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other thought processes also within itself. It is a philosophy that absorbs truth.
The position of the head is topmost in the body, it is superior. The head alone operates all other parts and limbs of the body. It holds the body in rein. If the head is upset everything gets upset. In the same way, Jain Darshan is not unilateral, but anekantavadi - multilateral. It equates and then accepts all philosophies after looking at them with an impartial viewpoint. Jain darshan does not insist stubbornly upon 'we alone have the truth'. But there is an acceptance of all possibilities. It is therefore, that it has received the highest position. So from this view, striking down any one philosophy is like striking down the organs or limbs of the Jineshwar. It is for this reason that no mumukshu atma ever strikes down any darshan.
Here we have considered very briefly how the six darshanas get accommodated into Jain darshan. For this is a subject of philosophy. It can demand a very detailed analysis. But there is no point in doing that here. It is just to indicate the generosity, the magnanimity with which Jain darshan accepts other philosophies. Anandghanji Maharaj concludes -
जिनवरमां सघळा दर्शन छे, दर्शने जिनवर भजना रे,
HITHI Hot afe-it hat, afcitui AIR HATI...E In Jineshwar, so to say in Jinadarshan, all darshanas get encompassed. The various darshanas may or may not encompass Jinadarshan. Like the ocean where all rivers get absorbed, but the river may or may not accommodate the ocean.
Rivers get merged to unite with the ocean. They become part of it. While the ocean might enter into the estuary of a river only at a very high tide, not otherwise.
Thus Anandghanji Maharaj, by accommodating six darshanas into Jineshwar's darshana, has introduced us to the generosity of Jina darshana.
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