Sumeru
by
Dolores Esteban
Anekāntavāda - "many-sidedness"
The Jain Doctrine of Non-Absolutism
A group of blind men heard that a strange animal, called an elephant, had been brought to the town, but none of them were aware of its shape and form. Out of curiosity, they said: "We must inspect and know it by touch, of which we are capable". So, they sought it out, and when they found it, they groped about it. In the case of the first person, whose hand landed on the trunk, said "This