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Anekant (multi-sided perception) should be the basis for resolving complications. A student studies at school; he also attends to business in his shop. These are two diverse occupations, and yet the student is not caught in confusion. Confusion would arise if an effort were made to merge these two occupations into one. But the two activities are all right in their respective places. To proceed in the direction of the committed objective, it is most important to develop right faith. A man endowed with right vision, irrespective of what he does in life, good or bad, comprehends his action in its proper perspective. What is taken to be true is true no more, when the perspective changes.
In preksha dhyana initiation, the right path, the right faith and the right (temperate) action-all three have an equally important place. Of course, any point requiring special attention at a particular moment, is duly emphasized, but even in the course of emphasizing it, other points should not be lost sight of. The use of the Anekant doctrine is specially useful on such occasions. He who does not comprehend Anekant, often gets confused. “If the path is all-important in the field of sadhana,” he asks, "What is the necessity of right faith or action? Or if right faith or moderation in action are significant, why be concerned about the right path?" As long as one is caught in this confusion, the direction of sadhana does not become clear. What is required is a comprehensive and simultaneous appraisal of all the useful elements of sadhana in relation to one another.
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