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it is born the sentient. This is core-monoism or insentient monoism.
The other philosophy says there is the sentient but not the insentient. From the sentient the insentient is born. This is Brahma-monoism or the sentient monoism.
Both the philosophies are two extremes. One is hinged on the sentient and the other on the insentient.
Not always in inconsistency nor always in consistency
Anekanta looked for the middle path between these two and laid down the third rule to say that there is no eternal conflict or synchrony between the sentient and the insentient. We cannot say that the insentient and the sentient are always in opposition to each other. If that were true and they were always in opposition, then the soul and the body would not be one, they would be separate. The body and the soul are one because the opposition between the two is not constant. Many a time the question that crops up in the world of philosophy is that how did the incorporeal soul combine with the corporeal body? How does the incorporeal soul relate to
Anekanta: The Third Eye
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