Swami Dayanand Saraswati was a Hindu spiritual leader and social reformer who played a key role in the Indian independence movement and the revival of Hinduism in the 19th century. He was born on February 12, 1824, in Tankara, Gujarat, India, and was given the name Mul Shankar at birth.
Dayanand was a highly educated man, with a deep knowledge of Sanskrit and Vedic literature. He was also a skilled debater and had a powerful speaking voice, which he used to advocate for the reform of Hinduism and the liberation of India from British rule.
Dayanand is best known for founding the Arya Samaj, a Hindu reform movement that sought to restore the purity of the Vedas and promote social and spiritual progress through education and the promotion of moral values. The Arya Samaj became a major force for social reform in India, and its influence spread throughout the country and even beyond its borders.
Dayanand was a fierce critic of the caste system, which he believed was a corrupt and oppressive institution that had no basis in the Vedas. He argued that all people, regardless of their social status or birth, were equal in the eyes of God and that everyone had the right to seek knowledge and spiritual enlightenment.
In addition to his work with the Arya Samaj, Dayanand was also an advocate for women's rights. He believed that women should be educated and have the same rights as men, and he encouraged women to participate in the Arya Samaj and other social and political movements.
Despite facing opposition and persecution from traditionalist Hindus and the British authorities, Dayanand remained committed to his beliefs and continued to work for social reform and the liberation of India. He died on October 30, 1883, at the age of 59, but his legacy lived on through the Arya Samaj and the many social and political movements that he inspired.
Today, Swami Dayanand Saraswati is remembered as a pioneer of Hindu reform and a champion of social justice and equality. His teachings continue to inspire and influence people around the world, and his contributions to the development of modern India are widely recognized and celebrated.
Dayananda Saraswati
Shuddhi or purification was imparted to those who sought their way back to Hinduism and the Samaj did an excellent work in penetrating the various strata of society, taking back the depressed classes into the folds of Hinduism. Today, it is a global organization that teaches the true Vedic religion, which is at the core of Hinduism. Swatantraveer Savarkar Sahitya Abhyas Mandal. For the next 20 years, he traveled the land, stopping at temples, shrines, and other revered locations. He began asking questions about life, death and the afterlife to his parents to which they had no answers. He says, the 'Eternal Moksha' or 'Ananta Moksha', refers to the 'permanency of pleasures of Moksha', and does not necessarily mean the individual souls will remain in Moksha permanently. Arsha Vidya Research and Publication Trust.
Dayanand Saraswati
Prem Lata, Swami DayÄananda SarasvatÄi, New Delhi: Sumit Publications, 1990. He was born in 1824 in Tankara, Gujarat in a rich family of Brahmins. He said all the Creatures are the eternal praja or citizens of the Supreme Lord. His early schooling was done in the District Board School at Kodavasal. Throughout his study, he discovered the answers to all of his questions about life, death, and the hereafter. He felt a strong incompatibility between his growing role in, essentially, management of a multinational spiritual organization, and his desires to live a simpler spiritual life as an itinerant monk. Maharshi Dayanand realised that the cause of corruption in the Hindu religion was the lack of knowledge.
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
In November 1963 Swami Dayananda undertook a study-pilgrimage to Rishikesh and stayed in a grass hut in Purani Jhadi now known as Dayananda Nagar. The first Dayanand Anglo Vedic High School was founded on 1st June 1886 whose headmaster was Lala Hansraj. The Arya Samaj imparted Shuddhi or purification to people who wanted to come back to Hinduism and the Arya Samaj did an excellent job by penetrating different levels of the society. He doubted that Islam had anything to do with the God, and questioned why a God would hate every non-believer, allowing the slaughter of animals, and command He further described Muhammad as "imposter", and one who held out "a bait to men and women, in the name of God, to compass his own selfish needs". He was against other social evils like superstitions and caste segregation. He met with yogis living in the mountains or forests, asked them of his dilemmas, but nobody could provide him with the perfect answer.
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