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from two different points of view. This method of knowing things or this perspective of looking at things was posited and expanded by Jainism several centuries ago Prof. Albert Einstein,a modern scientist, has presented nay he has totally accepted the theory of relativity at the end of long and ardous research. This theory of relativity is so practical that it has a bearing on our life. Once the wife of Prof. Albert Einstein asked him as to what the theory of relativity meant and how ordinary people like her could understand it.
Elinstein said that it was quite simple to understand Relativity. He pointed out that sometimes when you go out for a stroll with your friends and nearly an hour and a half passes by, yet, because of the enjoyable company and jovial atmosphere you feel as if only half an hour has passed. On the other hand, when you have to work in the kitchen in intense summer, you feel that your activity, lasting over only half an hour,appears to you as if it spreads over an hour and a half! Why this difference? This is, it may be pointed out, due to the angle from which you look at reality and this is caused by different stand points. This, then, is the doctrine of relativity or Syàdvàda.
If this theory of relativity,as taught by Jainism, is sincerely put into practice in our actual life then I am sure, a number of conflicts which beset our life today will come to an end. Because the root of any conflict lies in man's inflexible attitude towards reality as he wants what is favourable to him and opposes what is not favourable to him. But when one tries to do justice to the point of view of the
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