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 Arya Samaj ("society of honourable ones")
Aryas believe that the Vedas, especially the hymns of the Rg Veda, are the basis of all religious truth.
The founder of Arya Samaj was Swami Dayananda (1824-1883), one of the most powerful figures of modern India, who spread the Vedic religion and through the Arya Samaj played an important part in the Indian Renaissance.
However, in Arya meetings some Sanskritic rituals are practised that are claimed to be derived from the Vedas.
http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/hindu/ascetic/arya.html   (695 words)

  
 Arya Samaj - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arya Samaj (Aryan Society or Society of Nobles) is a Hindu reform movement in India that was founded by Swami Dayananda in 1875.
Dayananda advocated the doctrine of karma and reincarnation, and emphasised the ideals of brahmacharya (chastity) and sanyasa (renunciation).
It aimed to be a universal church based on the authority of the Vedas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arya_Samaj   (400 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Arya Samaj
Arya Samaj (Sanskrit, “Assembly of the Ancient Nobles”), Hindu religious sect founded in 1875 by Swami Dayananda Sarasvati.
Dayananda Sarasvati (1824-1883), Hindu religious reformer, founder (1875) of the sect Arya Samaj.
Brahmo Samaj, Hindu religious sect founded in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1828 by Ram Mohan Roy, a Brahman.
http://encarta.msn.com/Arya_Samaj.html   (84 words)

  
 ARYA SAMAJ - LoveToKnow Article on ARYA SAMAJ
as The Arya Samaj is not an eclectic system like the Brahma th maj, which strives to find the common basis underlying all ex e great religions, and its narrower scope and corresponding or ~ensity of, conviction have won it a greater strength.
The ten articles of their creed may be summarized thus: th I. The source of all true knowledge is God.
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/A/AR/ARYA_SAMAJ.htm   (1974 words)

  
 Arya Samaj
Pandit Usharbudh Arya was able to generate an enthusiasm in the Arya Samaj movement with his charisma and spirituality which drove men into religious fervor unheard of in the colony.
Professor Bhaskarananda's main message preached the mission of the Arya Samaj which called for equal rights for the education of women.,the eradication of caste distinction and the eradication of idolatory as a means of worship, amongst other things.
LLB had laid in building the Arya Samaj movement in British Guiana and the birth of the PPP were to have a glorious convergence when another Arya Samaj Missionary Pandit Usharbudh Arya later arrived in 1956.
http://www.caribvoice.org/Opinions/arya.html   (1359 words)

  
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The Arya Samaj followed by another year in Buddhist Ceylon.
The Arya Samaj was founded ten years before the Indian National Congress and set the stage for the appearance of the independence movement through its linking of indigenous religion with self-government.
The Arya Samaj permitted all men and women, regardless of caste, to study the Vedas and condemned contemporary Hindu literature, idolatry, ancestor worship (shraddha), pilgrimage (tirtha), animal sacrifice, food offering, child marriage, and the doctrine of divine incarnation (avataras).
http://members.aol.com/drcoplin/SRMemergence.html   (7320 words)

  
 Jatland.com - Arya Samaj and Hinduism
In addition to the rejection of murti worship, the Arya Samaj rejects the avatars of Hinduism and of the Christian incarnation.
This is so in that there is only one God, but that God takes on an infinite number of forms.
This is the truth that "acts must follow by their consequences, that the result of actions cannot be warded off or atoned by any means".
http://www.jatland.com/aryasamaj/asah.htm   (694 words)

  
 Directory - Society: Religion and Spirituality: Hinduism: Organizations: Arya Samaj
Arya Samaj was founded in April 7,1875 at Mumbai, India, by Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati.
Arya Samaj: Greater Houston  · About the community, its principles, spiritual leaders, prayers and bhajans.
Top : Society : Religion and Spirituality : Hinduism : Organizations : Arya Samaj (10)
http://www.incywincy.com/default?p=905482   (244 words)

  
 Arya Samaj Marriage — Indian Wedding Rituals — ShaadiTimes
The Arya Samaj does not believe in idol worship and the wedding ceremony is performed with the fire and other elements as the witnesses.
As per the Hindu religion, the fire is considered the sustainer of life.
In India, generally it is the religion or community that determines the type of wedding ceremony that a couple would have.
http://www.shaadi.com/wedding/rituals/wedding/040301-arya-samaj-wed.php   (850 words)

