Jain Journal 2003 10

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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SMT. LATA BOTHRA: ETHICAL UTILITARIANISM IN THE LIGHT
as cowardice do not know the inherent faculty of immense knowledge and power blended with psychic energy that lies beneath it. It is only through this way that global peace can be maintained. If only people like Hitler and Mussolini could have been stopped from becoming a tyrant -- such a holocaust would not have been created. Whenever, Mahāvīra's doctrines were ignored, demons were let loose leading to mass destruction of the world.
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Today, the tussle of minds that are prevailing in the facades of home, society, country and the global form, Mahāvīra's Anekāntavāda is the only way to an eternal relief regarding these problems. The theory of the multi-ending facade is basically based on tolerance from every bit of the creative world. The formulation of Anekantavāda thereby helps to look through ingrate view points which someone it is better to be awake than to be asleep and someone the other way. Likewise for everybody there are different ways to be taken. The multi-ending theme or Anekāntavāda respects each and every value of life and its multifarious ways of attainment. It seems true that in this global concept of Mahāvīra which is an ocean in itself, all the different ideas and thoughts merge as rivers. The sense of equality and fraternity which is the focal theme of Mahāvīra brings globality into one concept itself.
Mahāvīra never persuaded anybody to act according to his sayings. He has always emphasised on the logical insight which has played a pivotal role regarding the choosing of his ethical path. Mahāvīra wanted that his followers should not be mesmerised by divinity, personality craze and accept everything whether logical or illogical, moral or immoral. Through Anekāntavāda (theory of nononesidedness) it has been the absolute sucess of Mahāvīra to traverse the different ideas of the world. An open mind is the prima face condition to know Mahāvīra.
In every age a radical belief brings about a change in the system, which in turn is revolted. But when these ground-breaking ideas are tried and tested successfully, suddenly there are hoards of claimants. In the last 2600 years we have seen the rise and fall of such revolutionary views. These principles of Lord Mahāvīra have proved to be so true even today, not only politicaly and culturally, but also in the corporate world of business and management. It is the duty of today's generation to carry out further research with dedication to overcome worldly problems.' satyam' (truth), sivam (excellence), sundaram (beauty)' are not just idealistic words. For the management