What is dharma..?
Dharma comes from the root "dhr", meaning "to hold " plus "man" suffix,Dharma is that which holds an entity together.
Which maintains its structural solidarity without which the entity could not even exists.It is t he essential nature of any entity.
The word "Dharma" signifies " property" .The english word for it is "nature"."characterstic or "property" .Th enature of fire is to burn or produce heat.Similarly the dharma or nature of human beings is to seek Bramha- the Supreme Blessedness.
Dharma doesn't mean any religion -The Hindu dharma,The Muslim dharma ,The christian dharma. They are sects.They are not Bhagavat dharma.The dharma is one and universe for all the human beings and it's name is Bhagavata dharma.It is never changeable according to time ,place and person.
"Brahadesana Pranidhanam ca dharmah"
To desire and run after the great is the dharma(fundamental characterstic) of humanity.It is teh charcterstic of human beings to desire the infinite .Everybody desires to be great nobody is satisfies with his/her present condition.This inherit tendency is Brahadesana .When a person develops an intense desire for the great and begins vigorously to peruse it ,this is Pranidhana .Dharma means fundamental charcterstics that which maintains the structural solidarity of an object without which its very existence is impossible.
According to our philosophy ,dharma is of two broad categories
1. Svabhavika dharma
2. Bhagavata dharma
Svabhavika dharma means that dharma by the performance of which physical integrity is maintained that is Ahara,Niidra, Bhaya and maethuna(eating,sleeping,survival and procreation).
2. Bhagavata dharma is that which differentiates human from non-human.
The object of both svabhavika dharma and bhagavat dharma is teh same to get sukham(pleasure) but in Savabhavika dharma the intensity of sukham is limited while in bhagvat dharma it is beyond any measure,it is ananta.
As a man thinks ,"Nalpe sukhamasti bhumaeva sukham".
One does not get infinite happiness form limited objects.One gets it only when something infinite.One can be satisfied with Bhagavat dharma alone.
Bhagavata dharma is quadrupted 1. Paramatha 2.Vistara 3.Rasa and 4.Seva.
When human are no longer satisfied with these four instincts (Ashara,Niidra,Bhagya and methuna) when they begin to realize that physical and mental objects can never satisfy their limitless thirst,then they begin to direct their vital energies in the search of the infinite.
Bhagavata Dharma is that which leads to Bhagaban towards the lord.
1.The first leg is beyond the scope of the microcosm.
2. The second leg in Vistara which means perpetual expansion beyond teh scope of all relative horizon.This jagat (world) is the expanded form of Vistara,that is karya bahvana.Vistara "Sarvabhutesu Visnor Vishvanudam jagat" -"The microcosm is to see Visnu everywhere in this universe".This is vistara.
3. Rasa means "flow". Human existence is a flow of the two ends of human existence at one nd there is Paramatmana or Paramarasa or Macrocosmic flow; at the other there is visayarasa or the flow of crude world.Now human existence is svarasa .In object of rasa sadhana is to merge the svarasa( entitative rhythm) into parama rasa( Macrocosmic rhythm).The conception of rasaliila has been derived from the idea of purusottama (nucleus Consciousness ) encircled by innumerable devotees(savarasas); each and every svarasa tries to become one with paramarasa Parama Purush or Purusottama.This is that is nown as 'rasalila' here the sadhakas will accept the divine wish as their own wish.They will pray " o lord let thy will be done not mine".
4. Seva (service) is of two types a) Vahyika(external) and b) Anatarika(internal).
The spirit of Vahyika Seva is the proper application of methodology and service to the creation ascertaining the nature of service required -shudrocita,Ksatriyocia,viprocita and vaeshyocita.
Antarika seva-the essence of antarika seva lies in the internal service of the Ista(Goal).During sadhana we often find that the mind runs away. Now the best way to catch the mind is to dhyana (meditation in which the psyche is directed towards consciousness).
