01-13-2004, 09:33 PM
Agnivesh faction is more for pride and news coverage and involved in politics. He is greedy. He follow Arya Samaj but not a leader or Pracharak of Arya Samaj. He is independent political leader, kicked out in 1970s.
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Swami Agnivesh was born Vepa Shyam Rao in a Telugu-speaking family in a village that is now a part of the eastern Indian state of Orissa in around 1940. He encountered the teachings of the Arya Samaj while a student in Calcutta, joining that organization at the age of seventeen. He went on to obtain an M. A. in law and business management. After a brief stint as a lawyer he become a lecturer at St. Xavier College in Calcutta, a school which Arthur Bonner calls "exclusive." In 1968 Agnivesh resigned that position to devote himself full time to political and religious questions. Upon becoming a renouncer, in 1970 Rao became Swami Agnivesh. <b>Around this time Agnivesh was first exposed to Swami Sampurnanand's interpretation of the contemporary political and social relevance of the Vedas and Swami Dayanand's thought, and this became the core of his life's work. On the same date that he became a renouncer, Agnivesh, along with a colleague Swami Indravesh, founded a political party called the <span style='font-size:12pt;line-height:100%'>Arya Sabha </span>to realize their dream of a political order founded on Arya Samaj principles</b>
I was initiated by Swami Brahma Muni, a great Vedic scholar. <b>However, I accept Swami Dayananda Saraswati, his life, mission and teachings, as guiding principles. But I do not consider him to be the guru in the sense that most other gurus are taken. </b>He is a guru because he inspires me to find the truth. Swami Dayananda Saraswati is the founder of the Arya Samaj. <b>But in a broader sense, there are many, many other gurus. I am also inspired by Jesus Christ, Mohammed, Buddha, Vivekananda, Gandhiji and Karl Marx.</b>
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Swami Agnivesh was born Vepa Shyam Rao in a Telugu-speaking family in a village that is now a part of the eastern Indian state of Orissa in around 1940. He encountered the teachings of the Arya Samaj while a student in Calcutta, joining that organization at the age of seventeen. He went on to obtain an M. A. in law and business management. After a brief stint as a lawyer he become a lecturer at St. Xavier College in Calcutta, a school which Arthur Bonner calls "exclusive." In 1968 Agnivesh resigned that position to devote himself full time to political and religious questions. Upon becoming a renouncer, in 1970 Rao became Swami Agnivesh. <b>Around this time Agnivesh was first exposed to Swami Sampurnanand's interpretation of the contemporary political and social relevance of the Vedas and Swami Dayanand's thought, and this became the core of his life's work. On the same date that he became a renouncer, Agnivesh, along with a colleague Swami Indravesh, founded a political party called the <span style='font-size:12pt;line-height:100%'>Arya Sabha </span>to realize their dream of a political order founded on Arya Samaj principles</b>
I was initiated by Swami Brahma Muni, a great Vedic scholar. <b>However, I accept Swami Dayananda Saraswati, his life, mission and teachings, as guiding principles. But I do not consider him to be the guru in the sense that most other gurus are taken. </b>He is a guru because he inspires me to find the truth. Swami Dayananda Saraswati is the founder of the Arya Samaj. <b>But in a broader sense, there are many, many other gurus. I am also inspired by Jesus Christ, Mohammed, Buddha, Vivekananda, Gandhiji and Karl Marx.</b>