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Swami Shraddhanand was star of Satyagraha movement and faced near-death situations to make it success.
However he dissociated from Satyagraha for following reasons: 1. Gandhi accused Satyagrahis for being responsible for being shot by police (like Godhra victims)
2. Lala Shankar Lal was falsely accused of inciting mob to beat a Muslim police officer Faquir Mohammad. Gandhi wired an order asking Shankar Lal to offer no defense. This prejudiced the court against Satyagrahis.
3. Gandhi would sent posters in bulk asking Satyagrahis to get arrested if police wants so. Other experimental posters were also sent (from safe zone).
Swami Shraddhanand had to burn these posters
4. Based on above posters, CID demanded name of all Satyagrahis so that they could arrest and ruin their lives. Hence Swami Shraddhanand disbanded the Satyagraha Committee of Delhi. He said since committee ceases to exist, he won't give names even if they prosecute him.
Swami Shraddhanand wrote a strong resignation letter from Satyagraha Sabha expressing his difference over abrupt suspension of Satyagraha movement on impractical reasons.
As a leader who dared to face bullets from front, he could not adjust with backoffice politics of Gandhi.
(Adapted from writings of Swami Shraddhanand).
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When Swami Shraddhanand was murdered by Abdul Rashid, Mohandas Gandhi said: "..I have called Abdul Rashid a brother and I repeat it. I do not even regard him as guilty of Swamiji’s murder. Guilty indeed are all those who excited feelings of hatred against one another."
Gandhi had been blaming Swamiji for launching the largest Shuddhi (Ghar Wapsi) movement in history and hence upsetting Islamists.
There is no way I can even pretend to admire a person who makes murderer of my Gurudev his brother. I share same views on Gandhi as BR Ambedkar
Congress party made sure that name of Swami Shraddhanand, the most influential and respected leader of his time to whom even Gandhi owes his brand image, is completely wiped off from education and historical references.
I fully support increase of marriage age of women to 21 (across all religions) by @narendramodi as being in sync with Sanatan Vedic Dharma & Ayurveda which recommend marriage only after full intellectual and physical development
Other laws must be now modified to support this
In fact I have been a strong protagonist for this and had also written to govt in its earlier term to increase marriage age of women across all religions to prevent LJ and move towards a society of educated women - foundation of Swarga.
Have reviewed counters to this dharmik step. Most are based on flawed logic, wrong data, and against principles of Sanatan Dharma of Vedas. In fact my recommendation is that wise parents must marry women at 24 when brain development is near complete.
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Clearly @Profdilipmandal has not read Vedas ever. Because Shruti and Vedas refer to same thing.
Open challenge to anyone including him to prove casteism in Vedas and Bhagavad Gita.
On contrary, Vedas and Bhagavad Gita clearly uphold that deeds, intent, swabhava matter
He uses word Shuddhikaran but doesn't tell that the word was used by Swami Dayanand Saraswati to embrace non Hindus in Vedic fold. He used Vedas to prove that casteism is anti-Vedic. Today every leftist book against Hindutva accuses Swami Dayanand of starting Hindutva movement
Swami Shraddhanand, disciple of Swami Dayanand Saraswati, was heralded as greatest champion of social equality by none other than Ambedkar. He made Shuddhi a mainstream movement.
In my live session with @madhukishwar ji, she countered me on economic status of Muslims in India. I spent significant time since then in analysing this
I realize, at a per capita level, Muslims are probably far more affluent than non-muslims in India. I stand corrected
Accounted income may be higher for Hindus. But if you include unorganised sectors, unaccounted incomes, control of crucial legal + illegal business segments, Muslims now dominate any other community of India on aggregate level.
Hindus probably dominate in 2 areas now: 1. Number of representatives in outcomes of elections 2. Population
But in both of these two as well, actual effective numbers are far far less than what official records may tell
Are you prepared to be Dharmaveers like Shivaji, Pratap?
Wake before anyone else wakes
Train more than anyone else trains
Know Dharma more than anyone else knows
Live Dharma more than anyone lives
Veer, Tapasvi - for entire life
Dharma needs this more than any outrage
Its easy to tweet, retweet, like, trend hashtag. But that won't stop the mob on street
What would is a commitment to transform mana, buddhi, shareer, aatma into Brahmaastra through nirantar abhyaas. To let go of every distraction and dedicate life to prepare and perform
It is also easy to admire Shivaji & Pratap. But what is needed is to follow the gruelling shiksha they forced themselves into to be masters of mind, body, strategy, teamwork
Their greatness is not in what they achieved. But in level of tapasya they did to deserve that achievement
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My personal Dharmik belief system: 1. Like all major scriptures, I consider Veda Samhitas to be eternal knowledge of Eeshwar. Every other source of knowledge is acceptable to extent it syncs with Vedas
2. To interpret Vedas, I adopt the Nyaya Darshan method of 8 Pramana
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3. Every way of worship is acceptable so far it doesn't contradict core Vedic principles like equal Dharmik opportunities for all. Hence I totally reject the anti-Vedic ecosystem that decides on right to Vedas and Janeu based on birth
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4. Access to Vedas depend only on intent and capability, not on birth or gender.
5. Jaati by birth is a modern social concept and has nothing to do with Vedic Sanatan Dharma