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reconciling two opposites view point in the adversarial system. There are human rights needs and human responsibility. You have to build a bridge between them. You cannot do it unless you accept the philosophical postulate of anekānta. Anekānta is Ahimsā, in its larger application to life. Anekantais pārasparikatā, the reciprocity which is Ahimsa or another form of Ahimsă. Anekānta is all to application to in the field of education. People talk about things not correctives of two partiality if there is any. People may talk about it in the language of condemnations. That is ekānta. Anekānta is the language of tolerance and corrections.
I would like to conclude with two little poetic expressions. One from the Islamic tradition and other from the Hindu tradition. I should say Ebrahimic tradition
di gayi manzoor ko suli adetya darbab
ba analhaq haq magar ek lub se gustak kanit
People didn't understand there for Manzoor had to go to gallows. But Nirala put in please remember that it will have to be mentioned in the journal that these lectures have been compiled as they were delivered at IIC. They will be enhanced elaborated/served as the revised as the case may be before it comes out as a volume beautifully. Nirala was a great exponent of advait all that I have said so long in that four lines only. That's the greatness of that poet.
tum ho akhil vishva me - ya yah akhil vishva hai tum me, athava akhil vishva tum ek/ yah bhi dekh raha hum
tum mem bhed anek/
This is the last word is aneka, and that is where I end anekānta.
Note: Late Dr L.M.Singhvi delivered a talk on the concept of Anekānt in the lecture series on Anekānta held at India Internation Centre on ......
तुलसी प्रज्ञा जनवरी-मार्च, 2008
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