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Multi-dimensional Application of Anekāntavāda
Stage IV: Expression
The next psychological process is expression of reality. It is to convey the message to others. Two persons react to the same objects or things in valid realistic way but when they express their viewpoints, they differ.
Reasons are as follows:
1. Both may have focus on different specific and particular features of object.
2. Both have different interest or motive in viewing the same object.
3. Both have used different words or language.
4. Both might have interpreted objects differently or identify objects
differently.
Innumerable alternatives can be observed in expression of two persons who describe the same object. Both might be valid still both might be different in their expression of the same object or thing. Object or Reality may be one but expression by two persons differs substantially. We have seen how realistic perception, interpretation and expression work. If a man wants to understand reality precisely, accurately and validly, he not only has to understand his way of realistic, perception, interpretation and expression but also, he has to understand the way of realistic perception, interpretation and expression of others. He has to understand others from his point of view, and widen his horizon. Man can understand point of view of others only if he overpowers his 'Raga' and 'Dvesa' or attachment and aversion. Acceptance of reality is the most scientific approach in life. Reality exists not only in our viewpoints but also in view point of others, if you know how to understand others. 7. Inquiries in Reality
Anekāntavāda is a technique to analyse the Reality. It deals with the following inquiries into Reality.
About Objects
1. What is the object or the concept? How to identify existence or nonexistence of the object or the concept? It defines existence of objects.
2. What is the class to which the object belongs? What is class to which the object does not belong? It defines existence of the class
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| SR No. | 014009 |
| Book Title | Multidimensional Application of Anekantavada |
| 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 |