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understood that money can't buy health, friends or happiness. Excessive pride gives way to humility when we come to appreciate the wonderful qualities and accomplishments of others. Anger and hatred disappear when we realize that other objects, situations, or persons are no threat to us. To the extent that we appreciate that the knowledge from which the destructive passion arise is partial, we are encouraged to restrain ourselves until our understanding increases. Mahavira said, "Modes are infinite and laws are
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Mahavira did not accept a one-sided view in any field and The "Real" means that which is existent at a particular time. One cannot lay claim to total knowledge just by knowing a few laws. It is indispensable to acquire full knowledge of Truth. Truth perceived from different angles appears contradictory, but in reality those partial visions are complimentary. The truth is not the partial views about reality but by taking all of them into consideration. Matter may be small or large, living or non-living, it is so vast that none can realise it in its entirety at the same time. Every substance in the universe is related to every other substance. Thus reality is manifold. Due to relativity, matter has many attributes. The truth about any object or substance consists in the recognition that it contains various properties from various standpoints and that its characterization in terms of some of them does not exclude or contradict its characterization in terms of others. The ultimate principle should always be logical and no principle can be devoid of logic or reason. The complex and multifaceted nature of reality should be examined from a relative point of view of time, space,
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