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Anekāntavāda: a Strategy for conflict Resolution and Integral Cosmic Development
Shekhar S. J.
Truth cannot be adequately found if it is approached from only one angle. It has to be comprehended from various angles.
This implies that one field of discipline cannot rest content with itself: Science has to get the help of Arts and art has to get the help of Science. Similarly, life cannot be understood in isolation but only in its relatedness.
Men's nobility is found not merely in his intelligence but also in his behaviour
A person life is always interconnected: His/her faith life His/her ethical life His/her emotional life His/her academic life His/her managerial life etc.
Life's problems too have complex character. These problems could be understood and be solved only whenever approach them from multiple angles. For example, economic problem is not merely a problem of money; it may depend on psychological status of a person his/her social and other milieu, available opportunities, one's interest and capacity etc.
Similarly, communalism is not merely a religious problem. It may have its political roots, may resting economic issues like unemployment etc.
Hence we need to take into account all possible means to
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