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28 Social Harmony

said, “Think well, study well, work for the progress of the
society, and self-labour day and night. Only then will the people
benefit. You might earn 100-150 crore rupees which may give
you business and enable you to build your house. However, in
our society, the building of a house, the success of your business,
the wearing of good clothes or speaking in fluent English will
not guarantee that the attitude of the society will change. Social
imbalances result into the breaking down of the nation. The
only solution to this is the creation of a feeling that there is no
inequality between one’s self and everyone else. Till I do not
consider you to be my brother, even if you achieve equality in
your life, the attainment of the final goal will not be possible.
There is a need for harmony. Only from equality of everyone
with one’s own self, the nectar of harmony flows. And this nectar
will become the sanjivani of life.”

Only equality is not enough. Mambhav must merge with
Sambhav. (‘My’ feeling must merge with a feeling of unanimity with
everyone) Sambhav + mambhav = samrasta. Thus, harmony is the
only effective medicine for the diseases of the society. If everyone
becomes an income-tax officer, teacher or a businessman, then
equality would be achieved by this. But, if there is a daughter
of a higher class who is a nurse and there is a daughter of a
Dalit who is also a nurse; there is a son of a higher class who is
a teacher and there is a son of a Dalit who is also a teacher, only
then balance is achieved. Unless there is sambhav, harmony won’t
be achieved. The responsibility of sambhav remains with those
in the country who possess harmony.

The Power of Hindu Society
The world has seen more Hindu religious reformers than

from any other religion. These religious reformers carried out
reforms to eradicate the evils of their own religion, which is a
big thing in itself. Opposing the very customs and traditions of
the society, a Raja Rammohan Roy would stand up and say that
widow re-marriage is inevitable. To state this 200 years ago was
not a small matter. The custom of Sati was considered a matter
of pride of the entire Kshatriya clan. The society which permitted