What exactly is Dharma?

Cool ! With so many espousing and quoting dharma- yudh, righteouness in dwapar yug and all the other virtues of good and evil , no one seems to be interested in exploring what exactly is dharma 😆

Dharma is meant to be consistent in every Yug but it does not happen so. The cause of destruction in nature is because of weakening dharma otherwise everything would have been an ideal scenario. No cause and No effect. So good and evil always exist. That is what leads to cycle of birth and death. Only the one who has always stuck to dharma gets delivered from this vicious cycle of cause and effect, the cycle of birth and death.

Originally posted by: Sweet_Krishna

Dharma is meant to be consistent in every Yug but it does not happen so.

Dharma means Duties of Human beings.

Dharm means duty towards mankind, towards living species on earth, towards saving this god's greatest creation, towards this whole brahmaand, this whole universe. Dharm is duty to live life in a perfect manner to do your duty towards taking your life, yourself and others towards the path of righteousness. Dharm is to lead yourself towards Moksh self salvation to become one with the supreme being Parmatama. To attain Moksha is the ulttimate Dharm. To free yourself from cycle of birth and death is Dharm.

Dharma means your acts (karma) in life and the effects your acts may cause on the other aspects of this Universe.


In a given situation you will act isnt it? If food is served in front of you you will either eat it or not eat it or throw it away ...

so each situation would be different. Lets take an situation maybe when the food is served in front of you at that time if you are alone and you may eat it all by urself , thats is fine. But if the food is served in front of you and only for you but suddenly a guest arrives at your home, your dharma is to offer it to them as well. you may call this as good manners but again good manners are also part of your dharma.

Then again if the food is served for you, and you dont eat it and let it go waste, thats again not as per dharma, you had an option to feed it to someone needy or give it back to the universe, maybe the little ants and insects would eat the food you dont want...

If the food that is served to you is not very good in taste (say it has too much spices ) and you dont like it, the manner in which you tell the cook about it is your karma. again you have options do do this karma , get angry and insult the cook or be calm and explain to him in a better way that the food is too spicy, maybe next time it would be very better for health if less spices are added. its in your hands how you react.

Dharma is also about having self respect but not an ego. Having self control of your thoughts and actions is dharma.

once you have control on your thoughts it is easier for you to direct them in a better way.

situations may differ but your reaction towards these different situations should be as per your dharma, that means by controlling your thoughts, emotions and actions.

bhala kisi ka kar naa sako toh bura kisika mat karna. pushpa nahi ban sakte toh phit kaante bankar mat chubhnaa..

Dharma is to understand that you are solely responsible for your actions and reactions to a given situation and be ready to face the consequences good or bad...

Originally posted by: peridot.

Something that is inconsistent cannot be as important as it is made out to be. If dharma changes from yug to yug what happens to the karmas of a person? Karma incurred in one yug as per dharma of that yug would be redundant in the next yug. The accounting system would go haywire!😲

If karmas are to be decided according to dharma then dharma ought to remain consistent throughout all the yugs. Culture may change in the different yugs but dharma ought to remain constant.

Dharma is the deed done that benefit the entire world, karma that is unselfish, without pride, or self ambition is Dharma. deeds of selfless nature and are not measured by what one gains personally is Dharma. if a man has the power to make a difference that would benefit the society as a whole then it is his duty or Dharma to do it.