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Vineet V
@indicexplorer · 4:25

Can Dharma still be relevant for the modern world

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When the history of mankind started a few lakh years ago, the most natural way of human beings expressing their relationship with their creator, with nature, was through pagan polytech traditions, animistic traditions which were largely linked with the environment where people worshiped multiple gods, which was rooted in the land, in the soil that they lived in. And Hinduism is that one tradition, a Dharmic tradition that has been the longest continuous surviving pagan civilization

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Vineet V
@indicexplorer · 4:29

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I think that is where the difference is, and I think that is a positive side of this. So obviously, change, which is transformative, like in the Western world, there will be fast paced innovation, things will move really fast, and this elephant based change would see slower movement in terms of economic or cultural growth. But it will also help avoid the extremes, because certain extreme ideologies can enter
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Avi Chand
@avichand · 3:46

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We are gradually assimilating modernity, and we have not shifted away or we have not moved away from the collective to individual. Merit is definitely respected in India, but we have not abandoned the collective. We still very much value our customs and traditions. And Dharma is nothing but follow the customs and traditions to live your life. Follow the customs and traditions laid out by your religion to live life. We have not abandoned that because we really respect and value our past
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Meera Gopalakrishnan
@mira.gopal · 2:10

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I would say Dharma is still relevant for the modern world, because in every yoga it said that Dharma is relevant, but it is. The question is how you you take it. Do you take Dharma as a religion or Dharma as the right knowledge if you take it as religion? I'm not sure whether religion is still relevant today. Maybe it is relevant now, but going forward, will it be relevant anymore?
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Sreeja V
@Wordsmith · 2:56
The definition of Dharma is something that, you know, has been debated over a long period of time. And within Hinduism there are so many schools of thought, but I think one one thing remains unchanged. For example, if you look at Krakrity, which is nature, nature is fulfilling its narma day in, day out, right? You have the sun rising every morning, you have the earth rotating, the seasons setting in. The ecosystem around us seems to be working
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Binati Sheth
@Binati_Sheth · 4:59

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It just has to exist between the person and whoever it is that they're choosing to put their faith in, right? One argument that I've always had with people who bring it up, that religion needs to have a name, and I do believe it doesn't. Religion, spirituality, these are very personal concepts, and who a person chooses to put faith in completely up to them. And from what I see, the modern world has found things that they put faith in
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Binati Sheth
@Binati_Sheth · 3:58

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As you trace every single religion down to its very core, you will see so many amendments brought on by things like time document was lost, thing was not translated properly and then original document was lost, or the new invaders that came in didn't really preserve the documents as is and they changed certain things per their convenience and whatnot. So I think this is a common phenomena that we will see forever. And I think a reference that you might enjoy. It's a fictional book
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Nitin Shukla
@njs · 1:56
I think it's a great question that you have put across, but here we would first need to understand what is Dharma in the context of the Sanator culture. I'm not calling it deliberately Hinduism because then in sanatan it's Hinduism. Janism. Buddhism, sikhism. And what is Hinduism? Hinduism is a part of San Antonio culture. In Dharma is duty. So what is your duty is what you need to understand
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Dr Sp Mishra
@ICareerCentre · 0:52
I will eat. Very interesting post and I think lot of very, very interesting comments by lot of earlier speakers. In my opinion, Dharma has nothing to do with religion, irrespective of any religion. Dharma is about doing the right thing. And this was true even before all the religions came into existence. And this will remain true forever beyond many centuries ahead of us. So doing the right thing is that has nothing to do with any religion. So that's my opinion
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