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he wants to see. The concept of anekānta lays emphasis on an individual thought process thought process to accept the truth present in the views of others too and accommodate them. This virtue of acceptance is very essential for a society as a whole. It will help in putting a halt to the ever increasing incidents of violence. Recently anti-christian riots occurred in Orissa, violence against North Indians in Mumbai, Taj Hotel bomb blast,series of bomb blasts in different cities of the country etc. are live examples of a one sided perspective.
Every individual should adopt the following maxim i.e. "Do unto others what you want others to do unto you." If this subtle kind of vision develops with in human consciousness, then I think all the problems deriving from the absence of compassion namely dowry deaths, feticides and cosmetic tests on animals and over exploitation of natural resources for the personal end, all these problems can be resolved.
It is this human mind, which is responsible for anekāntic thought. It is the power of mind to think both creatively and destructively, John Milton rightly said, 'It is man's mind, which can make hell of heaven and heaven of hell.' The U.N. Charter rightly commented that 'War is first of all fought in the minds of men before it is actually fought on the battlefield.” It is the mind which makes plans, build strategies, set goals and breeds love or hatred towards others and which determines one's healthy or poor relationships.
... The happy outcome of anekānta is the birth of an individual with an attitude of non-insistence or refraining from - insistence. A person having one-sided perspective always gives insistence to his own views and it results into quarrel. The supreme way out of such quarrel is the application of anekāntic perspective. Such person with the above attitude analyses an
'Ācārya Tulsi. Srāvak Sambodh. Cūru: Ādarśa Sāhitya Sangh, 1998, p. 115.
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