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Scientific Secrets of Jainism
āgaõ ahamamsi, paccatthimãā vā disão āgað ahamassi, uttarãā vā disão āgao ahamassi, uddhãā vā disão ägao ahamamsi, ahā vā disão āgað ahamassi, annayarið vā disāā āgað aņudisāā vā āgaō ahamamsi, ēvamēgēsim nō nāyam bhavati .. Sūtra - 1-2..
( Ācārārgasūtra, Prathama śrutaskandha, Prathamādhyayana, Sūtra - 1 -2)
BUT ARISTOTLE HIMSELF BELIEVED THAT QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE HUMAN SOUL AND THE CONTEMPLATION OR God's PERFECTION WERE MUCH MORE VALUABLE THAN INVESTIGATIONS OF THE MATERIAL WORLD. WHEN ALL IN THE WORLD UNDERSTAND BEAUTY TO BE BEAUTIFUL, THEN UGLINESS EXISTS, WHEN ALL UNDERSTAND GOODNESS TO BE GOOD, THEN EVIL EXISTS.
THE NOTION THAT ALL OPPOSITES ARE POLAR-THAT LIGHT AND DARK, WINNING AND LOSING, GOOD AND EVIL, ARE MERELY DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE SAME PHENOMENON--- IS ONE OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE EASTERN WAY OF LIFE.
FRITJOF CAPRA
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