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May we become straight and adopt the anekantic point of view and estimate, for ourselves, the value of relativity. There are three principles of fate, time and effort. In the anekantic view neither of them is given value greater than the other. Each one's value is estimated truly with respect to relativity.
What is the value of the tools of meditation?
Even meditation is not given undue importance. But the tools of meditation or the means used for meditational practice are of value. Without them one cannot meditate. Without the tools of meditation, what is the point of giving meditation any importance? How will the one who has not learnt to do penance, to observe restraint in food, to do kayotsarg (relaxation) and other asanas (exercises), to control the senses and repent for purification of soul and has not undone the mental knots of the past, meditate? The one in whom humility has not developed, the attitude of dedication and helping others has not developed, the longing for reading the scriptures has not grown, the doors to knowledge have not opened, the art of giving has not been learnt, the abandonment of ego has not been practiced, the
Acharya Mahaprajna
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