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

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________________ • The exclusive assertion of the wholesomeness of slumber or awakening would be an absolutistic answer, which was not approved by Lord Mahāvīra and he explained all the questions by means of divisions of issues avoiding exclusiveness. The empirical world is known as logically speaking, through subject and predicates; metaphysically speaking, subjects having attributes. Concomitance of Auspicious and Inauspicious. Renunciation Gautama : If one says, I have renounced to commit violence to all prāņa (two to four sensed beings i.e. mobiles), bhuta (one sensed beings i.e. plants etc. or immobiles), sattva (all first four immobile living beings), jīva (five sensed beings). Then, is such renouncement auspicious or inauspicious? Mahāvīra : In some context, it is auspicious and in other, inauspicious. Gautama : Lord! What is the reason behind this statement?! Mahāvīra : The person who is ignorant and can't differentiate between soul and non-soul, mobile and immobile beings, such persons restrain is inauspicious restrain. Such persons don't speak truth. But on the other hand, who has discretion between soul and non-soul, mobile and immobile brings, such persons restrain is auspicious restrain and such person always speaks truth... Similarly, we have numerous dialogues regarding the problem, whether it is good to be weak or good to be strong? Whether the souls are mobile or immobile? Whether the souls are powerful or powerless? Whether the body is identical with soul or different? and so forth.All the replies of Mahāvīra were given in anekāntic style. Bhagavaī. op.cit., 7.2.27. 2 Ibid, 12.2.55.

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