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

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________________ Anekāntavāda teaches, to respect not only one party manifestos but also to respect manifestos of other parties. To respect manifestos of other parties means to understand the outlooks, missions and the propaganda of other parties. The members of the two opposing political parties sit together on one platform peacefully and discuss freely is the outcome of philosophy of co-existence. Incidents such as civil-wars, rebellion, street-demonstrations, communal riots, and quarrels in parliament are evidences of anti-democratic outlook. It is also anti-anekāntavād. Anekāntavād and democratic outlook stand on the policy that the rights of all rival parties need to be respected. 5.9 Conflict Resolution and Anekānta Cultural clash is the fact of global reality. This is because our perception is always backed by our own cultural prejudices. This in turn hides many aspects of truth. Not only things remain in concealment because of prejudices, but it also generates controversies. In modern India, we come across a large number of conflicts between the Hindu and the Muslim in the name of religion and communal riots between the two states of the same country, in the name of language, cultural difference and so forth. Every country has its own culture and tradition. Problems erupt when one tries to impose it on the other. History tells us that events of this nature were commonplace. Language is an essential and vital part of a culture. Usually people are proud of their mother tongue and do not like the domination of other language in their territory. The application of anekānta in this field, will amount to acceptance of other languages equivalent with their own language. No matter, what language or medium is used for communication as long as the message is understood properly. With language ? Ācārya Tulsi. Srāvak Sambodh, op.cit., p. 116. 146

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