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doing good!                                                  In a human body, legs help us to
                                                                  walk, hands help to work, and eyes will
    So, instead of doing good as per                            help you see. Each organ has its dharma.
    your psychological conditioning of the                      But overall they help sustaining a system
    concept of good, it would be better if you                  call human being.
    do something that enables at least
    humans to sustain in the world. For which                   We all have dharma to sustain the world
    you need to know the basic inherent                         we are living in. Dharma is not just duty, it

    nature in you.                                              is responsibility. Simply put, it's up to
                                                                humans to do their part to keep the world
                                                                operating smoothly. That means dharma
                                                                is both universal and circumstantial, or

                                                                personal. We have different dharma for
                                                                different people, in terms of geography,
                                                                race, sex and most importantly the
                                                                occupational duty.


                                                                Dharma has nothing to do with the
                                                                religion as we all generally think; it simply
                                                                means the “occupational responsibility" of
                                                                an individual. Dharma comes from the
    For instance, Sugar need to have                            root 'dhri' which means upkeep or sustain.
    sweetness. So sweetness is the factor                       In Sanskrit, "Dharyeti iti dharm" means
    that sustains sugar in this world. The                      rules that should be adopted for better
    inherent nature of water                                    life.
    is to flow. If water doesn't flow, it will
    become stagnant and will create                             Gods or no gods, dharma can exist.
    problems for surroundings. Can you                          Dharma doesn't end at a single

    imagine a Sun without light and heat?                       occupational duty. An individual has many
    There is a cosmic law or order of the                       roles. For example, a husband's dharma
    world or the course of things.
                                                                is to take care of your wife and make sure
    Everything and everybody in this world                      that all her needs are satisfied. You also
    has a righteous nature. You move away                       have to take care of your other roles as

    from that, you are done for. We can term                    son, father, uncle, brother etc. So,
    this inherent righteous nature in one                       everything - discharge of duties and
    single world - "Dharma".                                    responsibilities, upholding moral behavior
                                                                and following a true path - comes under
                                                                the umbrella of dharma.
    Like the dharma of sugar is sweetness
    and dharma of water is to flow.
                                                                 Krishna explains about Dharma: "A true
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