Gandhi has set a standard in political life - the standard for political Mahatma. Those standards were needed at an extraordinary time. They are not useful for real politic. So we have the Mahatma which does not carry any glamour.....does not give any extra material benefits. A title which everybody swears by but do not aspire to be.
So is dharma. It is not mere moral living. If that be so, Arjuna's reasoning in Chapter 1 of the Gita appears to be absolutely right. Yudhishthir would not have been called 'Dharmarajan' even when he was knowingly losing everything in the game of dice.
The more powerful Bhim and Arjun would not have been towing their elder brother, Yudhishthir, if they hadn't seen him as Dharmarajan.
So, dharma is not an easy word to understand. There is no equivalent word in any other language. So being, all other Indian languages adopted the same.
So, how do we define dharma? We can't.
Hence the Indian psyche created a character. Called it Sri Ram.
Real test of dharma comes only in times of crisis.......many such crises were included in Ram's story.......called it Ramayan....which finally, gave us the definition of dharma.
Ramo vigrahavan dharma
Tailpiece.
Lekha had got up at 4 and was ready well before 6. She had accompanied Letha and Anand to do the puja at the Thirumaandhaamkunnu Devi kshethram. Aarcha stayed back as she was not ready to travel and to give me company. Before their departure, Lekha and I wished Maman many happy returns and wasn't he thrilled?
They returned by 1300 hrs and after a quick lunch, the three of them left for Kottarakkara.
So is dharma. It is not mere moral living. If that be so, Arjuna's reasoning in Chapter 1 of the Gita appears to be absolutely right. Yudhishthir would not have been called 'Dharmarajan' even when he was knowingly losing everything in the game of dice.
The more powerful Bhim and Arjun would not have been towing their elder brother, Yudhishthir, if they hadn't seen him as Dharmarajan.
So, dharma is not an easy word to understand. There is no equivalent word in any other language. So being, all other Indian languages adopted the same.
So, how do we define dharma? We can't.
Hence the Indian psyche created a character. Called it Sri Ram.
Real test of dharma comes only in times of crisis.......many such crises were included in Ram's story.......called it Ramayan....which finally, gave us the definition of dharma.
Ramo vigrahavan dharma
Tailpiece.
Lekha had got up at 4 and was ready well before 6. She had accompanied Letha and Anand to do the puja at the Thirumaandhaamkunnu Devi kshethram. Aarcha stayed back as she was not ready to travel and to give me company. Before their departure, Lekha and I wished Maman many happy returns and wasn't he thrilled?
They returned by 1300 hrs and after a quick lunch, the three of them left for Kottarakkara.
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