Mahavir: Nirav Gudka’s Timely Children’s Book on the Revered Jain Tirthankar

Bijal A Shah
8 min readApr 30, 2020

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Born a Jain, I’ve always hoped for a children’s book on the beautiful philosophy that’s over 2000 years old.

Jain, a word derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Jina’ describes the path of enlightenment and salvation over successive re-births by removing karma and embracing an ethical and spiritual existence. It…

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Bijal A Shah

Bibliotherapist, author, poet & founder of Book Therapy - therapy using the power of literature: https://www.booktherapy.io/ and www.bit.ly/bibliotherapycourse