| Essence Of Hinduism |
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HINDU ETHICS |
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cultivation of virtues may merely imply a mechanical obedience to moral
commandments. This, of course, is necessary in the beginning, as rites and ceremonies are
necessary, and accordingly our law givers lay down the rules of Dharma in an apparently
dogmatic manner. But soon the moral man has to act for himself. He has to decide for
himself what is true, what is just and what is virtuous in the given circumstances. Rules
and precepts should no longer hamper him. When he has thus acquired a virtuous disposition, he becomes independent in his judgment and becomes a Dharmatma or a virtuous personality. A Dharmatma is a super standard of virtue than a Dharma - Sastra. The former is a living tree, the latter is only a dried fruit In the Taittiriya Upanishad a Rsi giving some parting advice to his pupil on the completion of his education says: - "If you should have any doubt concerning an act or a line of conduct, in such a case you should conduct yourself as teachers who are competent to judge, capable and devoted and who are not harsh lovers of virtue, conduct themselves." In fact, according to Hinduism, the guides of right conduct are
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