Acharya Tulsi
 | Chapter 5 | Foundation Of Religious Order |
hagavan Mahavira propounded the Doctrine of Soul (atman), according to which 'soul' is the principal or the most fundamental point of consideration while evaluating any living being.
Qualification of 'being a human being' was secondary in his view.
Secondly, he was also a 'humanitarian' in the sense that he gave importance only to the quality of ‘being a human being';
he gave the least importance to other considerations such as caste and sex.
Candanabala expressed her wish to be initiated as a nun.
There were a few other women with her.
They too wanted to be initiated.
Bhagavan Mahavira initiated all of them as nuns.
