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Application of Anekantavāda
hours before the life becomes extinct on this planet earth. Therefore, all the international conflicts should be solved in a mutually conducive atmosphere between the varying parties, by co-operation and not confrontation, through talks, discussions and deliberations. The accords between the South Africa government and African National Congress and between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation are steps in this direction.
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The application of anekāntavāda in international sphere will not be complete unless the non-aligned movement (NAM) is reactivated. NAM being the largest peace movement in the world has the potential to solve many disputes in the world. Mere rejuvenation of NAM itself will solve few existing conflicts. This responsibility of rejuvenation of anekānta or NAM lies with India and it is upto the anekāntvādī Indians to pressurise the authority to apply anekānta in India's foreign policy and in international relations for the betterment
of India and the world.
Mental Sphere:
In this sphere, Anekanta stands against all mental absolutism. Other than the spiritual sphere, which deals with the otherworldly things, this sphere is the most important. It is in this sphere that all the thought process in a person occurs. It is the power of this sphere to think which imbibes in it, both creativity and destructively. Men think and then act. If they act without thinking then they are doing injustice to themselves. The U.N. Charter says that, war is first fought in the minds of men before it is actually fought. It is this sphere of people, which makes plans, build strategies, set goals and targets and breeds love or hatred towards others. It is on this thinking or thought process that the understanding of intricate problems is based. It is this sphere of an individual, which determines the human relationships.
In today's world, a common man is always full of tensions since he is preoccupied with numerous problems without any solutions. In such a mental condition, when a common man is preoccupied with worries, it will be wrong to give him a lecture on anekanta in order to change his way of thinking.
The answer to this lies in knowledge which only can ease
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