By Anjali Sharma
NEW YORK – RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday addressed the Universal Oneness Celebration at Madison Square Garden in New York stated that Dharma allowed different parts of life to progress together, that it does not demand the sacrifice of individuals for society, or the weakening of society to enable individual success.
Dharma should not be understood as religion or a form of worship, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said in New York.
He described it as a universal principle that balances the needs of individuals, society and the environment, IANS reported.
Mr. Bhagwat noted that the idea of dharma goes beyond religious identity and ritual practice. “Dharma is not religion. It is not a worship. It is beyond all this,” he said.
“It is the rule through which universe is sustained. It is the rule through which human beings can manage dualities of life,” he added.
“It is not that societal progress will happen only when individuals are suppressed. No. It is not that society had to society had to be suppressed to make individual successes. No…. Individual society and the environment, they have to proceed together, progress together,” he said.
He said that it extended the same principle to the human personality, Bhagwat said that physical, mental and intellectual development must move in balance.
“Your body, your mind, intellect, they have to proceed together, progress together,” he said.
He described dharma as a middle path, which connects different parts of existence without creating conflict among them.
“This principle, which unites everything, which upholds everything, which doesn’t cause a rift, let not that happen, and which balances everything, which is a middle path, that is Dharma,” media quoted Bhagwat as saying.
