Life and thoughts of Pt. Deendayal:
Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya was born on 25 September, 1916, in Nagla Chandrabhan village in Mathura district. His parents died after few years of his birth. So, he was supported and brought up by the maternal side of his family. He left his home for the sake of the service of the nation and became a propagator of Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh. He had deep faith in eternal culture of India.
The brief description of his thoughts is given further:
1. Integral Humanism:
Integral Humanism is the basic concept of Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya’s thoughts. The dimensions of his concept include all the aspects of human life.
Indian customs and traditions:
The human being is integral, it means, the human being cannot be divided into parts. He is a body of society in the form of human. According to Pt. Deendayal’s concept, human beings need both freedom as well as equality.
They are not considered as rival,but complementary to each other. When mankind wishes to overcome nature and start an uncontrolled consumption of nature, a danger arises upon the existence of human culture. The earthly resources are the means of human satisfaction and happiness but not an end. The bad customs,such as untouchability, caste difference, death feast, dowry system and oppression of women are the social evils spread in the society and in Indian culture,and great men have struggled against these.
Everybody in the world believes in capitalism, communism and socialism, while our culture opposes these, as the strong as well as the weak both live in the same society happily The basic need of life and society and the country is cooperation instead of struggle. The nature has its cycle. All the living beings, creatures and vegetation are made for one another. We need oxygen, while trees need carbon dioxide. The fact is that both are complementary to each other.
2. Western Dualism and Indian Monoism:
Clash is not suitable for creation. Unity in diversity has been our glorious heritage. A couple is different from each other before marriage, but after marriage, there is a oneness. In western culture, it is considered an agreement, but we take oath to redeem the relation during this life, and even after life.
We have adopted the concept of eternity in life, while the western thought does not believe in it. According to saint Ramanand, “Jati-pati poochey nahin koi, Hari ko bhaje so Hari ka hoi” Means, in India the cast or creed is not asked for, and he who worships the almighty, belongs to God.
3. Selfishness and Altruism:
We know nothing about capitalism or socialism, but believe in integral philosophy. We believe in unity and union. We have a spiritual inside ourselves. Taking this godly feeling, we make progress West has faith in selfishness, but we give importance to welfare of all.
All the social sciences, political science, sociology, economics stand on the basis of selfishness, as they all alone are helpless, and so, due to their selfishness, they become united for vested interest, but we promote welfare of other, an activity, that we do not as work but for pleasure.
It is a godly imagination. We go ahead with a viewpoint of oneness and perfection. Duty is the basis of life. If spirit is not happy, body will also not happy. Thus, spiritual pleasure is also necessary. The synthesis of body, mind, wisdom and soul is the individual. So, the pleasure must be of body, mind, intellect and soul.
