulu Nadu
Navkar Mantra
The Universal Jain Bow to Virtue
Paryushan
The Festival of Self-Purification
Paryushana and the Day of Forgiveness
The holiest Jain festival of the year — eight to ten days of fasting, scriptural study, and self-reflection, culminating in Samvatsari and the universal plea for forgiveness, Micchami Dukkadam.
Pavapuri and Rajgir
Jal Mandir of Mahavira's Nirvana
Shikharji
The Supreme Mountain of Twenty Tirthankaras
Shravanabelagola
Abode of Bahubali Gommateshwara
Sonagiri
The Golden Hill of 103 Jain Temples
Syadvada
The Jain Doctrine of Sevenfold Predication