Mahavira
Mahavira (599 BCE-540 BCE) was a spiritual leader who left worldly possessions at the age of 30 and practiced intense meditation thereafter. Mahavira’s teachings of truth, chastity and non-attachment led to the foundations of present-day jainism. He believed in nonviolence towards humans and nonhumans alike and advocated for a strict vegetarian diet.
“Those whose minds are at peace and who are free from passions do not desire to live at the expense of others.”