  
 Desi Match Maker - The First Free Matrimonial Magazine for South Asians
Founded by Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati, the Arya Samaj doesn't believe in the orthodox definitions of a caste/ subcaste or a sect/ subsect.
The other hallmark of the Samaj is its belief that an individual's profession defines his/her caste.
In fact, the Samaj doesn't believe in the Caste system which is so ingrained in the Indian psyche.
http://www.bharatmatrimony.com/desimatchmaker/arsamajwed.html   (484 words)

  
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All the meetings of Arya Samaj were conducted in the holy presence of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and the proceedings began with Gurbani Kirtan.
Sikhs considered Arya Samaj as an organization and not a religion.
The second section of Arya Samaj’s book - Satyarth Parkash is full of criticism of all religions and their principles.
http://www.sikhreview.org/gyani_ditt_singh.htm   (2487 words)

  
 VNN Editorial - Arya Samaj And The Bhagavatam
It is his love for the Bhagavatam that has prevailed to this day an--through his successors--given literary and spiritual credence to the text in both religious and academic quarters of the 21st century.
The Samaj attempted to answer the Orientalists (Christian missionary scholars) who had trashed Hinduism and its scripture in India.
BY SWAMI B.V. EDITORIAL, Feb 1 (VNN) — "Know this: the Veda instructs us, nayam atma pravacanena labhyo na medhaya na bahuna srutena: "The truth can only be known by one to whom the truth chooses to reveal itself, not by intellect, nor study of scripture." Bhakti--love--this is the message of the Bhagavatam.
http://www.vnn.org/editorials/ET0202/ET01-7132.html   (1659 words)

  
 Center Profile: Arya Samaj of Essex County-OM Temple
The group has close contact with the Arya Samaj of Bergen County, which worships in a rented church, but the group has little contact with the Ni Arya Samaj Mandir, Inc., in Jersey City, which is largely a Guyanese Asian Indian congregation.
The temple is loosely affiliated with the Arya Samaj International (ASI), with whom they may occasionally coordinate international or regional conferences and activities.
The “Ten Principles of the Arya Samaj” held by all Samaj organizations help create a sense of communal identity.
http://www.pluralism.org/research/profiles/display.php?profile=71206   (471 words)

  
 An Introduction to Hinduism
Sanghatan, organization of the Hindus for self-defence, is one of the main principles of the Arya Samaj, and it has played its part as the church militant in the Hindu fold.
The Rg Veda asserts that God is the God of Dasa as well as of Arya - "Lord God is he to whom both Arya and Dasa belong".
The doctrine of Karma and Samsara is of course accepted by the Arya Samaj.
http://www.uni-giessen.de/~gk1415/hinduism.htm   (11037 words)

  
 Arya Samaj
The formal organization known as the Arya Samaj was an aid in fulfilling Maharishi Dayananda's promise to his preceptor to reveal the true meaning of the Vedas and revive the Vedic culture.
The universal Arya Samaj (Vishwa Arya Samaj) is a gathering of such people.
The word Arya means a noble human being—one who is thoughtful and charitable, who thinks good thoughts and does good actions—he or she is an Arya.
http://world.std.com/~aditya/arya.html   (1516 words)

  
 Hinduism Today Arya Samaj Mar/Apr 2001
Swami was impressed by the organizational rigidity and unity of the Christian and Islamic churches, and he incorporated some of their principles in his structuring of the Arya Samaj.
Swami Dayananda Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj in 1875 as a social/political reform movement within Hinduism.
He sought to reestablish the Vedas as the primary scriptural source.
http://www.hinduism-today.com/archives/2001/3-4/13_arya_samaj.shtml   (1297 words)

  
 How I Became A Hindu - Chapter 1 - From Arya Samaj to Mahatma Gandhi
My knowledge of Arya Samaj did not go beyond what its preachers in the village had told me. My knowledge of the Mahatma's doctrine was poorer still.
He himself was a convert from Arya Samaj to the Mahatma's way of worship and thought.
I, however, lived to learn that the Puranas were an integral part of that mansion of Vedic spirituality of which the Mahabharata was the crowning arch.
http://www.bharatvani.org/books/hibh/ch1.htm   (2714 words)

  
 Arya Samaj of Orlando
As families continue to relocate to Florida, Arya Samaj of Orlando Inc. will provide their souls with the kind of spirituality they experienced in the New York region and wherever else they have come from.
Our samaj will continue to grow as we propagate Rishi Dayanand's teachings and beckon all Vedic scholars to join us.
We sincerely thank Santoshi Ma Temple for their support as we begin our journey to create a nobler universe.
http://www.aryasamajoforlando.com   (203 words)

