Dharma

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Crime and criminals are looked upon with hatred by all Sections of the people in a society since the early years of civilization, study and research of the law of crimes had always been an attractive branch of jurisprudence. Whenever people organized themselves into groups the rules to regulate the behavior of the members of that group has been felt. And where there are rules its infractions is inevitable and there lies the necessity to devise ways to curb such…

Buddha, Hume, and Mill are the night and day of philosophical theorists. Buddha offers thoughts about consequentialism while Hume teaches sentimentalism. Mill's philosophy about utilitarianism contrasts Hume's sentimentalist theory. The order Buddha, Hume, and Mill is presented diagrams an obscure theory between virtue ethics and utilitarianism. While reviewing these philosophical theorists, they may be considered the yin and yang of philosophical studies. The man named Siddhartha Gautama (or…

Women only seem to appear if they have ever caused trouble. According to Confucianism women had to respond to the needs of their closely related men. Women also had to obey their husband and their grown sons. A lot of women did not have names. Women really had no legal rights. The social class structurein ancient China was very important. Chinese people believed that people were expected to behave according to their social position. This belief was reinforced by the Chinese philosopher Confucius…

became known as the Buddha, or the “awakened one”. Buddha began the wheel of teaching. Rather than revolving around the worshipping gods or deities, Buddhism revolves around the timeless importance of the teachings of the Buddha, also known as the dharma. Buddhists hope to reach a state of nirvana by following the path of the Buddha. Buddhists believe this path to Enlightenment is guided through the practice and development of meditation, morality, and…

In the epic Ramayana, the author Valmiki portrays the complexity and intensity of relationships between man and a woman. By examining the relationship between Rama and Sita, we can find many similarities and differences in men’s and women’s role in relationship in ancient India vs our modern society. Valmiki depicts Sita as a symbol of unconditional love and commitment. The word love can be interpret as an emotion by a strong feeling of interpersonal attraction, love that transcend to…

Buddhism Siddhartha Gautama was a prince of a small kingdom in northeastern India. Siddhartha lived a life of luxury and pleasure, guarded from ugliness and sadness and was always surrounded by beautiful people and objects. He had everything, but he wanted to see what he was being guarded from. When he was 29 years old, Siddhartha escaped his palace to see the world outside. He left his wife and baby son behind and began the Great Renunciation. He cut his hair off and changed his nice, royalty…

The dawning of the early second to seventh century C.E. is when the universal form of religion originated; these two beliefs, Buddhism and Christianity, captured a worldwide code of ethics and followers due to many mediums. Both beliefs grew with vast similarities and differences while possessing extraordinary advantages like writing and influential people like the Roman Emperor Constantine and the great Ashoka. Their similarities begin with the minor basis of religion and main purpose: being…

When Hinduism fell into the blackhole of irrationalism, caste system, untouchability and illiteracy, Sree Chaitnya’s concept of humanism brought in a fresh air for the salvation of the downtrodden. The authentic knowledge of the ‘sastryas’ (scriptures) and the emotion of devotion of Sree Chaitanya penetrated the Bengali mind deeply. The writers in Bengal, later on, were profusely influenced by this concept of humanism. Bamkim Chandra Chattapadhaya, Sarat Chandra Chattapadhaya, Rabindranath…

religion(manav dharma) and the one and only caste is human caste(manav jat). In this human temple, human being is the only God. Discrimination of humanity is not mentioned in any religious scriptures. It is just created by human beings.As the abhanga goes, “Je ka rnjale ganjale, tyasi mhane jo aapule, tochi sadhu olkhawa, deo tethechi janawa” (One who considers the distressed and the suppressed as their own,he is tobe known as Sadhu and God gets in him). Gadge Baba would convince people to…

Emptiness can be properly seen through the understanding of Nāgārjuna’s the Perfection of Wisdom, for it proclaims that all things are truly empty. Nāgārjuna wrote the Mūlamadhyama-kakārikā, which gives the foundation to the Indian Buddhist sector of Madhyamaka in philosophical terms. His analysis in philosophy conveys his main views that all things are empty (śūnya) or devoid intrinsic nature (svabhāva). Nāgārjuna’s point in his writings is to prove that there is more to the primary Buddhist…