Dharma
bridges the temporal and the spiritual.
The supreme aim of Social order is to train human beings to attain a state of complete
freedom from all bondage including the
shackles of the human body, and of supreme everlasting happiness unmixed with any misery
or suffering. Yet, it is not divorced from temporal ends for a development of social
conditions, which will enable every individual to attain a high standard of moral,
material and intellectual life, which will be in harmony with the good and peace of all
and will be consistent with the dignity and liberty of the human personality. The pursuit of these four purusharthas must be based on the fundamental
principles of truth. ahimsa and compassion for all, self-sacrifice and self control. The
great message and the clarion call of the sages of the Upanishad to mankind is summed up
in three words each beginning with the letter "Da", namely "Dana, Daya
and Dama". beautiful story is told in the
Upanishad. Once upon a time the devas, manushyas and Rakshasas approached Prajapati for
advice. He vanished from their presence and there was only a peal of thunder, similar to
the sound "Da, Da, Da". |
