Book Title: Applied Philosophy of Anekanta
Author(s): Shashiprajna Samni
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati Institute

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________________ always put in terms of opposites : success vs. failure, beautiful vs. ugly, strong vs. weak, intelligent vs. stupid. Even our highest abstractions rest on opposites. Logic, for instance, is concerned with the true vs. false, epistemology, with appearance vs. Reality, massive collection of opposites. It is certainly true that some of the things which we call opposites appear to co-exist in nature.' Modern physics, in short proclaims that reality can only be considered a union of opposites. In Von Bert Alanffy's phrase, “anekānt' is nothing but, complimentary aspects of the two opposites, one and the same reality. When we acknowledge of the two opposites but ignore their inner unity, we see that the opposites are just two different names for one process. The theory of anekānta means acceptance of co-existence of all events or opposite paryāya-s, in historical narrative.'Galera rightly says that life and universe is nothing but a delicate balance of opposing forces,conflicting particles,contrasting energies and divergent view points, no adjective, no verb exists in this entire world, which doesnot have an antonym. Without the pairing opposite the world will lose its meaning. * Contemporary science also tells us that if there is a universe, there has to be an anti-universe. If there is a particle, there has to be an anti-particle too. If there is an atom, there is an anti-atom also. If there is substance, there is anti-substance too. Every object is connected to its opposite object. In the quest for anti-particles, scientists have used micro-instruments as Ken Wilber. No Boundry: Eastern and Western Approaches to Personal Growth. Boston: Shambhala, 2001, p. 16. ?Ken Wilber. No Boundry. op.cit., p. 23. Mahāprajña. Ekānta Mai Anekānta: Anekānta Mai Ekānta. Ed. Sādhvi Vishruta Vibha. Delhi: Jaina Vishva Bharati, 2006, p. 214. Mahaveer Raj Galera. Jain Vidyā Aur Vigyān. Ed. Sadhvi Rajeemati, Samani Mangalprajña. Ladnun: Jain Vishva Bharati Institute, 2005, p. 79

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