Arya Samaj Principles

1. God is the efficient cause of all true knowledge and all that is known through knowledge.

2. God is existent, intelligent and blissful. He is formless, omniscient, just, merciful, unborn, endless, unchangeable, beginning-less, unequaled, the support of all, the master of all, omnipresent, immanent, un-aging, immortal, fearless, eternal and holy, and the maker of all. He alone is worthy of being worshiped.

3. The Vedas are the scriptures of all true knowledge. It is the paramount duty of all Aryas to read them, teach them, recite them and to hear them being read.

4. One should always be ready to accept truth and to renounce untruth.

5. All acts should be performed in accordance with Dharma that is, after deliberating what is right and wrong.

6. The prime object of the Arya Samaj is to do good to the world, that is, to promote physical, spiritual and social good of everyone.

7. Our conduct towards all should be guided by love, righteousness and justice.

8. We should dispel Avidya (ignorance) and promote Vidya (knowledge).

9. No one should be content with promoting his/her good only; on the contrary, one should look for his/her good in promoting the good of all.

10. One should regard oneself under restriction to follow the rules of society calculated to promote the well being of all, while in following the rules of individual welfare all should be free.

taken from: http://aryasamaj.com/?page_id=151

On each of these principles, there are questions asked. But instead I only got insults, no answer, no quote from sastra whatsoever. These were the questions per principle:

1. How is that true? How is God the efficient cause of all true knowledge? Cause and Knowledge, aren't these terms related to a Person? Only a Person can cause something and knowlegde comes from a Person right? What does the term knowledge mean? Do you have any proof that Arya Samaj's knowledge actually is knowledge? Does it "work"?
2. If God is existent, intelligent and blissful. If He is formless, omniscient, just, merciful, unborn, endless, unchangeable, beginning-less, unequaled, the support of all, the master of all, omnipresent, immanent, un-aging, immortal, fearless, eternal and holy, and the maker of all. If He alone is worthy of being worshiped. How can these attributes then be impersonal? It does not make sense. When you refer to a person, then it would make sense, wouldn't it?
3. What are the Veda's? Since Arya Samaj says, it is the Rig, Sama, Atharha and Yajur Veda, aren't these in Sanskrit? Not many people can read and understand Sanskrit, correct? What if the teacher of Arya Samaj explains it and still the student does not understand it, then what?
4. What is the definition of Truth and Untruth? Do you have a quote from sastra? Is your Truth Eternal? If so, this means that it also is applicable in the past and will be in the future. Then the Truth is also applicable before Svami Dayanand Saraswati's birthdate?
5. What are acts? Do you mean Karma? What is Dharma? Who decides what is Dharma? What is right and what is wrong? Can you quote sastra to back up your answers?
6. What is it to do good to the world? Is the world eternal? If the world and a humanlife is temporary (after all we die right?), then what good is there to this world? Can you define physical and spiritual good? What is that?
7. What if an Arya Samaji, insults people? What if you refute their arguments and answer all the questions they have, and they start insulting, is that love? What is righteousness and justice?
8. What is the definition of Avidya and Vidya? Who decides what the definition of these 2 words are?
9. When associating with Arya Samaji's I saw alot of individuals promoting only his/her only good. What is that good anyway? Can you define what is good? How do you practically promote good of all?
10. What if the rules of society is in contradiction of the Vedic sastra? Does Arya Samaj choose the rules of that society or the Veda's? For example, Cow slaughtering and eating Her meat, what does Arya Samaj choose? Let it go or protest against it?

Never I got an answer on above questions, nor any quotes from sastra. I only got insults to the Vaisnava's. Arya Samaji's cannot answer questions regarding their principles. If there are any who think they can answer, please contact me: 108prabhupadanugas@gmail.com