Satyamavejayanti
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Namaste,
Well i personally think that Dharmah as used for other religions is applicable only when one defines what they mean by Dharmah in that context, so Dharmah-parivartana to me could mean changing the mode of worship, or could mean also that I have taken sanyasa and my Grahista Dharmah has changed, so it depends on context. As for things like Christ Dharmah - really it then becomes important that I personally analyze this to ensure that this christ Dharmah emphasizes Satya and Ahinsa as being higher then any other idea of that so called Dharmah, in other words if Christ is subbordinate to Dharmah of Satya and Ahimsa then people can call it Christ Dharmah and i would not contend that.
Well in my view "Sanatana" as simply "never ending", infinite, multitude, Apurushay + "Dharmah" which is Changing, evolving, specific, Individual, Apurushay and in contrast and opposite of Adharmah.
Hope this makes sense.
Well it maybe for the Charvaka the difference between Dharmah and Adharmah is hard to establish, but my essential idea is that if I as a Hindu were to Label the Charvaks as Adharma without any evidence, this for me is Asatya and therefore Adharmah in itself.
I think your confusing Charvaks with Marxists, lol. But i see what you mean, and all we can do in this situation is to provide the direct perception of "social unrest", as evidence to the Charvak, to prove that his Dharmah of "immediate desires" is actually Adharmah, and if he refuses direct perceivable evidence, that person i would not even consider as Charvak let alone Dharmic. But if we cant provide any direct Parmana then what justification can we have to label the Dharmah of the Charvak as Adharmic?
But I as a Hindu do have Papa and Punya Karma as my criteria of understanding and making decisions on actions, Charvaks can differ but it does not change my perspective.
I began essentially with "To me", so being Hindu to me is Dharmah, but Dharmah does not equate to Hinduism only.
How would you say dharma alleviates duḥḳa? I know many brahmins for whom performing their daily dharma itself is a major source of duḥḳa
Well, depends of what i mean by Dukha, to me Dukha is not being content, being in mental and physical pain, but best description i can think of is the sense of something lacking in life, weather it be money, wife, sex ect, i think what i explained earlier about Dharmah is a good place to start to help with the eliviation of Dukha.
My Guna of Dharmah,
"Responsibility, ethics, relationships, respect, worship, social wellbeing, individual wellbeing, practice, ritual, philosophy, wisdom, compassion, unity. Dharmah is the responsibility of the individual and the society at large, the practice of an ethical lifestyle, respect for the relationships we Humans have with each other and mother Bhumi, worship in any mode, in any style of many or none forms. Dharmah is the category produced for an individual to determine who is considered a Guru/Acharya/Purohita/Pundit/Swami/Deva and Devi so one can peruse personal wellbeing and happiness, Artha and Kama. Dharmah is there to produce an ethical, happy, content and respectful individual who forms part of a larger society so that the society of many well-grounded individuals can have wellbeing. Dharma is practical to be put into practice every moment of my life with rituals Dharmah creates a sense of responsibility and Shruddha, the philosophy of life and living is Dharmah. The wise who share their wisdom with those willing is a wise act within itself. Dharmah is extended not only to Humans but to all living and non-living beings/entities where compassion and respect are fostered not because this existence is for our use, but because Mata Bhumi has her own rights which we are taught to respect."
as for Brahmins, i would consider Nishkama Karma to be part of their Dharmah to avoid Dukha as much as possible. As nothing in the cosmos is full proof, Dukah i think will always exist, it can only be limited in its impact.
You know this is a work in progress, a life long en devour, have not arrived anywhere yet.
Dhanyavad
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