Awakening

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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various problems of life; and in order to disseminate true wisdom and knowledge. Anekantvad is the name given to Syadvad. The same was called the theory of Relativity by Einstein, the great scientist,
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Syadvad teaches us to see the same object from various points of view. This philosophy teaches us that to understand the nature of an object accurately and comprehensively, we should see it not only with our eyes but also through the eyes of others. That means we an understand the nature of an object accurately and thoroughly only if we see it from different points of view.
एकस्मिन्वस्तुन्य विरुद्धनानाधर्मस्वीकारो हि स्याद्वादः । Ekasminvasthunyaviruddhananadharmasvikaro hi
syadvadah
Syadvada is the philosophical attitude of believing that the same object may have many qualities which are not contradictory.
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A great priest said to his wife, "Get me a little cheese. It increases hunger." The wife said, Dear,
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How can I give it to
there is no cheese in our house. you?"
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The priest said, It is very good that there is no cheese because it weakens the gums of the teeth".
The wife said, You have expressed two separate and opposite views about cheese.
According to
one view