Tulsi Prajna 2001 07

SR No.: 524608
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shanta Jain, Jagatram Bhattacharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 2001
Total Pages: 170
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 8 MB

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tumble down at the first whiff of variety in talent. In the philosophy of Anekānta, difference (of capacity) are not inadmissible, provided one also acknowledges the common identity of mankind. The consciousness of identity and that of dissimilarity together marks a new step towards the creation of a non-violent society."
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Anekanta in Religious Field
Anekanta can be utilized beneficialy in the field of religious tolerance also, to create communal Harmony which is the real secularism. Different teachers of different religions developed different methods all around the world, during different periods of time. But due to previous mental build up and psyche, towards their teachers and their own egos compelled the followers of new ãismä, to consider their new faith, and belief as the last and final and complete truth, which resulted in the unneeded communal enmity between different sects. History is the witness that this religious intolerance has been the cause of unlimited cruelty and bloodsheds. Below mentioned are some reasons creating and developing communal outlook, religious intolerance and narrow mindedness (1) jealousy (2) desire of fame (3) so called ideological differences (4) difference in perception of behaviour pattern (5) humiliation or degradation inflicted by some previous sect or person."
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Anekanta does not advocate unification of all sects by destroying or amalgamating them all, because in view of different levels of human perceptions and mental development the existence of different thinking and different religions is unavoidable. Anekant is an efforts to organise all in complete fairness and total unison, with each other, without encroaching on any one. But to achieve it, religious tolerance and a feeling of Sarvadharma Samabhāva is a basic requirement.
Anekanta in Political Field
Today's political world also is full of narrow mindedness in thinking. There being so many social & political systems existing simultaneously, such as capitalism, socialism, communism, fascism etc. æ as well as monarchy, democracy, Autocracy, dictatorship etc. Not only are they existing side by side, they are also trying to destroy each other. Nations of the world are divided into various camps and every camp has its own leader, nation, which tries to spread its own sphere of influence.
In present day political world, there are two qualities of Anekanta, which can be useful viz., tolerance and co-operation, in theory and in
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