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Napoleon Bonaparte used to say that the word impossible did not exist in his vocabulary. If this is looked at as arrogance then indeed he is very arrogant. But if it is looked as a principle, then what a lofty principle!
The man who follows anekanta does not consider anything impossible. People say that it is impossible to stabilize the mind. This is a mistaken thought. With continued meditational practice, the concept of the mind is demolished.
Mercury is very unstable, but it has been made possible to stabilize it too by binding it into the shape of a ball.
People say water cannot be retained in a sieve. Now even that is not impossible. Freeze the water into ice and it will not be able to pass through a sieve. It will rest.
If we hold on to something from a unilateral view, then we have problems. A sieve can or cannot hold water. The state has to change. With a change in state, the impossible becomes possible.
The expansive viewpoint of syadvad
Syadvad has presented an expansive viewpoint.
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