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Multi-dimentional Reflections on Anekāntavāda
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To identify object very distinctly and accurately, from all other objects in the universe, is discrimination. To accept things as they are, is Realism. To draw things that are aesthetically and beautifully the best is Romanticism. To accept only traditional views about any object is Dogmatism. To refuse to accept any opinion that is different from our belief is Fanaticism. To show readiness to accept new changes is open-mindedness. To accept what is not possible to do is a rationalistic approach. What is a common ritual without much meaning is traditional. To know the object as a whole is Pramāņa. What can be observed or thought of, is Tattva. To know an object partially is Naya, a viewpoint. What is universally functioning, is a law of nature. What is traditionally believed by the society, is man-made truth or culture. What has been inexperienced is realisation. To know the true nature of Reality is knowledge i.e. Jñana. Belief towards tattvas is Darśana What self knows directly, is Pratyaksa. What self knows indirectly, is Parokşa. What one believes to worth adaptable, is a value system. The opinion suggested by the inner conscience, is voice of consciousness. To believe in what does not exist, is mithyātva To know a generic as well as specific identity, is identification. To identify an object in comparison with all objects of the universe is discrimination Words reveal what others mean about objects differently, is expression. To know what was not known earlier is new insight. That which obscures the faculty of knowing is Jñănăvaraṇīya Karma. To believe that only my opinion is true and nobody else is right is Ekānta. What separates us from what universally exists, is detachment Inner compulsion that attaches one to external objects that exist is Māyā or Rāga or attachment.
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