Bhagwan Mahavir’s 4 Pillars of Jainism. Best for Financial Nirvana.

22^nd August 2025

 

Bhagwan Mahavir’s 4 Pillars of Jainism. Best for Financial Nirvana.

 

Dear Fellow Travellers,

 

Namaste! We are in the auspicious period of PARYUSHAN PARVA. Let us learn from Bhagwan Mahavir today. Years back I had studied JIN SUTRA. I am sharing the same. This can be useful for FINANCIAL NIRVANA along with your life upliftment of KAIVALYA.

 

BHAGWAN MAHAVIR gave 4 steps to NIRVANA. They are DARSHAN (SEEING), GAYAN (KNOWLEDGE), CHARITRA(CHARACTER) and TAP(PENANCE).

 

In NORMAL PRACTICE – it is preached that if you DO TAP, you will build up CHARACTER. Once CHARACTER is built, you will have KNOWLEDGE and once you get KNOWLEDGE you will SEE TRUTH. This is the DOING concept. It is believed that DOING LEADS to BEING. 

 

Tons of SUCCESS COACHES world over follow this formula and make tons of money. They tell you to do your HARD WORK / SMART WORK / BE with LIKE MINDED PEOPLE and things like that so you will get what you want. 

 

My personal experience tells me that however sincere I am in following BUFFETT or RAKESH – I can’t become like them by doing what they did. It’s like a new actor can’t become AMITABH BHACHHAN by following (however sincerely) his way of working. 

 

I have seen when MY BEING CHANGED – my life CHANGED instantly. BHAGWAN MAHAVIR had said the same thing about 2500 years ago.

So, he said the following 4 steps. 

 

DARSHAN: - 

 

In India, DHARSHAN does not mean PHILOSOPHY. It means SEEING with an ATTITUDE of witness. If you see it as if you are witnessing, your SEEING is perfect. To see it as WITNESS does not require any ART or special skill or special TAP. All you need is AWARENESS. We all have experience of seeing with AWARENESS when something unexpected happens with us. 

 

BUDDHA got his awareness by SEEING old man / sick man and dead man. Since he was seeing with full awareness – transformation in his life happened immediately. This is the power of DARSHAN.

 

How to apply in the Investment field? 

 

When investing, you need to SEE that PRICE is a SLAVE of BUSINESS PERFORMANCE. This is the only TRUTH and rest all is theory and perception. BUFFET is saying the same thing. So, focus on the performance of the business. Simple Truth. 

 

KNOWLEDGE: - 

 

When you SEE with AWARENESS, the SEER in you gets some experience. That EXPERIENCE is KNOWLEDGE. All your information/perception and beliefs are useless without self-experience with awareness. 

 

When you have your OWN EXPERIENCE, you don’t need to rely on anybody. 

 

How to apply in the Investment field? 

 

 

When you see business performance with the price performance – you yourself will be convinced with the link between them. Then you don’t worry about ECONOMY/POLITICS / WORLD EVENTS and negative predictions of YouTubers. 

 

CHARACTER: - 

 

When you have SEEN it with awareness, when you have experienced it, both these leads to changes in your behaviour 360 degree. This change in your behaviour leads to building your CHARACTER. 

 

The character built this way will not go till you die. It will lead to HYPOCRISY. 

 

The current method of building character is …..

 

“Watch your thought, it will become your word.

Watch your word, it will become your action.

Watch your actions, it will become your habit.

Watch your habits, it will become your character.”

 

In this way, your character is nothing but an extension of your habits. Habit is something which you do automatically without being aware. The very essence of MAHAVIR’s teaching is doing with AWARENESS NOT OUT OF RULES OR HABITS. So, inner change is the KEY and not the outer show. 

 

Now the last step is TAP. 

 

TAP: - 

 

Most common meaning of Tap as understood is doing some FAST or doing something which is painful to the body. 

 

Mahavir’s meaning of TAP is suffering all the BAD events which come as a result of your PAST KARMAS in personal life / business life or relationship with patience and without any complaint. Those who can do these are doing the TAP by default. 

 

Mahavir says those who follow the above 4 steps will achieve NIRVANA. 

 

How to apply above in INVESTING?

 

Most analysts are ARMCHAIR analysts and they do not visit the company plant or company management. When you SEE the plant and their offices with awareness, you get the idea of the company’s real size. By just reading the value of ASSETS in BALANCE SHEET, you will not get that idea. 

 

So, SEEING is the first. SEE plant / offices / their sales depots / distributors and retailers. Try to see the MAXIMUM things about the company without reading about the financial details. This SEEING will give you some KNOWLEDGE about the company and this will not be affected by SALES FIGURES or NET PROFIT MARGINS. 

 

With the above KNOWLEDGE, now go into financial details and other technical aspects related to the company. This way you will form your inner opinion or character of the company. 

 

Now, you invest in this company. If you have taken the first three steps properly, you will not get affected by the zigzag movement in share prices of that company. In fact, you will feel delighted to add more shares, if the prices come down. Holding such shares is a TAP. So, when the market mood changes – you will be rewarded RICHLY.

 

By following this you will achieve your financial nirvana. 

 

What NEXT?

 

Truth is simple. We learn from our experiences only. Experiences come only and only if we are AWARE when things are happening around us. Experiences gained this way becomes our first step towards NIRVANA – financial or life. 

All the best. 

 

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Hitesh Parikh

Astro-Scientist.