मानववादी प्रश्नोत्तरी

प्रश्न- मानववाद क्या है ?
उत्तर-मानववाद वह विचारधारा है जो मानव मात्र के लिए समता, सुख और समृद्धि का मार्ग निरूपण करती है. 

प्रश्न- मानव समता से क्या तात्पर्य है ?
उत्तर- बोलने, चलने, उठने, बैठने, खान और पान में जो कोई जैसे व्यवहार दूसरों से अपने लिए चाहता है वैसा ही वह दूसरो के साथ खुद करे यही छ: मानव समताये हैं.

प्रश्न- ये छ: मानव समतायें क्यों आवश्यक हैं ?
उत्तर- हर मानव - मान सम्मान चाहता है और सम्मान एक मानव को दूसरे मानव से ही मिलता है. बोलने आदि की उक्त छ: क्रियाओ में कौन किसका सम्मान करता है, इसका पता चलता है. अत: हर मानव दूसरे मानव को सम्मान दे तभी हर मानव की सम्मान की भूख शांत होगी और मानव मन सुखी होगा. इसलिए सभी मानवों को मन का सुख देने के लिए उक्त छ: समतायें आवश्यक हैं.

शिक्षा में मानववादी पाठ्यक्रम लागू हो

शिक्षा व्यवस्था किसी भी राष्ट्र के निर्माण की मूलभूत इकाई है. अतः भारत की शिक्षा व्यवस्था में व्यापक परिवर्तन के लिए अर्जक संघ निम्नलिखित माँग करता है:

1. शिक्षा का उद्देश्य राष्ट्रीय स्वाभिमान एवं एकता कायम करना हो.

2. वर्तमान ब्राह्मणवादी शिक्षा पाठ्यक्रम को तुरंत समाप्त किया जाय और मानव समतापरक, मानववादी पाठ्यक्रम लागू किया जाय.

3. कक्षा 1 से 8 तक राष्ट्रीयता, नागरिकता, भूगोल, गणित और वर्तमान वैज्ञानिक उपलब्धियों की ही शिक्षा दी जाय और ब्राह्मणवादी पंचांग-पुनर्जन्म, भाग्यवाद, जाति-पाँति, ऊँच-नीच का भेदभाव और चमत्कार की शिक्षा किसी भी स्तर पर न दी जाय.

The Programmes of Arjak Sangh

The programmes of Arjak Sangh are meant to translate the basic principles of the Arjak Sangh into practice. Every member and worker of the Arjak Sangh must act on them in order to destroy the inequality based Brahminist culture and replace it with a humanist culture based on equality. Arjak Sangh wants a varna-less and classless society in which all human beings treat others as equal in practise.

1. Boycott of Brahmin Priests:

The arjaks must reject all beliefs and practises, which encourage social inequality and economic exploitation. The doctrines of rebirth and fatalism are rejected as false and harmful. Therefore, there is no need of   the services of Brahmin priests at the time of marriage and death. Marriage has nothing to do with alleged previous or future lives. It is a contract between woman and man to live together. Similarly, the rituals after death, presided by Brahmin priests, are based on the doctrine of rebirth and are, therefore, meaningless. The arjaks must reject all Brahmin rituals like religious discourses, pilgrimage etc, which are based on the false doctrine of rebirth. The arjaks must also discard 'janeu' (the sacred thread), which is not to be treated as a sign of superiority but as a symbol of slavery. The Arjak Sangh also opposes the practice of touching of feet of Brahmins and others as a form of greeting.

Introduction to Arjak Sangh

Arjak Sangh, a humanist, rationalist organisation, was founded by Mahamana Ramswaroop Verma. The organization emphasizes social equality and is strongly opposed to Brahminism. Mahamana Ramswaroop Verma (1923-1998) was born on August 22, 1923 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. He denied the existence of god and soul. He was strongly opposed to the doctrine of rebirth and fatalism. Mahamana Ramswaroop Verma campaigned tirelessly against Brahminism and untouchability.

Biography:

Mahamana Ramswaroop Verma came from an agriculturist family. He did his M.A. (Hindi) from Allahabad University in 1949 and Law Graduation from Agra University. In both the examinations he secured first position in the first class in the University. He qualified in the written examination of the Indian Administrative Services, but did not appear in the interview. He was of the view that an administrator has to work within limitations. He wanted to work for social change as a free citizen. He came in contact of prominent Indian democratic socialist leaders of his time such as Acharya Narendra Dev and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia. Consequently, he became a member of the Socialist Party. Several times he was elected to the U.P. Assembly. In 1967, he was for some time Finance Minister of Uttar Pradesh in the government headed by Charan Singh, who later became the prime minister of India.

Arjak Sangh

The aim of Arjak Sangh is to organise all communities, which believe in the superiority of physical labour, and to work for their social, economic, cultural and political advancement.


Basic Principles:

The first basic principle of Arjak Sangh is to treat physical labour as superior to mental labour. According to the Arjak Sangh, mental labour can be helpful in producing something but it cannot achieve anything without physical labour. On the other hand, physical labour can produce things in a natural way. The upper castes of India have looked down upon physical labour. Brahmins, for example, who live by begging, do not feel ashamed in doing so. On the other hand, they look down upon Bhangis (Sweepers) who do hard and socially useful physical labour. The sections of society, which shun physical labour, created the caste system to sustain themselves. The Arjak Sangh wants to establish the dignity of physical labour and to destroy the caste system. The Arjak Sangh wants complete social equality including gender equality.