How can we live with deep differences—religious, political, cultural, or personal—without either retreating into relativism or hardening into certainty? In an age shaped by algorithms, speed, and overconfidence, this question has become increasingly urgent.

This talk explores anekāntavāda, the Jain philosophy of many sidedness, as a lived ethical practice rather than a purely theoretical doctrine. Rather than treating anekāntavāda as the claim that “everyone is right,” the talk presents it as a discipline of recognizing the limits of one’s own understanding—especially in thought, speech, and judgment. From this perspective, ahiṃsā (nonviolence) emerges not only as a principle of action, but as a practice of self-limitation that makes room for others without erasing difference.

Drawing on everyday examples—from family disagreements and public discourse to social media and emerging technologies—the talk shows how Jain philosophical tools can help us navigate difference without domination. The aim is not to offer technical philosophy, but to demonstrate how anekāntavāda can be engaged as a practical resource for ethical life in a complex, pluralistic world.