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event from multiple angles as a result of which, he develops a view-point of reconciling different parts and aspects of the truth. 'Only what I believe is truth and what others believe in, is false. If one does not give up this, he will be doing injustice to other and this too amounts to violence. It is, therefore an absolute necessity for a non-violent to be a non-extremist. It serves as the key to unlock the doors of wisdom and a successful means to establish uniformity amidst diversity in views. Unless we are prepared to change our vision, we can't balance our behavior. The discretion of where to remain active, where to be inactive and where to ignore should be very well understood. We should leave bad habits, develop good ones and thereby remain in the state of balance or equanimity. To ignore evil means to be in the state of balance. Our own peace of mind comes first, only after that we can th:nk of a peaceful family and peaceful society as a whole. 5.4 Peaceful Co-existence at Family Level and Anekānta
Family is an important unit of social setup. Mahāprajña says all the activities in life and society are built on the bricks of opposing principles. If these opposing bricks were not there, there would be no activity, no civilization. There are opposing desires, opposing aspirations and opposing conduct.The utility of anekānta lies in creating a peaceful atmosphere amongst the family members. Usually there are two centers of family disputes between a father and a son and between a mother in law and daughter in law. Familial disputes centre around the father who wants to mold his son's life in the value system in which he has been brought up, because he thinks that he has experience, whereas his son has logic on his side. Similar is the condition between mother in law and daughter in law. She also
Mahāprajña. Anekānta Hein Tisara Netra. op.cit., p. 6. 2 Mahāprajña, Ācārya. Anekaāta : The Third Eye. Trans. Sudhamahi * Regunathan. Ladnun: Jain Vishva Bharati Institute. 2002, p. 10.
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