How can we ensure our Achara Dharma ie transient in nature to be in tune with Atma Dharma ie Permane

How can we ensure our Achara Dharma ie transient in nature to be in tune with Atma Dharma ie Permanent in Nature ? Is it a way too complex a process and the underlying threads, are they very subtle in Nature ?

Are the Ways of Achara Dharma, the practical rightfulness or righteousness like the practicalities of Sun rises and Sun sets, Heaven and Hell, Right and Wrong, Good and Bad, Life and Death, Veda and Vedanta are way too complex, changing and subtle to be in tune with the Real and Permanent Atma Dharma ie aiming Salvation, Moksha, Moha Kshaya, the Cessation of All desires, just like the Sun in the back ground that neither rises nor sets. Scriptures need to be studied deeper into understand the fine threads which perhaps, are not the case with most of the so called practitioners and followers in today's world. May be that also a Divine Art, Tatvamasi.

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Glimpses into some aspects of "What is Dharma ?", into the practicalities of Rightful Action

Ways of Achara Dharma, the practicalities of rightful deeds are so complex and

the underlying threads very subtle in nature to be in tune with the Highest

Righteousness, the Atma Dharma ie of "Moksha", the Moha Kshaya, Cessation of all

the desires ie Salvation. Sathya Sai Baba say,

Life + Desire = Man

Life - Desire = God

In assuaging the tastes and tendencies of desires (vasanas) with our perceived

limited abilities, it would be nice going thru some of glimpses of

Krishnavatara. While going thru these glimpses imagine for the time being Lord

Krishna to be a non - realised one just like any of us. And imagine what could

the light of Achara Dharma (the practical righteousness) ie creeping into us.

Here are some Glimpses from the book, Krishnavatara volumes from 1 to 8 written

by Kulapati K . M . Munshi and published by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Kulapati

K.M. Munshi Marg, Mumbai - 400 007. Perhaps the whole set of books costs around

Rs. 500 /-.

Sri. Munshi was a devottee of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba and Sai Baba is said

to have cured him of Paralysis. The whole 8 editions of Krishnavatara portrays

Lord Krishna as a Man, a Great Hero and it is a very inspiring version into the

life of Lord Krishna, may be a nice compiling of modern and ancient values.

Here is a link into Kulapati K. M. Munshi from wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.M._Munshi

So here goes a few glimpses from the third volume of Krishnavatara, The Five

Brothers, from the chapter "What is Dharma ?"

........ Krishna deeply appreciated the loving faith which his mother and wives

had in him and maintained his usual self-composure and his cheerful smile. At

heart, however, he was deeply perturbed. He had an insistent feeling about what

the true situation was. The Yadavas had proved a broken reed. The hope of

securing a swift triumph for Dharma, which he had conceived and planned, was

well - nigh gone .......

........ If the Five Brothers did not make their appearance on the stage of the

Swayamvara in a spectacular manner, as he had planned, they would sink as before

into helpless dependants of the Kuru royal family. The fratricidal conflict

might recommence - or nothing might happen at all - for Duryodhana would

completely dominate Hastinapura. In addition Jarasandha - the sworn enemy of the

Arya way of life - might carry away the Princess of Panchala. The pursuit of the

ways of Satya, Yajna and Tapas at ashrams of the rishis, on which Aryadharma

flourished, would wither away for want of protection and without

support.

The more he thought of the predicament, the more he felt that he had missed

something.........

........ He was led into a labyrinth of intricate puzzles. What was his Dharma

for which he was fighting ? And how could he protect it and inspire others with

it in every situation in face of the vast passions and weaknesses released by

man ?

It was a stormy night - rain, thunder, lightning, the sea lashing in giant waves

against the embarkment, the rain falling on the roof as if in a shower of rocks.

A cry suddenly tore the air : " What is Dharma ? " The cry shattered Krishna's

sleep and stirred his dream - world. "What is Dharma ?" - reverberated all over

the earth and in the heavens.

Scenes - vague, confused and shapeless - came before him. Men floated by,

rising, mingling and vanishing. Vrindavan with its leafy trees, grinning monkeys

and dancing peacocks. And he abandoned Radha, fresh like a kunda flower, whom he

loved as his life, to a lonely fate. Was this Dharma ?

The royal wrestling ground at Mathura. Men, women and children shouting,

straining their eyes, gesticulating. He was pounding the b'oody face of the

tyrant, Kamsa, dragging his dead body along the ground, the people hailing him

as a saviour. But he had killed his maternal uncle. Was that Dharma ?

Big Brother and himself were running away from Mathura, finding safety in

Gomantaka across the barren hills of Sahyadri. They were afraid of Jarasandha's

destroying Yadavas because of them. Was it cowardice ? Was it Dharma ?

At the foot of the Gomantaka Hill, Balarama was ready to smash Jarasandha's

skull. He intervened and stopped Big Brother's mace in mid career, and thus

saved the life of the emperor, the source of all adharma (non-righteousness) in

Aryavarta. - to the undoing of many righteous kings, the closing of numerous

homes of learning and piety, and the ruination of thousands of families. Was

that Dharma ?

On the outskirts of Kundinapura, He lifted Princess Rukmini into his chariot,

kidnapped her, inflicted wounds on her pursuing brother. The swayamvara became

an occasion for the gnashing of teeth and wailing of women. The heart of the

good natured Bhishmaka was broken. Rukmi (brother of Princess Rukmini) was

driven to self - imposed exile. Was that Dharma ?

Hastinapura. He threw his weight against Duryodhana struggling to right the

wrong done to him. He came in the way of karna, the unfortunate man, wronged by

his mother at the moment of his birth and by men, who braved his misfortunes

with noble fortitude, retrieving the gold of skill and status out of the dust by

sheer ability and character. Was that Dharma ?

