Prabuddha Jivan 2015 Year 63 Ank 01 to 03

SR No.: 526000
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dhanvant Shah
Publisher: Mumbai Jain Yuvak Sangh
Publication Year: 2015
Total Pages: 288
Language: Gujarati
Classification: Magazine, India_Prabuddha Jivan, & India
File Size: 7 MB

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અર્થાતવીદ, ચીર્વાદ માર્ચ ૨૦૧૫ ૦ પ્રબુદ્ધ જીવન છે અનેકાંતવાદ, સ્યાદ્વાદ અને નયવાદ વિશેષાંક ૯ પ્રષ્ઠ ૧૨૧ માદ, સ્વાદુવાદ અને
| નયવાદ વિશેષાંક અનેકોત્તવાદ, સ્યાદવાદ અનેકાન્તવાદ, સ્યાદ્ધવાદ અને વયવાદ વિશેષક F અનેકાંતવાદ, સ્યાદ્ધવાદ અને નયવાદ વિશેષાંક 4 અનેકાdવાદ, સ્યાદ્ધવાદ અને વયવીદ વિશેષાંક 4 અનેકન્તિવાદ, સ્યાદ્ધવાદ અને
Z him of his helplessness in suffering and canceit in ing, consistent thinking and how to act in certain happiness.
circumstances and how to judge between two "Anekantavada' therefore can be called to be a courses of action and select the right course of acSpiritual tonic' which tones both body and mind of tion to proceed further for onward march fo liberathe suffering self. It promises peace of mind and, tion. therefore health of physique also. Pleasure and pain, We are living in a world of chronic conflicts and in good and bad all are our mental attitudes. Heaven constant dread of war. The warring nations forget and hell are first the creation of our mind, before we the dignity and sacredness of human life. Decision experience them externally in life. As the great En- making involves' selecting the best alternative to fulglish poet Shakespeare hath said, "there is nothing fil the given task, or choosing a particular course of good or bad in the world but thinking makes it so" or action to achieve a goal.' Application of Mind in its own place can make a heaven of hell or Anekantavada helps us to understand and think rahell of heaven. They all depend on our angles of tionally, consistently all the aspects of a thing and to looking at the situations. It is up to us to live in con- avoid the religious conflicts as well as biased attistant happiness or in permanent unhappiness on tudes. Application of Anekantavada is a Panacea for this earth.
the present communal problems and a key to peace The habit of relative or comparative thinking is and happiness which is of prime importance. Will the the real key to peace and happiness. It served as world adopt it?
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(Continued From Page 118 ) is always complex it discourages dogmatism and embracing it with the firm belief that I have created hasty conclusions. In practical matters it nurses a this and have within me the ability to go through it. spirit of justice and guards us against fanaticism. We Stop looking at situations as perpetrated by others
are in short, encouraged to respect the feelings and against you to hurt you or cause you misery but to $ we use of others. The Anekantavada thus, is the mas- see them as an echo of your own previous karma z ter key of different religions.
which is coming back to you. What utter power. Today the world is entangled in the meshes of
Thus... Anekantvad to me is the easiest tool towards ideologies. Each ideology tried to uproot the others,
Liberation. Because in its laws, it embraces all, it gives but in the ensuring conflict it is humanity itself, which is being uprooted. In such an environment, the ap
can us the technique to see people as they are in their w plication of Anekantavada with its philosophy of rela
pure self rather than what our mind projects us to tivity can play a supreme role in bringing harmony
see. In its core, it enables contradictions to co-exist, among these conflicting ideologies. If used it as a unity to exist. model, it persuades each side to understand and And yet as I sit here, attached to the body, to the 5 appreciate the point of view of the others and thus people and things and see them as me or mine, I remove discord. It is not a sect or just one more con- know I am a long way off. flicting ideology, it is a way of thinking and conflict
Let us all help ourselves and others by simply ing ideology, it is a way of thinking and living. It is a
attempting for five minutes after reading this to simply technique to synthesize and harmonize the conflicts
see, feel all around you as perfect because t which can be applied in various disciplines and fields.
Anekantvad in its ultimate sense is that 'It is all perfect $ It applied as a decision model, its application will
! All fair and all just as it is meant to be. liberate the mind, develop the mind and liberate from false beliefs, dogmas, superstitions, dogmatic atti
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અનેકાન્તવાદ, સ્યાદ્ધવાદ અને નયવાદ વિશેષાંક બુક અનેકodવાદ, સ્યાદ્ધવાદ અને વયવાદ વિશેષંક 4 અનેકાન્તવાદ, સ્યાદ્ધવાદ અને યવાદ વિશેષંક 4 અનેકીedવાદ, ચાદ્ધવાદ અને તર્કવાદ વિશેષંક 4 અનેકotવીદ, ચીદવીદ
અનેકાંતવાદ, ચાદ્દવીદ અને તેયવાદ વિશેષાંક ક અનેકાંતવાદ, સ્યાદ્વાદ અને નયવાદ વિશેષાંક ¥ અનેકાંતવાદ, સ્યાદ્દ
અને વયવાદ વિશેષાંક ર્ક અનેકાંતવાદ, સ્યાદ્વાદ અને