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3. All the descriptions of an object or situation are
subject to the chosen reference.One can have clear understanding of the proposed research work ‘Applied
philosophy of Anekānta' by keeping this in mind.
It may not be out of place to speak a word on the genesis of the present wok. The late Ācārya shri Mahāpraña was my source of inspiration to enter into the field of philosophical research. Once he enquired about me and then asked me, why don't you undertake some sort of research along with your teaching in Ladnun? Since then my mind started thinking about the topic in which I can do research. One good day, I went and requested for few topics of research and ācārya shri chosen the topic of “Social Relevance of Jaina Doctrines” and inspired me to write on it. I registered my Ph.D. on this topic and began to work.
. In between Jain Vishva Bharati University came with a new syllabus of M:Phil. course for students of Jainology. Due to the inspiration of Ācārya Mahāprajņaji, I began to study for M.Phil degree course and dropped Ph.D programme for a year. During the process of the selection for dissertation topic, I decided to work on ‘Applied Philosophy of Anekānta'. It is because of the reason that when I took admission in Pārmārthika Śikṣaṇa Samsthā, the very first year, Ācārya Mahāprajñaji delivered a weekly lecture series on the applied aspect of anekānta in New Delhi. I came to derive the essence of anekānta and its practical application in our day-to-day transactions.
The other reason is that I was privileged to gain the knowledge about the thinking of the west and the post-modern philosophers in intensive study course in Calcutta. During that time, Prof. Arun Kumar Mukherjee suggested me that I
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