Multidimensional Application of Anekantavada

Author(s): Sagarmal Jain, Shreeprakash Pandey, Bhagchandra Jain Bhaskar
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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Multi-dimentional Reflections on Anekāntavāda
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development and growth of societies by creating progressive and dynamic visions into social consciousness. This art of stating, what is relatively true on both the sides to a certain and specific extent, is a dynamic vision or Anekāntavāda'. News is nothing but statements of conflicting views. A democratic paper cannot afford to become one party's propaganda tool but the paper needs to represent view of all parties even if the parties are conflicting and contradictory to one another. To educate the people, the newspaper needs to be in search for the element of truth, which is found in both rival parties, without taking sides or colouring it with favours or disfavours.
The vision which varies as per times, situation and needs of the society, is the dynamic vision. Dynamic vision cannot afford to be dogmatic, conservative and narrow-minded and one-sided party paper churning in the same pattern as what the forefathers have laid down.
Dynamic vision is not a dead but alive and is going together with contemporary and modern needs of time. Newspapers need to be multi-dynamic to cover all aspects of the news from all angles, dimensions and from viewpoints of all parties with a view to expand the visions of society.
Society changes continuously in its social consciousness or social beliefs. What was true in the past is now not considered to be true or important because the views and concepts are changed. Multidimensional vision 'Anekantavada' is a vision which represents all paradoxical views and states those which are relatively valid and also states the degree to which the statements are valid. What is true of the newspaper is also true in case of the individual.
The same criteria holds true for development of individual vision. A progressive person cannot afford to remain conservative, dogmatic and fanatic or unilateral. As the man grows, he gives up all his personal resistance or persistence for his personal views, to comprehend viewpoints of others. A person, who grows, learns to co-exist with all variablecontradicting viewpoints. The man of prudence is capable to understand all dimensional views from its relativity or contacts. He is not obstinate, one-sided and provocated, but holds a realistic attitude. The life grows only with a dynamic vision otherwise it is dead from the angle of spirit