Prout it with these quotations
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Our PROUT will provide all the means of nourishment - food, clothes,
education, medical treatment, accommodation, etc., and thus it will
lead human society towards the Supreme Goal. Human beings should move
with this spirit.
P R Sarkar
25 March 1979
Midnapur
VERSE, MYTHOLOGY, HISTORY AND ITIHA'SA
A Few Problems Solved Part 3
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Human beings came here about 1 million years ago, but they have not yet
been able to form a well-knit social order. We require a strong social
order. That's why I had to create another branch of philosophy, known
as 'PROUT', through which we are to remodel the social order so that
nobody is compelled to do anything immoral, nobody is compelled to
resort to immorality, for want of food or clothes or other necessaries
of life.
P R Sarkar
30 May 1979 evening
Valencia
LORD BUDDHA'S CARDINAL PRINCIPLES
A'nanda Vacana'mrtam Part 12
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PROUT advocates a three-tiered industrial structure which includes key
industries managed by the immediate government, cooperatives, and
privately owned enterprises. Key industries will function on a "no
profit, no loss" principle.
P R Sarkar
5 June 1986
Calcutta
QUADRI-DIMENSIONAL ECONOMY
PROUTIST ECONOMICS
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Rudimental and fundamental: Rudimental is the adjective form of root,
and fundamental is the adjective form of fundament and of fundamentum.
Fundament means "base"; fundamental means "basic".
There is a fundamental difference between Prout and Marxism.
He has no rudimental knowledge of spirituality.
P R Sarkar
SARKAR'S ENGLISH GRAMMAR
CHAPTER 16
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Human beings are not isolated beings. Each human being is universal.
The longing for physical and psychic pabula comes from Neo-Humanism,
and these longings should be guaranteed by PROUT. Neo-Humanism is
universal humanism. Not a single person should be confined to a
particular area. Each and every human being is universal. PROUT is the
practical approach. It keeps in view factors such as water, soil, body,
mind and mental faculties in combination, in association, and in
friendly contact with other developed creatures. PROUT and Neo-Humanism
will free the world from all difficulties.
P R Sarkar
21 April 1989
Calcutta
PROUTIST ECONOMICS
BIHAR
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This solar system is sufficient in its potentiality to maintain,
nourish, feed and supply material for existence not only to human
beings but to all its living beings.
Due to our folly or undeveloped thinking, we could not give proper
solutions to the problems of material existence. Now our planet is just
like a hidden treasure. We have to utilise this hidden treasure for the
maintenance and sustenance of all the living beings of this universe.
This earth of ours is passing through a critical juncture. The solution
is of immediate necessity. It brooks no delay. That is why our PROUT is
to be propagated throughout this universe, especially on this planet of
ours. You should chalk out programmes for its materialisation and
implementation within a short period.
P R Sarkar
31 August 1987
Calcutta
THE RULE OF RATIONALITY
A Few Problems Solved Part 8
Prout in a Nutshell Part 12
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According to PROUT, capitalist exploitation is perpetuated in three
spheres -- the physical sphere, which we are well aware of, and the
intellectual and spiritual spheres. Each of these types of capitalist
exploitation is equally dangerous.
To solve the problem of capitalist exploitation in the physical sphere,
we will have to ensure that the movement of money does not become
restricted or immobile in the hands of a few capitalists. The present
economic system should be thoroughly transformed, and a comprehensive
and completely new economic system should be built in its place. In
this new system money will not be restricted or immobile in the hands
of a few capitalists. The more the optimum mobility of money is kept
unrestricted, the more it will strengthen and invigorate the
socio-economic life of the collective body.
In the psychic/intellectual sphere there is a noticeable lack of
motivation and effort on the part of intelligent and educated people at
present to properly utilize their acquired knowledge for the collective
welfare. This is the psychology of an apathetic and elitist class who
do not like to move from their privileged position to work for the
welfare of the common people. This psychology gives rise to a special
type of intellectual capitalism.
Besides the physical and intellectual spheres, capitalism also exists
in the spiritual realm. Some people neglect their family and society
and go to caves in the mountains and perform arduous penance to fulfil
their longing for spiritual emancipation. Because of their selfishness,
they keep spiritual knowledge to themselves and do not bother to arouse
spiritual awareness in individual and collective life. This is
capitalism in the spiritual sphere. It is ultravires to the very spirit
of spiritual practices, which is: "Self-realization and service to
humanity."
P R Sarkar
1981, Calcutta
PROUTIST ECONOMICS
CAPITALISM IN THREE SPHERES
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In the psychic sphere, we solve many mental problems, we march ahead
with the help of our microcosmic stamina. But so many socio-economic
problems are solved, and again so many socio-economic problems are
newly created. That is why I have had no alternative but to accept, in
the Fifth Fundamental Principle of Prout, changes due to change in
time, space, and person. Changes should be according to the change in
time, space, and person.
... Problems will come, just as problems will be solved.
P R Sarkar
1 December 1978 evening, Madras
A'NANDA VACANA'MRTAM PART 23
MOBILITY AND COGNITIVE STANCE
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In PROUT I have said that to develop spiritual qualities one will have
to render spiritual service to the society. People will not be allowed
to practice meditation sitting in the Himalayan caves without rendering
any service to the human society. They will have to work among the
common people, will have to render spiritual service. Of course, we
shall not force them to pull rickshaws, but neither shall we allow them
to sever the link with society by sitting in the Himalayan caves. Their
plea that the world is unreal will not be accepted. Further more,
simply taking food and drink from the society or accepting all kinds of
service from fellow human beings, as has been practised since the
distant past, will not be allowed to continue longer. Those days are
gone forever.
