Shrutsagar 2019 10 Volume 06 Issue 05

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

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श्रुतसागर
अक्टूबर-२०१९ Awakening
Acharya Padmasagarsuri (from past issue...)
The priest smiled and said, “Both the views are true but accepting any one of them as true depends on circumstances. If there is cheese in the house, accept the first view as true and if there is no cheese, accept the second view.”
This is the reply of one who acts according to Syadvada. A person who believes in Syadvada must be careful at every step in life. That is why the great acharyas respected the Anekantavad and said:
जेण विणा लोगस्सवि ववहारो सव्वहा न निव्वडई। तस्स भवणेक्क गरुणो णमो अणेगंतवायरस्स॥ Jena Vina logassavi vavaharo Savvaha na nivvadai Tassa bhuvanekka guruno namo aneganthavayassa
I offer my adorations to Anekantavad without which the activities of life cannot go on; and which is the only giver of true light in life.
The same man is husband, father, son and brother at the same time. He is the husband of his wife; father of his children; son of his father and brother of his brothers. What contradiction is there in this?
The question whether a stone is big or small cannot be answered except by means of the Anekantvad. It has to be said that a stone is larger than a small pebble; and smaller than a rock. In this manner the same stone can be small or big. The Anekantvad helps us to end variety of opinions by showing unity (oneness) in variety. It helps us to see a single truth as seen from various points of view. Only by means of this philosophy the Mahashraman, Mahavir amalgamated (363) three hundred and sixty-three systems of thought and united them.
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