YOUR DHARMA AND MINE

What is dharma? Why is this idea hailed as the greatest philosophical concept of India? What aspects of this dharma apply to everyone?Shataavadhani Dr. R Ganesh, one of India’s foremost Sanskrit scholars, paints a complete picture of dharma with clarity and brevity, drawing from many authoritative sources on Hinduism including the Vedas, Upanishads, Mahabharata, and Dharmashastras. Through the course of this book, he describes how dharma provides us with a perspective to appreciate the best in any religious or secular value system across time and place. It is the universal set that encompasses the greatest teachings of all possible philosophies.By the end, the reader will become aware of the magnanimity and magnificence of the ancient Indian way of thinking and will agree with the great seer Manu when he writes: Among all dharmas / the greatest is self-knowledge. / It leads to immortality. (Manusmriti 12.85)