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Practice of Dharma leads to the perfect realisation of essential unity or the final end, the highest good, namely, Moksha. The practitioner experiences peace, joy, strength and tranquility within himself. His life becomes thoroughly disciplined. His powers and capacities are exceedingly intensified. He realises that there is one underlying homogeneous essence, a living truth, behind these names and forms. He is transmuted into divinity. His whole nature gets transformed. He becomes one with the Eternal. He beholds Brahman above, Brahman below, Brahman to the right, Brahman to the left, Brahman in front, Brahman at the back, Brahman within, Brahman without and Brahman pervading the whole world.<ref name=":4" />

Practice of Dharma leads to the perfect realisation of essential unity or the final end, the highest good, namely, Moksha. The practitioner experiences peace, joy, strength and tranquility within himself. His life becomes thoroughly disciplined. His powers and capacities are exceedingly intensified. He realises that there is one underlying homogeneous essence, a living truth, behind these names and forms. He is transmuted into divinity. His whole nature gets transformed. He becomes one with the Eternal. He beholds Brahman above, Brahman below, Brahman to the right, Brahman to the left, Brahman in front, Brahman at the back, Brahman within, Brahman without and Brahman pervading the whole world.<ref name=":4" />

== Dharma as a Global Ethic ==

== Dharma as a Global Ethic ==

The eternal validity of the values based on Dharma, has to be accepted by the entire world if the human race is to be saved from total destruction, is established by the initial declaration {Towards Global Ethic) made at the Parliament of the World's Religions from August 28 to September 5,1993. at Chicago, to coincide with the centenary of Swamy Vivekananda 's Chicago Address. The declaration is signed by as many as 160 persons belonging to world religions and also those who represented Dharma. It incorporates values, which are all part of "Dharma" from times immemorial.  

The initial declaration towards global ethic made at the Parliament of the World's Religions from August 28 to September 5, 1993 at Chicago to coincide with the centenary of Swami Vivekananda's Chicago address, that is signed by as many as 160 people belonging to world religions incorporates values which are all part of 'Dharma' from times immemorial. A comparison of the values declared as part of the Global Ethic and the corresponding rules of Dharma at once indicates that they are one and the same. They are, 

A comparison of the values declared as part of the Global Ethic and the corresponding rules of Dharma at once indicates that they are one and the same. They are :

(b) We must speak and act truthfully - we must not steal

1. We must treat others as : atmavat sarvabhutanam we wish others to treat us

(c) We must move beyond the dominance of greed for power, money, prestige, consumption

2. We consider humankind : Vasudhaiva our family Kutumbakam

(d) We must not commit any sexual immorality

4. (a) We must commit to Ahimsasatyam- a culture of non violence asteyam  

satyam-asteyam

(b) We must speak and Shoucham act truthfully -we must not steal indriyanigraha,

indriyanigraha

Parityajedartha Kamou Yau Syatam Dharma Varjitau

 

(d) We must not commit Parityajedartha any sexual immorality Kamou Yau Syatam Dharma Varjitau  

In fact, all these were declared as "Dharma" long ago in texts like the Mahabharata.

 

All these were declared as "Dharma" five thousand years ago in Mahabharata Shantiparva 60- 7 -8 (See Ch. II).

We have some thing more viz., in the form of a directive to a student at the culmination of their higher education, to treat his mother as God, treat his father and teacher as God, Don't indulge in acts which are forbidden (Vide Taittreeya Samhita) and also to treat every woman other than the wife as equal to mother" is part of the directive. The values of life found or laid down in any religious texts could supplement those values.  

We have some thing more viz., in the form of a directive to a student at the culmination of their higher education, to treat his mother as God, treat his father and teacher as God, Don't indulge in acts which are forbidden (Vide Taittreeya Samhita) and also to treat every woman other than the wife as equal to mother" is part of the directive. The values of life found or laid down in any religious texts could supplement those values.