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Dayanada
and Arya Samaj
fate, that the soul is free and that action is the
generator of destiny.'
He set the example of a complete clearance of
all the encumbering growth of priviledge and
prejudice by a series of hatchet blows. If
_
his
metaphysics were dry and obscure 2 hisiheoLogy was
narrow and in rmyopinion retrograde_,_
(The
underlined only expresses the want of
opportunity
truths which have been discovered by modern research."
(The Secret of the Vedas Arya, No. 14 Pondicherry.)
Dayananda's national exegesis of Vedism let loose a
flood of pamphlets, whose object was to restore and
reawaken the philosophies, cults and practices of ancient
India. There was a passionate reaction of antique ideals
against the ideas of the West. (Cf. Prabudha Bharata, Nov.
1928)
' An energetic and active life preferable to the
acceptance of the decrees of destiny. Destiny is the outcome
of deeds. Deeds are the creators of destiny. Virtuous activity
is superior to passive resignation.
"The soul is a free agent, free to act as it pleases.
But it depends on the grace of God for the enjoyment of
the fruit of its actions." (Satyartha Prakash.)
2
Dayananda distinguishes, it seems, three eternal
substances—God, the Soul and Prakriti, the material cause
of the universe. God and the Soul are two distinct entities