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SHRIMAD BHAGVAD GITA-A JAIN PERSPECTIVE
teachings of Gita, which expressly declares that whoever worships some other god honestly and with full faith gets his wishes fulfilled though he may not get final liberation. In various verses we find plenty of references to Sankhya, Yoga, Bhakti, Yajna, Sanyasa, action without attachment and full surrender to the cosmic order. Gita accepts the importance of each of them and does not confine its teaching to any specified method to realize the ultimate Reality. This universality of its teaching makes it a reference book for every type of aspirant. Shri Mahadev Desai rightly calls it “the Bible of humanity”and justly observes that when you are torn with doubt and despair and anguish, go to the Dweller in the Innermost, listen to his counsel,obey it implicitly and you will have no cause to grieve.
This unique synthesis and reconciliation offered by Gita reminds me of the unique contribution made by Jainism in the world of thought by evolving the theory of Anekantvad, which recognizes the grain of truth in every
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