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the right of land to an able person. The ownership or the mastership should not be imagined in this concern. The land owner should never think that after being kind enough to the landless person he is giving his land. But he should assume that he is returning the right of land to the real owners. Meaning and Aim of Bhūdāna Yajña
As Vinoba Bhave has propounded, a man is born with three institutions -
a) The unmeasurable universe of which a man is a part.
b) The society in which he is born and which consists of parent, brother, sister, neighbor etc.
c) An organised form of body, mind and intellect.
Human life is conducted by the synthetic form of the three given above. Vinoba Ji, inorder to clearify this, has discussed meanings or aims of Bhudāna Yajña.
(a) Compensation of loss (Kşayapurti) - Nature looses something due to the activities done by man in his daily life. So the first meaning or aim of Bhūdāna Yaña is to compensate that loss. The improper division of land and decline of cottage industries cause poverty, unemployment and illiteracy which damage the society. The Bhūdāna Yajña compensates the social loss by equal distribution of land, establisment of cottage industries and basic education. One man ownership of land fails to utilise the land properly. The Bhūdāna Yajña tries for the proper utilisation of land.
(b) Purification (Sudhikaraṇa) - Many people take water from well and use water for different purposes which causes dirtiness around the well. The Bhūdāna Yajña inspires all persons to remove that dirtiness. In the same way there are so many activities in society which result into pollution and the Bhūdāna Yajña provides inspiration and instruction for making the society neat and clean. Moreover the Bhūdāna Yajña creats ideas of love and non-violence in the minds of land distributers, which make their hearts purified.
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