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Anekäntaväda and World-Peace
equate to throw a flood of light on the entire object. Out of some many facts, he deals with only one or some. This partial knowledge and partial success is dangerous especially when he feels that his knowledge is complete and correct. It is, therefore, imperative that we should study others opinions logically and impartially, eventhough we belong to a certain brand of faith to try to understand others and accommodate others views, even though they clash with ours, is a real humanitarian outlook. Samantabhadra said it the "Sarvodayatirtha". Haribhadrasuri's quotation points in the same direction. He means to say that we must think objectively irrespective of our religion and ideology.
ग्रही वत निनीषति युक्ति, तत्र यत्र मतिरस्य निविष्टा । पक्षपातरहितस्य तु युक्ति यत्रि तत्र मतिरेति निवेशम् ||
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Acharya Hemachandra also opinons that we must not swallow uncritically any idea simply because it comes from a great man. The validity of that idea must be tasted on the touch-stone of logic. पक्षपातो न मे वीरे, न द्व ेषः कपिलादिषु । युक्तिमद्वचनं यस्य तस्य कार्य प्रतिग्रहः ||
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Thus the Anekāntavāda is a zig-zag to the peace lovers. It is a world-court which walks the chalk for welfarism. It is a vertoscope and vidco which stall off staircase illusin about the objects. This view paves the way to establish the world-peace and washes away waspishness of persons and nations.
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