The Pioneers of Revolution PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Shrii P. R. Sarkar   
It is very easy to talk big about revolution. Audiences may be awestruck and applaud, but to actually bring about a revolution is not at all easy.

Those ks'attriya- or vipra-minded shu'dras who are the pioneers of revolution will have to learn to be disciplined, take proper revolutionary training, build their character, be moralists; in a word, they will have to become what I call sadvipras. A sadvipra will not launch a movement against honest people, even if he or she does not like them. But a sadvipra will definitely take action against dishonest people, even if he or she likes them. In such matters it will not do to indulge any kind of mental weakness.

Such strict, ideological sadvipras will be the messengers of the revolution. They will carry the message of revolution to every home in the world, to every vein and capillary of human existence. The banner of victorious revolution will be carried by them alone.

Moralists and spiritualists can be found among all types of people, regardless of whether they are rich or poor. Everyone knows that the idea that rich means honest is completely false. But most sadvipras will come from the middle class. By "middle class" I mean the vipra- and ks'attriya-minded shu'dras.

One may ask whether rich people who are moral and spiritual can be sadvipras or not. In reply I will say yes, they can be. But in order to be sadvipras they will have to come down to the level of the middle class, because they cannot live in indolent luxury on capital acquired by sinful means. In order to follow the principles of Prout,* they will have to fight against sin and injustice, and in order to conduct such a fight properly, they will not be able to keep their wealth -- they will have to become middle-class.

The meaning of the word sadvipra is "a person who is a moralist and a spiritualist and who fights against immorality". Earning money in a sinful way or accumulating great wealth is against the fundamental principles of Prout. It will be quite impossible for people who are not following the fundamental principles of Prout to bring about shu'dra revolution.

One may also ask whether poor people can be sadvipras. In reply I will say that yes, they can be. But only poor people who have the minds of ks'attriyas or vipras can bring about a revolution, and such poor people I call the middle class. That is how I explain the term madhyavitta sama'ja ["middle class"].

I do not agree with those who are of the opinion that people who do not work physically but intellectually are middle- class. I do not agree either with those who believe that those whose income is neither high nor low are middle-class. If we were to accept this second interpretation of "middle-class", I would have to point out that the income of many shu'dra-minded shu'dras who perform manual labour in society is higher than that of many ks'attriya- or vipra-minded shu'dras.

If anybody objects to the use of the term "middle class", or if anybody says that "middle class" refers to those who have an average amount of wealth and that therefore the pioneers of the revolution -- the ks'attriya- or vipra-minded shu'dras -- may or may not be middle-class, I am prepared to use the term viks'ubdha [disgruntled], instead of "middle-class", to describe the revolutionary shu'dras. The viks'ubdha shu'dras are a constant source of uneasiness for the tyrannical vaeshyas. The capitalists are not afraid of labour unrest, but they are afraid of the labour leaders, the viks'ubdha shu'dras.

The capitalists like democracy as a system of government  because in the democratic system they can easily purchase the shu'dra-minded shu'dras who constitute the majority. It is easy to sail through the elections by delivering high-sounding speeches. No difficulties arise if election promises are not kept later on, because the shu'dra-minded shu'dras quickly forget them.

It can be unequivocally stated that if only educated people instead of all adults were given the right to vote in any country, the governmental structure of most democratic countries would change. And if sadvipras alone had the right to vote, there would be no difference between the real world and the heaven people imagine.

In a capitalistic social system or in a democratic structure the situation of middle-class people (the viks'ubdha shu'dras) is generally miserable. This is because they are the greatest critics of capitalism and the strongest opponents of exploitation. An increase in the number of viks'ubdha shu'dras in a society is an early omen of a possible shu'dra revolution. It is therefore the duty of those who want to create a world free of exploitation to help to increase the number of viks'ubdha shu'dras. It will be harmful for the revolution if these people die or are transformed into shu'dra-minded shu'dras. All the sadvipras in the world should be vigilant to make sure that the number of viks'ubdha shu'dras does not decrease due to unemployment, birth control, or other bad practices or policies.

HUMAN SOCIETY PART 2 - REVOLUTION AND SADVIPRA SOCIETY