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This is a problem wherein other objective sciences have no solution to give. The social and political philosophies have no practical remedy to suggest. And yet, none of these philosophers will willingly ever admit their helplessness. Thus we find, improvement of health, enriching the pockets, stepping up of production, removal of communal inequalities, a social law discarding religion, an administration advocating secularism, and encouraging technology etc., are suggested by the modern socio-political philosophies, as remedies for improving the texture and quality of man, and as sure schemes of nation building. The fallacy in the argument must be obvious even to the very promoters and champions of pure materialism and sheer objectivity in political and social reconstruction.
The tragic poverty of Bharat must be removed and national wealth must be increased. Industrial adventure and the consequent wealth production must be successfully undertaken and pursued with determination. But along with these the quality of vision and character of the members of the community also must expand and improve. A science, which has a ready plan for the unfoldments of individual man, is found in all the scriptures of the world. And when a student declares that among them all, Vedanta is the most complete, he is not saying so because of his blind fanaticism but his assertion is because of the completeness of its total scientific approach. The theories that explore this problem, contemplated upon and discovered by the specialists, called the “rishis”, constitute “philosophy”; and the practical instructions upon how to subjectively achieve the perfections, indicated as possibilities by the philosophers, constitute “religion”.

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