According to Vedas,when a person is born he/she is committed to complete his life based on Dharma (Individual obligation with respect to caste, social custom, civil law, and sacred law) and Karma (The total effect of a person's actions and conduct during the successive phases of the person's existence, regarded as determining the person's destiny). Do you believe this ?If so whats your comment on this principle.
2007-02-10 20:21:41 · 7 answers · asked by creative 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The normal Vedic process gradually gives the followers the four purusharthas, goals in life, ultimately culminating in Bhakti.
1. Dharma-performing religious principles
2. Artha-economic development
3. Kama-sense gratification
4. Moksha-liberation
5. Bhakti-devotional service.
Dharma is indeed obligations to parents, society, sages, demigods, forefathers etc...
But if in takes up the process of Bhakti, one is relieved of all the obligations as mentioned in Srimad Bhagavatam(11.5.41)
"Anyone who has taken shelter of the lotus feet of Mukunda, the giver of liberation, giving up all kinds of obligation, and has taken to the path in all seriousness, owes neither duties nor obligations to the demigods, sages, general living entities, family members, humankind or forefathers."
What you said about Karma (The total effect of a person's actions and conduct during the successive phases of the person's existence, regarded as determining the person's destiny) is very much true.
But it should be added that Lord Sri Krishna says in the Bhagavad-gita, fourth chapter, that even the intelligent are bewildered in determining what is action and what is inaction and the intricacies of action are very hard to understand. Therefore one should know properly what action is, what forbidden action is, and what inaction is.
1.Karma-actions prescribed in the vedas,pious.
2.Vikarma-forbidden actions unauthorized in the vedas, impious.
3.Akarma- action without reaction to work, transcendental activities in Krishna consciousness which promotes one back to the spiritual world where one originally came from.
Both karma and vikarma binds one in the material world implicating one in temporary happiness and suffering.
Akarma, devotional service to Krishna frees one from the bodage of material world and situates one in one's original constitutional position of rendering transcendental loving devotional service to the Lord.
2007-02-11 13:45:33 · answer #1 · answered by Gaura 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a Buddhist my answer is Yes.
My comments are that although I agree that a person should commit their life to the Dharma I must disagree when the Dharma is used as referenced to caste and sacred Law, it may be that your sect may use these terms differently to my own Theravada tradition which has no references to any such "Sacred Law" and caste is irrelevant to my sect, as to the Dharma there is no "must do this" requirement involved, rather it is the individual's responsibility to understand this need or not as their understanding has evolved, following the Path is seen as a Universal undertaking not just a Buddhist one and some non Buddhists follow the Path with no training at all, but seem to have a unique understanding of the Teaching anyway.
A good question.
Peace from a Buddhist
2007-02-11 01:26:16 · answer #2 · answered by Gaz 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is true, but sacred lore (not law) has nothing to do with caste, social custom or civil law. These things have been added to the original concept for purposes of control...... like so many basic religious philosophies have been altered or tampered with or "misinterpreted" to align with someones "agenda".
This alteration of the meaning of words sacred lore has twisted the plot.......so to speak.
2007-02-11 03:53:55 · answer #3 · answered by thetaalways 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was all made up you know. Interesting comment on caste, social custom, civil law, and sacred law which basically translates as "Do as you are told by your Lords and Masters. Don't think for yourself".
Religion is about oppression.
2007-02-10 20:29:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dharma isn't faith as according to hindu philosophy. truly we dont have a be conscious for religions we've dharma, adhyatma, sampradaya etc...comparable is with buddhists and jains secondly "love can triumph over Karma"... is truly complicated. Even God does nto interefere into karma and all which contain his very own incarnations would desire to undergo results of karma. So Love can no longer win Karma...Karma can in basic terms be nullified via complicated penance, or via recent technique the end results of them. Linda Goodman knows no longer something approximately karma... that is in basic terms new age spirituality element. in basic terms as an occasion.. assume you enjoyed somebody with plenty intensity...and you needed to marry him...yet planet have been against that marriage... do you think of love would desire to alter the planet and you may desire to marry the guy you enjoyed so deeply.. purely an occasion, no longer something very own !! mom and dad love their infants ...that too deep and organic love.. and young infants die.... why the planets would desire to no longer be stopped via love ?...yet another occasion. I lost my very own niece of sixteen years even with all my love for her.. .and all my prayers to God. (right here planets are no longer something yet a coded language of our previous karma...which we examine with the aid of panetary place)
2016-09-28 23:03:45 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in Karma...dharma nah...
2007-02-10 20:26:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes it is absolutely true.
2007-02-10 20:24:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