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    Dharma is a central concept in Hinduism and other Indian religions that refers to religious and moral duties. The 4th century scholar Vātsyāyana explained Dharma and its opposite, Adharma, in terms of actions of the body, speech, and mind. Dharma involves charity, helping others, truthfulness, kindness, compassion, and faith, while Adharma involves violence, theft, lies, insults, envy, and denial of morality. Neither Dharma nor Adharma declare themselves as such, according to the Apastamba Dharmasutra.

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    Dharma is a central concept in Hinduism and other Indian religions that refers to religious and moral duties. The 4th century scholar Vātsyāyana explained Dharma and its opposite, Adharma, in terms of actions of the body, speech, and mind. Dharma involves charity, helping others, truthfulness, kindness, compassion, and faith, while Adharma involves violence, theft, lies, insults, envy, and denial of morality. Neither Dharma nor Adharma declare themselves as such, according to the Apastamba Dharmasutra.

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    Dharma is a central concept in Hinduism and other Indian religions that refers to religious and moral duties. The 4th century scholar Vātsyāyana explained Dharma and its opposite, Adharma, in terms of actions of the body, speech, and mind. Dharma involves charity, helping others, truthfulness, kindness, compassion, and faith, while Adharma involves violence, theft, lies, insults, envy, and denial of morality. Neither Dharma nor Adharma declare themselves as such, according to the Apastamba Dharmasutra.

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    Dharma is a concept of central importance in Indian philosophy

    and religion. Hinduism is essentially Sanatana Dharma. Dharma is


    a central concept in other religions too which originated in India.
    The 4th century scholar Vātsyāyana explained Dharma by contrasting it with
    Adharma:

    (1) Adharma of body: hinsa (violence), steya (steal, theft)


    (2) Dharma of body: dana (charity), paritrana (succor of the distressed) and
    paricarana (rendering service to others)
    (3) Adharma from words one speaks or writes: mithya (falsehood), parusa (caustic
    talk), sucana (calumny) and asambaddha (absurd talk)
    (4) Dharma from words one speaks or writes: satya (truth and facts), hitavacana
    (talking with good intention), priyavacana (gentle, kind talk), svadhyaya (self
    study)
    (5) Adharma of mind: paradroha (ill will to anyone), paradravyabhipsa
    (covetousness), nastikya (denial of the existence of morals and religiosity)
    (6) Dharma of mind: daya (compassion), asprha (disinterestedness), and sraddha
    (faith in others)
    Dharma and Adharma do not go around saying, "That is us."
    Neither do gods, nor gandharvas, nor ancestors declare what
    is Dharma and what is Adharma.

    — Apastamba Dharmasutra

    - Hymn 1.4.14 of Brhadaranyaka Upanishad

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