Volume : 5, Issue : 8, AUG 2019

A CRITICAL AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ON CONCEPT OF DHARMA

DR. SIVA SANKAR

Abstract

Ancient Indian system revolves around the concept of Dharma. Dharma of any religion is in the form of personal and social behavioural rules in order to provide a safe and peaceful and protective coexistence of the human beings in the society. In the current paper, three of the prominent religions namely Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism are compared with respect to the concept of Dharma and its guiding rules for a peaceful coexistence in the society within the religious groups and with other religious groups.

Keywords

DHARMA, HINDU, BUDDHIST, SIKH, INSIGHTFUL AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS.

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