Gandhis Teachers Rajchandra Ravjibhai Mehta

Author(s): Satish Sharma
Publisher: Gujarat Vidyapith Ahmedabad

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analysis, or application.
40. Radhakrishnan and Moore, A Source Book... op. cit., 1957, pp. 250-251.
41. Saptabhangi is seven-fold.
42. Syad means "somehow", "perhaps", "maybe", or "in a certain sense." Syadvada, therefore, refers to relative observation, perception, analysis, and application.
43. Some other philosophical systems suggest the opposite view, known as ekantavada, meaning that the essential reality is "one-sided." See: Radhakrishnan and Moore, A Source Book... op. cit., 1957, p. 261.
44. Radhakrishnan and Moore, A Source Book... op. cit., 1957, p. 260-262. This source also indicates that an excellent understanding of Jain logic and metaphysics is provided in Syadvadamanjari by Mallisena, a 13th century commentary on the famous Jain work An Examination of Thirty-Two Stanzas of the Doctrine of Other Systems by Henachandra. Also see: Rice, Eastern Definitions... op. cit., 1978, p. 196.
45. Radhakrishnan and Moore, A Source Book... op. cit., 1957, p. 250; Rice, Eastern Definitions... op. cit., 1978, p. 196.
46. In comparison with Jainism, Buddhism stresses the "Four Noble Truths" and the "Eight-fold Path." The "Four Noble Truths" are: 1) the noble truth of suffering, 2) the noble truth of the cause of suffering, 3) the noble truth of the annihilation of suffering, and 4) the noble truth of the path leading to the annihilation of suffering. The "Eight-fold Path" is: right understanding, right thoughts, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right endeavor, right mindfulness, and right concentration. See: Rice, Eastern Definitions... op. cit., 1978, p. 143; Radhakrishnan and Moore, A Source Book... op. cit., 1957, pp. 251, 274-275. Also see: Carter, J. R. and M. Palihawadana, The Dhamapada. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987; Cleary, T., Dhamapada: The Sayings of Buddha. New York: Bantam Books, 1995.