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Multi-dimensional Application of Anekāntavāda
Inner compulsion that has a tendency of jealousy towards other is Dveṣa. Conscience which makes one to accept objects as they are, Yathartha. What makes one's state of mind comfortable with objects as they are, is Equanimity.
What makes one's state of mind uncomfortable with objects as they are, is Stress.
To perceive as real what does not exist, is Fantasy.
To contemplate on what exists, is Dhyana.
What exists but does not reveal itself apparently, is Inexplicit. What exists but dormant, is Potential.
What exists but is not expressed openly is indescribable. What exists but has not come into appearance, is Possibility. What exists but is wrongly conceived is misconceived.
What exists but is not understood properly, is Misunderstood. To reveal as it is, what exists in mind is Authenticity.
When a man means something about what exists and acts in another way for a selfish purpose, it is Diplomacy.
Though a man believes in what exists but speaks something else about it, is liar.
What exists but it is not fully understood, is Ardhasatya.
Expression of reality by focusing its different aspects or Multidimensional characteristics is Syadvāda.
To accept the Multi-dimensional characteristics of the substance, is Anekantaväda.
Tendency to possess more and more of the things beyond the actual necessity is called Lobha.
To get irritated for failing to get the desired things is called Krodha. To be free from all the karmic bondage is Mokṣa.
To behave equally and to have respect for with all the creatures is called Samabhäva.
You have perverse attitude and to overlook the real nature of the thing is Mithyātva.
True knowledge about the categories of truth (Tattva)is called Tattvärtha. Reality is reality, whether you like it or not. It is not going to be changed because you perceive it differently, what needs to be changed is
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