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The husband told the wife, “I can hear somebody calling from downstairs. I think my friend is calling me. You go down and tell him I am not home". The wife replied, "You never tell lies, but today I have lost that respect for you." To this the husband replied, "Oh no! I really do not tell lies. That is why I am telling you to tell them"
Where the perspective is only from one angle and the entire picture is not apparent then man gets into trouble. He is not sure what he is doing. He gets entangled in his own language.
We should try and understand the principle of anekanta. Anekanta is the third eye. It is even larger than the eye that rests between the two eyebrows. Till this eye does not begin to function, the principle of anekanta cannot be awakened and nothing can be seen as right. Our actions and thoughts will not be right.
Three views
There are three views: right view (samyak drishti), wrong view (mithya drishti) and right-wrong view (samyak-mithya drishti). Both wrong view and rightwrong view influence us. We cannot grasp truth
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