மனித வாழ்வின் பெருமை எது?

by Periyar

நீத்தார் நினைவு நாள் சிந்தனையாக தந்தை பெரியார் அவர்கள் ஆற்றிய இரண்டு உரைகள், ஆத்மா, மறுபிறப்பு குறித்த கருத்துகள் அடங்கிய குறுந்தொகுப்பு.

Genres: Nonfiction

42 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 22, 2017

About the author

Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy (E.V. Ramasamy), commonly known as Periyar (பெரியார்), also referred to as Thandhai Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician who started the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam.

Periyar spent over fifty years giving speeches, propagating the realisation that everyone is an equal citizen and the differences on the basis of caste and creed were man-made to keep the innocent and ignorant as underdogs in the society. Although Periyar's speeches were targeted towards the illiterate and more mundane masses, scores of educated people were also swayed. Periyar viewed reasoning as a special tool. According to him, all were blessed with this tool, but very few used it. Thus Periyar used reasoning with respect to subjects of social interest in his presentations to his audiences. Communal differences in Tamil society were considered by many to be deep-rooted features until Periyar came to the scene.

The bedrock of E.V. Ramasamy’s principles and the movements that he started was rationalism. He thought that an insignificant minority in society was exploiting the majority and trying to keep it in a subordinate position forever. He wanted the exploited to sit up and think about their position, and use their reason to realise that they were being exploited by a handful of people. In a message to the Brahmin community, Periyar stated, "in the name of god, religion, and sastras you have duped us. We were the ruling people. Stop this life of cheating us from this year. Give room for rationalism and humanism". He added that "any opposition not based on rationalism, science, or experience will one day or another, reveal the fraud, selfishness, lies and conspiracies".

Periyar's philosophy of self-respect was based on his image of an ideal world and a universally accepted one. His philosophy preaches that human actions should be based on rational thinking. Further, the outcome of the natural instinct of human beings is to examine every object and every action and even nature with a spirit of inquiry, and to refuse to submit to anything irrational as equivalent to slavery. Thus, the philosophy of self-respect taught that human actions should be guided by reason, right and wrong should follow from rational thinking and conclusions drawn from reason should be respected under all circumstances. Freedom means respect to thoughts and actions considered right by human beings on the basis of reason. There is not much difference between freedom and self-respect.

Reviews

[Udhayakumar Tamileelam · Rating 5 out of 5]

1956இல் நீத்தார் நினைவுகூட்டத்தில் பெரியார் ஆற்றிய உரைகளின் தொகுப்பே இச்சிறு நூலாகும்.
இன்றும் அறிவியல் ரீதியாக முன்னேற்றம் அடைந்துவிட்டாலும் நம் வாழ்வில் நேரடியாக மற்றும் மறைமுகமாகவும் வைதீக முறைகள் பின்பற்றுகிறோம். பெரியார் இவ்வுரையில் இதை பகுத்தறிவு ரீதியில் சாடியுள்ளார்.
என்றைக்கும் ஏற்ற கருத்துக்களைக் கொண்டவர் பெரியார்.

[Velmurugan Moorthy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Myths on afterlife busted and questions on rituals


Rating : 4/5

Why this rating :

This book discusses about the myths about death and afterlife. Questions a lot about the misbelieves about the death and after life and questions the religious rituals taking place after death. Questions the reasons behind those rituals. Encourage the readers to question things and not believe anything blindly.

What I liked in this book?

The bold attitude of the author to question the beliefs that were centuries old. The author's questions which were completely logical. Author's request to readers to question things and grow the rational attitude.

To whom I would recommend this book :

People those who are really interested in knowing things and the other dimension behind the rituals.

[Surendhiran Lakshmanan · Rating 5 out of 5]

மனித வாழ்வு பற்றிய பெரியாரின் உரையாடல் தொகுப்பே இந்த சிறு புத்தகம்... மனித வாழ்க்கையில் மூட நம்பிக்கைகளை புகுத்தி, நிகழ்காலத்தில் சீரிய வேகத்தில் முன்னேற முடியாமல் பின் தங்கி நிற்பதற்கான காரணங்களாக பெரியார் சொல்லும் கருத்துகள் இக்காலத்துக்கும் பொருந்துவதுதான் சிறு வருத்தம்... குறைந்த நேரத்தில் படித்து முடிக்க கூடிய புத்தகம்... அவசியம் படிக்கவும்...

[Stephen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Shocking statement

Everyone should have read this book at least once . Every statement is giving their mark . . . .

[Pugazh Thyagarasan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short and sweet, many discussed are already in the Tamil society. Helps to learn the progress made in last 60-70 years

[harikrishnan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thought-provoking!

Periyar talks about what it is to be a human being and how buman beings, in the name of tradition and religion, have been fooled over the years.

[VIJAY · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book

Great content
This book content is periyar speech in 1956.
Its about how God and belief are induced in humans particularly in india