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Anekânta & Building a New Society
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Idealism and realism viewed absolutistically become parts of untruth; on the contrary, viewed nonabsolutistically or relativistically, they become parts
of truth. * Every real entity in the world is a natural combination
of the permanent and the impermanent. The quest for truth has been by reflection, contemplation and philosophy. It has developed in a social context. Both the animate and the inanimate represent absolutistic truth. The changes they undergo represent relativistic truth. The real truth lies in a combination of the absolutistic truth and the relativistic truth.
I see what is before me with my eyes. With what should I see what is not before my eyes ?
The one who answers this question is my guru. There are many who trade in verbal conundrums.
The guru is one who relates his experience.
It is important to know the method to be forgetful so that we are free from tensions
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