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flexibility represents interpersonal relationships and mutual understanding. 10
12. Its concept of aspect-based consideration leads us to a synthetic attitude to solve an issue. It is an adjunction rather than rejection.
13. It lays more importance on ethical orientation through nonviolence.
With these implications, the principle could take many forms under different conditions like non-violence and peace, dialogue and mediation, religious tolerance, inter-religious exposure, removal of prejudices, respect and equality for life, development of self-respect, self-content and sharing, healing and reconsideration, removal of negative emotions, developing multi-dynamic vision and integral personality. Conflicts and their Causes
The word 'Jaina' is derived from the root ‘Ji' having a meaning of winning over internal and external enemies. It should, therefore, not be surprising that this system describes various kinds of enemies like delusion, violence, internal and external conflicts and methods to subjugate them for better physical and spiritual life of individual and society and now nation and globe. The above enemies have negative and distortional character and the religion redirects them towards positivity through scientific and psychological methodology. Drago has mentioned that conflicts are also there in the scientific world on account of different views on nature. Capitany suggested these conflicts could be unified by conversion of philosophical mind into an ethical attitude. This looks like non-violent theory of conflict resolution in the world of science. Why can we not adopt it in the human world of conflicts? Is it so difficult?
The psychologists have stated that the living beings have about sixteen natural instincts which include acquisition and pugnacity." This leads to the emotions of (a) desires (b) my-ness (c) passions like anger, pride, deceit and greed and (d) scarcity and increase. Differences in thinking, ego, ambitions and dreams also form the part of these conflicts. Puranika states that men living with ideals always live in conflicts usurping the peace of mind. When we elaborate the
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