him. Why do all Jain and Buddhist temples have statues of Buddha and Mahaveer? If you see Mahaveer idol or a Jain teerthankara’s idol, all of them look alike. Though all the statues look alike you can only identify them with their symbols underneath their seats. The purpose is to get you connected to that inner being which is the same, which is one, to get into Samadhi. So you sit and think about Mahaveer, someone who wanted nothing, the pure being and you start becoming like him. You imbibe the qualities, you look at
