Brahmo samaj


The Brahmo samaj

Brahmo Samaj
Brahmo Samaj




The Brahmo Samaj was founded in 1828 by Raja Ram Mohan Roy. It was the culmination of his earlier Atmiya Sabha of 1814. In the Trust Deed of the Brahmo samaj, drawn up in 1830, Raja Ram Mohan Roy made it clear that he aspired only to establish a strict monolatrous worship of the Supreme being, a worship of the heart and not of the hand, a sacrifice of self and not of the possessions of the self. The Brahmo Samaj advocated the worship of one God and the brotherhood of man. It also stood for respect for all religions and their scriptures. Followers of all religions were invited to came and worship I the same temple in the spirit of brotherhood.

In the words of Ramsay Macdonald, “The Bahmo Samaj was unwilling to desert Hinduism, but was willing to became liberal and respond to the impact of western faiths,”

After the premature death of Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the Brahmo Samaj was left without any organization, constitution, membership, covenant or pledge. There was a period of depression, but it was revived by the efforts of Maharishi Devendra NathTagore. Within five years of his joining the Samaj in 1843, the Maharishi put new life into the organization and introduced a regular form of church service, including thanksgiving, praise and d prayer.

Keshav Chandra Sen was also an important member of the Brahmo Samaj. However, he put more emphasis on Christian and Vaishnav teaching. This let to a breach in the Brahmo samaj. The two parts of the Brahmo Samaj came to be known as the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj and Adi Brahmo Samaj. Keshav Chandra also organized a new church known as Navavidhan Samaj in which he was regarded as the prophet. As regards the work of Keshav, he played an important part in the passing of the Marriage Act of 1872.the Cooch-Behar Marriage case of 1878 was a turning point in his life. His daughter was less than 14 and she was married to the Maharaja of Cooch-Behar who was less than 16. People protested against this action of Keshav and public meetings were held to turn him out from the Brahmo Samaj.

It goes without saying that the Brahmo Samaj was responsible for changing the outlook of the Hindus towards Western ideas. If influenced the life of the people in every many ways. Even now the Brahmo Samaj has its followers and institutions in various parts of India.

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