DHARMA EXHAUSTS YOUR KARMAS.
BY
DOING ACCORDING TO SPIRITUAL OR NATURAL LAW, YOU
GET
MORE AND MORE DETACHED FROM DESIRES AND SELFISH
ACTIONS.
IN OTHER WORDS: IT CUTS ASUNDER YOUR CHAINS OR
BONDAGE OF KARMAS.
Dharma is the harmonizing factor between materialism and spirituality. The
grammatical root of dharma is dhri: to hold. When you are living the
dharma, you are upheld in a comfortable, easy discipline—peaceful,
harmonious, cooperative, loving. Therefore it makes you prepared to seek
further or deeper, joining the material and the kingdom of Spirit. Living
the dharma keeps the balance and order and harmony of anything—your
thoughts, your feelings, your body, your relationships, your possessions,
your surroundings, your weather, your job, your economics, your art, your
culture. It includes everything and everyone, including the devic or angelic
world. All these are connected throughout creation in such a way that what
you and I do not only affects us but also our surroundings. In other words,
we cannot isolate ourselves and do whatever we want. Those who do this are
selfish and doomed. There is no gap between any of the elements in creation.
Everything is governed by this law, the dharma, which maintains order and
harmony in such a way that it perfectly fulfills the greater purpose for
everyone and everything. The presiding Vedic deity for dharma is Lord
Ganesha. When you live the dharma, dharma upholds you, integrates you,
regenerates you, keeps you balanced and, therefore gives you peace and
order, a natural kind of discipline, and avoids chaos. |
Dharma is subjective. We have to live dharma rather than just
practice a few objective virtues. So whenever they have peace rallies and
speak of the brotherhood of nations, or have conferences of different
religions, often in the very conference they disagree. It is not simply a
matter of trying—“I’m trying to be truthful, I’m trying to be selfless.” It
is an inner being radiating harmoniousness, unity and integration. Then I am
dharmic. 1 According to Vedic scriptures. the four aims of life are: artha (wealth or worldly ends), kama (enjoyment of desires), dharma (duty, righteousness, living out one's nature), and moksha (liberation, nirvana, enlightenment). |