The Palace of Kampilya. Drupada and his children opened their hearts to him. He

accepted their confidence, but refused to take the risk of fighting the Kurus,

planned a spectacular Swayamvara which was likely to end in complete failure.

Was that Dharma ?

Krishna shivered in his sleep. Opening his eyes he saw the loving eyes of

Rukmini fixed on him. He tried to smile and fell asleep ......

Again he saw men and women coming in endless processions, shouting, grimacing,

praying, wailing, talking of Dharma, waiting to know what it was, himself unable

to give a satisfying answer. He heard himself asking these men and women: " Do

you know Dharma ? "

"Yes", said one, "I know it." And he was a profit-mad skin-flint. He had the

face of Satrjit, but a little twisted and much more sinister. "I buy Dharma", he

said, "from the Brahmans (Priests), even from the gods. I feed my family. I

worship at the shrines. For I alone know how to gather riches and to give them."

"Your Dharma is the child of greed. I know you not", Krishna heard himself

saying, and let him pass by....

"I know Dharma," claimed another, marked by the emblems of sanctity. "I am

pious. I have shrunk from the ways of sin, never murdered, never stolen, never

whored. My way is the only righteous way."

"Your Dharma is the child of fear. I know you not," said Krishna and let him

pass by......

The third came, a dare-devil, "I know my Dharma," he said. " I have destroyed my

enemies, for whoever opposes me is of the seed of sin. I perform sacrifices,

give in charity and thereby my victory to the world. I feed the Brahmans

(Priests) and my praises are sung by them."

"Your Dharma is the child of vanity. I know you not," said Krishna and let him

pass by .....

Then there came before him one who was meek and resigned. "I know Dharma, no one

else does," he said. "It is humility. Unresisting, I suffer wrongs cheerfully. I

bear hunger, thrist, cold, even misfortune. That is the privilege of the meek in

spirit. Theirs is the glory of Dharma."

"Your Dharma is the child of slave mind which does not know the divinity within

him. I know you not", said Krishna and let him pass by.....

Then came another, sly as fox, and said; "I know my Dharma

...................................

.....................And yet another .......... "I know my Dharma. I do not care

what I do - I murder, steal, avenge. But I chant the glories of the Great God

and turn my sin into a song. I know, He will forgive me, however wicked I am. My

God is merciful." ..................

.............. " My dharma is not to resist evil. I shall suffer in silence and

shall inherit the kingdom of heaven. Let the wicked seek their foul destiny.

They are no concern of mine............

.......... "All Dharma is illusion. I eat, drink and enjoy myself as I like. My

body is my only shrine. The pleasure of the flesh are my rituals of worship.

Beyond them there is nothing; after me there is nothing."

"You are the child of demon. I shall never fogive you," said Krishna and in

disgust he turned his back on him......

Suddenly the procession vanished.

Krishna awoke, his heart pounding wildly. Then he smiled to himself. His dream

had told him how men looked upon Dharma.

He knew the Dharma of the rulers of men like Bhishma and Drupada. It was to

defend their people, to feed the starving, to

help the helpless, to foster learning, to uphold the ancient ways of godly

living.

He also knew the Dharma of the family. It created the beautiful bond which

Drupada had woven between himself and his children; it knit the five brothers

together so that they lived for each other and for their mother; it made Rukmini

and Shaibya part of him ; and led his Mother Devaki to see all in her child and

her child in all.

He also knew the Dharma of the Master, who lived only to understand all who came

to him with sympathy and who, by the love he bore them, inspired them to be

better than they were.

All this was Dharma, no doubt, But so also were the Dharmas of all those others

whom he had rejected. It gave each of them something noble to live by - ladders

built out of weakness of the heart so that they might climb to a higher Dharma,

always feeling better than before with each rung they climbed. Men were

differently made and each needed his own ladder. But for that they would have

been demons with smirking lips and a self-satisfied air, as that one in the

procession was, whose body was his shrine, and whose only rituals of worship

were the pleasures of the flesh.........

...... Whilst flashes illumined the room in which he lay, an inner light seem to

come to him as well. He saw clearly, distinctly - what he had been groping for

so long. Life - sinful, wretched, noble, inspiring - was one and indivisible. In

accepting the the mission of fighting for its ennoblement, he had embraced, not

a part of life, but the whole of it.

Unwittingly he had been struggling to fulfil the expectations of all - as a son,

as a friend, as a husband, as a brother, as a warrior, as a leader, as a

defender of the righteous way - at all times feeding the hunger of men and women

for someone to love, to cheer and to inspire ; and they had learnt to gauge the

excellence of other men by comparing them to him. This was the secret of why he

had moved many who, but for him, would have remained stagnant.

That was why, in their ecstasy at finding him what they had hungered for, many

had called him 'their' Govinda; others a redeemer; some .............

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SAI RAM

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If someone spends too much time trying to avoid negative thoughts they will not be able to cope with a negative situation.

I agree that it is likely better to try and find a good balance, but to fully avoid all negative thought is simply unnatrual to humans. Rather it is better to consider the negative and reflect upon it so that you can fully undersatnd it's existance and with that knowledge determine the best way to react towards the best outcome for all.

Bad things happen to good people, a prepared mind can handle any situation, and a skilled mind can turn all situations into hidden blessings.
Might there be some frequency and signature peculiar to the terms you use here that imports better than your native language can?

Dharma implies inclusivity, not exclusivity.

Hereto, is an example of attunement of Dharma. It is not something once or twice remove but rather that which is right where we are -- here and now.

If Dharma were something we absolutely had to know now, by your above example, we would have failed at finding out what this is given all the foreign turns given over to us in terms we cannot understand. See?

That is a stark case of what Dharma is not and should not be.

So for starters, Dharma conveys and does not confound.