  
 Adherents.com: By Location
While retaining a substantial membership in Northern India, the Arya Samaj shared with Brahmo Samaj a fatal weakness: it rejected image veneration, avatars and yogic meditation, all of which form an essential part of mainstream Hinduism.
"The reform sects like the Brahmo Samaj and the Arya Samaj are fading out, as their teachings are being accepted and practiced to a large extent by the orthodox people also.
Sen's group, known as the Brahma Samaj of India, in distinction to the Adi (original) Brahmo Samaj of Tagore, embarked upon further reforms, including widow remarriage, caste intermarriage, and education for women.
http://www.adherents.com/adhloc/Wh_134.html   (3269 words)

  
 Jatland.com - Arya Samaj - Introduction
The mission of the Samaj is to mould the lives of its members and all others according to the message of the Vedas with reference to the circumstances of time and place.
The Arya Samaj is a voluntary organization working across the world for physical, moral, spiritual and professional education, eradication of superstition, inculcation of universal values, comparative study of cultures, religious and social systems, with open enquiry and debate for the propagation of truth.
The Arya Samaj is a socio-cultural organization founded by Swami Dayanand Saraswati in 1875.
http://www.jatland.com/aryasamaj   (313 words)

  
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 AllRefer.com - Arya Samaj, Hindu Religion (Hinduism) - Encyclopedia
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 Arya Samaj Brahmin Samaj
Term : "Arya Samaj: "Noble conclave." A renaissance movement founded in Mumbai during the pre-independence era of India in 1875 by Swami Dayanand Sarasvati (1824-1883) with the ideal of moving Hindu Dharma away from fictitious beliefs and returning to the pure teachings of the Vedas.
Description : "Arya Samaj: "Noble conclave." A renaissance movement founded in Mumbai during the pre-independence era of India in 1875 by Swami Dayanand Sarasvati (1824-1883) with the ideal of moving Hindu Dharma away from fictitious beliefs and returning to the pure teachings of the Vedas.
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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/prakash.joshi/Arya_Samaj.html   (98 words)

  
 Wedding Sutra.com :: Wedding Traditions - Arya Samaj wedding.
An Arya Samaj wedding is centered around fire worship and marks the transition of the couple from Brahmacharya ashram (the state of celibacy) to Grihastashram (the life of a married person).
The Arya Samaj wedding is an option for people of all religions - any one can have an Arya Samaj wedding.
Wedding Sutra.com :: Wedding Traditions - Arya Samaj wedding.
http://www.weddingsutra.com/planning/main_aryasamaj.asp   (134 words)

  
 Vishwa Arya Samaj
The Universal Arya Samaj (Vishwa Arya Samaj) is the universal community of good people.
But, alas, the designs of the wicked always come to naught, and both they and their followers are ultimately destroyed.
The Arya is called a Deva, which means he (or she) is a giver of Light, a dispeller of darkness, an inspirer of courage, and a healer.
http://world.std.com/~aditya/vas.html   (1302 words)

  
 Haryana History 1858 - 1885 - Arya Samaj - Haryana  Online - North India
The founder of Aryan Samaj, Swami Dayanand (1824-1883) was a great Sanskrit and Vedic scholar.
He stayed in Rewari for some time to preach against superstition and illiteracy.
He also established a branch of Arya Samaj in Rewari.
http://www.haryana-online.com/History/1858_-_1885.htm   (235 words)

  
 Arya Samaj
Arya Samaj was a Hindu nationalist religious organization.
It also inspired establishing Hindu nationalist parties outside the Indian National Congress.
http://adaniel.tripod.com/aryasamaj.htm   (247 words)

  
 Khoj - Directory for arya samaj
The Arya Samaj was founded by Maharshi Swami Dayananda Saraswati (1824-1883) in April, 1875 with the sole object of reviving the religion propounded in the oldest scripture of the world, namely the Vedas.
Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded the the Arya Samaj in the nineteenth century when the soul of Mother India was crying for freedom from foreign domination.
http://khoj.com/Society_and_Culture/Religion_and_Spirituality/Hinduism/Associations_and_Organisations/Arya_Samaj   (120 words)

  
 Arya Samaj
Dayananda Saraswati - Saraswati, Dayananda, 1824–83, Indian religious reformer, founder of the Arya Samaj...
Dayananda's Arya Samaj: The 19th-century firebrand's crusade to revive the Vedas, reform Hinduism and win social justice for all continues to impact India (Hinduism Today)
Arya Maha Sammelan stresses relevance of Vedic living (India Abroad)
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0910427.html   (152 words)

