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 Anekantavāda
Grievance handling is a tool to avoid conflicts, destruction, strike and anti-demonstrations. Whenever a grievance takes place the management normally refuses to acknowledge it and have an indifferential outlook. Hence, grievances multiply and break the management. A progressive Management system hears the grievances and tries to resolve them. If there is any point, which is worthy for management to implement, they accept wholeheartedly, and if it is not falling within the management policy, they are willing to convince others. Anekantavāda is a technique of grievance handling. Each grievance has a specific point, which has not been considered by management and by considering it the management becomes more effective and productive. 5.Tranquillity and Anekantavāda
Tranquillity can be achieved mainly by two ways:
(1) By reconstituting Cognitive Consciousness
(2) By realisation approach (by direct realisation without using cognitive terminology) e.g. Meditation.
Meditation is creating awareness and realisation by ceasing thinking process. Anekāntavādais a cognitive process and not a realisation process. Every man is bound by his conditions, pattern of thinking beyond which he is incapable to make breakthrough. The man is an animal who has cultivated emotional resistance or emotional persistence i.e. attachment and aversion. He looks upon every object either in favour or disfavour according to his past experience. But he is incapable of viewing objectively. All happiness and unhappiness arises because there is conflict between his personal and subjective viewpoint regarding reality and existentiality. Man does not accept 'What it is' or 'What is happening', but he wants something else other than reality and therefore, 'Klesa' (sufferings) results. When this subjective and personal view or his personal value system becomes obstinate and fanatic then in that case it becomes Ekäntavāda.
All religions preach egolessness. Salvation and liberation is a state of egolessness. Tranquillity and blissful state can come into existence only in egolessness. Egolessness means breaking through our pattern of viewpoints and outlook and searching for new insights from opposite views. It is an expansion of vision to absorb all new multiple