Dharm and Religion
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entered into a discussion, the PURISTS would often try to push the person on the back foot by declaring that what Hindus follow is Dharm and religion is not at all relevant when it comes to Hindu Dharm. Religion is something foreign, we are told, and this has destroyed Hindu Dharm and society. When one asks the simple understandable meaning of Dharm, they will start quoting from various scriptures, making it more complicated and confusing. As such a simple definition of Dharm would be “RELIGIOUS BELIEF, OR OBLIGATION, WHICH HAS TO BE PERFORMED PHYSICALLY, and where the faithful does not have a choice or option. In other words this religious belief has to be performed with commitment”. The other important thing which every faithful must understand is that ITIHAAS i.e. Ramayan and Mahabharat are historical narrations, in which Lord Vishnu, takes birth in human form, as human incarnation and performs LEELA in human form. And the purpose was to establish Dharm. As such every important event in the life of Shri Ram and Lord Krishna would constitute a Dharm. This important fact should not be ignored. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE TO READ : RAM RAJYA was the Rule of Civil and Dharmic LAWS URL: http://awara32.blogspot.com/2010/07/ram-rajya-was-rule-o f-civil-and-dharmic.html Blog: Agni Pariksha of Sita http://awara3 2.blogspot.co m/ Post: DHARM and RELIGION http://awara3 2.blogspot.co m/2010/04/dha rm-and-religi on.html Please read
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Every religion essentially has three performing parts:1. Pooja or worship.2. Rituals e.g. Havan, breaking of coconut, marriage rituals, etc..3. Physical performing part of the religion.Now POOJA and RITUALS are part of your religious belief. Everyone has the option of following them in a manner they deem fit. You have a personal choice as to how to perform them.The physical performing part of the religion is DHARM. There is nothing personal about it. As a person living in a family and society, it is your religious obligation (DHARM), which has to be followed to improve the condition of an individual, his family and the society in which one is living. No religion allows you any choice in it.I will give you some examples:• Cutting green trees is PAAP. Now this is a simple Dharm, everyone knows about it. • Helping the old and physically disabled is a Dharm.• Taking care of one’s family is a Dharm
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DHARM and RELIGIONAs and when I, or for that matter anyone else have entered into a discussion, the PURISTS would often try to push the person on the back foot by declaring that what Hindus follow is Dharm and religion is not at all relevant when it comes to Hindu Dharm. Religion is something foreign, we are told, and this has destroyed Hindu Dharm and society. When one asks the simple understandable meaning of Dharm, they will start quoting from various scriptures, making it more complicated and confusing. As such a simple definition of Dharm would be “RELIGIOUS BELIEF, OR OBLIGATION, WHICH HAS TO BE PERFORMED PHYSICALLY, and where the faithful does not have a choice or option. In other words this religious belief has to be performed with commitment”.
The other important thing which every faithful must understand is that ITIHAAS i.e. Ramayan and Mahabharat are historical narrations, in which Lord Vishnu, takes birth in human form, as human incarnation and performs LEELA in human form. And the purpose was to establish Dharm. As such every important event in the life of Shri Ram and Lord Krishna would constitute a Dharm. This important fact should not be ignored.
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE TO READ :
RAM RAJYA was the Rule of Civil and Dharmic LAWSURL: http://awara32.blogspot.com/2010/07/ram-rajya-was-rule-of-civil-and-dharmic.html
INTERPRETATION and INTERPOLATION in RamayanURL: http://awara32.blogspot.com/2010/07/interpretation-and-interpolation-in.html
Blog: Agni Pariksha of Sita
http://awara32.blogspot.com/
Post: DHARM and RELIGION
http://awara32.blogspot.com/2010/04/dharm-and-religion.html
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