The Arya Samaj Blog

In the last nearly three thousand years, little did we know that how many ‘castes’ have been made by human being for human beings or how many cultures or religious sects are made. New Gods are invented, newer methods of worship and its center are created. From heaven and hell, the methods of salvation are suggested to everybody but in the end, the question arises, does man get the foremost thing- peace? Perhaps, everyone will say ‘no’ to this! Because higher the number of sects and religions higher has become violence. Every new sect and religions have carried out violence and bloodshed to prove their superiority. In fact, people who established new religions in the past three thousand years did not allow humans to understand religion and peace. Ideologies were created and in the name of religion, people were tormented in the furnace of hate for their intended goal. How many people can answer that the basic foundation of each religion is kindness and compassion, or hatred and...

we all want to do at least something for our society. In spite of bounded with many limitations, it must have come to your mind that you should return back something to society so as to make it a better place for generations to come which some of u s are already doing in their own unique way. Joining a reputed organization with a glorious history in nation-building is something which you can think of! Let’s explore the reasons here- Arya Samaj is an organization which has traveled across the pages of Indian History and has seen closely the centuries. Its significance can not be confined to the social, spiritual, and cultural organization of India, rather it has its wings far beyond it. Tracing the history- this institution was build up for social reformation in the era when the Indian society was almost at the verge of collapse. Had there been no avatar in the form of this Samaj, many of the Social evils would have persisted till date. No one can deny the role of Arya Samaj ...

Today, Arya Samaj- has become an institution far beyond being merely responsible for the awakening of Indian Consciousness to become the voice of Indian culture and true Sanatan Vedic religion in many countries of the world. Friends! You will be surprised to know that in the 19th century when people could not even dream of going to the countries of America and Africa, the Arya Samaj not only reached to the countries of those continents but also awakened the people with its Vedic culture and Sanatan religion. Let's know that in the form of Arya Samaj- this fire of public awakening which came out of the heart of Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Ji, has spread to which all countries of the world and continents? Beginning with Canada- which is a country of continent North America, extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean and in the north up to the Arctic Ocean. In this country, Arya Samaj is working on large scale for spreading of Vedic culture. Who doesn’t recognize the...

Be there be any religion, caste or creed, if there is any flaw then it is always fatal to civil society. Actually, this was the February month of the year 2014 and the Supreme Court of India giving instructions to the Chief Secretary of Karnataka Government that all necessary steps should be taken to prevent the women from becoming 'Devadasi' forcibly in a temple in Devnagar district of the state. Not only this, in the petition filed in the Supreme Court Devdasi tradition was said to be a subject of national shame. At that time, many intellectuals appeared on the ground and questioned the religion as if they are digging the paper with their pen and then put the miscreants in the Hindu religion in front of all. Possibly, people living in northern India may not know about this devadasi system but to the people living in southern India, the devadasi concept is not new. In fact, in the 6th century, In South Indian temples, this tradition was started to marry the virgin g...

In India, only two states- Maharashtra and Karnataka have the law on prevention of superstition. If someone is convicted, a sentence of at least one year and the fine up to 5000 will be imposed. This bill includes practices like- black magic, magical tantrum, and astrological predictions. Under this bill, predictions will be considered as a crime based on superstitious practices such as sacrificing animal or human, adopting violent methods to cure a disease, performing black magic, hurting yourself, propagating superstitious beliefs and astrology. These states believe that the idea of scientific thinking and understanding should be developed in its people. And such law will help in rectifying the non-legal intentions in the name of faith and belief. In Indian society, the prolonged existence of religious superstitions has gone deeper in its roots and penetrated inside. In such situations, the rest of the states should also come forward. In fact, such type of law is needed to...

How do we recognize between the alive people or those who have died? In general, the person who possesses his breath, i.e., as long as someone in the process of breathing, we can say that the person is alive. Likewise, when the process of breathing in and out stops, life is exhausted, then we say that this person has died. This is an important point of view. If we want to remain alive, we must give a deep thought on it. A popular thinker has said in the phrases of Sanskrit that - " स जीवति गुणा यस्य धर्मो यस्य स जीवति। गुणधर्मविहीनो यो निष्फलं तस्य जीवितम् ” , which means that those who have virtues, and who have the religion, they are the one -actually alive. The one who is devoid of both- the Virtue and the religion, his life is meaningless, and that person is dead. We must observe and analyze by ourselves that whether I am well-equipped with good qualities or do follow the religious way in my conduct or not? If I do not possess ten divine qualities such as ...