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Chapter 4: Statement of Six Fundamentals
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It means: All the schools of thought are covered within the school of the omniscient Lord, while the Lord's school of thought may or may not be covered completely in a particular school. This is comparable to the sea and a river. All rivers flow into the sea, while the flowing of the sea into the mouth of a river may or may not occur.
Änandghanji attributes the highest status to Jainism, not because he was a Jain monk. Jainism stands the highest, because it presents the whole truth after taking into consideration all the viewpoints. Jainism synthesizes all of them. This will be clear from the questions and answers that are going to follow. It will be seen that the pupil presents all possible questions that have been raised by different viewpoints and the Guru gives satisfying replies from the right point of view. The pupil is the real truth seeker, and the replies to his questions conclusively put his doubts to rest. It is therefore said here that these six Fundamentals have been described for explaining the truth.
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