Sanatana Dharma

Many say that Hinduism is the new new name for Sanātana dharma - this is untrue as Sanātana dharma was never a religion but a way of life. In ancient India, there was no religion. Sanātana dharma was about understanding the fundamentals of the universe and living by those principals. Hence it was more science than religion. Read on to understand more...

What is Dharma?

There is no single word for dharma in English. A few authors have attempted to translate dharma and have come up with over 20 different translations including "law, order, duty, custom, nature, practice, purpose, quality, statute". However each of these words is incomplete. Even a combination of these concepts do not convey a complete sense of dharma. In this article I explain what dharma is.