Acharya Prashant explains that the principle of Anekantavada or Syadvada in Jain philosophy is the foundation of non-violence. He states that violence begins when one holds a firm belief in their own identity or knowledge and arrives at fixed conclusions. Anekantavada means that nothing is certain or fixed; when nothing is certain, one cannot prove another person wrong, and thus cannot be violent toward them. This philosophy strikes at the root of the ego, which demands final statements and conclusions to sustain itself. By removing the ground from beneath the ego, Anekantavada ensures that one can never declare themselves as fully knowledgeable or others as definitely wrong. Furthermore, Acharya Prashant notes that even suffering is a form of conclusion or knowledge. If one does not definitively know whether an event is good or bad, they cannot be established in either sorrow or pleasure, leading to liberation. He emphasizes that this philosophy is ultimately about humility, where one realizes they lack the status to claim they have fully understood or not understood something.