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correct and restrained use of the body, mind and speech have not been learnt but instead clings only to meditation, he will develop a closed mind. Even meditation gets caught in that closed mind. Without anekanta, meditation cannot be understood and no discussion on anekanta can be held without meditation. There is a link between meditation and anekanta. Bhagvan Mahavir gave the anekanta perception not from any text. He gave it on the basis of his experience. The one who is experienced does not have to read and it is possible that the one who reads much may not gain in experience at all. Reading alone is dangerous. As the experience-based conscious awakens, readingbased conscious becomes dormant. And as the reading-based conscious awakens, the experiencebased conscious becomes dormant. All the great men of the world were least educated. Either they never got an opportunity to study or were sent out of school.
Knowledge of the limits of self
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