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social commotion, international wars and so forth are the outcome of insistence on one's own words. Anekāntic technique of speech teaches; always use such non-violent words, which can make our human relations healthy. So there is close relationship between peaceful co-existence and non-violent communication. 5.13 Mutual Understanding of Religious Communities and
Anekanta
Every religion aims at raising the quality of moral and spiritual life of man. But the root cause of prevailing tensions is self-righteousness and belief of certain leaders of religious movements and campaigns that their religion alone is supreme and can prove to be the panacea for all the problems of mankind. The urgent need of today is removal of seeds of hatred and malevolence within the minds of religious communities. There are institutions in this world, for removal and eradication of physical diseases. But the supreme need of the hour is the establishment of an institution for eradication of communal hatred and bigotry, from the minds of men, the disease that is spreading into vitals of society and threatening the future of mankind. The present scenario really lacks the tolerance of viewpoint of others. Today Islamic fundamentalism, Hindu supremacy, Christian self-righteousness, Buddhists. Escapism, is adding to our problems instead of bringing any solution. What we need today is anekāntic perspective to tackle the global problems so that the future of humanity is not jeopardized. In my view the founders of religions have never been bigoted and narrow-minded. They have been truly liberal in their outlook. It is only misguided followers, who have created gulf between adherents of different religions.
Today religious leaders are so dogmatic in their views that they are not in a position to give respect to others viewpoints. They claim that salvation is possible only by following their means and principles, i.e. 'māmemkaṁ saranam
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