Sathyarth Prakash

Our Motherland is the land of Vedas. Veritably this is a land of Gold. From the time of Ikshvaku to that Pandu of Mahabharatha fame Vedic Dharma guided the lives and activities of the people of Bharath. There was a peace, plenty and contenment everywhere. King Aswapathi proclaimed before the learned Brahmins who had come to discuss Brahm-vidya that there was thief, no miser, no drunkard, no man without fire of worship, none without knowledge of truth, none who was a debauch, and no women of unchaste character[ Chandogya upanishad:5.11.5]

At the same time, a child was born at the place known as- Tinkara in Gujarat in February 1824, named as Mulshankar. Later he was known as Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati to the whole world. He taught this society to live, the society that was surrendering to the challenges and was accepting religious and political slavery.

The Vedas are a nature-based value and belief system. We have to produce simple translations that are user friendly. We have a tremendous repository of knowledge not just on spirituality, but the arts, sciences and economics. Modern technology has to be used to disseminate these systems of knowledge. We have to infuse our ethos with a new dynamism. This will then take us to the ultimate realisation that we are an integral part of a wonderful creation.