Hello Robert!

Now, I must say you are putting words in my mouth!

A "Tirthankar" is not a prophet and there is no "last prophet" as I
understand it.

With reference to a post made by someone else earlier, Jainism suggests
equanimity of emotions is desirable.

Buddhism, which came later, suggested that anger kills the one who gets
angry.

Mahesh aka ElectronicBoy


-----Original Message-----
From: Robert A. McGlohon, Jr. <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: [P-F] Janism


>Ray wrote:
>
>>>Mahavira, the founder of Janism was born in 599 BC and died in 527 BC.
>
>Mahesh wrote:
>>
>> Mahavir was not the founder of Jainism. He was the 24th "Tirthankar".
This
>> can be researched very easily by referencing modern scholarly peer
reviewed
>> journals.
>>
>> Mahesh aka ElectronicBoy
>
>Mahesh,
>
>        After reading the following --
www.west.net/~beck/EC8-Mahavira.html --
>it appears that saying "Mahavir was not the founder of Jainism [but] the
>24th "Tirthankar" is like saying "Jesus was not the founder of
>Christianity but the last in a long line of prophets."
>
>Robert, aka "He who has never killed a defenseless broccoli"
>