what is dharma? (a presentation based on the yoga philosophy)
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What is Dharma? - the word Dharma is quite popular nowadays but few know exact what it means. Here is a philosophical explanation from the Yoga point of view, based on a discourse of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti and presented by Dada Rainjitananda.TRANSCRIPT
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What is Dharma?
From Elementary PhilosophyShrii Shrii A’nandamu’rti
Presented by Dada Rainjitananda
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Part 1
Dharma
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Human Beings
• Human beings are the highest evolved beings.
• They possess clearly reflected consciousness.
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Human Beings• They can
distinguish between good and bad with the help of their consciousness…
• …and when in trouble they find a way out with the help of their consciousness.
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What people desire
• A life of – Happiness and bliss– Without suffering and misery
• Everyone is in quest for happiness.• It is the nature of people to seek
happiness.
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What one does to achieve happiness
• Amass wealth• Achieve power and
position• But the acquisition of
something limited just creates the want for more…
• …and the quest for happiness finds no end.
•At first one is attracted towards physical enjoyments.
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What one does to achieve happiness
• It is limitless and infinite• However dignified the
achievement, it fails to set at rest people’s unlimited quest for happiness.
•The hunger for possessing is unending.
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What one does to achieve happiness
• The world itself is limited and can not provide infinite objects.
• The greatest worldly acquisition, even if it be the entire globe, would not secure anything of an infinite and permanent character.
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What is that infinite, eternal thing that can provide everlasting happiness?
• The Cosmic Entity alone is infinite and eternal.
• It alone is limitless.• The eternal longing of the human
being for happiness can only be satiated by realization of the Infinite.
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Everlasting Happiness
• None of the things of the finite and limited world can set at rest the everlasting urge for happiness.
• The acquisition gives rising to further longing.
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Everlasting Happiness
• It is only the infinite Cosmic Entity that can provide everlasting happiness.
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Dharma
• It means – “nature”, “characteristic” of “property”.
• The dharma of fire is to burn• The dharma of human beings is to
seek the Cosmic Entity.
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Human Beings
• The degree of divinity is indicated by the clearly reflected consciousness.
• Every human has two aspects– The animal aspect– The conscious aspect
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The animal aspect
• Leaning towards animal life or physical enjoyment.
• Look to eating, drinking and gratification of other physical desires.
• Animals are satisfied with these limited enjoyments as their urge is not infinite. Animals take what they need.
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The conscious aspect
• The infinite nature of the human urge for absolute happiness is due to their consciousness alone.
• It is their consciousness which is not satisfied with the limited.
• It is their consciousness which creates the desire for the Cosmic Entity.
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Constant duel
• Between the animality and the consciousness.
• The animal aspect pulls towards instant earthly joys and…
• …consciousness pulls towards the Cosmic Entity.
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Animal status
• If consciousness lies dormant behind animality, people behave worst then animals.
• They do not deserve the status of human beings.
• They are animals in human form.
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Human status
• The longing for the infinite is the innate quality or dharma which characterizes the human status of people.
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Happiness
• It is when one gets what one desires.• The consciousness in people seeks the
Infinite, the Cosmic Entity.• People will derive real happiness only
when they attain the Cosmic Entity…• … or get into the process of attaining it.• The dharma of human beings is to attain
Brahma (Cosmic Entity).