________________ Anekantavada : A Way Towards World Peace : 205 to treat the relative and the home-made as if they were the Absolute. It is only intellectual clarity which will resolve all conflicts and rivalry. All dogmatic ideas owe their genesis to the partiality of outlook and fondness for a line of thinking to which a person has accustomed himself and confined himself to an inert particularity. This leads one to imperialism and aggressiveness in thought. Today, one man or one country fights with other because their views are dashed against each other, their interest are not rescued and they are challenged by raw or immature understanding of selfishness. Their views are bound to vary because they are guided by different conditions, thoughts and attitudes. Hence, it is unjust to put one to the right side of things and others to the false side. It is difficult enough to make any decision free from partiality. Here, syadvada-anekantavada represents the highest form of impartial and synthesized views to solve the problem of conflicts which wonderfully deserves the gist of creativity and ruling-out any misdeeds treating and causing harms to peace and tranquility to the individuals and the nations. It provides a compromising middle way for development and opens the door of opportunity of negotiations. Lack of understanding and emphasizing extremism cause several 'isms' and conflicts among the individuals and the nations. The philosophy of anekantavada' supplies there the notion to learn - 'Live and let live.' (III) Today, world peace is dangered from all sides of ideas and preparations. We cannot make ourselves safe by enhancing defense-budget, by proliferation of arms, crushing others and enriching our resources through usurpation, or by dominating over indigenous, international and universal means of power and destruction. But, we can make ourselves and other people safe by developing and following the philosophy of anekanta, which will be universally required to fulfill the goal of "Live and let live". It Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
