Book Title: Ethnicity and Religious Heritage
Author(s): T U Mehta
Publisher: T U Mehta

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________________ Anekantvad and its Importance In Life Part-11 81 Generally our worldly approach is to consider a particular event, which confronts us in its isolation. Such an approach is not correct because the world is empirical and the things are dynamic by nature and are, therefore, subject to constant changes. As Mr. Alan Watts rightly puts it, "we do not understand all the interconnections between things, because in reality what we call "things" are not really separate from each other; They all go with each other intereonneeted. In other words, everything in this world is subject to "Utpad" (creation) and "Vyaya" (destruction) and therefore, "Dhauvya" (constant) which is the Reality appears to be different even though its substantive nature reamins constant. Thus no event in life occurs in isolation as every event is the product of variety of other events and circumstances. 'Truth' observes Shri Krishnamurti, "is an awareness of totality of existance". Scientists like Einstein, Heidelberg and others prove this through laboratory experiments. Einstein's theory of relativity seeks to establish that everything in this scheme of universe is relative to other things and the Quantum Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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