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Was Mahavira's realization also ekant—one-sided and incomplete?

In realization, the seer and all stances dissolve; only the whole remains, for true understanding transcends all viewpoints and cannot be confined to a single expression.

— Osho
According to Osho, Mahavira’s realization was not ekant; his darshan was total, beyond all viewpoints. In realization, the seer and all stances dissolve; only the whole remains. One-sidedness arises only when such realization is expressed through thought—as drishti—which fragments the indivisible. Hence masters’ expressions can differ and clash, while their inner seeing is complete and identical.

Mahavira knew the whole truth; it only seems one-sided when put into words, because words break the whole into parts.