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independence or absolute dependence cannot exist. If they exist then they will exist together or not at all.
This is the concept of anekanta. People think anekanta complicates matters. It does not give a solution. Its reply is not clear. A person is not able to understand anything. Anekanta says man is good as well as bad. How can this be a practical principle? If there is the thief in the trader and the trader in the thief' then how can any conclusion be arrived at? Then what is the use of even hunting for the trader? We may as well collect a bunch of thieves for even in a thief, there is a trader. Practically speaking, this will not work. It will only worsen matters. The question then is whether social behaviour can be based on anekanta. Is it possible to model our pratical life on the basis of anekanta? Can any conclusion be reached on the basis of anekanta? It does not take us to the point of conclusion, to the stage of the definite. Anekanta teaches you to look both ways. A person learns to look at this side as well as that. Nothing concrete emerges.
That syaadvad takes man on a spin is not a new argument. It is age old. Anekanta does not lead a person anywhere but just leaves him hanging in the
Acharya Mahaprajna
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