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as one could possibly imagine a householder with his family. To remain neutral to contrary views is not easy. Neutrality manifests itself when the third eye is opened. When anekanta, which links the empirical and the transcendental, manifests itself, then the third eye opens. In other words, balanced views are arrived at with anekanta.
The possibility of neutrality
A gentleman asked, “Is neutrality possible? Strange question. What answer could I give? How can I say it is possible and how can I say it is not? Neutrality is not possible as long as there is attachment towards one's views and aversion towards the other's views, as long as there is belief only in the validity of one's own views and of the confirmed invalidity of the other's views. When one's wisdom awakens to that which lies beyond attachment and aversion, validity and invalidity, then neutrality is possible. Then along with the two eyes, the third one is also awakened. This way neutrality is possible and not possible too.
An event occurred. People complained to the king that Acharya Hemchandra did not bow before
Acharya Mahaprajna
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