  
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As your good self is aware 26th January 2001, India& 52nd Republic day dawned bright and clear, but precisely at 8.46 am it turned into the blackest day of the history.
We feel proud in informing you that we have started permanent meditation and yoga classes for the benefit of the people of Gandhidham.
Arya Samaj a worldwide organization has working on more than 8000 branches all over the world and is relentlessly active in social, educational, cultural and spiritual, fields.we are working on NGO india, NGO in india, child charity india, charity for children.
http://www.aryagan.org   (573 words)

  
 Aryasamajjamnagar.org-- Welcomes you all - <----< Veda, rigved, yajurved, samved, athrvaved,arya ...
he founded the Arya Samaj [society of nobles] in Bombay to spread the doctrines of the newly reinterpreted Vedas.
Recently, on 26/07/2004 Aryasamaj Jamnagar had Served 22 dead bodies by Vedic Agni Sanskar Vidhi.
He condemned idol worship, untouchability, child marriage, and the low station of women, which he said were not sanctioned by the Vedas.
http://www.aryasamajjamnagar.org   (739 words)

  
 The Hindu : Arya Samaj temple to be rebuilt
The Hindu : Arya Samaj temple to be rebuilt
The foundation stone for the temple, demolished by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on April 17, was laid by senior BJP leaders in the presence of Arya Samaj followers.
The controversy over the demolition of the nearly five-decade-old Arya Samaj temple in the capital was today put to rest with the Urban Development Ministry clearing the reconstruction of the temple at its original site.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/04/23/stories/02230003.htm   (150 words)

  
 ARYA SAMAJ - Online Information article about ARYA SAMAJ
movement declined to adhere to the tenet of the Samaj which forbade the destruction of See also:
The truth is to be accepted and to become the guiding principle.
SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)
http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/ARN_AUD/ARYA_SAMAJ.html   (739 words)

  
 Prohibition Council, Arya Samaj threaten stir
Tomorrow’s meeting will be attended by leaders of various religious bodies, including the Jamait-e-Ulema-i-Hind and the Jamait-e-Islami, besides representatives of Jain, Sikh and Christian organisations.
THE All India Prohibition Council (AIPC) and the Arya Samaj today threatened to launch a ‘‘powerful, community-based stir’’ from July 1 if the Delhi government failed to roll back its new excise policy allowing opening of liquor vends all over the Capital.
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=20818   (323 words)

  
 Arya Samaj Florida
Purification of the mind is of greater importance than purification of the body for taking one towards the path of God realization, therefore, it behoves us to sing the glories of god and to pray and meditate on him.
We are constantly updating our site to keep you informed of our up coming events.
TO Namaste~ Thanks for visiting Arya Samaj Florida, Inc cyber home.
http://www.aryasamajflorida.com   (65 words)

  
 Singh Sabha Arya Samaj
Emphatically Sikhs were not Hindus, and Hindu tradition was not what Sikhs should follow.
This dispute simply helped the Arya Samajists, with their leader venting out anti-sikh rhetoric.
The threat was real and realising this the two groups merged.
http://www.info-sikh.com/SabhaPage2.html   (1112 words)

  
 Table of contents for Library of Congress control number 2001416302
Table of contents for Religion and politics in India : a study of the role of Arya Samaj / Anupama Arya.
Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog.
Table of contents for Library of Congress control number 2001416302
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy031/2001416302.html   (124 words)

  
 Namaste ji. Welcome to Arya Samaj Pimpri
Let us make the world full of Noble People
Arya Samaj Pimpri is one of the most active Arya Samaj in Maharashtra.
December 14 & 15 Special discourses of Aditya Bramhachari Acharya Arya Naresh.
http://personal.vsnl.com/sanjayarya   (34 words)

  
 Adherents.com
"new sects and movements in Hinduism both in India and the West, for example, the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, the Theosophical Society, Arya Samaj, Brahmo Samaj, Ananda Marga, Transcendental Meditation...
The Arya Samaj has about a half-million followers at present, nearly a hundred times the membership of the Brahma-Samaj from which Dyananda borrowed...
*LINK* official web site; web page: "Global Directory: Directory of Arya Samaj in United States of America " (viewed 24 Jan. 1999)
http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_36.html   (3362 words)

  
 The Founder Of Arya Samaj
Millions of Hindus were influenced by the Arya Samaj.
Dayananda wished that his work of social reform should continue even after his death.
Arya Samaj has rendered boundless and unequalled service to society through its religious centers, its gurukulas, schools and colleges, educational institutions for women, orphanages and asylums for widows.
http://www.freeindia.org/biographies/dayanand/page12.htm   (99 words)

