Realising And Practising Dharma in The Modern Context

Abstract

The term dharma can be analysed in multiple contexts. In the social context, the
term dharma refers to certain religions where religious communities are created. In this
context, India is considered as a multireligious country giving place to multivarious
religious people such as Hindu, Islam, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Jinas and so on. In spite
of all these religious communities secularism is its unique identity in the international
forum.
The second meaning of dharma is the characteristics or features of some characters or the
positional status of some personalities. This is a scientific outlook for example the
characteristic of the metal is its dharma such as lustre, ductile, density and so on. The
characteristic of a river is to flow down until it disappears into the sea.