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SOCIETY
the rim of the jar to set the dog free. When the dog saw the man running after him with a stick in his hand, he thought that the man wanted to beat him. He failed to understand the real intention of the man running after him. Therefore the dog began to bark at him and started running all the more fast, This is the relationship between the great social reformers and the public. It is a bitter truth. The ignorant public always reacts like the aforesaid dog towards their great benefactors.
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Religion and Socialism
The really good man is he who performs his duties and obligations towards his family, his neighbours, his society and his country with the utmost honesty and sence of responsibility No living being around you should be neglected in any way and at any time. This is the demand of social justice and equity. This has always been the tradition of Indian culture. In the old Indian terminology it is called religion and in modern terminology it is called socialism.
The Basis of Morality
Everybody complains that there is no morality, on honesty and no sincerity in our social dealings today. Indeed, how can we have any high sense of morality or honesty when the feeling of sacrifice and service is fast disappearing from our public life?
The Psychology of the People
Great men speak from the high moral altitudes and the people of the world have their ears turned to the earth. Now the problem is how the message of the great men may be made audible to the people.
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