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THE TWO-FOLD PURPOSE OF DHARMA
OR RELIGION
Every religion or Dharma aims at establishing amity and concord in the world. In fact, religion is the balanced out-look and harmonious way of life which leads to Divinity, perfection, omniscience and the bliss of beatitude.
Dharma, if rightly understood and properly practised, has a two fold purpose. The first is the betterment of the individual by helping him to subdue and rise above all animal instincts aud the second is the sustaining of a moral balance in society. Each of us is always working and struggling under some stress or strain, both internal and external. Attachment, aversion, infatuation and greed give rise to internal pressure. If a proper equilibrium is not maintained in regard to those pressures, a person becomes unhappy and reacts unfavourably towards all those with whom he comes in contact. Therefore the practice of Dharma or religion helps an individual to build himself upto a balanced person who proves himself a worthy citizen. If all citizens were to develop themselves in this manner, society would be of an ideal type or utopia.
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