There is not one Dharma for the Indian and another for Westerners. Dharma is universal. Yes. There is a test that may be applied to any action and you may thereby determine if it is according to dharma. Let not that which you do harm or injure another. This flows from the recognition that the light, which is God, is the same in every form, and if you injure another you are injuring the same light that is in yourself. Dharma enables you to come to the recognition that anything that is bad for another form is also bad for you. The test of dharmic action is stated very clearly in the Christian religion. That is: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
- From 'Conversations With Bhagawan Sri sathya Sai Baba'. |