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 Mahavir was born in 599 B.C. as a prince in the ancient republic of Vaishali in Bihar. He became a monk at the age of 30, abandoned his family and royal household and gave up all his material possessions including clothing. The eternal quest for salvation was the guiding force behind his transformation.
He spent the next twelve years in deep meditation to overcome his desires and feelings. His days of austerities involved going without food for long periods and avoiding harming or annoying any living beings including animals, birds, and plants. After he attained the Enlightenment, he spent the rest of his life preaching to people about the eternal truth of life and ways to attain salvation. He spent the next thirty years traveling on bare feet all over the country attracting people from all spheres of life.
He organized his followers, into a four fold order, namely monk (Sadhu), nun (Sadhvi), layman (Shravak), and laywoman (Shravika). Later, they came to be known as the Jains. According to common belief, he was the founder of Jainism but he was actually the reformer of an already existing faith. He reformulated and presented the principles of the religion in a form according to the needs of the period.
The ultimate objective of his precept is how one can achieve the complete freedom from the cycle of birth, life, pain, misery, and death attaining the permanent blissful state of one's self. He preached that right faith, right knowledge and right conduct together can help attain the liberation of one's self.
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