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PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY
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The attainment of liberation is not therefore possible through the path of good conduct alone. We know things by enlightenment, but, if real faith and conviction do not evolve in the heart, the mind remains full of doubts and hesitant, with the result that taking recourse to the path of liberation becomes difficult. Genuine faith is therefore required for the attainment of liberation.
In this manner, the principle of relativity is very beneficial to Souls (Jivas) desiring liberation through progress on the path of Sadhana. People who have mastered the principles governing the path of liberation, explain that success is possible through genuine faith (Samyak Darshan), true knowledge (Samyak Jnan) and righteous conduct (Samyak Charitra).
Again, one question arises : "If the direct path of liberation is of the nature of absolute experience (Nirvikalpa - Samadhi) of Soul (Atman), how will the attainment of liberation be possible ?" The reply will be this: The impressions of Existence (Sat) gets a firm hold on the Atma and enhance its prowess. Give heat to an iron-rod, and it can take any shape. Dirty clothes, soaked in soap, beaten, or rubbed get cleaned. Only then can a dye, color or indigo, be applied to them uniformly. In a similar manner, just as the prowess of Atman, is enhanced by the practice of the Sadhana of dualistic (Savikalpa) knowledge, vision and conduct, the experience of absolute Samadhi (Nir-vikalpa) is quickened and its experience grows deeper.
The Sadhaka gets liberated when the stigma of all actions is washed out by the prowess of deep Nirvikalpa Samadhi at its appropriate stage. Thus, the prowess of the practice of Savikalpa Sadhana leads to the attainment and success of Nirvikalpa Samadhi and this gives rise to a state of freedom from all bondages (Karmas) in the end. This Sadhana is known as "Bhedabheda- ratna-traya" (i.e. the three jewels of distinction and non-distinction in philosophy), and the concerned philosophy is known as "Sapekhsha Darshana" or "Anekanta Darshana" or "relative pluralism" in Jainism.
Thus we can understand that, this principle of relativity is extremely beneficial and useful, both in worldly dealings as also in the Sadhana of the Absolute. The Sadhaka can grasp it SAPEKSHATANO SIDHDHANT or SYADVADA 151
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