There is only one Dharma. And that is to attain liberation or peace, to gain freedom from your bondages, to gain freedom from your inner chaos and noise, to gain freedom from your inner falseness. Gaining freedom from inner falseness is more commonly known as Truth realization. It is a euphemism—a very decorated euphemism. It’s not really Truth that is really realized; it is falseness that is dropped.
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Acharya Prashant: Dharma (religion) cannot be a plurality. Dharma cannot be many. And if there are many dharmas, then they all have to be dropped. This has to be understood.
There is only one Dharma. And that is to attain liberation or peace, to gain freedom from your bondages, to gain freedom from your inner chaos and noise, to gain freedom from your inner falseness. Gaining freedom from inner falseness is more commonly known as Truth realization. It is a euphemism—a very decorated euphemism. It’s not really Truth that is really realized; it is falseness that is dropped.
We cover ourselves with a thousand duties and responsibilities, ascribing to each of them the word – Dharma. That which you take upon yourself becomes your Dharma. Dharma is very closely related to the word ‘dhāraņa.' You appreciate dhāraņa, that which you take upon yourself, that which you wear.
So whatever you accept upon yourself becomes your Dharma – Whatever you accept upon yourself becomes your Dharma.
