Shrutsagar 2019 09 Volume 06 Issue 04

Author(s): Hiren K Doshi
Publisher: Acharya Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir Koba

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SHRUTSAGAR
September-2019 Awakening
Acharya Padmasagarsuri (from past issue...)
Just as a swan drinks only milk discarding water; a wise man should imbibe good qualities and discard bad qualities. But an unwise man retains bad qualities and discards good qualities like a sieve which retains stones and other useless things letting all the grain fall through its holes. The Lord propounded the famous Syadwad (a system of thought) in order to bring peace to the disturbed and distracted world; to solve the various problems of life; and in order to disseminate true wisdom and knowledge. Anekantvad is the name given to Syadvad. The same was called the theory of Relativity by Einstein, the great scientist.
Syadvad teaches us to see the same object from various points of view. This philosophy teaches us that to understand the nature of an object accurately and comprehensively, we should see it not only with our eyes but also through the eyes of others. That means we an understand the nature of an object accurately and thoroughly only if we see it from different points of view.
“एकस्मिन्वस्तुन्यविरूद्धनानाधर्मस्वीकारो हि स्याद्वादः। Ekasminvastunyaviruddhananadharmasvikaro hi syadvadah
Syadvada is the philosophical attitude of believing that the same object may have many qualities which are not contradic
tory.
A great priest said to his wife, “Get me a little cheese. It increases hunger.” The wife said, “Dear, there is no cheese in our house. How can I give it to you?”
The priest said, “It is very good that there is no cheese because it weakens the gums of the teeth”.
The wife said, “You have expressed two separate and opposite views about cheese. According to one view cheese is good and according to the other cheese is bad. Which shall I accept as true of these two?"
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