REMEMBERING DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAY ON HIS BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
Deen Dayal Upadhyay, born on 25th September, was one of the pillars that played a key role in upholding the dwindling cultural heritage of India through his philosophical insight into integral humanism. In the era of neo liberalism, when individualism, market economy, consumer culture and materialism has taken the centrestage, Deen Dayal’s philosophy can act as a preventive measure against such alienation of humans from society, ethics, moral values and even self, as is prevalent today.Though the world today has integrated physically, a large void still remains between the individual souls due to lack of spiritual integration. Day by day we are becoming materialistically richer but we are not realizing the fact that we are becoming poorer in terms of inner wealth as each day passes. Out of the numerous contributions to the Indian society, his principle of INTEGRAL HUMANISM was probably the greatest one which laid emphasis on the integration of each human in terms of both intellect and soul. It is nothing but an offshoot of the karma theory i.e performing one’s duties with true loyalty and faith in God for the attainment of salvation or moksha. His idea was clear: DHARMA IS SUPREME AND MOKSHA, THE MAIN AIM OF LIFE. If its importance were to be realised in today’s scenario and followed wholeheartedly then no doubt we can achieve sustainable peace quite easily
Deen Dayal Upadhyay, born on 25th September, was one of the pillars that played a key role in upholding the dwindling cultural heritage of India through his philosophical insight into integral humanism. In the era of neo liberalism, when individualism, market economy, consumer culture and materialism has taken the centrestage, Deen Dayal’s philosophy can act as a preventive measure against such alienation of humans from society, ethics, moral values and even self, as is prevalent today.Though the world today has integrated physically, a large void still remains between the individual souls due to lack of spiritual integration. Day by day we are becoming materialistically richer but we are not realizing the fact that we are becoming poorer in terms of inner wealth as each day passes. Out of the numerous contributions to the Indian society, his principle of INTEGRAL HUMANISM was probably the greatest one which laid emphasis on the integration of each human in terms of both intellect and soul. It is nothing but an offshoot of the karma theory i.e performing one’s duties with true loyalty and faith in God for the attainment of salvation or moksha. His idea was clear: DHARMA IS SUPREME AND MOKSHA, THE MAIN AIM OF LIFE. If its importance were to be realised in today’s scenario and followed wholeheartedly then no doubt we can achieve sustainable peace quite easily
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