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[The Doctrine of Syadwad
rance. It keeps before us the ideal of being broad-minded. It teaches us, "You are right and your religion is right, but do not call others false. The moment you think others false you yourself become false." What a beautiful doctrine! If you call others true you are true and if you think others false you are false. Really there is no doctrine in the history of the world that can equal this, what to say of excelling it. One more example to illustrate it. The Buddhists think all things transitory and the Sankhyas everlasting. Both these are true and logical according to their respective standpoints. In this condition if the Buddhists think Sankhya as true and the Sankhyas think that the Buddhists are true, than both will be true, because the thing is of both the kinds. If both call each other false both will be false because they ignore the other quality of the thing in this way.
This comprehensive outlook we find in Syadvada alone It is the finest gift to the world, the finest offering. If faith fostered in the heart of people towards Syadvada religious blindedness, intolerance, unrest and quarrels will vanish from the world. Peace will again establish her reign on earth and men will become brothers.
This Syadvada has made Jain religion so comprehensive and all religions are included in this all-embracing Jain religion true to the proverb, " सर्वेपदा हस्तिपदे मिमग्नाः " (All feet can be included in the feet of an elephant)
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