01-24-2008, 05:29 AM
Sanatan Dharma is a vast ocean. Sometimes even one drop is enough to know what it is
All of these are parts of the ocean:
e.g: the peace chant
Asato Ma Sat gamaya
Tamaso Ma Jyotir gamaya
Mrityo Ma Bhrutam gamaya
Om Shanti, Shant, Shantihi
From untruth to truth,
From darkness to light
From mortality to immortality
The above is eternal, nothing can ever change it.
Sanatana Dharma believes that man is capable of higher moral action only when he grows into the qualities and powers of the Spirit: that he grows morally when he grows spiritually; therefore it teaches a an ethics of personal spiritual growth. It teaches the ten fold-fold laws and qualities of dharma: contentment (dhriti), forgiveness (kshama), self-control (dama), purification (saucha), sense-control (indriya-nigraha), wisdom (dhi), knowledge (vidya), truthfulness (satya) and abstentation from anger (akrodha).
Sanatan Dharma seeks ârebirthâ, it teaches you to cultivate your hidden powers, new powers of the soul like Shradha, virya, smriti, Samadhi and prajna. It teaches an upward and inward look.
Sanatan dharma teaches man to embrace what is vast (bhuman) and reject the small (alpa)
Sanatan Dharma regards God as the inner-controller, and moral action as spontaneous and natural. In being moral, a man is being true to himself.
Dharma is loosely translated as righteousness by many.
The word dharma itself, means âThat which stabilizesâ society. Pulleshi and others ofcourse have their own nuances on these.
Gandhiji said his dharma is truth and non-violence.
All of the above are guiding principles and not âdefinitionsâ.
How do you package something that is inexhaustible and give it a neat little âdefinitionâ? I can give you about 100 or a 1000 more points but still not be complete. There are many modern sages who have done this job of writing this down in neat little books so that you (assumption) and I, who are illiterate about our scriptures can start to learn and not be over whelmed by the vast source literature.
Choose any one or more of these favorites of mine from Sri Ramakrishna, Vivekananda, Sri Aurobindo, Ramana Maharishi, Swami Dayananda, Sri Ram Swarup and even Sri Vamdev Shastri (David Frawley).
All of these are parts of the ocean:
e.g: the peace chant
Asato Ma Sat gamaya
Tamaso Ma Jyotir gamaya
Mrityo Ma Bhrutam gamaya
Om Shanti, Shant, Shantihi
From untruth to truth,
From darkness to light
From mortality to immortality
The above is eternal, nothing can ever change it.
Sanatana Dharma believes that man is capable of higher moral action only when he grows into the qualities and powers of the Spirit: that he grows morally when he grows spiritually; therefore it teaches a an ethics of personal spiritual growth. It teaches the ten fold-fold laws and qualities of dharma: contentment (dhriti), forgiveness (kshama), self-control (dama), purification (saucha), sense-control (indriya-nigraha), wisdom (dhi), knowledge (vidya), truthfulness (satya) and abstentation from anger (akrodha).
Sanatan Dharma seeks ârebirthâ, it teaches you to cultivate your hidden powers, new powers of the soul like Shradha, virya, smriti, Samadhi and prajna. It teaches an upward and inward look.
Sanatan dharma teaches man to embrace what is vast (bhuman) and reject the small (alpa)
Sanatan Dharma regards God as the inner-controller, and moral action as spontaneous and natural. In being moral, a man is being true to himself.
Dharma is loosely translated as righteousness by many.
The word dharma itself, means âThat which stabilizesâ society. Pulleshi and others ofcourse have their own nuances on these.
Gandhiji said his dharma is truth and non-violence.
All of the above are guiding principles and not âdefinitionsâ.
How do you package something that is inexhaustible and give it a neat little âdefinitionâ? I can give you about 100 or a 1000 more points but still not be complete. There are many modern sages who have done this job of writing this down in neat little books so that you (assumption) and I, who are illiterate about our scriptures can start to learn and not be over whelmed by the vast source literature.
Choose any one or more of these favorites of mine from Sri Ramakrishna, Vivekananda, Sri Aurobindo, Ramana Maharishi, Swami Dayananda, Sri Ram Swarup and even Sri Vamdev Shastri (David Frawley).