What do you understand by the Arya Samaj?

1.	What do you understand by the Arya Samaj?
Answer» Swami Dayanand Saraswati was the founder of the Arya Samaj. He founded the Arya Samaj on 10th April 1875. Swamiji stressed on the word ‘Swaraj’. The Arya Samaj movement became a national movement. The following are its chief principles: To perform Hawan and mantras recitated according to the Vedic way. 1. Focused on sticking to truth and to give up falsehood 2. To wish destruction of ignorance for growth of learning 3. To oppose the beliefs and ideology of the Puranas and the belief in incarnation 4. To encourage women education and remarriage of the widows 5. God is omnipotent, formless and immortal 6. Stress on affectionate conduct with adherence towards other religions 7. To encourage the spread and propagation of Hindi and the Sanskrit languages 8. to see one’s own welfare in the good of other and to see one’s own progress in the progress of others

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Swami Dayanand Saraswati was the founder of the Arya Samaj. He founded the Arya Samaj on 10th April 1875. Swamiji stressed on the word ‘Swaraj’. The Arya Samaj movement became a national movement.

The following are its chief principles:

To perform Hawan and mantras recitated according to the Vedic way.

1. Focused on sticking to truth and to give up falsehood

2. To wish destruction of ignorance for growth of learning

3. To oppose the beliefs and ideology of the Puranas and the belief in incarnation

4. To encourage women education and remarriage of the widows

5. God is omnipotent, formless and immortal

6. Stress on affectionate conduct with adherence towards other religions

7. To encourage the spread and propagation of Hindi and the Sanskrit languages

8. to see one’s own welfare in the good of other and to see one’s own progress in the progress of others

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