‘Sanatana Dharma', the name by which Hinduism was known in the past, implies a code of human conduct, a set of tenets that has been handed down from time immemorial. This book presents select material from the Kanchi Paramacharya's wide-ranging discourses, and the topics covered include: religion in general; the sastras and modern life; the Vedas, their content and purport; the samskaras (purificatory ceremonies); dharma common to all; and the duties specifically enjoined on people in the four stages of human life.
Like the word ‘yoga' occurring in the Bhagavad Gita, ‘dharma' defies precise definition. It could mean one's duties linked to one's class and stage in life. Or it may refer to different areas of general human conduct, as for instance discipline, manners, management, and law. That one has to follow the ‘dharma' prescribed for him and it is hazardous to tread on what is ordained for another is stressed in the Gita in two places.
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