- Title Pages
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Towards a World of Freedom*
- 2 The Right Perception of Self-interest*
- 3 State Must Free the Mind from Fear*
- 4 Fear as the Basis of Social Order*
- 5 Dharma and Jainism
- 6 Human Freedom and Rights
- 7 Truth in Jainism
- 8 The Dharmic Law
- 9 The Dharmic State
- 10 The Caring State
- 11 The Caring State
- 12 Government Governs in Place of Law*
- 13 Unity of Life
- 14 Dharma and Islam—I
- 15 Dharma and Islam—II
- 16 The Supreme Court—I
- 17 The Supreme Court—II
- 18 To Have or To Be—I
- 19 To Have or To Be—II
- 20 Unity of Life
- 21 Personal and Social Health
- 22 The Paradox of Sex—I
- 23 The Paradox of Sex—II
- 24 The Human Condition
- 25 Learning to Live
- 26 The Roots of Violence—I
- 27 The Roots of Violence—II
- 28 The Love of Violence—I
- 29 The Love of Violence—II
- 30 The Power of Mind—I
- 31 The Power of Mind—II
- 32 Power of Perception
- 33 The Karma Conundrum
- 34 Jainism and Relativity
- 35 Beyond Either/Or
- About the Editor
Truth in Jainism
Truth in Jainism
Universal Foundation of Rights*
- Chapter:
- (p.26) 7 Truth in Jainism
- Source:
- Chaturvedi Badrinath
- Author(s):
Tulsi Badrinath
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
In this essay, Badrinath points out the two different frameworks of perceiving man and the world: one is that of the modern Western political thought and the philosophy of law; and the other is that of dharma and its method that characterizes the journey of Indian civilization. What is at the very heart of human diversities, and therefore of human freedom, is the question of truth, which is perceived by different people in different ways. Anekanta-vada, Badrinath says, demonstrates how all human perceptions are only partially true, that is, they are true only conditionally.
Keywords: dharma, anekanta-vada, Indian civilization, perceptions of truth, Jainism
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- Title Pages
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Towards a World of Freedom*
- 2 The Right Perception of Self-interest*
- 3 State Must Free the Mind from Fear*
- 4 Fear as the Basis of Social Order*
- 5 Dharma and Jainism
- 6 Human Freedom and Rights
- 7 Truth in Jainism
- 8 The Dharmic Law
- 9 The Dharmic State
- 10 The Caring State
- 11 The Caring State
- 12 Government Governs in Place of Law*
- 13 Unity of Life
- 14 Dharma and Islam—I
- 15 Dharma and Islam—II
- 16 The Supreme Court—I
- 17 The Supreme Court—II
- 18 To Have or To Be—I
- 19 To Have or To Be—II
- 20 Unity of Life
- 21 Personal and Social Health
- 22 The Paradox of Sex—I
- 23 The Paradox of Sex—II
- 24 The Human Condition
- 25 Learning to Live
- 26 The Roots of Violence—I
- 27 The Roots of Violence—II
- 28 The Love of Violence—I
- 29 The Love of Violence—II
- 30 The Power of Mind—I
- 31 The Power of Mind—II
- 32 Power of Perception
- 33 The Karma Conundrum
- 34 Jainism and Relativity
- 35 Beyond Either/Or
- About the Editor
