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Bhagawan Mahavir)
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According to the view point ol Syadvada the nature of a thing is definite but it is not unitary. It is certain that the thing is everlasting according to Naya that looks to the existing quality 1 FETTF AT ) and this is also certain that the thing is transitory according to Naya that looks to comparisons and other relations. Therefore to call Syadvada as principle of doubt only proves that the person who think like this has not really understood the nature of Saydvada. Likely it is that he is misled by the term cara (Syat] people think that FTIT (Syat] means "perhaps" and so call the Syadvada as doctrine of doubt. But it really means "accord. ing to this view"Thus the objections raised against Syadva. da fall to the ground when the nature of the principle is thoroughly understood. The usefulness of Syadvada:--
Religion is born to promote welfare and peace of the world But whenever we search for the causes of unrest and disturbance in the world, religion will be found to have been one of the most important causes. Pages of history are coloured red by accounts of injustice, persecution and bloodshed in the name of religion. In the modern times as well painful accounts are heard every day. The real cause is religious hatred. The outlook is narrowed down by the belief that other religions except that which one follows are all false. This has made men strike cruelly and intolerantly forgetting the power of discretion. This is the root of religious quarrels.
The Syadvada points out a way for completely annihilation of this quarrel. As is explained before it inspires us to look at truth with different view points. It teaches us tole.
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