Nagpur: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Monday that the selfless and committed work of the organisation’s pracharaks and swayamsevaks should inspire people to contribute to the progress of the country and the world.
The RSS’s century-long journey was based on its “man-making methodology”, which seeks to improve individuals so that society and the country benefit, he said, while addressing an event marking the inauguration of the Nagpur Nagrik bank building and the release of a book on RSS pracharaks, as reported by Deccan Herald.
Bhagwat said that Sangh pracharaks dedicate their lives to the organisation without selfishness, ego or personal expectations, and their commitment provides inspiration and a stable foundation for swayamsevaks.
“RSS pracharaks embody selflessness, have no expectations for themselves. Sangh’s work is a ‘man-making methodology’. Pracharaks and Swatantrya sevaks strive to develop themselves and dedicate their lives to society,” he said.
“A pracharak is also a human being, a person like us. But there is one source of his strength. He gives everything of his own. He does not even keep his personal wishes with himself. He surrenders them to the Sangh,” the RSS Sarsanghchalak stated.
A pracharak remained committed to the organisation as long as he believed that his life had only one purpose – serving the Sangh wherever and in whatever capacity required, he said.
“Whatever the organisation tells him to do and wherever it tells him to work, he will go there and do it. He even surrenders his personal wishes. Such people are called pracharaks,” Bhagwat stressed.
Pracharaks did not expect recognition, gratitude or reward for their work, even after dedicating their entire lives to the organisation, he said.
“Nothing is received in return. They do not even get thanked. After 100 years, books are being written about pracharaks. But no pracharak ever expected this, and none will expect it in the future,” he said.
Bhagwat noted that books documenting their lives were being written out of affection, gratitude and a desire to bring such examples before society.
“Their dedication cannot be written. Nobody can write it. How can it be expressed in words? It is something that is known and experienced,” he added.
The RSS chief noted that the organisation’s founder K B Hedgewar had understood that the country’s progress depended on making individuals better.
“He had learnt from experience that if you make a human being good, everything else becomes good. Therefore, the RSS has been working since then on a methodology of making individuals better,” he said.
Bhagwat said that the Swayamsevaks sought to live with the same spirit of selflessness and service.
“A swayamsevak lives with the thought that whatever good I can do for society, I should develop myself and dedicate myself to it. Develop oneself and dedicate oneself – this is how a swayamsevak lives,” he commented.
While acknowledging that not every swayamsevak could achieve this ideal completely, he said that the direction of their efforts remained the same.
“Do all swayamsevaks live 100 per cent like this? Does every swayamsevak live 100 per cent like this? There are different levels. But everyone’s direction is the same. Everyone makes the effort to live like this,” he said.
Personal ambitions, family responsibilities, fear and attachments posed challenges, but swayamsevaks continued to strive towards the ideal, he said.
Thousands of people had dedicated themselves to the country’s future without retaining personal expectations, Bhagwat said.
“Among the people who call themselves swayamsevaks, there are also those who have ended all expectations for themselves and live for the hope of the country’s future,” he said.
Pracharaks played an important role in sustaining the commitment of swayamsevaks through their own lives, he added.
“The main work of a pracharak is his being there. If he is there, he becomes a stable foundation for RSS swayamsevaks and helps keep their commitment to the goal intact,” he said.
The lives of pracharaks and swayamsevaks offered examples of how individuals could work for society without selfishness or personal gain, Bhagwat said.
The RSS has completed 100 years not because of anybody’s favour but because pracharaks continuously contributed their time and effort, he said.
“Some people voluntarily give a part of their time, while some decide that they will not do any other work in this birth and will dedicate their entire lives to this work,” he said.
