Multidimensional Application of Anekantavada

SR No.: 014009
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Sagarmal Jain, Shreeprakash Pandey, Bhagchandra Jain Bhaskar
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith
Publication Year: 1999
Total Pages: 552
Language: English, Hindi
Classification: Seminar & Articles
File Size: 9 MB

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Multi-dimensional Application of Anekāntavāda
modified to dualism in terms of spirit and matter, soul and body, mind and matter living and the non-living separate from each other under a single divine principle concept. The Greek atomists pointed living matter to be form the complex combinations of atoms in contrast with the independent manifestation concept of the living by the Jainas. The philosophers or religionists of East and West of the time turned there attention more towards spiritual word rather than material. Aristotle and eastern scholars called it more valuable. That is why, early systems deal with the basic nature of the world rather than gross matter. However, since then, these two facets have been occupying the minds of thinkers. They acquired their knowledge about them in three ways: (1) direct experience or intuition (ii) intellectual reasoning or analysis and (iii) authority or scriptures containing records by those who delved and realised deeper into these problems and had complete knowledge. The authoritative knowledge has been most threatened by the scientific community since Descartes time in the west while it has been elaborated and extended in most cases in the east.
It is now realised that human mind is capable of two kinds of knowledge or modes of consciousness which could be expressed in terms or (i) analytic or rational and (ii) psychic or intuitive, In current terms, they may be called scientific and philosophic or religious. Their characteristics are given in table 1. Despite their different natures, however, it is found that both types of knowledge occur in both the fields, there always seems to be some element of rationality in intuitive knowledge and vice-versa. However, the reliability of these knowledge is comparable according to current scientific opinions.
Table 1 seems to indicate that these two ways of knowledge seem to be quite different from each other in their most characteristics such as nature, object and representation. Though they use parallel methodology. The scientists were opposed to intuitive knowledge, even called it sometimes impossible, but researches done in the last 100 years have softened there minds and they are accepting its probability. Kit Pedler has shown that reliable proofs for telepathy, clairvoyance, out of body experiences psychokinesis are now available. Moreover, it seems that they have moved to wards a stage about constructing a picture of