Philosophy

In his own words, "Any work that is done for the betterment of people without any vested interest is called selfless action." He further says that those who work with any vested interest give up in the face of any difficulty. While those who work without it never turn their face away from the work however difficult times they have to face, for they take it as the work of God. Like Vivekananda, he considered selfless service as the true worship of the God. Malaviyaji inculcated the essence of the following shloka into his life:

सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः।
सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः।
सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु।
मा कश्चित् दुःख भाग्भवेत्॥
(May all be prosperous and happy
May all be free from illness
May all see what is spiritually elevated
May no one suffer).

Malaviyaji did not wish to bring down God to the level of humans rather he wanted the human beings to attain godliness. He said, "The betterment of humanity is the only godliness and the God, and this godliness alone helps human beings to attain mental, moral and spiritual elevation. He points out a very crucial fact by stating that if an individual is forbidden to have an independent thinking of his own and discredited from making any contribution to social, economic and political spheres of life, it is equivalent to the murder of that person and thus he is deprived of his godliness and denied of his contributions in the progress of the nation and humanity. This was the condition of every person in an enslaved India and Malaviyaji wanted to liberate them.

Since Mahamana had tremendous faith in the teachings of the Gita, he also believed in the everlasting existence of the soul that never dies and believed that to attain a sense of freedom our soul should be awakened and enlightened with knowledge of good and bad, right and wrong, etc. Malaviyaji believed that what is right for an individual soul is right for the souls of masses and for the nation.