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    The document discusses conflicts that can arise between dharma (duty/righteousness) and bhakti (selfless love/devotion) and how the Ramayana provides examples of reconciling these two paths. It states that Rama embodies dharma, love, peace and effectiveness. As an incarnation of God, Rama overcame evil forces and inspired others by successfully balancing the mental, physical, casual and spiritual aspects of life, showing how to restore dharma on Earth through one's thoughts, actions and behaviors. The document concludes that Rama rationalizes the theory of dharma and enlightens humanity as its essence.

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    The document discusses conflicts that can arise between dharma (duty/righteousness) and bhakti (selfless love/devotion) and how the Ramayana provides examples of reconciling these two paths. It states that Rama embodies dharma, love, peace and effectiveness. As an incarnation of God, Rama overcame evil forces and inspired others by successfully balancing the mental, physical, casual and spiritual aspects of life, showing how to restore dharma on Earth through one's thoughts, actions and behaviors. The document concludes that Rama rationalizes the theory of dharma and enlightens humanity as its essence.

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    The document discusses conflicts that can arise between dharma (duty/righteousness) and bhakti (selfless love/devotion) and how the Ramayana provides examples of reconciling these two paths. It states that Rama embodies dharma, love, peace and effectiveness. As an incarnation of God, Rama overcame evil forces and inspired others by successfully balancing the mental, physical, casual and spiritual aspects of life, showing how to restore dharma on Earth through one's thoughts, actions and behaviors. The document concludes that Rama rationalizes the theory of dharma and enlightens humanity as its essence.

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    Conflicts in Svadharma

    Ever since civilization began we have been seeking happiness in our


    personal lives and harmony in the society around us. But in trying to do so,
    we sometimes face a conflict between love and duty, between following
    the path of selfless love and devotion (bhakti) and the path of duty based
    on truth and righteousness (dharma). Truth is the heart of the universe;
    Truth is eternal and not subject to time and space; Practicing truth in
    thought, speech, and action is the highest duty—dharma—and dharma is
    the only way to eternal peace and happiness.”

    In situations in which there seems to be a conflict between these two great


    spiritual laws, most of us would be hard-pressed to choose between them.
    History is rich with examples of those who have sacrificed their lives for
    dharma and those who have sacrificed their lives for the principle of love,
    even at the cost of renouncing their dharma. In situations in which there
    seems to be a conflict between these two great spiritual laws, most of us
    would be hard-pressed to choose between them. The episodes from the
    Ramayana shows that it is possible to reconcile the conflict between
    dharma and selfless love in a way that deepens our understanding of how
    to live a happy and spiritually fruitful life.

    The Bhagavad Gita accepts that there are no ultimate universal solutions and all
    solutions have their own defects. When the Lord incarnates as Rama or Krishna
    to establish dharma, He subjects himself to the pressure and limits of its rule
    caused by the exigencies of the various contexts when its supremacy is
    challenged. Adharma is its opposing partner always threatening to supersede it.

    The Ramayana shows the way to ideal living and how to restore “Dharma” on
    earth. Rama is the inner Self or Atma, the embodiment of love, peace and
    effectiveness, acting through the mind, body and senses of human being. Rama
    is also the embodiment of Dharma, of all codes of morality that hold mankind
    together in love and unity. His mind and behaviour are pure and steady, because
    he is the embodiment of the inner Self & all life-promoting universal values.
    Rama is the impersonate form of God. So, God impersonates in human
    experiences. He shows how to overcome the evil forces. His unique success in
    all spheres of life — mental & physical, casual & spiritual— has inspired
    people at large. Rama is a man of spirit and not of war. He symbolizes the
    embodiment of all moral values that a man of Dharma possesses and thereby
    support that “spiritualism is synonymous with universalism”. Rama is the
    rational reflection of the theory of “Dharma” that enlightens “Humanity” as its
    essence.

    Reference should be done to:

     Killing of Vali
     Banishment of Sita
     Arjuna while he refused to fight
     Arjuna killing his kiths and kins (Kshatriya)

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