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== Dharma Classification ==
== Dharma Classification ==
Manifold are the topics that have been included under the Dharmasastra from very ancient times. Classification of dharma was primarily based on Shrutis (Vedic texts and rites) and Smritis (Classes and Stages of life). From very ancient times truth is exalted above everything else. Rig veda (7.104.2) says <blockquote>''"True speech and false speech run a race against each other. Soma protects out of the two what is true and what is very straight-forward and strikes down what is false."'' </blockquote>The conception of rta in the Rigveda is a sublime one and is the germ of the later doctrine of the rule of dharma. The Dharmasutras of Gautama, Baudhayana, Apastamba, and Vasishta deal in greater or less detail principally the following subjects:
Manifold are the topics that have been included under the Dharmasastra from very ancient times. From very ancient times '''''Truth''''' is exalted above everything else. Rig veda (7.104.2) says <blockquote>''"True speech and false speech run a race against each other. Soma protects out of the two what is true and what is very straight-forward and strikes down what is false."'' </blockquote>The conception of rta in the Rigveda is a sublime one and is the germ of the later doctrine of the rule of dharma. The Dharmasutras of Gautama, Baudhayana, Apastamba, and Vasishta deal in greater or less detail principally the following subjects:
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* Varna dharma (four classes)
* Varna dharma (four classes)
* Prayaschitta(sins and how to expiate them)
* Prayaschitta(sins and how to expiate them)
* Karmavipaka (results of evil deeds in past lives)
* Karmavipaka (results of evil deeds in past lives)
* Shanti prakriya(rites for propitiating planets)}}
* Shanti prakriya(rites for propitiating planets)}}From the above list it can be understood that the concept of Dharma is a far reaching one, embracing the whole life of man. The propounders of Dharmasastra meant by Dharma not a creed or religion but a mode of life or a code of conduct, which regulated a man's work and activities as a member of society and as an individual. Dharma was intended to bring about the gradual development of a man and enable him to reach what was deemed to be the goal of human existence. From this standpoint various divisions of dharma were suggested. Classification of dharma was primarily based on Shrutis (Vedic texts and rites) and Smritis (Classes and Stages of life), thus exist
# Srauta Dharmas
#dharmik perspective of life ('''dharmik jeevan dristi''')
# Smarta Dharmas
#dharmik codes of conduct ('''dharmik vyavahar sutra''')
Aptly, the dharmic paradigm encompasses<ref>Rajiv Malhotra. (2011) ''[[Being Different]]''</ref>
#dharmik structures ('''dharmik vyavastha''')
#integral principles of life ('''dharmik tattvajnana''')
#perspective of life ('''dharmik jeevan dristi''')
#codes of conduct ('''dharmik vyavahar sutra''')
#systems and structures ('''dharmik vyavastha''')
Some basic elements of the dharmik paradigm (dharmik tattvajnana or dharmik pratiman) [Major reference: Being Different of Shri Rajiv Malhotra: [http://beingdifferentbook.com/] ]
Some basic elements of the dharmik paradigm (dharmik tattvajnana)
#Integral unity:
#Integral unity:
##Ekoham bahusyamaha, Ekaki na ramate
##Ekoham bahusyamaha, Ekaki na ramate
== Code of conduct (Dharmik vyavahar sutra) ==
== Code of conduct (Dharmik vyavahar sutra) ==
Some elements of the dharmik codes of conduct that (dharmik vyavahar sutra) that are aligned with such a dharmik perspective of life.
Some elements of the dharmik codes of conduct that (dharmik vyavahar sutra) that are aligned with such a dharmik perspective of life.
#Sarve bhavantu sukhinaha [Somebody may think this is impractical. Swami Vivekananda however said. It is unfortunate when man tries to idealize reality instead of realizing ideals]
#Sarve bhavantu sukhinaha [Somebody may think this is impractical. Swami Vivekananda however said. It is unfortunate when man tries to idealize reality instead of realizing ideals]
#Vasudaiva Kutumbakam
#Vasudaiva Kutumbakam
Some elements of the dharmik structures ('''dharmik vyavastha''') that are meant to support and facilitate the dharmik codes of conduct.
Some elements of the dharmik structures ('''dharmik vyavastha''') that are meant to support and facilitate the dharmik codes of conduct.
#Varna and Ashrama: The grouping of life-sustaining professions, giving them a place, a meaning and divine ordainment, as steps appropriate for the law of evolution. It is not caste in its corrupt form and grasp: This is ‘varna’ – a minimum description of units in society and its dignified vocations such as discovery of knowledge, dissemination and preservation. It also include protection of social and national integrity, smooth functioning of vocations, preservation from internal or external aggressions or grabbings and confusions, vocation of circulation of essential commodities, their production, preservation and distribution; and the varieties of labor involved in all this inter-related smooth running of society. ‘Ashram’ is the concept of human evolution from bachelorship, devoted earning of knowledge or proficient in vocation through householdership, asceticism and renunciation in gradually evolving steps.
#Varna and Ashrama: The grouping of life-sustaining professions, giving them a place, a meaning and divine ordainment, as steps appropriate for the law of evolution. It is not caste in its corrupt form and grasp: This is ‘varna’ – a minimum description of units in society and its dignified vocations such as discovery of knowledge, dissemination and preservation. It also include protection of social and national integrity, smooth functioning of vocations, preservation from internal or external aggressions or grabbings and confusions, vocation of circulation of essential commodities, their production, preservation and distribution; and the varieties of labor involved in all this inter-related smooth running of society. ‘Ashram’ is the concept of human evolution from bachelorship, devoted earning of knowledge or proficient in vocation through householdership, asceticism and renunciation in gradually evolving steps.
#'''Yajnya''': The law or principle of self-offering, self-causation, the law of life’s self-preservation, the law of self-continuity, and the law of Becoming leading to Beinghood or Immortality
#'''Yajya''': The law or principle of self-offering, self-causation, the law of life’s self-preservation, the law of self-continuity, and the law of Becoming leading to Beinghood or Immortality
#Sannyasa: Renunciation of all that is not conducive to this evolution, and not merely ‘asceticism’, for its own sake; or abandonment of unavoidable duties appropriate to contexts, professions, and personalities upholding society manifoldly; it is not a negation of life or unhealthy withdrawal from life which tantamounts to escapism. Positively it means giving more to the society than taking. And depositing one’s all in God, and worshipping as His agent, refraining from selfishness or attachment to fruits of appointed duties. It is an attitude of life for all and throughout life.
#Sannyasa: Renunciation of all that is not conducive to this evolution, and not merely ‘asceticism’, for its own sake; or abandonment of unavoidable duties appropriate to contexts, professions, and personalities upholding society manifoldly; it is not a negation of life or unhealthy withdrawal from life which tantamounts to escapism. Positively it means giving more to the society than taking. And depositing one’s all in God, and worshipping as His agent, refraining from selfishness or attachment to fruits of appointed duties. It is an attitude of life for all and throughout life.
#Three-fold Yoga: Man can attain God by a Yoga in three steps of Action, Knowledge and Devotion, while in this life, and practice his vocation in his own field of action and stage of spiritual evolution. Yoga is not an abnormal activity away from outside its legitimate scheme or sphere. The three-fold yoga consists of
#Three-fold Yoga: Man can attain God by a Yoga in three steps of Action, Knowledge and Devotion, while in this life, and practice his vocation in his own field of action and stage of spiritual evolution. Yoga is not an abnormal activity away from outside its legitimate scheme or sphere. The three-fold yoga consists of