SNDPYogam (English) SNDPYogam

Japanese: S.N.D.P.Yogam(英語表記)SNDPYogam
SNDPYogam (English) SNDPYogam

…He was born in Chembaland near Trivandrum, the capital of Kerala, to a family of the Eelawa caste, an untouchable people. In 1884, he separated from his wife and became a monk. In 1888, at the age of 34, he experienced a major turning point, realizing that it was meaningless to seek liberation only for himself, and embarked on religious and social relief for the lower classes. In 1903, he founded the Sri Narayana Dharma Promotion Society (SNDP Yogam) in Alvipuram. Based on the philosophy of Advaita monism, he adopted the slogan "One caste, one religion, one God for mankind," and built many temples and monasteries for the lower classes in various places, carried out various reforms, banned alcohol, abolished old customs, and devoted himself to a movement criticizing the caste system. …

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Japanese:

…ケーララ州の州都トリバンドラムの近くにあるチェンバランディで,不可触民イーラワー・カーストの家に生まれた。1884年妻と別れて出家,88年,34歳のとき大きな転機を経験,自分のみの解脱を求めることを無意味と考え,下層の人々の宗教的・社会的救済にのり出し,1903年シュリー・ナーラーヤナ法(ダルマ)普及協会(S.N.D.P.Yogam)をアルビプラムに設立。不二一元論派の哲学に立脚し,〈人類には,一つのカースト,一つの宗教,一つの神〉をスローガンにして,各地に多くの寺院や僧院を下層民のために建立,種々の改革を断行し,飲酒を禁じ,旧習を廃し,カースト制度に対する批判運動などに没頭した。…

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