Dharma
Dharma is the most consequential untranslatable in all of Indian thought — and the failure to translate it is itself the point. It is not “religion,” not “duty,” not “righteousness,” though it encompasses all of these. Dharma is the structural principle by which any system — a person, a family, a kingdom, a civilization — maintains its integrity and fulfills its purpose across time. It operates at multiple scales simultaneously: the dharma of a river is to flow, of a king to protect, of a civilization to transmit wisdom. What makes Bodha’s engagement with dharma distinctive is the insistence that it is not merely an ethical concept but a civilizational engineering principle — the question of what institutional arrangements allow a society to remain in alignment with its deepest nature across generations.
Wiki Pages
- [[sanatana-dharma-and-metaphysics]] — Sanatana Dharma and Metaphysics
- [[hindu-festivals-and-culture]] — Hindu Festivals and Culture
- [[bodha-and-its-mission]] — Bodha and Its Mission
- [[purva-paksha-research]] — Purva Paksha Research
Source Files
Big Questions
- What is the Core of Sanatana Dharma?
- What Hindu Institution Will Generate All Others?
- Is Modernity Compatible With Hindu Values?
- Does India Need Another Republic?
- What Will Save Sanatana Dharma?
Schools of Thought
Research Projects
Blog Articles
- Ahoi Aṣtamī – How Hindu Dharma Teaches Deep Ecology through Festivals
- Bodha, the Pyramid of Priorities and the Nature of Hindu Organizations
- Culture and Warfare - Finding Balance Through Dharma
- A Dharmika Frame for Sustainability and Technology
- The Dhārmika Gene
- Svayambodha and Śatrubodha - Two Wheels of Civilization
- Towards Dharma-centric Polity - Lokmanya Tilak and the Universalization of Gaṇeśa Utsava
Associated Books
- History of Dharmashastras Vol 1 (PV Kane)
history-of-dharmashastras-vol-1— Reference study of dharmashastra literature, sources of dharma, and the historical formation of legal-ritual norms. - History of Dharmashastras Vol 2 Part 1 (PV Kane)
history-of-dharmashastras-vol-2-part-1— Reference study of dharmashastra literature with focus on ritual, samskara, and normative practice. - History of Dharmashastras Vol 2 Part 2 (PV Kane)
history-of-dharmashastras-vol-2-part-2— Reference study of dharmashastra literature continuing discussion of rites, duties, and normative institutions. - History of Dharmashastras Vol 3 (PV Kane)
history-of-dharmashastras-vol-3— Reference study of dharmashastra themes including social duties, legal procedure, and normative ordering. - History of Dharmashastras Vol 4 (PV Kane)
history-of-dharmashastras-vol-4— Reference study of dharmashastra themes with detailed treatment of law, custom, and social institutions. - History of Dharmashastras Vol 5 Part 1 (PV Kane)
history-of-dharmashastras-vol-5-part-1— Reference study of later dharmashastra topics, jurisprudence, and social-religious regulation. - History of Dharmashastras Vol 5 Part 2 (PV Kane)
history-of-dharmashastras-vol-5-part-2— Reference study completing the dharmashastra series with later legal and ritual materials. - Hindu Dharma (S. Radhakrishnan)
hindu-dharma— General account of Hindu dharma, its philosophical foundations, social vision, and practical disciplines. - Hindu Dharma Radhakrishnan (S. Radhakrishnan)
hindu-dharma-radhakrishnan— Essay by S. Radhakrishnan presenting Hindu dharma as a living, adaptive, and philosophically grounded religious tradition. - Arthashastra (Kautilya)
arthashastra— Classical treatise on statecraft, administration, diplomacy, economy, espionage, and royal governance.
Related Concepts
- Sanatana Dharma — Dharma as eternal cosmic principle is the core of Sanatana Dharma
- Karma — Karma is dharma in motion — action and consequence as the operating mechanism of cosmic order
- Svayambodha — Self-knowledge is the precondition for living in alignment with one’s own dharma