RELG 252 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dharma, Jawaharlal Nehru, B. R. Ambedkar

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 252
• Professor: Andrea Marion Pinkney

Document Summary

Is a sanskrit word: has a dual heritage, a classical sanskrit heritage, and new one in modern indian heritage, dharma itself means to uphold , dharma is important in understand indic-civilization in all of its religions. It is translated in english often as religion but it actually means ethics, moral duty, justice. Samanya-dharma: universal ethics. (samanya = same, equal: 2. Visesa-dharma: special/unique ethics: these two dharma"s may complement but also conflict with one another, there are different codes of ethics for different kinds of people (priestly caste differs from widows, etc. ). Therefore, there are different kinds of dharma for difference kinds of people: one must find how to balance between these two dharma. Karma: comes from the root to do , things we do have consequences, which can go beyond a current lifetime, and may have. It means action influenced the circumstances of your current life.