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OPTIMISTIC PERSPECTIVE
Two sides
The chariot of time moves at an unrestrained pace. It has two sides, day and night. The chariot of life is also moving. It has two cycles: hope and despair. Day is full of light and night is dark. Hope is light and despair is pitch dark. According to western philosophers Indian philosophy is one of despair. It sees only sorrow, sorrow and more sorrow. Birth is sorrowful, death is sorrowful, disease is sorrowful and old age is sorrowful. Everywhere there is only sorrow and more sorrow. Man is afraid of sorrow and
Anekanta: The Third Eye
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