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the future, learning from the past and for living in the present. Anekanta does not rule out the future but keeps the past modes in mind and then arrives at the conclusion on the basis of the present.
Anekanta is a three-dimensional vision. It is not a single dimensional vision. It keeps as its foundation all the three time zones and three dimensions.
The time-relative vision ensures practical success. Where time is not taken into consideration many problems occur. A person puts in effort. Sometimes when he does not succeed, he feels unhappy. He feels he has put in so much effort and yet nothing has happened. That person is upset because he does not know anekanta. If he did know anekanta, then he would never be upset. He would think of hard work as the present mode but he would also know that if a man puts in effort, physically and mentally and yet is not successful, then there must be some other obstacle. That is the subtle unmanifested mode created from past deeds, which is creating a barrier. Without considering the past, the present cannot be defined. The future cannot be explained without considering the present and the past. The present is the time of fruition. The present is the time for
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