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in that of relationships. In its state of existence, every object is complete, whole. Where there is expansion, where a society is being formed, there is relativity and incompleteness. In this world if any man talks of absolute decisions or takes decisions independent of other things, he is committing a mistake. He is cheating himself. There is no principle other than anekanta that can acquaint us with relativity.
Infinite modes: infinite possibilities
Every principle has many modes. It cannot be said which mode will manifest when. The day Darwin announced that man too had a tail and that man was a descendent of monkeys, it seemed odd and religious people derided it. This derision was because of a single dimensional viewpoint. The meaning of a single dimensional viewpoint is the end of infinite possibilities. That man does not have tails cannot be said unilaterally. In Jain agamas it is said that some people have "langula” tails and some have "ghotakmukha”, that, is they have horse shaped faces. Some people are 'hastimukha' or with faces like elephants. How can we totally disregard them? Where we reject possibilities, we create difficulties.
Anekanta: The Third Eye
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