Religion and Dharma (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Religion and DharmaSome readers may wonder at the implied antithesis in the title between an English and a Sanskrit word which are frequently taken to be practically identical in meaning. D/zarma, however, is a word that to the Hindu has a larger and more complex significance than that of Religion as commonly used among us. It in cludes the whole social conception of law and conduct and worship. D/zarma is the force or principle that binds together, the union of traditional thought and faith, of common custom, loyalty, and understanding, that makes of society an organic or religious unity. This patience, this steadfastness, this sincerity, Sister N ivedita wrote, isdfiarma - the substance, the self-ness, of things and of men. 1 She preferred to translate the word as the National Righteousness, and on the whole perhaps that' is as close to an equivalent term in English as we may hope to achieve.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.