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# सामान्यधर्मः ॥ Samanyadharma : This deals with the ethical principles like truth, non-injury, non-stealing, etc., which are common duties of all beings. ''Manusmṛti'' (10.63) gives a list of five tenets; ''Arthaśāstra'' (1.3.13) mentions six tenets; ''Yajnavalkya Smṛti'' (1.122) mentions nine tenets; ''Mahābhāratam'' (12.60.7-8) also mentions nine tenets; ''Vāmana Purāṇa''(11.23-24) mentions fourteen tenets and ''Bhāgavatapurāṇa'' (7.11.8-12) mentions thirty tenets as ''sāmānyadharma'' that are applicable to every person.  ''Sāmānya'' ''dharma'' are universal principles applicable to all irrespective of their class, gender, or nationality. The five tenets mentioned in Manu are ''ahiṃsā'' (non-injury), ''satya'' (truth), ''asteya'' (non-stealing), ''indriya-nigraha'' (Sense-restraint) and ''śauca'' (Cleanliness). For a detailed discussion on ''sāmānya'' ''dharma'', See Sridhar, N (2015). Samanya Dharma and Spirituality. ''Prabuddha Bharata''. 120 (9)

# सामान्यधर्मः ॥ Samanyadharma : This deals with the ethical principles like truth, non-injury, non-stealing, etc., which are common duties of all beings. ''Manusmṛti'' (10.63) gives a list of five tenets; ''Arthaśāstra'' (1.3.13) mentions six tenets; ''Yajnavalkya Smṛti'' (1.122) mentions nine tenets; ''Mahābhāratam'' (12.60.7-8) also mentions nine tenets; ''Vāmana Purāṇa''(11.23-24) mentions fourteen tenets and ''Bhāgavatapurāṇa'' (7.11.8-12) mentions thirty tenets as ''sāmānyadharma'' that are applicable to every person.  ''Sāmānya'' ''dharma'' are universal principles applicable to all irrespective of their class, gender, or nationality. The five tenets mentioned in Manu are ''ahiṃsā'' (non-injury), ''satya'' (truth), ''asteya'' (non-stealing), ''indriya-nigraha'' (Sense-restraint) and ''śauca'' (Cleanliness). For a detailed discussion on ''sāmānya'' ''dharma'', See Sridhar, N (2015). Samanya Dharma and Spirituality. ''Prabuddha Bharata''. 120 (9)

# विशेषधर्मः ॥ Vishesha dharma : These are special duties, which are unique to every individual depending on the kala (time), desha (place), varṇa and ashrama. Among these different elements of vishesha dharma, it is the varṇa dharma along with ashrama dharma that caters to different stages in a person’s life, which can be considered as the most defining principles of svadharma or righteous duties with respect to an individual, since they alone cater to the unique temperaments, potential competencies, and inner calling of an individual.<ref>Nithin Sridhar, [http://indiafacts.org/varna-vyavastha-as-a-conceptual-social-order-that-facilitates-self-actualization/ Varṇa vyavastha as a conceptual social order that facilitates self-actualization], indiafacts.org</ref>

# विशेषधर्मः ॥ Vishesha dharma : These are special duties, which are unique to every individual depending on the kala (time), desha (place), varṇa and ashrama. Among these different elements of vishesha dharma, it is the varṇa dharma along with ashrama dharma that caters to different stages in a person’s life, which can be considered as the most defining principles of svadharma or righteous duties with respect to an individual, since they alone cater to the unique temperaments, potential competencies, and inner calling of an individual.<ref>Nithin Sridhar, [http://indiafacts.org/varna-vyavastha-as-a-conceptual-social-order-that-facilitates-self-actualization/ Varṇa vyavastha as a conceptual social order that facilitates self-actualization], indiafacts.org</ref>

Every religion has a generic form or Samanya-Rupa and a specific form or Visesha-Rupa. The general form remains eternally the same. It is never changed by any circumstance whatsoever. It is not affected at all by changes of time, place, surroundings and individual differences. This aspect of religion is called Sanatana or eternal. That which changes according to the change of time, place and surrounding circumstances is the external aspect or ritual, of Dharma. Samanya Dharma is the general Dharma or law for all men. Varnasrama Dharmas are special Dharmas which are to be practised by particular castes and by men in particular stages of life. The Samanya Dharmas must be practised by all, irrespective of distinctions of Varna and Asrama, creed or colour. Goodness is not the property of any one class, creed, sect or community. Every man should possess this virtue.<ref>Swami Sivananda (1999), [http://www.dlshq.org/download/hinduismbk.pdf All About Hinduism], Uttar Pradesh: The Divine Life Society.</ref>

Every religion has a generic form or Samanya-Rupa and a specific form or Visesha-Rupa. The general form remains eternally the same. It is never changed by any circumstance whatsoever. It is not affected at all by changes of time, place, surroundings and individual differences. This aspect of religion is called Sanatana or eternal. That which changes according to the change of time, place and surrounding circumstances is the external aspect or ritual, of Dharma. Samanya Dharma is the general Dharma or law for all men. Varnasrama Dharmas are special Dharmas which are to be practised by particular castes and by men in particular stages of life. The Samanya Dharmas must be practised by all, irrespective of distinctions of Varna and Asrama, creed or colour. Goodness is not the property of any one class, creed, sect or community. Every man should possess this virtue.

 

THE VISHNU SAMHITA enumerates forgiveness, truthfulness, control of the mind, purity, practice of charity, control of the senses, non-violence, service of the Guru, visiting places of pilgrimage, compassion, simplicity, absence of greed, worship of the gods and the Brahmanas, and absence of malice as the ingredients of Samanya Dharma, the general law for all men. <ref>Swami Sivananda (1999), [http://www.dlshq.org/download/hinduismbk.pdf All About Hinduism], Uttar Pradesh: The Divine Life Society.</ref>

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