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for that is Anekant. Anekant means many aspects. As the diamond has many facets, so our experience, our truth, our reality has many facets. Following anekant, you try to understand another point of view instead of fighting or building a stand.
Mahavira taught that if you want to stop karmas, you have to understand someone else's point of view. You have to put yourself in that position, you have to be there. That is why you should not deny anything unless you have understood the other aspects of expressions. We have a tendency to deny or disbelieve; we limit ourselves, denying before we have experienced.
Language and expressions create much confusion. We are riding in a car and we say, "The campus has come." But the campus did not go or come, we arrived at the campus. Or somebody says, "see, the sun is rising." would you quarrel with him? That neither the sun rises nor sets but it is the earth that revolves around the sun! So all language is relative, and Anekant teaches us to appreciate many aspects of expressions and thoughts.
As the fourth principle, Mahavira said, "Don't waste time worshipping outside without first understanding the inside dweller. If you don't find God inside, you will never know God outside." You cannot see God, you can become God. Becoming God, you experience God. But with the eyes and the mind which are limited, you cannot see what you are talking about. You say, "I want to see God." But how can you see
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