• Anekāntavāda (Sanskrit: अनेकान्तवाद, "many-sidedness") is the Jain doctrine about metaphysical truths that emerged in ancient India. It states that the...
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    are necessary for spiritual liberation. He taught the principles of Anekantavada (many-sided reality): syadvada and nayavada. Mahavira's teachings were...
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    cosmology. The three main pillars of Jainism are ahiṃsā (non-violence), anekāntavāda (non-absolutism), and aparigraha (asceticism). Jain monks take five main...
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  • permanence). Anekāntavāda encourages its adherents to consider the views and beliefs of their rivals and opposing parties. Proponents of anekāntavāda apply this...
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    lustful passions and do not commit any sin as they remain contented — 165 Anekantavada is the principle of relativity of truth or the doctrine of multiple aspects...
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    in some core doctrines such as those on asceticism, Middle Way versus Anekantavada, and self versus non-self (jiva, atta, anatta). Jainism is an ancient...
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  • doctrine, Jains point out that anekāntavāda seeks to reconcile apparently opposing viewpoints rather than refuting them. Anekāntavāda received much criticism...
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    Hindu Samkhya Nyaya Vaisheshika Yoga Mīmāṃsā Ājīvika Ajñana Cārvāka Jain Anekantavada Syādvāda Buddhist Abhidharma Sarvāstivadā Pudgalavada Sautrāntika Madhyamaka...
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  • Hindu Samkhya Nyaya Vaisheshika Yoga Mīmāṃsā Ājīvika Ajñana Cārvāka Jain Anekantavada Syādvāda Buddhist Abhidharma Sarvāstivadā Pudgalavada Sautrāntika Madhyamaka...
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    Hans Henrich Hock The medieval era Jain texts explain the concepts of anekāntavāda (or "many-sidedness") and syādvāda ("conditioned viewpoints") with the...
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    ancient Indian religion that prescribes a path of non-violence, truth and anekantavada for all forms of living beings in this universe; which helps them to...
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    their chains and embrace the light. Allegorical interpretations of Plato Anekantavada Brain in a vat Experience machine Flatland Intelligibility (philosophy)...
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    Atomism Atman Ātman (Hinduism) Ātman (Buddhism) Ātman (Jainism) Artha Anekantavada Brahman Dharma Indian logic Karma Kama Maya Moksha Nondualism Samadhi...
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    (Brahman), instead Jain ontology adopts a many sided doctrine called Anekantavada. This doctrine holds that "reality is irreducibly complex" and no human...
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    Anekāntajayapatākā [The Victory Banner of Anekantavada (Relativism)] – which puts forward arguments about Anekantavada Anekāntavādapraveśa, discusses Jain Philosophy...
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  • in which the two truths are indivisible, as their own immaculate way. Anekāntavāda (Sanskrit: अनेकान्तवाद, "many-sidedness") refers to the Jain doctrine...
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    nor conscious beings in existence, which, happily, is not the case. Anēkāntavāda refers to the principles of perspectivism and multiplicity of viewpoints...
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