Dharma is sometimes translated as religion,but that is not exactly its meaning. Dharma actually means that which one cannot give up, which is inseparable from oneself. There is nitya-dharma and anitya-dharma, eternaldharma and temporary dharma. Every living or noliving object around us , has its eternal nature or dharma. That nitya-dharma cannot be separated from the an object.
Srila Prabhupada gives an example: the warmth of fire is inseparable from fire. Therefore,warmth is the nitya or eternal dharma of fire. Another example is water. Liquidity is the eternal dharma of water. Sometimes if there is freezing cold then water turns into a block of frozen ice. But that is not its eternal dharma. The eternal dharma of water is liquidity. When the temperature rises again, it melts. The ice is temporary, anitya-dharma.
The body has its dharma, the mind has its dharma, and the soul has its dharma. Sense gratification is the dharma of the material body. The dharma of the mind is sankalpa and vikalpa, accepting something and rejecting something. Thinking, feeling, and willing is the dharma of the mind. We,living entities are soul,atman.We are neither body nor mind.
Dharma of the Soul
In chapter eighteen, verse sixty-six, Krishna has given His most concluding, confidential instruction in the Bahgavad Gita: sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam sharanam vraja i.e.“Abandon all varieties of dharma and just surrender unto Me.” That is the dharma of the soul, i.e atma-dharma. It is not the dharma of the body or the dharma of the mind. You are soul, and your eternal dharma is as a servant of God or Krishna,i.e.Krishna Dasa. If you donot become a servant of Krishna then you will be forced to become a servant of maya i.e.maya dasa.
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu said, jivera svarupa haya Krishnera nitya-dasa. As a jiva, your svarupa, your constitutional position, is as an eternal servant of Krishna. [Cc. madhya 20.108] This is parama-dharma, bhagavata-dharma, the eternal dharma of the soul.
It is not Hindu dharma or Muslim dharma, or dharma of the black or dharma of the white. It is not Australian dharma, American dharma, Japanese dharma, Chinese dharma, or Indian dharma. No.Dharma is one. Dharma is to become God's/Krishna’s servant and completely surrender unto His lotus feet.That is the only dharma. You may be Australian, African, Chinese, Japanese, or Indian,whatever . but you are all souls.
If society can understand what is real dharma, eternal dharma, then there will be no quarrelling on the matter. Everyone will be satisfied. But they donot try to understand this subject. Therefore quarrelling goes on in name of dharma/ religion.
As explained by SRI SRIMAD GOUR GOVINDA SWAMI MAHARAJA
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