Anekantavada | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-14

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Anekantavada


00:01:38 1 Etymology
00:03:07 2 Philosophical overview
00:05:34 2.1 Syādvāda
00:10:59 2.2 Nayavāda
00:12:45 2.3 Jiva, the changing soul
00:15:17 2.4 Inclusivist or exclusivist
00:17:55 3 History and development
00:19:09 3.1 Origins
00:19:38 3.2 Early history
00:22:25 3.3 Parable of the blind men and elephant
00:25:26 3.4 Medieval developments
00:26:57 4 Influence
00:27:43 4.1 Role in Jain history
00:29:10 4.2 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
00:30:37 4.3 Against religious intolerance and contemporary terrorism
00:34:21 5 Comparison with non-Jain doctrines
00:35:58 6 Criticism
00:37:40 6.1 Hindu philosophies
00:37:49 6.1.1 Nyaya
00:38:49 6.1.2 Vaisheshika
00:39:29 6.1.3 Vedanta
00:41:41 6.2 Buddhist philosophy
00:43:02 6.3 Self-criticism in Jain scholarship



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Anekāntavāda (Sanskrit: अनेकान्तवाद, "many-sidedness") refers to the Jain doctrine about metaphysical truths that emerged in ancient India. It states that the ultimate truth and reality is complex and has multiple aspects. Anekantavada has also been interpreted to mean non-absolutism, "intellectual Ahimsa", religious pluralism, as well as a rejection of fanaticism that leads to terror attacks and mass violence. Some scholars state that modern revisionism has attempted to reinterpret anekantavada with religious tolerance, openmindedness and pluralism.According to Jainism, no single, specific statement can describe the nature of existence and the absolute truth. This knowledge (Kevala Jnana), it adds, is comprehended only by the Arihants. Other beings and their statements about absolute truth are incomplete, and at best a partial truth. All knowledge claims, according to the anekāntavāda doctrine must be qualified in many ways, including being affirmed and denied. Anekāntavāda is a fundamental doctrine of Jainism.
The origins of anekāntavāda  can be traced back to the teachings of Mahāvīra (599–527 BCE), the 24th Jain Tīrthankara. The dialectical concepts of syādvāda "conditioned viewpoints" and nayavāda "partial viewpoints" arose from anekāntavāda in the medieval era, providing Jainism with more detailed logical structure and expression. The details of the doctrine emerged in Jainism in the 1st millennium CE, from debates between scholars of Jain, Buddhist and Hindu schools of philosophies.