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absolute. With your statements add the word syaad. With this it will be clear that reference is being made to the primary attribute. The rest are all secondary. But if you think of the primary attribute as the only one, then you are losing your way. The thread of truth will slip from your hands and the partial truth will also turn into untruth. Relativity cannot be given up in the pursuit of truth nor can the word syaad be dispensed with. All the philosophers and thinkers who did not use the word syaad have become uni-directional in their explanations. Their philosophies have become limited to one aspect.
Reality states that with every truth there is a certain point of reference. It is relative. This truth is being looked at from any one perspective. If we can understand its point of reference, if we can grasp that vision, then we can move towards truth, or else, we cannot. Today it is of utmost importance to add the word syaad to our expressions.
Why is dinner prohibited?
Once a question was posed to me as to why dinner after sunset is prohibited amongst the Jains? Honestly, can there be a time specified even for
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