P R Sarkar
9 November 1978 evening
Kalika'ta'
THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR A SA'DHAKA
A'nanda Vacana'mrtam Part 4
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In the decentralized economy of PROUT, exporting local raw materials is
not supported. Only finished goods should be exported under certain
circumstances. After all the requirements of the local people in a
socio-economic unit have been met, the surplus goods may be exported,
but only to a socio-economic unit which has no immediate opportunity or
potential to produce them, in order to meet the requirements of the
people in that unit. And even then, the whole transaction of
importation and exportation should be undertaken directly by
cooperatives, and the exportation of commodities must not be motivated
by profit. If there are insufficient raw materials in any
socio-economic unit to meet the minimum requirements of the local
people, the necessary raw materials may be imported from another
socio-economic unit providing it can be carefully verified that the raw
materials in the latter unit are surplus. Free trade should be
encouraged once self-sufficiency is attained, as this will help
facilitate increased prosperity and encourage economic parity among
socio-economic units, and lead to the formation of larger
socio-economic units.
P R Sarkar
16 March 1982, Calcutta
PROUTIST ECONOMICS
DECENTRALIZED ECONOMY -- 1
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General Economy
General economy will include all the existing economic theories in
general, whether capitalist, socialist or Proutist, and will include
the mainstream economics that is taught in colleges and universities
today. While some development has occurred in general economy, there
is scope for much greater development.
PROUT's general economy is based on a three-tiered economic structure -
large-scale key industries managed as public utilities; the cooperative
economic sector, which is the largest sector in a Proutist economy; and
small-scale concerns owned privately, as partnerships or as
corporations. Key industries will function on "no-profit-no-loss"
principle.
General economy may also include economic infrastructure, coordination
of economic planning at all levels, block-level planning, future
planning, population policy, employment policy, full-employment policy,
agro-industrial policies, socialization of the economy, development of
cooperative organizations, the banking system, how to increase
purchasing capacity, macro- and micro-economic problems, tax structure,
urban and rural development, decentralization, classification of the
three-tiered industrial structure, defence planning and expenditure,
national or zonal budgeting, the application of appropriate technology
and economic progress.
In a Proutist society these four parts* of the economy would be
dynamically integrated and adjusted according to Neo-Humanistic
principles to ensure the maximum utilization and rationalization of all
resources, and to harmonize human progress with the progress of the
rest of creation.
P R Sarkar
July 1986, Calcutta
THE PARTS OF THE ECONOMY
A Few Problems Solved Part 7
Prout in a Nutshell Part 12
* 4 parts of the economy = people's economy, psycho-economy, commercial
economy and general economy
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According to Karl Marx, the creation of surplus value is the source of
economic exploitation. Capitalists convert the surplus value into money
value and that is how they accumulate profit. After analysing the
capitalist economy, Marx reasoned that all profit is exploitation
because profit means the denial of the legitimate right of the working
class to the wealth they produce. Consequently, profit is nothing but
the exploitation of labour. Marx concluded that the creation of surplus
value will stop only when economic exploitation ends.
All communist states, including the Soviet Union, China and Vietnam,
have rejected Marx's theory of exploitation. According to these
countries, the creation of surplus value in the economy is an
indispensable part of national prosperity. In repudiation of Marxist
ideas, profit is not considered exploitation. If Marx made the first
attempt to analyse and define exploitation, then it must be said that
his work is not free from defects. This is because Marx tried to
interpret exploitation only from the economic point of view.
According to PROUT, economic exploitation involves the unrestricted
plunder of the physical and psychic labour of a particular community
together with the natural resources in their local area. In PROUT's
view, exploitation is not confined to only economic exploitation, but
includes psychic and spiritual exploitation as well.
Economic exploitation has various forms and includes colonial
exploitation, imperialist exploitation and fascist exploitation. There
are similarities and dissimilarities in both the principles and
characters of these
forms of exploitation.
P R Sarkar
1981, Calcutta
PROUTIST ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION OF BENGAL
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When you are taking responsibility for the entire globe, solving the
problem of malnutrition is also your sacred duty. What is the cause of
this problem? The cause is irrational distribution in the economies of
the world. The long-term solution to this economic problem is PROUT,
but the immediate food shortages themselves must be solved as an urgent
necessity. ...
Let us shoulder this responsibility. The only solution to the
world-wide problem of malnutrition and of the maladjustment and
misallocation of resources is to implement multi-purpose development
schemes. Multi-purpose development schemes are based on the degree of
poverty in a country and aim to immediately elevate the standard of
living of the people and bring about integrated development throughout
the world. Such schemes are for the entire globe, and include
undertaking temporary and permanent relief and upgrading the standard
of education wherever required.
P R Sarkar
MULTI-PURPOSE DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES
PROUTIST ECONOMICS
5 April 1989, Calcutta
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Capitalism will never support decentralization, because capitalist
production exists to maximize profits. Centralization means industry
for profit, while decentralization means industry for consumption.
PROUT's approach, which will be supported by all rational people, is
production for consumption. PROUT's maxim is, "Production for
consumption, not production for profiteering."
P R Sarkar
6 November 1988
Calcutta
Shabda Cayanika' Part 19
PROUTIST ECONOMICS
DECENTRALIZED ECONOMY -- 2