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Doctrines - 10 Principles

I am splitting the 10 Principles into their own sub-section, as I plan to write a more substantial section detailing the actual doctrines upheld by members of the Society. However, I am including some of the information already present in the current section, and will incorperate the remaining material in the later part(s) as mentioned. So, I am reproducing the original here so the text is not lost and can be included in edited form later on. Please do not edit this text:

"Dayananda rejected all non-Vedic beliefs altogether. Hence the Arya Samaj unequivocally condemned iconolatry, animal sacrifices, ancestor worship, pilgrimages, priestcraft, offerings made in temples, the caste system, untouchability and child marriages, on the grounds that all these lacked Vedic sanction. It aimed to be a universal church based on the authority of the Vedas. Dayananda stated that he wanted ‘to make the whole world Arya’. That is, he wanted to develop a missionary Hinduism based on the universality of the Vedas.

To this end the Arya Samaj set up schools and missionary organisations, extending its activities outside India. It now has branches around the world. It has a disproportional number of adherents among people of Indian ancestry in Suriname and the Netherlands, in comparison with India.

Arya Samaj is a global organisation having about 8000 Arya Samaj units popularly known as Arya Samaj Temples, but they are not "temples" in the traditional meaning of the term. They are rather the controlling offices of the philanthropic activities undertaken by the team in the society.

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Gypsies

Gypsies may have origins in India other than Punjab. They are an untapped source for new Arya Samaj adherents given that their religion more closely relates to the practices of this religious branch of Hinduism. Also by the simplicity of conversion like during the vedic times.

Monotheism

It is usual to say that the Vedas speak of many gods. It should be explained here why the members or Arya Samaj believe otherwise. --ExperiencedArticleFixer (talk) 23:31, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

According to the article God in Hinduism: "(Max) Müller noted that the hymns of the Rigveda, the oldest scripture of Hinduism, mention many deities, but praises them successively as the "one ultimate, supreme God" (called saccidānanda in some traditions), alternatively as "one supreme Goddess", thereby asserting that the essence of the deities was unitary (ekam), and the deities were nothing but pluralistic manifestations of the same concept of the divine (God). Sooku (talk) 08:43, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Rishi Sunak

Does anyone knows whether Rishi Sunak, the British prime minister comes from an Arya Samaj family? I ask because many East African Punjabis were followers of the samaj. Both of his parents were born in East Africa to Punjabi parents. Thanks. Jonathansammy (talk) 17:33, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Assassinations

Pandit Lekh Ram and Swami Shraddhanand, both named as leaders of the Punjab Arya Samaj, were both assassinated over allegations of insulting Islam. It's stated in articles about them but should it be mentioned here? Sooku (talk) 08:37, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]