Four Dharmas: What Is Dharma? What Are Its Forms?
Four Dharmas: What Is Dharma? What Are Its Forms?
Four Dharmas: What Is Dharma? What Are Its Forms?
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Four Dharmas
What Is Dharma? What Are Its Forms?
Sloka 56: Dharma is the natural order of things, the divine law of life. It is the fulfillment of our highest nature and destiny. Dharma has four main divisions: universal, human, social and personal.
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Good Conduct
What Is the Meaning Of Good Conduct?
Sloka 61: Good conduct is right thought, right speech and right action. It is good deeds in harmony with divine law. Just as a staff is used to more easily climb a mountain, so must virtue be used to support us in life.
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Noninjury
What Is the Great Virtue Called Ahimsa?
Sloka 66: Ahimsa means noninjury. It is the most important virtue in Hinduism. It is gentleness and nonviolence, whether physical, mental or emotional. It is not causing hurt or harm to all beings.
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Marriage
What Is the Basis for a Happy Marriage?
Sloka 76: A happy marriage is based on a mature love, not a romantic ideal of love. It requires selflessness and constant attention. A successful marriage is one which both partners work at making successful.
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Children
What Is the Fulfillment of a Marriage?
Sloka 81: Children are the greatest source of happiness in marriage. Householder life is rich and complete when sons and daughters are born. At this time, a marriage becomes a family, and a new generation begins.
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