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Life
is a game with rules or codes of behavior. Dharma describes
the exalted character of one who lives according to
these codes.
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Dharma
defines an ideal set of moral restrictions and regulations.
These are different for different individuals, according
to age, profession, status, authority, scholarship and
even by considering whether a person is male or female,
teacher or pupil, master or servant, child or youth,
father or son, dependent or free.
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Dharma
defines a number of fundamental principles that guide
mankind in its progress towards inner harmony and outer
peace. Everything has its Dharma, even water, fire,
the solar system and the stars in the firmament. Fire
cannot be fire without its power of combustion and light.
When it loses that, it become a useless bit of charcoal.
Similarly, man has some natural characteristics that
are his very life breath. You can observe Dharma by
just being yourself.
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Sathya
is the law of the universe and Dharma is the path. If
we are aware of some aspects of truth, it is imperative
that we act from that level of awareness. Truth is utterance
of what you think. Dharma is acting according to your
words. The unity of thought, word and deed is essential.
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Listen
to the voice of God within. As soon as you contemplate
a wrong act, that voice protests warns you to desist.
Conscience is God Himself enthroned in every heart as
the higher wisdom.
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It
is an imperative of worship to discharge faithfully
all one's duties and responsibilities. All acts have
to be dedicated to Him from beginning to end, attachment
to the self has to be given up and all acts have to
be performed in a spirit of worshipful non-attachment.
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Man
has to worship God in the form of man. He has to pierce
the various disguises and see God in every human being.
Then he has to worship the God in him through selfless
service.
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We
have to give up the idea that we are the doers. He gave
us the time, the space, the cause, the materials, the
idea, the skill, the chance, the fortune and we do but
little on our own. So it would be wrong for us to behave
as if we are the doers.
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The
dharmic person reveals decisiveness and enthusiastic
exultation in every act of his. He has the feeling that
God is watching each of his actions. He is vigilant
so that he does not unwittingly slide into sin. His
mind has a natural proclivity towards the truth. His
task is to direct the energies of his mind towards the
welfare of mankind.
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A
dharmic person leads a life of exemplary idealism.
Along with the cultivation of good conduct and character,
he should also imbibe the four noble qualities of self-confidence,
self-respect, self-support and self-sacrifice.
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