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habits this problem came about. He talks of everything else but not the root cause. The doctor is thus not able to grasp the real factor. He guesses the diagnosis and so the treatment is not successful.
One who is straight is pure
One gains strength to accept one's faults only when he develops the perspective of anekanta. Bhagvan Mahavira said, “Dhammo sudvassa chittayi”: Dharma stays in the pure soul. The question asked was, “Who is pure?” Bhagvan replied, “The one who is straight is pure.” Lord Jesus Christ said, “A spiritual man is like a child.”
Both are the same thing. To be straight is like being a child. A child is never complicated. And the complicated is never spiritual.
A question arose in my mind too. “Who is straight?” The one who is straight is the one who has the perception of anekanta. A man with a onedimensional vision can never be straight. He is impassioned. He observes another's weaknesses, estimates the situation and makes scapegoats of people. That man is complicated. He does not have the anekantic perception.
Anekanta: The Third Eye
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