  
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Kerala Arya Samaj: "the Kerala Arya Samaj is a community of Aryans (noble) in the region.
A man's journey from absolute skepticism to the love towards God through the Arya Samaj
Guyana Central Arya Vir Dal: "Welcome to the official web-site of the Guyana Central Arya Vir Dal (The Youth Arm of the Guyana Central Arya Samaj).
http://www.vedicculturalcentre.com/links.htm   (386 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: The Arya Samaj As a Fundamentalist Movement: A Study in Comparative Fundamentalism
Amazon.ca: Books: The Arya Samaj As a Fundamentalist Movement: A Study in Comparative Fundamentalism
Look for books like The Arya Samaj As a Fundamentalist Movement: A Study in Comparative Fundamentalism by subject:
The Arya Samaj As a Fundamentalist Movement: A Study in Comparative Fundamentalism
http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/817304015X   (174 words)

  
 Arya Samaj Gandhidham NGO Charity
They are an NGO organization (which is a type "not-for-profit" tax designation in India) affiliated with the Arya Samaj religious movement.
Description: Arya Samaj Gandhidham is a Charity based in India.
They provide food, nutrition, water, education, housing, and medical care for the poor and needy, especially orphans and needy children.
http://www.kabooli.com/society/arya-samaj-gandhidham-ngo.php   (135 words)

  
 ‘Special treatment’ of seer incenses Arya Samaj - Deccan Herald
Accusing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and senior BJP leaders of seeking “special treatment” for the incarcerated Kanchi Shankaracharya, Arya Samaj leader Swami Agnivesh said on Saturday, the law should treat everyone equally and called for a national debate on “criminalisation of religion”.
“It is unfortunate that senior BJP leaders like Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L K Advani are saying that Jayendra Saraswati’s arrest is an insult to Hinduism and demanding the enactment of a law to guard religious leaders against prosecution,” Agnivesh, President of the World Council of Arya Samaj, told reporters here.
‘Special treatment’ of seer incenses Arya Samaj »
http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/Nov282004/n6.asp   (283 words)

  
 PM pays tribute to Arya Samaj 100 Years celebration - Fiji Government Online
“This is certainly true of the Arya Samaj, whose prime aim is to do good to all.
Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase today paid tribute to the members of the Arya Samaj, its founder Swami Dayanand Saraswati and those intrepid pioneers who prepared the way for the organization in Fiji.
Marking the Arya Samaj Centenary (100 years) celebration Mr Qarase said the Arya Samaj has travelled on a long journey since its inception in Fiji at Samabula on Christmas Day in 1904.
http://www.fiji.gov.fj/cgi-bin/cms/exec/view.cgi/44/3804   (205 words)

  
 M2 Presswire: Prime Minister releases special postage stamp on 125 years of Arya Samaj.@ HighBeam Research
Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister described Arya Samaj as a national movement...
Issued by the Department of Posts (DoP) the stamp is in the denomination of Rs.3/-.
The Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee released a special commemorative postage stamp on the completion of 125 years of Arya Samaj and in honour of the invaluable services rendered by it at a function here today.
http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:61302342&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (220 words)

  
 Free mass marrriage by Arya Samaj - Deccan Herald
The Arya Samaj is conducting a free mass marriage for economically weaker section in the month of march.
A release said inter-caste marriages were also encouraged.
Free mass marrriage by Arya Samaj - Deccan Herald
http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/Dec172004/d10.asp   (332 words)

  
 Kamat's Potpourri: AnthoBLOGy
My mother has written a biography of Dayanand Saraswati who founded the great institution of Arya Samaj.
Thanks to Mallikarjun D.G., I found an Indian postal stamp of 1962 featuring Dayanandaji, and I am very proud to create a richly annotated webpage honoring a great Hindu sage.
Computing, Libraries, Tennis, India and other interests of Vikas Kamat
http://www.kamat.com/vikas/blog.php?BlogID=494   (133 words)

  
 Theosophy Library Online - H. P. Blavatsky - The Arya Samaj
They have said to us: "Let us work together for the good of mankind," and we will.
Christendom sends its missionaries to Heathendom at an expense of millions drained from the pockets of would-be pious folks, who court respectability.
Theosophy Library Online - H. Blavatsky - The Arya Samaj
http://theosophy.org/tlodocs/hpb/AryaSamaj.htm   (1209 words)

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