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Human Dharma

A spiritual discourse on dharma, human qualities, and self-knowledge.

"Humans should know their dharma, and humans should know their human qualities."

"Know thyself' is to know your duties, know your qualities, the human values, and then we can act accordingly."

The speaker explains that true understanding of human rights must begin with self-knowledge of one's own human qualities and dharmas. He distinguishes humanity by the possession of buddhi (intellect), which enables ethical discernment, and defines human dharma as being a protector. The talk outlines a progression from understanding one's duties to later realizing the immortal ātmā within.

Recording location: Australia, Sunshine Coast, Swamiji's World Tour

Humans should know their dharma, and humans should know their human qualities. If we know the human qualities and human dharmas, then we will better understand human rights—without first understanding the human qualities within oneself, not in others. If we are fighting for human rights without this self-knowledge, then we are abusing human rights. So "know thyself" means not only to know your immortal being within yourself, the ātmā, as we call it in yoga—we will come to know that; we will come to that point afterwards. "Know thyself" is to know your duties, know your qualities, the human values, and then we can act accordingly. The difference between humans and animals is this: that humans have buddhi. Buddhi means intellect; human intellect can be trained limitlessly. Therefore, humans are able to decide what is wrong and what is right, what we should do and what we should not do. Therefore, human dharma is to be a protector, not to be a destroyer. Recording location: Australia, Sunshine Coast, Swamiji's World Tour

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