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Again, let us consider another situation: A doctor has advised a sick child to stay away from certain kinds of foods. The child, of course, does not understand the need for such restrictions and desires to continue eating the same foods. By eating the same foods, the child's sickness may get worsen. The mother tells the child that the particular food is not in the house, and that she will give it to him when she goes to the market. In this case, the mother's false speech protects the life of the child. And once again we have a paradoxical example: a non-truth fulfills the law of non-violence (ahimsa, literally, non-harming). The same principle is taught in the Holy Bible.
Compare this to the following reference from the Bible:
The letter [of the law or dharma] brings death; but the spirit [of dharma) gives life. (2 Corinthians 3:6)
One must be careful not to commit a crime simply to obey an outward rule.
Non-Static Laws of Dharma
What do we really mean when we speak of a person's dharma? We must that the laws of dharma are not fixed. They depend on
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