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Dharma as Religion
The Sanskrit word for dharma can also be translated as religion. In Arabic this term is called majhab, and in English it is called religion; and in Sanskrit it is called dharma. The English word religion is derived from Latin language: the prefix re- means “back” or “again” and the root lig means “to bind.” Thus, religion is that which binds us back to our source, which unites us with God and other human beings (Similarly, we find that the Sanskrit word yoga, meaning path or method of union, is related to the English word “yoke”).
Returning to the Source through Inner Journey
is Our Dharma (Natural Tendency)
Santmat (the path and teachings as taught and practiced by saints) delineates the path of union of soul with the Divine. The teachings of the saints explain the re-uniting as follows:
The individual soul has descended from the higher worlds [the Realm of the Divine] to this city of illusion, bodily existence. It has descended from the Soundless state to the essence of Sound, from that Sound to Light, and finally from the realm of Light to the realm of Darkness. The qualities (dharmas, natural
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