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positive and negative codes of conduct, if one states that all religions are one, he exbibits bis ignorance of Syūd-vado. One, who regards similarity as similarity and dissimilarity as dissimilarity, really understands Syād-vada. Just as in all religions, there is sono similarity in certain practices and positive and negative codes of conduct, there are a number of dissimilarities too. It is wanifestly false to state that all religions prescribe the same conduct pertaining to what should be eaten and what should not be eaten, what drink should be taken and what drink should not be taken, and what should be practised and what should not be practised. In the same way, to say that all Religions have uniform views about the positive and negative codes of conduot pertaining to violence and non-violence, truth and untruth, generalisations and exceptions, is wrong and is the result of one's sheer ignorance of the Religions. The difference between the philosophio discussions of Anekānta-vāda and of Ekāntavāda relating to soul and matter is the difference between heaven and hell. Inspite of this, to say that there is no dissimilarity between the various Religions and that the preachings of all the Religions and their prophets are one and the same, is not permissible in Syād-vada.
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