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== Dharma Classification ==
 
== Dharma Classification ==
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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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 (7.104.12) says    <blockquote>सुविज्ञानं चिकितुषे जनाय सच्चासच्च वचसी पस्पृधाते । तयोर्यत्सत्यं यतरदृजीयस्तदित्सोमोऽवति हन्त्यासत् ॥१२॥</blockquote><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)
 
* Ashramas (Brahmachari, Grihastha, Vanaprastha, Sanyasi)Dharmas
 
* Ashramas (Brahmachari, Grihastha, Vanaprastha, Sanyasi)Dharmas
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# Srauta Dharmas
 
# Srauta Dharmas
 
# Smarta Dharmas
 
# Smarta Dharmas
Aptly, the dharmic paradigm encompasses<ref>Rajiv Malhotra. (2011) ''[[Being Different]]''</ref>
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Aptly, in modern thought processes, the dharmic paradigm encompasses<ref>Rajiv Malhotra. (2011) ''[[Being Different]]''</ref>
#integral principles of life ('''dharmik tattvajnana''')
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#integral unity ('''dharmik tattvajnana''')
 
#perspective of life ('''dharmik jeevan dristi''')
 
#perspective of life ('''dharmik jeevan dristi''')
 
#codes of conduct ('''dharmik vyavahar sutra''')
 
#codes of conduct ('''dharmik vyavahar sutra''')
 
#systems and structures ('''dharmik vyavastha''')
 
#systems and structures ('''dharmik vyavastha''')
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Some basic elements of the dharmik paradigm (dharmik tattvajnana)
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#Integral unity:
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##Ekoham bahusyamaha, Ekaki na ramate
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##Bhagavad Gita 3.10 and 3.11: saha yagyaha prajaha srustva, purovaca prajapatih.. & devan bhavaya tanena..
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##Bhagavad Gita 15.5: sarvasya chaaham hridi sannivishtaha
      
== Elements of the Dharmic Worldview ==
 
== Elements of the Dharmic Worldview ==

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