Editing Integral humanism (Hindu nationalism) (section)

==Origins==

===Advaita Vedanta===
Upadhyaya was of the opinion that Integral Humanism followed the tradition of [[advaita]] developed by [[Adi Sankara]]. [[Nondualism]] represented the unifying principle of every object in the universe, and of which humankind was a part. This, claimed Upadhyaya, was the essence and contribution of Indian culture.{{sfn|Bhatt|2001|p=154-155}}

===Mahatma Gandhi===
Integral humanism is almost an exact paraphrase of [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s vision of a future India. Both seek a distinctive path for India, both reject the [[materialism]] of socialism and capitalism alike, both reject the individualism of modern society in favour of a holistic, varna-dharma based community, both insist upon an infusion of religious and moral values in politics, and both seek a culturally authentic mode of modernisation that preserves [[Hindu values]].{{sfn|Nanda|2003|p=217}}

Integral humanism contains visions organised around two themes: morality in politics and [[swadeshi]], and small-scale industrialisation in economies, all [[Gandhian]] in their general thematic but distinctly [[Hindu nationalist]]. These notions revolve around the basic themes of harmony, primacy of cultural-national values, and discipline.{{sfn|Hansen|1999|p=85}}{{sfn|Marty|1993|p=418}}