Swami Vivekananda: His Humanism
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https://doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2023.v08.n06.022Keywords:
Bahujan hitaya, Bahujana sukhaya, practical Vedanta, Universal Science-Religion, Common man, symphonyAbstract
The concept of humanism is a core concept. Human being has social as well as moral values. The concept of humanism had elaborately been discussed by many contemporary Philosophers like Rabindranath Tagore, M. N Roy, M.K Gandhi. Vivekananda is one of them. He is one of the important social reformers like Raja Rammohan Roy in the Bengal Renaissance. We have gained many concepts related to humanism from the ancient scriptures like-’Bahujan hitaya, Bahujana sukhaya’ (For the welfare, peace and happiness of many), ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ (The whole universe is one family), ‘Sarva Bhutahita’ (For the welfare of all beings) etc. these are all vividly enumerated in our ancient scriptures, are also the source of humanism in modern India. Vivekananda was emphasized on seva to the poor people. Vivekananda believed that God not only exists in a mandira or girza or a mosque but that God always exists everywhere. Vivekananda believed that all type of social welfare is for the sake of human. He coins the word Daridranarayana, God in the poor, and asked us to serve them. So this paper is highlighted to show the different angles or points of humanism.
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