Question

What are the services rendered by the Arya Samaj?

Answer 1

Hint: The literal meaning of Arya Samaj is ‘Noble Society’. Now if we pay attention to the term ‘Noble’ it clearly suggests that Arya Samaj is associated with high moral principles.

 Complete answer:
Let's start this by knowing about the Arya Samaj. Established by the philosopher and social leader Dayanand Saraswati in the nineteenth century, Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement. Dayanand Saraswati’s point was to restore the Vedas, the most punctual Hindu sacred writings, as uncovered truth. He dismissed all later accumulations to the Vedas as savage at the same time, in his own understanding, including a lot of post-Vedic ideas. Following the principles of Arya Samaj means having faith in one god, believing that there is only one God and dismissing the practice of idol worship.

The Arya Samaj, denounced practices of a few distinct religions. Other than that it also denounced the practice of symbol/idol worship, sacrifice of animals,taking up pilgrimages, minister make, contributions made in sanctuaries, caste system,child marriages, meat eating and women. Swami Dayanand Saraswati contended that these practices negated great sense and the intelligence of the Vedas.

The ideology of Arya Samaj is as follows:
A.Our behaviour towards all ought to be guided by adoration, by orders of Dharma and as per their particular positions.
B.One ought to dissipate obliviousness and advance knowledge.
C. One ought not be content with one's own flourishing just, yet ought to consider the success of all as his own prosperity
D.All individuals ought to submit to the standards concerning social or everybody's advantage, while everybody should be allowed to adhere to any standard valuable for him/her.
E.The Vedas are a storehouse of all the true knowledge. It is the foremost obligation of all Aryas to study and instruct and to propound the Veda.
F.We should be ever prepared to soak up truth and neglect untruth.

Note: The first Hindu organisation to propose and introduce the idea of conversion to Hinduism was Arya Samaj. According to Arya Samaj the Gayatri Mantra is the most heavenly mantra and the members serenade it periodically.