Absolutely marvellous one. Enjoyed this one so much and such a coincidence that just this week, during my Mahabharatha narration session, this point was actually brought up- the conflation of the terms Dharma and religion. I am sharing this with everyone on my groups.
THis art "It is a node trying, in good faith, to discharge its obligations. And finding that two of them are pulling in opposite directions simultaneously. Both legitimate. Both real. Both making claims the node cannot ignore"- this is why a Bhagavad Geeta becomes necessary- not to help a warrior differentiate between adharma and dharma but to help him discern which Dharma takes precedence in THAT context.
Again, wonderfully articulated! Thank you so much for this post.
Thank you. And especially for sharing it with your groups; that means a lot to me. Nice coincidence that it surfaced in your narration session the same week. The Dharma/religion conflation seems to be one of those things almost everyone half-senses but very few can put into words.
That was the whole hope behind the compound noun test. Most people already know, somewhere, that Dharma isn't religion. What they lack is a clean way to show it. Once the intuition has a handle, it stops being vague.
So true. Like u said. most ppl KNOW this but sometimes they may not articulate it to themselves. One of the comments I got for this when I shared it is "Every point has been made with such precision".
Thank you, that's generous of them, and of you to pass it on. Precision is the part I work hardest at. I do multiple rounds of edits on each post, every pass sharpening the argument and dropping whatever isn't carrying weight. Glad it landed with your readers. 😊
Such a great read! I love how you’ve differentiated dharma and religion here. Thank you for writing this 🙏
Thank you for your support. wll do my best. 🙏
Absolutely marvellous one. Enjoyed this one so much and such a coincidence that just this week, during my Mahabharatha narration session, this point was actually brought up- the conflation of the terms Dharma and religion. I am sharing this with everyone on my groups.
THis art "It is a node trying, in good faith, to discharge its obligations. And finding that two of them are pulling in opposite directions simultaneously. Both legitimate. Both real. Both making claims the node cannot ignore"- this is why a Bhagavad Geeta becomes necessary- not to help a warrior differentiate between adharma and dharma but to help him discern which Dharma takes precedence in THAT context.
Again, wonderfully articulated! Thank you so much for this post.
Thank you. And especially for sharing it with your groups; that means a lot to me. Nice coincidence that it surfaced in your narration session the same week. The Dharma/religion conflation seems to be one of those things almost everyone half-senses but very few can put into words.
That was the whole hope behind the compound noun test. Most people already know, somewhere, that Dharma isn't religion. What they lack is a clean way to show it. Once the intuition has a handle, it stops being vague.
So true. Like u said. most ppl KNOW this but sometimes they may not articulate it to themselves. One of the comments I got for this when I shared it is "Every point has been made with such precision".
Thank you, that's generous of them, and of you to pass it on. Precision is the part I work hardest at. I do multiple rounds of edits on each post, every pass sharpening the argument and dropping whatever isn't carrying weight. Glad it landed with your readers. 😊