#anekantavada

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अनेकान्तवा

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I am right, but you could also be right.

The philosophy of Anekantvada as explained by Pujyashri Gurudev comes in handy in living life without stress. Great for nurturing personal and  professional relationships and just an amazing way of living. Love. A win-win for all.

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Anekāntavāda - II

Truth and reality are perceived differently from diverse points of view, and no single point of view is the complete truth.Reality possesses infinite characteristics, which cannot be perceived or known at once.

Anekāntavāda - the theory of multiplicity of viewpoints and non - absolutism and its two wings , Syādvāda - the theory of conditioned predication and Nayavāda - the theory of partial standpoints are the core doctrines of relativity based on logic and reasoning.

Reality is characterized by a simultaneous operation of  origination, destruction and permanence. Any object of knowledge must have three inseparable aspects - a permanent substance (inherent qualities), destruction (abandonment of old shape) and origination (acquisition of a new shape) .

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Anekāntavāda - I

Jainism in its treatment of Being or Existence adopts Anekāntavāda. An adequate description of Anekāntavāda requires much space and a great deal of philosophical insight. This article is the first one in the series and here I use the famous story of 'An elephant and six blinds' Once upon a time, there lived six blind men in a village. They had never seen or heard about elephant. One day, a king with an elephant happened to visit their village. The blind men went to see the animal. They happened, one after the other, to touch the trunk, tusk,ear,foot,stomach and tail respectively, of the elephant and returned home with the idea conceived by that touch as to be the form of the animal.

At home, they stared discussing the creature they had seen. To the one who touched the trunk , it was like a tree branch. To the one who touched the tusk, it was like a horn. And to others it was like a hand-fan (ear), a pillar (leg),a big jar(stomach) and a rope(tail). They started to quarrel.

Each one was confident of his statement and regarded that of the other as entirely wrong. A man passing by, heard them, and said : " Brothers, you all are fighting in vain . Each of you is correct from a certain point of view. You have touched different parts of an elephant and those parts are like what each of you describe. But the elephant as a whole has all the attributes that you describe." This resolved the conflict.

Jainism does not take one sided view; whatever it asserts it does so from a certain point of view."Peace for all" is its motto. It does not like to fight with any religion. It does not like to see various religions in discord with one another.The theory of every religion is true from a certain point of view and in a certain aspect.

Reality has infinite attributes and infinite conditions or aspects.

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When understanding your true self, KNOW that you are eternal Bliss incarnate, untouched by the comings and goings of external activities and changes. When you are on the path to spiritual attainment, then keep track of each and every moment's fluctuations that you're experiencing. How far away are you from your true Self?

From the Mukhya Nay (primary absolute viewpoint) we are pure soul, no karmas touch us because we are essentially separate from them. But if we keep this point of view and use it as an excuse to not improve ourselves, we're actually becoming victims of Mohaniya Karma and deluding ourselves further into the cycle of birth and death.

Om.

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