Light Of Life

SR No.: 008724
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation
Total Pages: 192
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Spiritual
File Size: 9 MB

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Sapekshavad. If that approach is not adopted conflicts would arise. Ekantvad is harmful. It brings about various kinds of conflicts.
The Ekantvad is a kind of malady; and the Anekantvad is a remedy to it. The entire philosophy of Mahaveer is based on Anekantvad or Sapekshavad or Syadvad.
You are one individual ; but you can be understood or seen from different points of view. You are father in the eyes of your sons: a son, in the eyes of your father, a brother in the eyes of your brothers; and uncle in the eyes of your nephews; and thus you can be husband in the eyes of your wife ; and so on. See how many ways there are of seeing you. In such a case, if you stick to the Ekantvad, conflicts will arise.
HAR!BHADRA'S STORY
Haribhadra Bhatta remarked on seeing the image of the Jin: "People say that you are a great Tapasvi ; but when I look at your body I get the idea that you must have eaten excellent and nourishing food. They say that you are the very embodiment of tenderness and serenity. All this is definitely untrue'. He was so impolite but he had one virtue.
If one Irght is burning it can kindle thousands of lamps. If there is one virtue in a man, it brings about countless virtues. Light is obtained from light.
PLAINNESS :
One evening, Haribhadra Bhatta happened to be going on the road. At that time, some sadhvis were reciting some Shlokas in a nearby upashraya. One shloka contained the word Chakki because a reference was made in the shloka to Vasudev and Chakravarti. Hence, the word Chakki occurred repeatedly in it. Haribhadra Bhatta heard it ; and could not understand it. He said derisively, "The Sadhvi is repeating the word Chakki",
The head of the Sadhvis was Yakini Mahattara. She
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