It was the custom of Swamiji that he took a glass of milk before going to bed. That night too he took his milk and went to sleep.He woke up soon. He was suffering from stomachache. He vomited a few times and then went to sleep again. In the morning he failed to get up. […]
Swamiji preached his true knowledge in Chittaur for two months. Then he went to Bombay and propagated the ban on cow slaughter.Then, again he was back in Rajasthan, this time at Udaipur. Maharaja gave him a rousing reception. He was put up in ‘Naulakha’ garden. He continued to preach his true Vedic dharma. On many
Swami Dayananda reached Maharashtra to preach his Vedic values. Maharashtra was a big strong hold of orthodox Brahmin clergy. Pune Brahmins were notorious for their bigotism.Swamiji told people, “You are sons of Aryan race, the spiritual teachers of the world. Vedas are the real original books of religious wisdom. Come into its fold. Wake up
Swami Dayananda made direct charge at the orthodox clergy, their rituals, customs, idol worship and distorted interpretation of the scriptures. He also espoused the cause of widow remarriage. He made a deep impact on the scene. Swami Dayananda began to win followers in large numbers. The masses were already fed up with fraudulant exploitation by
The odd behaviour of Swami Virjananda gave hope to Dayananda that he could be a spiritual wizard. Because it was a well known fact that all kinds of geniuses were supposed to be whimsical by nature. So seeing the odd Swami had become a matter of paramount importance for him.At Mathura, he located the ashram
Moolshankar wanted to discover the truth about the life, the religion and the message of the scriptures. He wished to spread light in the society which appeared to be drowning in misconcepts, half-truths, ill conceived customs, meaningless rituals, shallow religious faith and hoaxes.But for the time being he was himself groping in the dark without
Moolshankar’s parents zeroed in on the suitable bride at last. Moolshankar was kept in the dark about his marriage because the parents were very apprehensive about the reaction of their unpredictable son. They hoped that they would trap the son in the marriage by surprise.The date of the marriage got fixed and the preparation of
The obstinate attitude of Moolshankar had begun to irritate Karsanlal.The boy was determined that he would not worship idols any more. In frustration the irate father began to rebuke his son for his rebellion which he thought was dangerously anti-religion.The counter arguments of his son would infuriate him. Sometimes he would holler at him. At
The 19th Century India was a different place. The rural areas were mostly populated by deeply religious people of orthodox kind who were blatant followers of tradition. Evil customs and superstitions ruled the minds of the people who believed in whatever tilak wearing priests told them as the religious order and most of what they
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