YVR's Ruminations

7. INVEST PROFITABLY IN THE PLANET PRACTISING DHARMA MOTHER NATURE’S biggest gift to all live beings is the Green Growth on Planet Earth on which all of us live, besides the domestic animals, forested wild animals, birds, bats, insects, bees, ants, pests, marine life in the sea, life in Icey and glacial conditions,   marine botanical life, moss, sea weeds, butterflies, crickets, wasps, glowing insects like fire flies, night flyers like bats; earthworms, several other forms of crawling insects, snakes (land & water & sea), coral wealth, etc. The gift is beyond the comprehension of common human beings. According to Historic Information of Vedas there are as many as 8,400,000 live forms on the Planet. All this wealth, is the true wealth brought to existence by the creator, whoever it be, and there is no harm in calling the creator as GOD; and it is immaterial it is agreed or disagreed, since these are realities and unquestionable known facts. Because of constant inter...

6. Dharma and Neo-terrorism This Millennium, just has aroused a largescale virus called the corona virus, or COVID-19, causing global attention; has also aroused a new form of unexpected terrorism that could rightly be called or named as Neo-terrorism. Neo-terrorism is taking roots in a virulent manner, and perhaps even undermining the terrorism that is well known worldwide and is surfacing dangerously in democratic countries and in an unchecked manner. Unfortunately this neo-terrorism is finding its feet in a country propounding itself as the largest successful democracy in the world – India. Neo-terrorism is coined to depict and describe all forms of belittling democracies and democratic institutions and democratic principles; as well as the misuse and misinterpretation of democratic values that are universally accepted as beneficial to the people; and posing a threat to the very ideals of democracy and its functioning. A look at the word ‘terrorism’ from a historic pe...

  5. Dharma and Corona Virus The Corona Virus has taken the mainland China and the Chinese people by surprise initially. It has soon spread its wings by leaps and bounds to the neighboring Asian countries. In a short duration, even before the analytical progress on the virus and the causes for the epidemic are understood, it has spread far and wide to several other countries the world over. The fear of the virus, the symptoms of the virus, the precautionary measures to protect oneself with preventive masks, the hygiene requirements gained attention calling for collective action at individual and collective levels. Inadvertently, the corona virus became a welcome factor engulfing Dharma and Principles of Dharma, causing common awareness amongst the people of the world, and from all countries, with the unique features of spreading the awareness of the virus, the rapidness of its spread, measures for the containment of the virus, sharing of the information without reservati...

4. Dharma at the Individual Level - Swadharma Dharma of the individual level is best described appropriately as SWADHARMA. Swadharma implies and means managing oneself, imbibing the rules and regulations of dharma that have come into vogue due to the strict practice and application of dharmic swadharma principles to attain satisfying and contented states in life. Self and Society are inseparable. Self is part of Society. Self is not above Society. Self protects the individual identity to live with, or to be a part of society; and society being part of a community, town, state, country and the world at large. So any positive or negative behavior or actions can impact all other sections calling for guarded actions with awareness to be bounded by the limitations that might disturb other sections of society. At the individual level, swadharma observation is largely based on the principles of the three monkeys closing of the eyes, ears, and mouth implying not to observe...

3.  Dharma and its role in Democracy In the present day world Democracy has come to stay as a means in a large number of countries world over, although the governance under the garb of democracy is differing from country to country due to the historic past of each country and the cultural and social impact of the past. In broad terms, democracy means the governance of a country, or a society, local bodies, local governments at district, state or federal levels using democratic principles; ‘Of the People, By the People, For the People,’ for the orderly governance that is acceptable to not only govern, but also to resolve disputable issues common to one and all. Dharma has its positive and active role when applied in democratic governance and more so when used dharmically. For example, in electing the legislators, senators, congress, or such other personal, the common man of the country is involved in decision making of the representatives or office-bearers by way ...