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There is nothing more miserable than tofeel that emancipation is in the air and yet suffer the slavery of a mistakenidea.The author seeks to re-invent Hinduism bybringing to the fore its most fundamental postulates as:1. Worship of themonotheistic formless Brahm. 2. God-realisationthrough Nishkam Sewa (selfless service). 3. Social equality andbrotherhood (vasudhaiva kutumbakam).4. Self-realisationthrough Jnana Yoga, Karma Yoga and Bhakti Yoga.5. Salvation throughworldly life of Purushaarth (Dharm, Arth, Kaam, Moksha).'EK Samaj' repudiates the followingattributes as excrescences and repugnant to the faith:1. Mixing philosophy and religion madeHinduism an unorganised religion.2. Worshipping numerous deities andlimiting religious service to mere darshan of the idols fragmented Hinduism.3. Hereditary priesthood, as permanentintermediaries for communion with God, polluted the religion.4. Occupational ‘purity’ and ‘pollution’camouflaged iniquitous social divisions.5. Individual instead of congregationalworship smothered Hindu brotherhood.6. Pretensions of attaining Siddhis through‘meditation and penances’ eulogised.7. Escapism in worldly renunciationhonoured.8. Fatalist karma theory made Hinduspessimistic and other-worldly.9. Transmigration, reincarnation,84-lakh births used as props for gradation of castes.10. Acceptance of Ahimsa madeHindus a doormat for the ruthless barbarians.11. Karma kand and Mantra,Tantra, Yantra etc. justified as the sole religious expressions.12. Lack of proselytisationprevented Hinduism from becoming a world religion.13. Devdasi tradition made templesthe venues of entertainment and recreation.