Anekantavada
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Anekantavada is a basic principle of Jainism dealing with the fact that reality may be percieved diferently from different points of views.
'Ekanta' is one-sidedness. Anekantavada is literally it is the doctrine of non-onesidedness. Jain philosophy accepts the the relativistic view of looking at things from all points of view.
Anekantvada requires us to to consider others views or beliefs. One should not reject a view simply because it uses a different perspective. We should to consider the fact there may be truth in other’s views too.
In this world of humanitiy, there are many religions, doctrines, sects and philosophies. No philosophy should insist that their perspective is the only true one.
References
- Jaina Theory of Multiple Facets of Reality and Truth (Anekantavada), edited by Nagin J. Shah. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 2000.
- Philosophy East & West, vol. 50, no. 3 (July 2000), SPECIAL ISSUE: THE PHILOSOPHY OF JAINISM, Guest Editor: Kim Skoog.
External Links
- The Indian-Jaina Dialectic of Syadvad in Relation to Probability By P.C. Mahalanobis
